The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-11-18

ssivsd in that quarter Of tho capital The workmen
pleased with ts tone and they In the habit
Of regarding ministers clerks secretaries In
the employment OF chief they declare the President
was right in turning them out and replacing them by
the people This at least IL the fret impression pro-
duced Is generally believed that there IL fear
stated no. hsrs os.urss ss p,ssisan
that he answers for the preservation Of public tran
quillity whatever be the ministry may think proper
to name.
OPINIONS OF THE ENGLISH PRESS.
From the London Times, November 81
any clear and definite sgniacstion can b. attached
to the sweeping measure by which the President Of the
French republic has changed his whole administration
and to the resoute in which he announced this
suppose that Louis Napoleon intends TO convey to
France and to the world his peremptory intention to
the m Of Ss ss rsn.oS or the
parody Of Louis XIV IS declaration :" pEtaf, c'est
MOI % Men are needed" says the President, who
firm character, and Of Q clearly defined policy,
which does not compromise power by any irreso-
of men, In short who are much filed with
the conviction of my peculiar responsibility as Of their
own ard Of the necessity Of action well of words
When we consider the whslning magnitude OF the
difficulties to be overcome-the evident disproportion
between the resources Of the President and the wants
Of the paonthe repugnance Of every tried politician
In France either to assume the exercise Of power him
self to submit to IL in Others not sur prised
that the violence Of the contrast and the
the change should have caused this announcement Of
the freeioents Intention to be received with great
agitation"
We observe, in the first place, that amongst the
names Of those who said TO have received the high
est appointn Ets In the cabinet there IL pos
sesng the smallest parliamentary influence
to any degree of public confidence BY past services
couple Of advocates from the obscure provincial
town Of Riom-a young man with the name but
only the name, OF Cssimir Perier-a jew banker
and General, known chiefly by his devotion TO
the most bgoted opinions Of conservatism, are
strange ingredients in government which
Of the legislature and the respect Of the
country If Louis Napoleon has been crossed and
thwart.d by the presence Of Statesman in his ca
binet, whose duty aud whose desire 1t was to give
to his authority much stability and success IL
could acquire, how has he relieved himself from
their criticism aud their opposition by thrusting
them back into the ranks OF Assembly already
disposed to regard bis fesbsions with Jealousy, and
of France that 70 tho present the public iasrrst 81
the nation required the maintenance Of the au-
thority of Louis Napoleon. and gradual return to
the habits OF regular government On recent coca.
tion have that considerable persoosl sacdses
were made to preserve the union between the uve
power and the party 81 order in the Assembly. We
foressw at the moment how short-l would be the
tranquility which those sacrifices could purchase.
The division between tie Proficient aud the Assembly
was sdy too deep seated and too real (those
the words we used TO be healed sBaced. Within
few Gays the PRECEDENT himself impatient Of control
ard probably urged on by Necessities and embsrrsss-
nents as yet little known the world nipgs dow the
gauntlet and does which tend To shake the
whole structure so hastily and precariousiy reared
as the stands at this moment, the late passage
In Spanish history. or comedy, which dressed Up
Jettsraay for isuced stage, is hardly extrAva
d-rtsA.n to Ell, ct. Something else must be vet in
store for The mere wind % an irritsted popular
ire languid popularity Of Louis Napoleon Without
the dignity Of regaty the lustre of martial glory,
or Tie protection OF constitutional ire possibility,
upon to govern France. lie can more make
them ststesmen than they osn make him an Em-
ptIor aud whilst be talks CT national dignity,
be exhibits the aopiniraioD Of France at the lowest
pitch Il degradation and iDcOnpett As far then,
o. we can VI ture to form ary opinion on trsnsac
n o n 10 IA y I'm
it, ccnsequeDces IL would seem that Louis Napoleon
hes made fsfe aud dangerous move and has entered
which vii prove fatal 10 him " pursuss
IL. The composition oi the ministry az far ~ 1t
s OF present knosn, would seem to denote the entire
pbferce a. an understanding with any important
ticn OF the Nstopsl Assembly for the nature of the
port may receive from the conservstve chiefs Is
at l'ast probl,usticai "The hand aud the will Of the
elected Of tn. 10th December are very different
thlrcH fom the hand and the will Of NJ Mole aud NJ
Tbiets In word the constitution It, ELF which called
into existence two supreme and independent powers,
tsitlsted fer their mutual dsstrueon aud whenever
natural opposition breaks out into open hostility
o issue can he found 10 such q contest but in some
change perhaps violent cbaDge-in the Fundamental
conditioPs Of the State. The question would then
eventually rect on the disposition Of the and the
duet Of the military Chiefs Chanzsrnier or Caysig
rae, might be decisive rs to the result
But whilst can look forward With no confidence
become more uDtepable we cannot look back on
the dissolution Of the late administration With the
snghtet regret. A. the President justly observes,
in stokng TO effect fusion Of parties" he had cziy
sbtsiBtd naturalization q force" NJ Odilon Bar
rot's nibistersl career was one continued recan-
taton OF all he had said and done In the course OF his
political existence; and he has expisted life Of
RECKLESS oppoeition. which ended In the overthrow
~ mcpsTcby and the Destruction OF government,
by tenure Of ONCE short indeed In comparison
With HE previous but repets with every
contrs Fiction which can bumiliste statesman. NJ:
Dufsuge and NJ. de rocqucve, being less compromised
90 the Roman expeditions, have not suffered In their
reputation aud will trust hore after render further
seems that N ds Fsrours resisnaton from M heslth
Of the rsrmstsnces which moet porerfuily
contibrtej 60 the dbsouton Of the cabinet, for the
getic minister q the President.
Amongst the more Immediate consequences Of this
chanss place In the fret rank the stimulus " evil
IDENTIFY sypes TO all aud each Of the parties aud fac
lions in France. which for different purposes Of
theif c~n counting the hours Of the present govern
mcnt. From the ultra legitimist wne dreams OF res
torisg Henry v. to the throne of his ancestors,
down to the red republican, eager for the day
which IL epce more TO consgn France TO q horde
of tavsges there Is not q these political bands
which does not regard Louis Napoleon a. the
~ ,hs Which does mo-, Perceive that by the
tb.f person responsibility OF the standardization At
such moment Louis Napoleon has placed bimself be.
tween absolute crowned by absolute over aud
dettruetion A great man, such as his uncle, might
schiev, the former Lesser man, such a. the nephe~.
has at least not hnehed from the latter His address
IL imp,udent butt Is spirited and though 1t may not
be ssnd above the warning hosts u French poll
ticsns Lous Napoleon has little cause TO pay any OF
them the homage Of gratitude OF Of fear
Settlement OF the Differences between Rns-
sIa and the Porte,
fErom the London Merchant, Oct. 30
The Official despatch from the French Ambassador AZ
St Petersburg announcing the smicsbe rettlenent oil
the differences bet Russs aud tho Porte ON thu
! sxtfsditioD question, has now been puhlfhed Ths
reason assigned tor the sudden change Of purpose on
the pert Of the emperor Nicholas ~ his cutentmeni
with the letter he had received from the Sultan II
this he true the " easily esisaei than has
| been btbstto sginsd; though the world, 90 fear
will feel disposed put diHerep ut contruc5n upon
| his motiv,s The sotan's letter was fully ss IL
comic ss the autograph TO which is was Response,
| Whilst II VAS ihcan psrsbly more disnihea We re
rect that N the buftisn peror satiefed Win
that epxwer. be possesses more m0def alton than bs
hrs hitherto got ere dit tor But was there trOth
~ the report which published some time since. on
tie authority OF vienus letter respecting grssi
! uestern power" IL the Cssr made, as coaadentl,