The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-10-07
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
SUNDAY moRNING. OCTOBER :, Is4s.
The People OF France aud the People OF ths Unitsd
States. sEea


The People OF France shs People OF ths United
states.
We have no confidence in Louis Napoleon, the present
President Of France. So far his government has shown
itself hostile TO the cause Of republicansm Its uniust
able and criminal interference in the affairs OF Rome will
cause 10 be detesred through all time by the friends
Of liberty This spge act has been sufficient to turn the
minds Of the friends OF freedom everywhere against Louis
Napoleon and his government He has, Also manifested
design TO assume the imperial purple and to proclaim
the empire, and, with that view, has evidently couf'ed
The friendship of the Emperor OF Russia and the olher
despots Of Europe In his domestic policy ne seems also
to have outraged the principles OF republlcansm ms
suppression OF the freedom Of the press is an act when
will not fail to class his government among those which
are practically the most despoc, whatever may De IN
theory
We are. or rather we shall not be surprised, therefore,
il Louis Napoleon should evince hostility to the uni'ea
States, and possibly desire rupture with u.s. he may
think. by such course he conciliae the despo's
whose fayors he has been counting And he may oy
seny the people of France and the United States by the
ears nut temporary check TO that influence, SO fatal to
thrones and dynases which the institutions and ex-
annie Of the United States are silently but rresistby
exerting in Europe Yet in this hostility to our coun-
try which Lofts Napoleon may feel and display we do
nat beeve he expresses the feelings and dispositions OF
the people of France towards We believe both he
and his at least in that matter, msTepresent
the sentiments Of the French nation.
We seem TO be equally unfortunate on our SIDE we
have an administration evncng the same hostile feeling
towards France which the government Of the latter
seems to show towards US. And our administration
equally msepresents the sentiments and feelings OF the
American people Our present cabinet is the legitimate
descendant of the old federal party OF this country which
was distng uished for its bitter hatred and hostility to
France and its attachment and devotion to England But
neither the old federal party its successor the pres
en whg party truly represented, now represent the
sentiments OF the American people
The truth is, the people Of France and the people OF
the United States are friendly to each other France was
our old ally and aided us in achieving national in
dependence Her Lafayette fought by the side OF our
washington, and her soldiers shared with soldiers
the prvatons as we'll the honors and gloes OF war
in our great struggle for freedom and independence The
people of France have mbbed our ideas Of republican
ism, and desire to assimiate their institutions 70
ours, and to enjoy with us the common blessings of
organized and well-regulatea liberty. We are the
friends of the people Of France, and they are our
friends We have really and truly the same common
sentiments OF liberty which the people OF France desire
to establish and enjoy and we have the same common
foe and rival-Geat Britain That is, she has been the
common and veterae foe and rival OF both the French
and the American peoples but we trust that in this pres
en more civilized and enlightened state Of the world she
will be no longer foe and rival But all these old
associations "reminiscences community Of principles, and
mutual sympathes, cannot fail to make the people oil
France and the people of America firm and everlasting
friends and allies.
But, unfortunately for both nations, the governments
of both France and the United States do not represent
the feelings and sentiments of the people OF either
Louis Napoleon msrepresents the sediments of the
people OF France towards us and Mr. Clayton and the
cabinet misrepesen the sentiments OF the people of the
United States towards the people of France Louis Ma
poleon evidently wishes TO produce rupture with us
and Mr. Clayton prompted by his old federal pejudces
against France, and influenced by his sympathy for the
royalty or "consnpotsmof Europe, seems desire tc
play into his hands. II they bring about rupture
between the nations they will accomplish precisely
what the Emperor Nicholas and the Emperor Joseph
and the King OF Prussia most desire Next TO the fall
of Hungary, that would be regarded the most Joyful
event that has occurred during the present year.
But shall those individuals. into whose hands for.
tune for time has thrown the destines OF these two
great and friendly nations by craft side, and by
prejudice prompting plumbers the other, be permitted
to plunge them into war; into state Of unfrend.
illness leading to suspension of diplomatic, and per.
haps commercial intercoursel We say not and in say
ing that we believe we speak the sentiments and pur.
poses OF both the people Of France and America Let
the two cabinets misreprescnting the sentiments oil the
people OF both countries, wrangle and quarrel about
mere words; let them dismiss ministers refuse to
ceye them because one has been hasy and the other
too boastful; BUT LET THERE PEACE BETWEEN THE
TWO NATIONS. Lei the people Of France and the people
Of America still keep their hands firmly joined in amy
and friendship.
We know the people OF the United States do not desire
TO quarrel with their old friends and allies the people Of
France. They do not wish to have the friendly inter.
course now subsising between them interrupted dis
,urbed They would prefer the downfall Of thousand
Louis Napoeons and John M. Claytons, both the mere
accidents Of politics. whom fortune has thrown to the
surface TO fret and fume at each other in the mimic
scenes Of cacature craftsmanship, to serious quarrel
with the people OF France And the latter may rest
sured that il they do not allow themselves to get nlamed
by the folles or mistakes OF their government, the
people Of the United States will never permit their weak
and laundering cabinet get them into war in conse-
quence OF few angry saucy words which may have
passed between the official personages by whom unior-
tunatey their respective nations represented for the
time being.