Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-23

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LOUIS Napoleon purposes 10 assu,n' ,,ustve.
ern,nen, IT Ffacce 'For nearly W.
month"; he has allowed The Tree pay o. '"s wen
sli,uriopal machine 10 elevate 10 power ~. - 10
VINO had sufficient talents and P'pulai:"J ~ do
unnsrmost. lie has LEFT parry organization " w
;,e ,,art and exercised his power oil selection
only BY choosing The individuals whom c', ,r,,g
s,ancrs poipted ont as representing mos wv.
the predominant, shades Of puo'ic oPn,,u ,';nraI
short. he has played The part of a cons'i
Monarch. Bur Ibis way Of ie'sh'he s,;.6,d
satisfied him, nor has il, as be believes s'a",.o
the nation. He is determined 10 lakf q ;u;nn
course heraf.er. He is he elect OF SIX u,I', ,ha
Frenchmen. The Six millions, III cno m,,a''n
heir OF NAPOLEON mean, 10 choose d Nn ,p'.n
policy, and Napoleon soVeIh'hen' "a o,he,
rh they shall! have both Inc one anu IN or NO.
naj;cy If me- county; The Ministers whom ne
viii choose sha be the men best filled 10 iea'zF;
~, rho vicws of oilers, but his own. HIS cani-
"a, shal be The exponent and instrument OF
No nnleon nolicy-ltc reflex Of himself. La
wn,d he viii be his Cwn Prime miniscr.-
,fcan,,an,en" saws Inc missive, in language
which his al least ne merit Of being iolefaoy
nIa;n ~ have sal by long enough; you nave
had il all your own wdy-and pretty mess you
have made Ut il. intend now 10 take my SNARE
| in The game"
Haviog said thus mach, we neeo scalceh suo"
| n ob.eryr. that a communication more ihIuoici>
ons ho,h in form and Substance, has seldom
bsen laid hct,r- The Legislature OF tree country
on;s Napoleon has suffered himself 10 be ms
lsd nv Inc false posi- ion ia which ne is p'acea
a. Inc eicc:ed President OF great repnoiic.-
: lie General Taylor, indeed, he owes his cleva-
lion 10 The surages Of he peopl'; but ne ioIsH!s
ihat in o.e very maleria! respect MS p. siioh %
lar more nearly akin To shat ci Tie hereitary 'io-
n.,cns nj The old woF!d--vZ: that ihose sonfages
have nIaced him eli he head ci single nieEy
centraliz.d Common allh, no, at The summit d
line loose fabric u federal Stale. lie cons
POUNDS The legal responsibility, wherein MS posi-
ton differs iron that Of Leopold oil be'siual,
with lhe moral responsibility oil Minister. VINO
is The servant Of Parliamentary majority
Louis Philippe, himself virtually an eiee'ea
monarch made the same mistake, although ne
never went 50 lar as To tell The ChSalhsrs so.--
| He vas his own prime minister; and The conss>
ouence is, Ida. he bears amongst his !oImer
| suhiecs The blame Q! every false step made by
| eacn of The cabinets in which he snccessiVely
pre-. ited The popularity OF Louis Haposon is
| sill consdera be; iof The ten months when nave
| nassed since his cit ciiGn have witnessed sfea
| and progressive improvement m ne condi ION q
the country. Eu. let him once identity himsrll
with &c administration be it good, bad CT lndl'>
,erep, and he will find To his cost, hat II Is Inc
Presidency Of which Inc nation is enainofth,
rather than the President himself Let him ny
10 govern, instead OF simply reignirg, and ne
will be fused up" before his second year has
we'll begun.
Ii Louis Napoleon does not know Al! his,
there are many men in bis Parliament who DO,
and who will receive his iellef IS a sFain'ons
challenge 10 III. new Legislature To renew he
struggles in which The Constituent Assembly
spent the last monih of is rIiJence. " he her h
gIeat, but i'll compac;ei parry which al present
sways the deliberations OF that body will accept
i, in This light remains 10 b. seen. They are
well aware that The slightest shock 10 lhe PRESS
dental authority would throw The country into IN
agony OF terror, ard we shall therefore be lille
surprised to see them pocket an atfiuni which
would raise sloIm OF resentment in an English
House OF Commons. IL is ntt impossible that
with some Sigh, notifications, in The ministerial
list, ihey may be induced 10 give The new ca5i-
net he same reluctant support which they gave
10 Tie oil are. Bat We cannot doub that their
feelings nave been teeply wounded, and that their
favorable disposition towards The President has
teen fatally shaken, II not hnay annihilaied -
They will not TAIL 10 perceive in his letter certain
illusions 10 the impefieclons Of the constitution
anu lhe brie duration oil his own office, more
easy perhaps &c ,xIIain than 10 explain a~Sy.-
L is not, we fear, much 10 say that The con-
seryalipe majority is broken up-ihai tie Prcsi-
!eu, and The Assembly arc again a, war-and
that France has made long si,ite towards her
YeIt revolution.
From the London Times, November =.
II any clear and definite Specification can be
attached 10 the sweeping measure by which Inc
President of The t'rench Republic has changed
his who!e administrator, aud 10 The IesouIe
message in which he announced his species Of
coup d'etat 10 The National Assembly, we
must suppose that Lolis Napoleon intends
to Convey 10 France and 10 the world, his
refemp;ory intention 10 assume, in his
own person, the supreme direction of The
affairs OF the republic. II is The repeli.
lion or The parody CT Louis XlV's declaration
"pEtat, o'esi moi" "Mtn are needed" says The
President, who comprehend The necessity OF The
single direction If a finn character, AMI OF a
clearly defined policy, which docs Lut comp;o
mise power by any irtesouion-ot men, in
shou, who are as much filed with the conviction
OF M peculiar responsibility, as OF their own.
and u the necessity 81 action. as we'll as oil
words" When We consider The overwhelming
magnitude OF the difficulties 10 bc overcome
the evident disproporlion between ibe resources
OF the President and the wants Of The nation
the repuenance oil every tiled politician in
France, either TO assume The exercise OF power
himself, or To submit 20 il in Others, we are MOI
surprised thai the violence Of The contrast AM
lhc abfupiness OF ihe change should have ca used
this announcement OF The Presidents Intention
to b. received with "sf"at agitation"
We observe, in The first place, that amongst
the names Of these who are said TO have received
the highest appointment in III. cabinei, there is
no, one possessing The smallest parliamentary in
lueDce or entitled 10 any degree OF public conf
dence by past services. 4 couple oil advocates
from the obscure provincial town OF lium-a
young man with the name, but only the name, 81
Casimir Pcrier-a Jew banker, and General,
known chiefly by his devotion 10 The most bieo-
cd opinions oil conservatism, are strange ingredI-
ents IN government which requires above all
,h.nss tu command The assent oil the iegsla-
,uIc and the respect oil The country. II
Louis Napoleon has been crossel and thwar,cd
by the presence OF statesmen in his cabinet,
whose duy aui whose desire il was 10 give 10
his authority as much stability and success as il
could acquire, how has he relieved himself from
their criticism and their opposition BY thrusllng
them back into The ranks Of an Assembly, al
ready disposed 10 regard his preiensions with
jealousy and his acls with dcIision2 II was the
general opinion of France, tina; Tor The present
the public interest oil The nation required the
maintenance o! the authority Of Louis Napoleon,
and gradual icturn to the n bits oi regular 60
vetumenls. On recent occasion we have seen
thai considerable personal sacrifices were made
10 preserve The union between The executive pow
or and The parry 81 order 10 the Assembly. We
L. L.
be he tranquility which !husc sacrifices could
puichasr. The division between the Pfesiden,
and the Assembly was already Too deep SEATED
and Too rea Chose were The words we uscd) 10
be healed or cfaced. Within a few days tie
President himself, impatient OF control, and pro.
badly urged On by necessities and embarrass-
menls as ye, lille known to the world, filings
down the gauntlet, and docs an act which must
tend To shake The whole structure so hastily and
precariously reared.
As the case stands at this moment, the late
passage in Spanish history, or comedy which