The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-09


stead Of ths, Of the Seine, are all the talk for the
moment The Urion Electorate and he Democra-
tic committee have alrea dy named their candidates,
hot il has been done with several mutations. The
flint party had selected M. Fernaud Foy, one OF
he three candidates Of The election of the tenth of
March hast, but the opposition which this son OF
Genenl Foy met with from many OF the members
Of the Un,on ecto,dLe, has forced the Leaders OF
the party 10 M Ike another choice. Much dfhculty
resulted hom this But il was necessary A man
Of much honor and Integrity, whose character ID
pure, Nj Leclerc. has been dehntively named to
Ike The place Of NJ Foy. This gentleman, manu-,
tactuirf ut paper, is captain OF the National
Guard, who conduct. during the days OF June,
1913. WAS aiis heroic. His son having been
stIsck with ball, he took him III his arms to AZ
~ hun to the aaltt h nee, when, AT the same mo-
mert,another bul 90 shot hs dear son, wounded him
~ The hfeast, and n was killed The unfortunate
father carried his home, and, after, return
I'd To The barrcades with his second son, saying to
General Cavaignac, " General, there is my second
ron, who cones to revenge his brother and to fight
ioI the coed cause; let him have muskei" I'M
mediate ~ rushing against the insurg,n they both
dew fer them the whole legion, which n I'd been
'i'crffod by such courageous and magnanmous
example.
ca he other side the republican socialist party,
whose members had long delayed 10 produce their
After having repudisted M. de Girardn, of La
p,ssss, who il rejected for the third time, and M.
GtudcbaUx. their choice was made IN favor OF the
a'lhor of the =" Mysteries Of Paris" and the
miDation il quite ,ignifc tive. One needs but 10
reed the last words Of the romance and novel
w,iler, to see who he is The principles of the
"Mysteries Of The People and of the Berger
Of kia,an,' ale those Of ura-eocdlism; and to
NY mind, M. Proudhon himself Is not SO ex-
apgeruied in his principles rs NJ Eugene sue
From what | know from The leaders OF the so
c,alist parry their efioits will be numerous to win
the yicor whit, on the other side, the voters
Of The Union E'ecf0raie, though they have for
candidate man Of well-known popularity,
will, unfortun itely, find in their ranks more
hesitation than they ought 10, for the triumph
OF their cause. First, they are not all in favor
Of M. Leclerc. Some obstinate persons among
them do not wish 10 abandon NJ. Fernand foy, who
h ID just been nominated and, very hkely, II ms
candidate does not send IN his resignation, and III
IN friends wish 10 support him, The battle viii be
lot for the moderate panty. In the second place,
the different parties with which Is formed the
t"'on Eff'f1afe, are tase to each other, Tor they
have their private purpose, which is altogether DIFF
ierent, and, therefore, no unity can be hoped nom
them during the electoral struggle. Thus lar the
socialist party is the more powerful and the
chances are one hundred 10 one that Eugene Sue
will 20 10 the National Asre mbIy.
In oder To prevent such victory, the govern
ment ines everything III iIs power to annlhiiate
The powerful means Of propagation which are
III the hands Of the lead Is Of socialism, Sc
yeral club. have been closed, by special orders /;
the pt mphlets Of the party are daily seized, the
| newslapeIs prosecuted, &c. During the space
o. eight days, the Po,r du PenIse OF Proudhon
| well kBowb-;hese attacks are so heroicaily sup
,oIted by their vctim-ihat instead of weaken
ne The socialists, they give them more strength
"a more auu"cuy, NJ, ue u'raiuan mas pup pi
occasions, for the PO,r du Peqde; and that, II
ever he laws against the press were published,
md PIT TO execution, he would furnish, out OF
his own chest the money necessary TO be the Sc
| cunty If the paptT.
such Ii the state of the parties in France What
can the gosernnent of the Elysee do, whilst it has
iosi I'll liz popularity Nothing but to pass re-
yows of troop, and wait the doom to which the
| lIesideHt IL destined by Providence. No one
| knows--no one Can tell-what awful event will
hneI. sooner or later but every body can see that
| Prince Louis Napolcon IL not the Washington OF
france, and that II his cOurtiers assure hum that
| h. Ii beloved by his countrymen, they . lie 10
| him, ard They tIy 10 deceive hun. | wish not 10
cx;ggcrae the signfcaiion of the cries uttered IN
ptestIcr If the President wherever he goes, and,
lately, | told YOU in my last letter, those which
We're hoard In The FaubOuTg ~. Antoine. There
gems 10 be combined arrangement, by which the
npbcan paIiy ny To make him understand that
the sxsEger,iiou Of his afsiocratic manners, his
Projects ii cap d'(fot, and Dictator are altogether
Unpopular There Is a very curious fact worth
usnng. The uniform of general, which has been
aso,t.d y tbs Presid. nj, his monomania To review
the troops, has created against him very bad
feelings. In the amy itself, he has very few
friends Beside all these Causes Of his unpopu-
iarity Louis Napoleon has created a journal 50 lie
NoJ,le,n," which il the organ Of the Elysee, and
which contains, every Sunday, the most ,io-
lent attacks against those who are not in his favor
"CerI Qni nc sont par aree moi so'a eontrt MOI"
says the - Napoleon" by the tone Of It's articles ;
| and this, which IL far from being true, does not
increase the number of Louis Napoeon's friends
II IL said. in public and private circles, that the
n,wsp pr of the President vi be suppressed, for
the most devoted psTtissns Of Louis Napoleon have
at lsst succeeded in their circumstances on the
subject.
Al The National Assembly nothing very plrticu-
Ian has L. ken place since the last steamer, but the
A, he hrlr nf he
the ~ OPPOSITION to establish railway between Lyons
and ANigIop, and the law for deportation This
kst important measure, particularly at the present
mc, has been postponed 70 another deveeT wu
Hugo, the famed poet, have made very eloquent
,pes chez against this law. They have tried to
,low that such decision taken by the National
Assembly, would be, not only unpopular among all
pefties, but also against all the rules OF humanity
md prudence. The idea OF the government is very
easy to understand: being unable TO recall the
penalty Of death, for political crime, since II has
been sboln he'd during the last revolution, they
dare 10 pa, duce project which would be, If real
iz.d, st cruel than thu torture of the inqui-
siton. and the dep ivation OF life.
After these ss.d debates, which have produced
the greeiest agitation in the National Assembly,
,b, Lw for the construction Of the projected rail-
way fIom Paris to Avignon has been discussed.
II has been decided tina, the government should not
uI dtTtaks the work, and that the railway sho I'D
b, granted to two companies, by which 1t would be
I'll bfed
The budget for 1851 has been quietly discussed,
and, with a email struggle, II has, as far as yes
t,iday, passed with the greatest majority. One OF
tie nIost prominent articles IN II (not on account
Of is amoun but for its peculiarly in the time in
Which we live) has been that relative to the Italian
opeta. A sum Of 60,000 francs, which had been
d, manded 10y Signor konconi, has been granted TO
him by the Assembly, ny 3b2 votes against 22l.
The reelection of the Presidents and Vice
Presidents took place on the 9th met. NJ. Dupin
Wat re-nor mated, and General B-dean and Nj.
Iau were chofen for Vice Presidents, with Messrs.
de Lasteyiic and Leon Faucher. These selections
have been approved by the majority Of the n atom
If YOU 20 out Of France, and look in the other
States of Europe you will see, by the last
received in PARIS, and confirmed by the reliable
sources from which they have been taken, that
the position of the different States Of the old cont
nent IL also quite peculiar. The absorbing ques-
ton, nowadays, II in Germany IL is very certain
that Poland. Hungary AMI Austria have much
iiopaIy principles seem to draw back, Or at least
We are induced 10 believe by the aspect Of things