The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-28

until the 9th Of November. is4e That day found my.
self dsageeng with M Theirs relative 10 an article APP
proving OF the message OF the 3ls OF October, lS4s
which the President Of the republic had just addressed
TO the Assembly. This article, written by my dic1iIon
appeared Notwithstanding all opposition and everybody
bymy will only, in This newspaper on the 10Th q No
yember, lS49 The same day the article was puDshed
M Merriam declared in the presence OF my ifiend
(M Boiay,) thai M. Theirs wished 10 break with the
on account of the article which had been
published and that he IN MeruanJ upon that sort OF
sbiiershp BY M Theirs, demanded his 100000
francs Unknown 10 me- il appears that the Constitution
mel had devaied from the Inns OF the fsnre7gauehs,
81 remark upon this pretended deyiationi /
even gave of this unexpected rupture an explanation
which would throw suspicion upon the sentiments OF
M Theirs could not in truth. blame The article Oft
10Th Of November hu! in the eyes of his friends he
he wished thus 10 prove that the policy followed unit,
that period had been exactly his own but that from the
10Th OF November he was no longer responsible This
ssw me e' ma - s s
the uncertainty Of my mind reflected the past, and,
withou, sgspecIng The os as, the patriotism, or The
where their policy which had been followed BY until
the abnpgation Of mute had led France Wishing only
TO enlighten royalty, they had precipaied from the
goUsrn that since the 2th of February, ls4s, that King
had ceased to regn certainly do not mean to accuse
here Theirs OF desire of renewing. under the steps
midst OF which LOUIS Philippe lost his crowns yet this
statesman pressed BY me after the Of the 3st OF
October lsl9, TO trace programme which the Const,
ionns should follow, Indicated other policy 10 me but
tina, OF coldness, silence, and folded arms"
While the true grounds OF M Thiers's rupture with his
long cherished organ toerably well known, still
they were not so well known now, that Doctor Veron
has published his history Of the connexion and its
dissolution The most interesting portion only is given
than four columns Of the ConsulioneL It need not be
said that the 100000 francs loaned to Doctor veron by NJ
Merriam was furnished by NJ Theirs II appears from
this article that the expenses OF the reduction aonetha
is the mere compensation OF the editors correspondents
and reporters OF the less than thirty
two thousand dollars per annum.
The absolute faseness OF the existence OF plot whose
object was the assassination OF General ChangarnIe and
M Dupin, the President Of the National Assembly, has
at last been completely established But something
has been established besides the bare Of the
NOR is established that in the minds OF the commission
de pernanenee there if not wish to mpcate the
President Of the republic in compot against the AS
far from being impartial unprecedented Judges, far from
weighing facts cooly they embraced the reports Of wit
nesses whom they knew were dscredtabe, with a
confidence and zeal which would be too robust
il more. strongly confirmed. The Instruction.
it is called by the French law, "a proceed
ing which answers to- our grand jury inquestD which
Tribunal of the First Instance, has been published 1t is
OF very great length embraces all the details OF The
revelations made by Atlas, and the proceeding taken upon
his revelations by the commission de permdnence OF the
National Assembly These followed by an account
OF the examination OF witnesses, which prove the impos
sbty OF the facts stated BY Atlas and. further his own
confession Il Al the plot liza confession, be il
marked, which only extorted from him after he saw
that the existence OF the plot was proved TO be impossible
lie with circumstance, i more colorado, Is also more
easily detected than any other species OF alsehood The
instruction contains, also, long detail. as to the
character of Atlas showing that he had been dismissed
by other for false reports and was even in
May OF the present year. prosecuted by the procuTeur OF
the Tribunal of Charities for calumnlous denuncalon;
and on this occasion NJ Yon-the commissary OF police
especially attached to the Assembly, whose activity in
cited the commission de pernantnce on-actively endeav
ored 10 his agent or Atlas was then his agent)
whose guilt the judges say appeared to be demonstrated
NJ Yon addressed in his favor long memorial to the
Judge charged with the examination OF Atlas, who
then IN Jail in Paris The following passage from this
memorial of M. Yon is quoted in the instruction !:
Atlas j. incapable Of doing wrong Intentionally; but
which he sometimes assumes. have never been able
orepress in him this tendency 10 boasng His want Of
education and the fvoity OF his character have in every
case prevented me from condng TO him any mission re-
curing intelligence and Judgment" This appreciation OF
Aiass character ELECTS from the judges The remark that
in presence OF this appreciation OF the character and in
,electual faculties Of Alais asionishment may be ex-
pressed that M Yon should have attached credit TO the
revelations OF this agent"
II is then stated that NM. Brun and Traessard, two
other commssares OF the police attaching less confidence
than NJ Yon to the revelations OF Atlas, proceeded to in
vesgate the plot and ascertaned that every word of u
was false The document then concludes BY stating that
fon had concealed Atlas Tor me and prevented his
being Intercepted This fact is proved. NJ Yon, how
ever endeavored 10 explain il by that the mistress
OF Atlas had announced 10 him that man named Lehega
had offered Atlas passport and money to go abroad
and that prevent this be had kept him in concealmen
But this i denied by Lehega and the women in the
presence OF M. Yon. Ii was be, they say, who pro-
posed to Atlas to Lehegal get him passport.
Lehega seems is the porter OF the stables OF the Pres.
ident There various other details which were given
by Atlas that could not be mentioned before without
nterruping the thread Of the narrative All the efforts
both Of Aais and Yon tended 10 fasten on the Eivs<s
the planning OF the plot They pretended that the day
before the plot distribution OF 500 francs was made 10
The 7is de pOrds de psns 10 assist in getting pc
sons TO JOIN IN an imperast conspiracy This also.
proved false. No distribution OF money took place on
that day, for any purpose, at the Eiyste Alas who had
already obtained money from the President by falsely
describing the distress OF bis wife and children, with
from the treasurer OF the Elysee, sum Of 40 francs
the day but after the pretended night sitting held at
the house oil the grocer in the Rue des Saussaies
that he had arfuy prepared coincidence OF date give
10 On act Of charity cxiored by fraud the appearance OF
remuneration, petty abominabe. destined to pay
for assassination And, has been observed il is the
porter OF the Elysee that spoken OF 10 demand
only man capable OF pointing out 10 the courts the pre-
tended consprators charged 10 assassnae the President
Of the Assembly and the commander OF the army OF
Psrs As the judges justly observe, "t is difficult 10
conceive all the consequences which the spirit OF party
might have drawn II IL had been said that the reveaer OF
me plot had Ned by assistance procured in this way"
M fon will doubtless be dismissed shortly.
The French Academy, at their meeting last Thursday,
elected M NlsaId TO the vacant fanteua caused by the
death Of NJ de Fele His opponent was the celebrated
poet and hneraieur NJ Alfred De Murset, to whom the
literary world 10 indebted for brilliant comedies
PROVERBS and poems The literary portion OF the acad.
envy sustained him. He had FIVE voices only, viz NM
Victor Hugo, Empis Saine Beuve Prosper Mermee and
eornn NM Theirs Mole. de Tocqueville, Saint Marc,