Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-12

wife of usurping King, the mother OF usurpine
Princes" The Queen Of the Belgians, the daugh
ter of Louis Philippe, warmly shares and freely
expresses the same sentiments. The Princes are
operated upon by the dying advice OF their father
only to the extent of the declaration that they will
nerpsse no active objection to tha restoration ol
the elder branch they will offer no rival compe-
ttion. The Prince de Jonville is even reported
to have said that he has no thought of becoming a
candidate for the Presidency after Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte but the Princes declare that they will
not make common cause and enrol themselves
among the supporters of Henry "; that they win
/ abiure none of the events of 1880, renounce none
| of the chances that the future seems TO promise
them; and they add, that they count upon these
chances being greatly increased in their favor by
the faults to be committed by the pure Legitmsts.
But f in opposition 10 all the rules which govern
the actions of men in general, and of princes in
particular, the House of Orleans should be induced
TO abure its past and renounce its future thus pass
ing condemnation morally and politically slast
twenty years history, would they carry the whole
or considerable portion Of their party with them
to the acknowledgment and support of the legitimis
pretendant! No, no thousand times, no ! The
very natures of those two parties in France are
antipathetic, deeply, irremedably. lfthe Oreanist
party proper should be dissolved by the withdrawal
with the elder Bourbon, the immense majority of
their party in France would become Imperalists
rather than Bourbonisfs. Many would become
frank republicans rather than attach themselves to
either A very few words will suffice to prove
this. The history of the BourbOns for the last
sixty years, recent events at Wesbaden, and Parti-
cularly several documents which have been made
public even since the date of my last letter. and to
which shall allude presently, prove that the Bour-
bons are Bourbons still; that "they have learned
nothing" from the many severe lessons which have
been given to them all over Europe where they have
established themselves, but nowhere more frequent
ly than in France. The return of the Bourbons to
France would be signalized indubitably by the re-
storation of the old dogma of the DiUne right Of
Kings with all its concomitans, despotic, irrespon
sible theory and practice in government, recurrence
of the old administrative abuses, restoration OF the
old nobility, with their titles and privileges Its
members would, as of yore, monopolize all the ho-
norabe and lucrative employments, military, poll
tica and civil, without regard to moral desert or
capacity. Birth would decide all
Now, what was it that distinguished in an espe-
cial manner the monarchy Of Louis Philippe! 1t
was the elevation, the investment with the highest
political and social consideration ofthe citizen class
1t is every day in political discussions alluded to
and described as the Government of the b0urge0ise.
Louis Philippe was known TO all the world as the
Citizen King. After twenty years experience OF
the sweets of power, is it possible to suppose that
they will deliberately embrace, or that they will
suffer to be imposed upon them, system which
would be instantly followed by their social and po-
litical Reconsideration Rely upon it, no Ra-
ther than follow the Count Of Paris and the Orleans
family to the Count of Chambord ten to one of the
bourgeoise land it is the bourgeoise almost exclu-
sively that composes the Orleans party) would, if
they believed, as most Of them do the republic to
be impossible, become imperialist. For, under the
empire, they would have at least as much liberty
as under the legtimst monarchy, and they might
count that las under the first empire) there would
be no monopolizing arstocracy of birth that citizen
and popular merit would at least have an equal
chance with birth for court favors, for honorable
and lucrative offices, for military advancement and
glory.
have already mentioned in previous letters that
the appeal to the people and the immediate legiti-
mists, led by LARocHEJAaUELIN in the Assembly
and the Gazette de France in the press, were dis
avowed and gently rebuked by the Council at Wies
baden. Three days ago an incredible document,
which shows at once the madness and the conf
dence of the party, was published. 1t will, have
little doubt, prove the death warrant of the party,
and serve to hasten the crisis which all believe
will soon follow the re-assembling of the Legisla-
ture. II is circular dated Wiesbaden, August 80,
1850, and addressed to the newspapers and notable
men of the party throughout France. Il is signed
by the secretary of legitimst society, of which
M. BERRYER is president giving official notice OF
what had been determined on at Wiesbaden, and
prescribing the which all good and true leg-
timiss were to take In this document, the authen-
tci,y of which none now doubt, the Count de Cham
bord reserves to himself the direction of the general
policy, but nominates FIVE persons two of whom,
Gen. DE SAINT PRIEST and M. BERRYER, are mem
bers of the National Assembly, his delegates in
France, whose instructions all good legitimists are
charged implicitly to obey. "The appeal to the
people is formally and absolutely condemned as
implying the negative of the grand national prin-
cipe Of the hereditary monarchy" Nothing but
return to this principle the divine right of kings,
as opposed to renewed expression Of popular will,
can, it is argued, save the country from continued
popular commissions The chances for LOUIS Ma
poLEoN consider greatly improved by this docu-
ment. | am, &c.