Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-05-25
OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.

PARIS, MAY 2, 1850.
The opinion expressed in my last as to the result
of the election in the capital-an opinion in which
it is not much to say nine-tenhs of the city then
shared, has been disappointed Sue, the candidate Of
the Socialist party has been elected by majority Of
about nine thousand over LEcLEKc, the candidate of
the party of order There is in this fact matter to
strike CONSERVATION into France and alarm into Eu-
rope. For France, not yet relieved from its thraldom
to the capital still accepts the political forms which
Paris imposes upon it and Europe, remembering
the revolutions which so quickly followed in many
of its States that Of February in France, may now
well busy itself with the inquiry what is to be the
consequence of the triumpho the Red Republicans
of the establishment of the Socialist republic in
France? 1t can hardly be permitted to doubt that
general war would follow; not merely national
war, fifty years ago, but national, civil, and
cial, all at the same time, the duration and the
issues of which none may presume to tell.
But Providence has not yet, you say, inflicted
upon France the calamity from which these evils
are to fow. No! but there are no feasible legal
means of preventing it. / doubt if there are any
feasible illegal means of preventingit. | consider
it certain that unless France, by violent extra
constitutional effort abandons her present position,
rejects the pernicious men and doctrines which
universal suffrage, worked by skilful and disci-
plined minority, is fatally imposing upon her. the
bes and Raspa, will be soon fixed upon her.
It became evident, day or two previous to the
election, that the enthusiasm of which the journals
which originated the candidacy of Leclerc made SO
much talk, was in great degree fictitious, and
much exaggerated. There were found to be many
disconnected, if there were none openly hostile to
the new nominee. On Saturday the result was
deemed exceedingly doubtful. Sunday and Mon
day sadly realized the worst anticipations. So
far from the general enthusiasm announced to reign
among all the friends Of ode the actually less than
in March last Upwards of hundred thousand voters de-
clined voting. There nearly hundred thousand last
month and it was calculated that these would turn out
in sufficient numbers to turn the SCALE Not It appears
that the Socialists have gained ground since the 10th of
March Their vote is nearly the same, notwithstanding the
notorious fact that fifteen thousand neay all of that
party) have been stricken from the lists.
The vote of the Army, counting the invalids is
last month, decidedly in favor of the socalss-6o2s for
Sue 5000 for Lecle 1t is to be remembered that this is
the result in Paris where special is taken to con-
cenrate those regiments which least infected with epub
cansm and where the majority above given essened by
the presence Of several privileged corps of picked men, who
vote to the side Of Government We expect
ing from the department of the Saone aud LOIRE where cleo
tions have also taken place. still omnous army VOTE
The role which the army to play in the denoucmen of
French politics SO important that any thing which throws
light upon it's temper and the probable direction in which its
influence will be exeed is of special interest On this ac
count must report portion Of the made the day
before yesterday in the Assembly the discussion of the war
budget by Gen. LAMoRlcIERH
He thought that quite too much interest manifested
to know what the army thought and how the army voted
He wished that the electoral law respecting the army could
be strictly execued and that thus it should become mpos
sbe to know to what political party had been given
In
to this day-who voted for Gen. Cavagnac and who for M
BonaParte What matters it, in fact to know how the army
votes Not the slightest doubt to its conduct can be found
ed its vo,e Many Of those who fought and died at
os had not voted for the additional ace to the constitution of
the empire Many OF those who warmly opposed the ord
ances of July fought and died in the foremost ranks in 1880
in defence OF the restoration And they who opposed with
most animation the policy of the last minister Of the late mo-
narchy, defended that monarchy the last moment The
army will ever defend the law but upon the condition that
you respect those laws which give the army lis force and
by virtue OF which our military institutions have survived the
wreck OF all the political institutions which we have seen to
pass away during the last sixty years. say gentlemen,
that the amy let vote as may, will defend the law
The army only lives by law, and for the defence Of law. II
has the sentiment Of its rights and Of its duties and upon
this double sentiment founded that obedience to rule and
that admirable discipline which is its strength and which
gives it that calm and noble attitude which is ever
to assume in the mds, Of political aeiations The
army Is the faithful representative Of the opinion of the coun
ty which opposed c0ups eat Issuing from the street.
as well as to ooups deat issuing from any where cse"
The above remarks not entirely re.assurng as to what
would be the conduct Of the army case Of another violent