New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-11


If tbe Democratic principle When he was young,
ridioule saved bin from public indignation. Now
in his ripper yeara, it is public Indignation that pre-
serves him from ridicule. Happy and digniisd al
tentative!
When Louis Napoleon was elected he sough'
the alliance OF most ignoble feeling, saen per
vadiDg France. / mean fear fear OF socialism
and the Bocialists The President took hsla Oh II
and made it quit bis purpose. he told the igo0.sn'
and mora sslfish psrt Of the nation +" There is
monster coming on the wings OF sne Den9e'a 49,
principle. ready TO swallow you up, properly 49,
all. No power has yet been able 70 pas ssDr
liza srogresa You know il 5us 100 wen ~
~ ,na can srrest it. But will nos DO II IL you
yssgss ma any thing; nyou do lot oonaoe ~ ms
and o;ve ma evers tbipg." And the pooT, mised
vaonIa snavered. "save US from soci slism and
an will be well, and we win be yours"
Triebsened people and stupid people are one
AND the same thing. Soon after the 10th Of De-
Gambler, Louis Napoleon betook himself to doing
the very things best fitted to incense the French
Nation. He refused the promised amnesty dis
missed all the Republican functioperiea, ana gave
their places TO otbers welknown for their monarch
ioal propenstties felled TO the ground the liberty
srees; prescribed the Phrysian cap and red SCAT
He did, In short, the things best calculated 70
kindle the popular wrath, and when shiS began 70
exhibit symptoms Of yeyiving, ne turned 70 the sef
rifed class, otherwise called the 5ougeo's'e, say
ing: aWas right Do you see Socialism ad-
yancingf Do you hear the Socialists rushing oA
like wild beastsi Give me arms, weapons stsong
enough TO defend and protect you, or you are lost
And be got weapons strong enough one'snrd
NJ France was pat under martial law; Liberty and
Democracy were crushed through French inter.
ference all over Europe; tho military authority
was given to the creatures of the PRESIDENT the
Republican Guard was dismissed; prosecutions
against the liberal journals were carried to an OK.
Gent I'LL then unknown the clubs were suddenly
and violently closed public Education abandoned
20 the will Of the Government; laws and rights
were trod under dictstorial feet so much was done
in 80 abort time, on tho side Of tyranny that the
popular party did Lot dare to protest in She usual
popular way, lcas IL ahould be slaughtered and
Dispersed, 40 was the expressed wish OF the
President and his Psetorians. "Whata good thing
IL the mob should try 10 Fight us |" they said fire.
uuently and impudently ave are sure OF proving
the strongest; then with our swords and muskets
we would blot from the electoral Lists some thirty
or forty thous and Names and Paris would be q
happy spot Only think how quietly and nicely
wa would set to work and rebuild society, II those
Thirty or forty thu usabd were under ground"
have heard such words, from the nobiest and
highest lips from feminine lips even In the
mean time the popular chiefs entreated their friends
70 bear and orbear till the election, when they
would gain their point by lawful means. "What
is the use Of Universal isuRrage, if not to enable
you TO deprive the unworthy Of usurped powers
and TO transfer il into purer hands The era o;
revolutions was closed the day that Universal saf
frage was conquered Wait, Be patient; and
show that you deserve the rights you have &C.
quiredp
And the people did Sc they were told, beholding
In silent and digni6ed Indignation the numerous
acts Of brutal tyranny, which were intended to al
lure them to the barbados Bat the day OF the par
tie elections arriving Paris waa destitute ofrepre-
sentatives nearly all her Deputies being extles the
people sent to the Assembly the most determined
and dreaded Socialists the reactionary Govern
mont was struck with awe, and incsnsed with
elections had not been general aad the majority was
still its own. But the public feeling waa obvious,
and its aatisfaotion certain. 1t became urgent to
snatch the elective power from the popular hold
that TOO was dared and accomplished Though Uni
versal Suffrage was the corner stone OF the Con.
attution aud the essential conquest OF the last
yavolution. reform o! the Electoral Law was
brought before the Assembly ana voted by it. Now
Universal Suffrage exists no more in France, and
the Electoral List made up Paris after the reform
eontsins bat 600 nsmea while the preceding
contained not less than 900 GOO. 1t is now not at
all unlikely that the actual members of the Assem-
blv and Government may be reelected by the nlu,
tilated Suffrage
What chance is there es to the People to die
ensanele themselves from the net in which they
are falen9 see zone bu. another revolution and
the present Government 10 dragging them TO shat
desperate resource with all its power and shrewd-
ness. Nobody oan ioreBee the result Socialism
numbers very many adherents among the French
soldiers and even among their officers bat the
strength OF military discipline ought not to be over
eoked az was too evident last year, when Re-
publican army was sens to destroy sister Repub
TO- wishouS offering the least opposition But even
she chance OF active sympathy between the army
and the insurgent people has been quite cressslled
by the President. The Piedmontese Cabinet waa
lately requested by Austrian Minister 70 allow the
Austrian army 70 peas through their territory 70
Franco, where an impending revolution rendered
the vicinity o. allied troops very desirable Mar.
ouis dAzegio asked in his turn il the request was
hr EreOch ART nd
Enough no precise answer waa made as to this par
scular point, the affirmative was plainly limited.
Piedmont referred the subject to Easlsnd, which
dictated negative, answering at the same tims
for the consequences, bat urging Piedmont to
hasten the augmentation of its army.
cpch IL this stata Of things in France. Louis