The New York herald., 1851-12-30

through ths public journals the truth for here, in
Paris, the press ID literally crushed. Nojournal is
seen now which dare say one syllable Of truth een-
osrnins the recent events. Those that appear, and
they are but few, (four or i've ct msst,) are per-
mitted to be published upol tho express condition
Of their making no comments upon the atrocious
acts Of the bloody rule which now reigns triumph
ant, or Of basely lsuding them, and falsely repre-
senting them - necessary for the preservation Of
order, and prevention Of pillage-the merest and
most unfounded pretext for the commission of the
foulest crimes, and the most audacious out
rsges-such that we shall find no parallel for
the worst Of those Roman butchers who made the
imperial city Q slaughter house, or in the blood
dripping annals Of this very Paris in the time of the
first revolution, and the reign Of terror: Indeed,
ror there ever existed in the worst times Of that
darkest passage of Gallo history.
To come to particulars and to facts. The state of
siege has now continued Eve days. During the
first three days there was fighting in the streets,
at the barIicades, and from the houses; but one
hundred and 6fty thousand soldiers were too much,
of course, for the feeble opposition which could
be made by the half armed citizens, who
with the most atrocious brutality. There Is
now a perfect calm, except when at night, in the
Plaine dc Grenelle, the sounds Of the fHsyaie are
heard OF poor untostunssss % Eh9 have been taken %
calm Every heart burning with indignation
but not word, except from the slaves aud tools Of
power, and the few journals that still drag out
shameful existence, and are filed with the most
barefaced fasehoods and repetitions Of falsehoods
the street walls, stained with the government pro-
clamatio which are framed in the spirit of
the very father of lies, and which yet
deceive no one, for no one believes them.
Great numbers of the best and brsvest men
in France, members of the Assembly, and among
them ''the noblest Roman Of them all,' Cavaignac
spirited away, and no doubt in dungeons; and by
whom has all this been donel by a vagabond, can
extravsgsnt and wheedling stranger. of here and
everywhere"- German and half French creole,
who has passed half his life in foreign countries,
and cannot even speak with correctness, the Ian
guage of those whom he now treats as his slaves,
and slaughters with the hands Of bis base and
drunken myrmidens, as if they were cattle in the
shambles. This is no table, or exaggeration, it is
Because the whs still bears the title of President
which he has forfeited being in despair of succeed
ing in his progress Of obtaining absolute power by
fair means, determined, possible, to have it BY
beth, under circumstances not very dissimilar:-
Al ..n... "~. .hs;' .Sr IN. mine 60. own good
that is some comfort, At present all France,
out of Paris, is kept in profound ignorance Of
the truth of the events which have taken place
within. Not only so; the only journals which
read them without feeling sentiments ofindgnation,
contempt, and disgust, to degree which passes all
power Of expression. am no Frenchman, bs: it is
impossible not to feel the veliest sympathy for the
condition of people thus abased and fallen-thus
trampled under foot-thus humbled before the stern
despotism Of irresistible power AS said before,
however, this state Of things cannot possibly last
Magma est vertas ct pr Gpae6n The truth will out
st last, and France viii arise like strong giant and
"break and tear to pieces" the dsgraceful fetters
which now hold her in bondage, mute and po weress
rule which stands upon mere force cannot be long
upheld. There is always, in such cases, constantly
opposing force, which though repressed for the time
BY still stronger one, is ready like spring, to fly
back to its natural position whenever the
is relaxed. At present, half France is arrested or
fSsa, and the other half ges darmes, soldiery,
or tools and slaves of the President in some way or
other engaged in the preservation Of the present
frightful state Of order. Military despotsm is for
the moment complete. But Louis Napoleon, like
Milton, though in different spirit, viii have rea-
son to complain, and to regret that he has come in
can age too late"
If should have another opportunity Of writing,
will give you account Of some of the incidents
Of thclast few days. but have no space time for
them at present. n. M.