The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-12-31
FRENCH REVOLUTION.

From tie giving. cat in French politics, from
time to time, we have been led to suppose tor
some months, that crisis approaching in
French affairs The long expected event has al
length arrived ani fr.m the last foreign news,
we are permitted to pcruse portion OF the de-
tails, which have marked this stirring event
The President, whose patriotism and republican
tendencies have been doubled By many. has as.
sum d the fearful responsibility of violently dis
solving the Assembly, issuing proclamation
announcing an election upon the prtnc'pie OF
universal suffrage, and throwing himself rs
candidate for RI. election 10 thePrcsidcn' y,upon
the sufrascs Of the people This liz bold ana
daring stroke ofpolicy, or nsurpa.ion II power,
and the mn VIII, ventures it. must be courage
ously reckless Of personal safety, or have stud
died to some purpose, the character and feelings
of the people to whom he appeals Louis Ma
poleon is either Il sanacious statesman, or des-
paratc politician, and we can only s,lvc the
question, by awaiting tie result OF his daring
experiment.
From all the information We have been ao'e
thus far to gather. it would seem, TINT nc 'as
Joined his political fortunes to the liberal or rad
ical party IN Franc.
His declaration in favor Of universal suffrage,
would seem 10 warrant this conclusion. But
whether this party is suficien ly powerful, to
| sustain him in his bnld usurpation of authority
is question yet 10 be determined That the
French ad nire bold AMI fc,rless spirit, wheth-
er in politics or war, is attcsted from their
deep admiration of Rchleu, and Napo-
Icon, md it may prove, that the very no.
vclty and extravaganza Of the FfenchPresident 5
conduct. in place of suhjec'ing him to political
discontinue and pcrs,n,l d,ngcr, may be the
means and the only means, of securing him a
rc-elec ion to tn, Presidency.
/ tits one thing to understand general politics
and quite another,to understand French politics
A man may be popular to day and unpopular
| to. morrow party may be in the ascendant to-
day and in the min ,rity tomorrow. 1t is nc
dispar,gemcn. to history and the character o
the French nation, 10 say that they are impul
sive-perhaps the most so, of any nation extant
And this accounts in very great measure, TO
their rapid and radical changes.
Ii is we'll known that the Republican consti
tuition adopted by France, provided that the Ere
s,dent should be ineligible for n second term
and that no amendment should be made to the
Constitution, without vote of two thirds of thu
Legislature To obviate this prohibition, TIN
i President endcavnrcd through his friends in thu
Assembly, to procure an amendment to thu
Constitution. Failing in this, he sought t.
bring about repeal of the law restricting uni
versal suffrage. In this he also failed, where.
upon he dissolved his ministry, and organized ;
new one composed of moderate politicians from
the Assembly and the country. This also
seems to hive filled in producing the object III
tended and therefore follows the violent dIsso
luton of the Assembly. This was the sigma
for revolution War has commenced and where
it will terminate, time only can determine.
;, In their future political action, we trust they
may be guided by wisdom, prudence and justice
whether Louis Napoleon is elected to admini,
ter the & ,vernment, as President, or condemn
ed to the obscurity and retirement Of priva!
gentlemen.