Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-11-25
LOUIS NAPOLEON.

The message of the President of France is
worth attention because it indicates the position
which he assumed on the eve of the severe crisis
that must take place in 1852. 1t appears that the
paper was received with marked disrespect by the
Assembly.
The Ministry (says a Paris letter to the N Y. Com
merciaD demanded early discussion OF lis project
OF electoral law. This refused by vote OF 1873
to $50 none but the republicans and 30 Eyseans vo
Ing ia favor. M. Berger led the att elk against the
President, having veered round since the close OF last
session. This defeat was followed on Wednesday by
a more signal one; In the election OF officers by the
fifteen bureaux into which the Assembly is divided,
every Bonap rtist excluded. The reaction jour
mails of all shades, except those under the immediate
patronage of the Esee, attack the President and his
Ministry with the most unsparing animosity; while
the republican papers continue to doubt his sincerity,
and call on lim for vigorous acts in order 10 prove
The Presidents friends greatly discouraged;
they did not anticipate majority OF l5S against the
message. LIE Constitutional speaks OF Louis Bona
parties quitting the Presidency leaving the Repubc
respected and universal suffrage uptouched says he
wishes not to fall below the example OF General Cav
aignac This may mean what it naturally imports,
or it may refer to the much talked of project OF re-
slgnaton of office. Some of the Presidents advisers
favor the following plan: devoted Bonaparsts are to
be placed in all the prefecufes and Influential posts
OF administrations; the President IS then to resign,
leaving the rens OF power IN the hands OF his person
al friend, the Vice President, M Bouley; under the
constitutional provision the election must take place
IN month; M. Bonaparte PRESENTS himself as can
again the palace of the Elysee. But the execution
of this plan presents serious difficulties; the As
sembly would probably object TO such an evasion of
the constitution, place the army OF Paris under Chan
GARNER, Cavalgnac, L1morlcIere, or some OF the At
rcan generals make 1t criminal offence to further
his canddateship and on the slightest overt act on
his part, shut him up in Vincennes. 1t is not proba
bic that finger would be stirred TO rescue him.
The next few months will be agtatcd by the strug-
giles, quarres and intrigues OF the different fractions
of the old eactionary coalition and the attempts OF the
republicans to preserve the tree institutions OF the
country, and some liberty of action Tor them
selves. The great danger lies ia the needless and
desperate compression OF the people, agreed on by the
entire reaction. This may lead to civil war and,
through that, to very disastrous political results But
if this be avoided by the entire partial restoration
OF universal suffrage, it matters little whether Bona
parte of Joinve, or Changarniel be the head oil
affairs; the fundamental principles of French institute
tons must receive their gradual development and the
country must move onWa I'd IN the route OF industrial
and democratic progress. Yours, &c, w. B.
In the message we find the following ausion
to matter in which this country is interested:
We have embraced, with alacriy the oceas on If
giving Spain proof of the sincerity of tela- |
tions in asociatng ourselves with England to offer to
the Madrid Cabinet the cooperation OF our naval forces
in order to repulse the audacious attempt against
the island of Cuba Besides, our Minister at Wash. |
ingon has been charged to sustain, in friendly way,
the claims OF the court OF Madrid, claims whose JUS.
tice has been loyalty recognised by the Federal Gov
eminent"
If the President Says the correspondent above quot
ed) had added that correspondence snow going on
between his Cabinet and the Federal Government"
aforesaid on the subject and tina that correspon
dence, though couched in the most polite diplomatic
phraseoogy contains disagreeabe things both
sides, he would have been the mark AT least,
member OF the Assembly, whom | have reason to
think perfectly informed tells me He adds further
that structures of the French government bear prin
cipaly the inability OF the United States repress
hrtormauon of armed bands, in their territory for the
attack OF other countries.
Another passage refers to an old air
"The claims which large number OF French mer.
chants and shp owaers have to prosecute against the
Government Of the United States on account OF arbi
trary seizures by the houses of California We
not been iqudated and paid; but The American Con-
gress and Washington Cabinet have formally leeog.
nized their justice, and shall obtain legitimate
satisfaction"