New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-25

the repeal OF the law Of May 81. would be a pledge
~ peace 'oT 1852. Some leCge then iAugns! n ~
Wei. ROW, sLte the ~ OF December, during those
tn'lits, ~nlch have redeemed some spots 81 tn
neuoIels Nuh human blood, ~h.r has been he
ccntuci az he eorkiag classes IA Pa IS AID thrush.
out FfHce' Not only have they not Tlsea N arms
against Louis Napoleon BOnspa,te b4t they have
Ttusntc a. Their work regarding the soldiers OF IN
suITerilon concealed h. at baIric-Ges With con.
tempt. They have hoi es.ly SAID 10 themselves
since louls Napoleon bOn9parte restores ~ as al
the night Of voting, by should recel Wa; is
there to- fight FOR The President Of the 2epu0ltc
has thoroughly unde,stood The times IN wuch Ne
live re has done hs duty be does no, consider
TIA he glory o. the name he os4rs cOnfefsup0n hm
the rifht 20 co anything, ou. that u imposes IpOn
MIN tne necessity 70 co well. The repeal of The las
Of he 3sf o. Mag IS FRS step IN new and los nj
policy The war which since the l0th Dec 1913, LOUIS
Nspo'eo on Borap rte has uHCef taken .eaLst SOcifl-
I'm, Is ute 70 the confidence aud gratitude o. the
coultTy. Nevertheless y must he re I untersiroi
that a rs OF yet finished. Socialism. strongly
cameo, has a government al ready II mas repre-
seniatves or rather committee Of public safety,
even IN the smallest villages, AMI IN the smallest
villages VICTIMS are areacy designated 10 their ex-
ecuuonfrS. All that IS but intimidation II honest
men Will hold we'll together. A noble example mas
been set since the % Of December, by most hon
cradle men, and men Of the finest Unders -andlny.
The most deserved eulogIums Of our brave ana
faithful army fall from every lip letus also do honor
TO the clVl' courage VI. re Moray, on the morning
of the I'd Of December. after having in concert With
the Minister War. General 81 Araud, assumed
soon found most courageous auxlliaries IN the men,
hers OF the new Cabinet. VINO eagerly took their
share OF this great responsibility.
The Pqtrlt canvssses the votes of the free and IN
dependent electors in the following strain:
Conquer or die With ne President. At this great
and solemn Crisis such is the alternative for France
1t is not the existence OF the Republic that is
naced. The republican form OF government ex-
lists III universal suffrage. country IN which the
whole OF the citizens are called upon 70 express
81 4
basis Gifts institutions is truly and seriously orga
nlZed Republic. No, II rs not the Republic that
runs any danger of perlShlng with liberty 1t is
clety that has been threatened WITH being buried
uncer the runs Of order Anarchy cannot vlctOri
Gus. The org nlZatlOn of defense is formidable.
The enthusiasm OF the troops is marvellous Gene
rails and soldiers would rather be killed 10 the last
man than abandon the sacred course oil civilization
which they are now defending IN concert with the
President. But H. by OF those fatalities OF which
We could only think with terror he cause of the de-
magogues could triumph for only few days, II would
De all over with France. 1t would be neither the
Count de ChambOTC nOrthe COuntde Paris who would
be called upon TO inherit the sTOllS Of the power
violently wrested from Prince Louis Napoleon
Even the name of Ledru- Roiin would not suffice
At one bound all the steps Of demagogy would be
passed III order to arrive a. horrible regime Of pill
lste. murder and lncendarsm. In less than week
the whole OF France would be immense rum, and
Communism would establish arelgn ephemerii With
out doubi, but which for long time would bear sad
and profound traces. The question thus established
By the force Of events no longer leave the slight
est room for hesitation in the minds Of honest men,
TO v hatoyer party they may belong. Prince Louis
NAPOLEON Is nor the flag OF an opinion ne is more
and better than that He is the flag Of society and
civillzatiOn-the flag Of European order-the flag Of
family rights and those OF property Let all who do
not ish that France should perish n the waves of
blood end flames, hasten then to ralyround The only
power that can save them. To hesitate would DE 10
keep up agitation, encourage lnsurrectlOn, and tor
~ anarchy. In short to hesitate now, would be
more than political fault II would be political
crime.