New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-15
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worth no more. Will 10 v,l. tlis moraies -
resume the habit Of careful reallos. Apar.
from tie great yacht race. aad tbc sale Of
Tie Winning vessel ata snug pcoft % hsr
owners. with al ,he gov of national ice,n,
which 1t is our duty to feel 90 ,ac ,sam,s
achieved for our ship-buLlers, the political
oe~s Is calculated toprovoac reflection.
In regard to fs,NcE. there seems
to De no longer reason TO doubt thl.
tie Prince ie Joimi j. has resolved 20 lam.
tate the example %, Louis Napoleon ana seek
return to France by mcaus of an election,
either % the National Assembly OK TO tie
Presidency. Ii Is sand that DE Wi. ms, ~
the latter with aYlow. 81 course, 70 the ior.
mer \ special election Is about 20 be held
to I'LL the vacancy in the Department Of FIN
stcrre, where the Prince is exceedingly
popular, especially IA the maritime city Of
Brest. He will be elected. and then the
question Will be On the abrosatlon IT the de-
cree of Punishment. which now iorbIds hlm,
As well all the other member al MS family, 10
return to France. rhISlt Is supposed will be
accomplished he viii return and take his
seat next he Will be put IN nomination for
the Presidency and viii himself BE- At Paris
to direct the maneuyers ot the electoral
campaign Such, or something near II, IS
probably the plan in the execution OF which
the Prince and his immediate friends
prominent among whom is VI. Jules laStcy-
rie. who was last year In this country
now engaged VI. Guizot, VI. Duchatel.
and in short all the political leaders who
formed and sustained the last Government
of Louis Philippe, oppose this scheme
They 20 for the fusion OF the two branches
of the Bourbons with a view to the re9tora-
tlon of monarchy ON the basis of leglti-
macy.
We do not here undertake to appreciate
the motive which impels NJ de Jolnylllc TO
such a course, nor to decide whether It be
genuine resolve to submit to the Republic
as the best thing under the circumstances,
or A plot To oven throw the Constitution and
relnstate the throne 1t Is easy IN coa-
eeiye, however, that man of his active dis
position aud intense patriotic feeling should
prefer to enter France ON any tolerabe con
ditlons which would insure h,m an lniluen-
tial place in public affairs, rather than to
rust in English exile IN the expectation of
A daily more uncertain and improbable Res
toratlon. The traditions of his family are
entirely in favor of this hypothesis has
father dad not entertain any rigid views OF
monarchical principle, apart from his own
interest, and his grandfather was VIGOROUSLY
ready for any compromise without regard To
how much he was required to surrender.--
Witness his vote for the execution of Louis
XVI
1t is evident that VI de Joinyille has not
the political chances which have done so
much for Louis Napoleon. His name will
rouse wide and bitter animositios by which,
Napoleon was not affected. The Leglt-
imists cannot 90 for him as they did for the
nephew Of his uncle :" aud great as may
be the Orleans princes popularity in the
seaports, he will not find that blind support
from the peasantry which proved 50 eihca-
cious at the last election. Besides, he
lacks one advantage that Napoleon en-
loved he has not the reputation OF beng
mentally and morally deficient, and no large
party that in reality is opposed to him, can
hope to convert him into Us tool.
On the whole, then, such a movement on
the part of this prince has an excellent pro-
mise for the good cause 1t Is new aud
potent element Of dscord IN the camp OF
those whose end is to smother liberty aud
enchain the people, and adds another To the
probabilities Of a democratic triumph at the
coming election.
Still 1t IS not wise t. regard the prospect
with too much confidence IL Is always
possible that the aRti-republcan factions
should take counsel OF prudence, and at the
last moment abandon their quarrels and
make common cause, rather than risk the
transfer Of the government into the hands
Of genuine, radical republicans. 10 that
case It Is possible that they should fix oa
NJ. de Joluylile as their most available can
dldate 1t would but add another to this
strange yicissItudes Of affairs, should this
descendant OF Bourbon Kings appear, ie"
months hence, before the National Assem-
bly, 10 take tie oath Of fidelity to the RePab'
he 40 It's President
We copy in another column the curious
letters of the Austrian Emperor. by winch.