The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-02

ext ffeiVh sHAits las taken place ne Quaf
:. hvssn Louis Napoleon and General the
eonmandpr OF the army q paris had become question
a zach grave polies importance that another revolution
,o.y ,prng from IT, which win give direction 10
,hs desnnies Of France Three years ago America WAS
,.ioieing over the revolution Of ls4s, and INDUCING In
,aod hopes at The birth q the French republic. But
since hen the feeling 10 America has undergone change
tn, hopes Which eaL ndled by the overthrow Of the
Boo,bon dyassy gradually faded away. Even the first
efforts Of The provisional government tended 10 oberae
,hsm by exhibiting the fact that even the ablest men of
France we're not prepared for genuine repubcanisn--
,hat rW6bicansm with them abstract idea
and not practical force, which must become part
and paree-a constituent eemen-of people, before ii
can produce any practical good
Iiberri Equahti Fra,eroiu though shouted in wild
chorus by all the nobs on earh, will never establish
reoubic The men who utter those words must know
their meaning and that their rulers know III they
must know their meaning, and understand the great truth
that where here Is tar there is no liberty and no
eoualy Repubcansm il not RIGHTEOUSNESS Il is moral
and law abiding The fact that the French people
elected Prince Tor President, for other but be-
cause he was the nephew of his unce.' proved that
although republicanism had driven monarchy from
the tongues OF the French people. had not become
element OF French nature working its sautary effects
silently and surely in the French system. The French
people, and perhaps the French rulers, may desire 10 be
republican; hut fear that many grievous struggles viii
take place like those which have convulsed Paris in the
as three years. before the French people will learn how
to be republican, and how force their rulers be re-
publican. rn
The election Of Louis Napoleon, followed by the
nj tha If
damped The ardor OF those in America who sympathized
deeply with the French people and entertained high
hoyes OF their They that sudden spas
modc efforts, however powerful, cannot change mon
archy into republic, although they may change King
into President There be constant force desiv
ing It's consancy from the fact thai il as constiu
ent element in the nature of The people, before change
forms will secure any permanent good The overwbelm
ing power Of Paris fearful obstacle permanent
Enlistment OF free principles in France The Qvershad
owing Importance Of the local interests Of such city and
its money power would tend TO disarrange weordrred
and welIestabished republic But when add 10 this
the dangerous elements which to be found in all such
cities. recurring armed force for the of
ORDER great to be Inconsistent with republican
institutions, the question Of freedom becomes prob
ematca say the least, while Paris is the of gov
eminent Pa1s rules France. and Paris requires army
govern it. This circumstance is momentous; for re-
public must be sustained by something different from
armed men. Paris requires army I; and while Paris
rules France whoever commands tina, army is clothed
with tremendous power. II he is the partisan OF the
President, then the President in fact King of France
he chooses exercise royal powers Ii the commander
Of Paris is enemy Of the President, and find legal
support in his enmy then issue is made up between
the strongest powers in fe present French organza-
ton.
These remarks will explain TO the reader the following
abstract Of the recent from France which we copy
irom the Philadelphia Inquirer. and to show why
that crisis is to expected from the quarrel between
Louis Napoleon and General Changarner back by the
Assembly @
No people can be devoted to liberty who prefer
name 10 ihngs-a dynasty TO principle. So long as the
French people suffer themselves TO become the slaves
either of the Bourbons the Bonapasts they are unfit
support free institutions. Why was Louis Bonaparte
selected as the President of the repubc Because he
was OF the Bonapare family, and not because be bad
the qualities Of statesman TO hold the rens OF govern
men That very selection was bad augury for the
liberty Of France II shook the confidence Of her friends
everywhere. Who. then, could be astoni.hed at the
restrictions that imposed upon the press, or the
outrageous reduction in the number OF Frenchmen who
had been previously entitled to the right Of suffrage
An enlightened Frenchman said the other day, We
gain liberty, but scarcely know how preserve
we have not the stability. the moderation the wisdom
the habits. which 50 happily belong to your country"
+" Paris correspondent of the London Morning Chron
Gle says that Louis Napoleon has laid itdown yta
soa 70 All those TO whom he has spoken his
sassmsne, that he IL quite determined that whatever
Al adj
removal General Chang the OF
army Of fafs Huhefto has found the necessary
nu'nb Of statesmen 10 lorm cabinet ready
ht condon ard that fact will be considered
osnefsi Chanaarnie IN his coninsnd and the mainensn
The Anhotiy OF the legislature considered Identical
ne organs oil the Eysee declare that, although !.
mar me sosiion OF UfleanisN, egltmss aud socialists
a msde the iornaiioi OF ministry matter OF great
glhculy, Tie delay Is not altogether Naer oil necessity
Inc ffosidsn they wishes let the affair rpen
oe aklnx decision and they declare
unwilling that the county should feel the
ne crisis, and iorce the Assembly bring
ne Goes not according 10 TN. conceal himself
gavy Of us state OF uncenaintv but he wishes TO know
we opinion oil the public position which he
oeen placed by the parliamentary and minister's of
we 70" lew days. In shor, he wishes ait t
he cheek rec.ved by the reaches the for.
oeH exuem,tes oil the country, in tue expectation that II
VIII return with snnontions very favorable the As
emby II is needless that II this policy be carried
on-and there Is why should beihc crisis
may last iof ten days, II not longer
The writer adds thar five % the member. OF the late
cabinet had pronounced elves Of the removal
o. GENERAL ChAnKafnos ICON tho command OF the army
Ans sud that iney consequently TO be la Of
nce ihsse are MN honhef, rouid Dumas, Binesu, and
General ochtsmm The Tour ministers who TO leave
NE csbinet M Bsrocne, Gene al de la lIitte M de
fsrieu, and Admiral Roman Desiosscr. #ste