The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-02-06

fand Executive powers, has at last come fne-
thing nkSS focus, aVa Louis NaPoN0p
SSthS q sS'l &stau., sapaparfc' fissrs1
member Of the Assembly, ara aend asked leave
to intermediate the Minister ofNar as to certain
iustructHAps which il was reported General Chan
gaSaier h@gven to thearmy under his command,
u and whicA s3ered much Of despotsm The Min
y ister'asked uSs to reply, but the Assembly would
not grant his wish. lie demanded at least till
Monday this was Saturday, to reply, but the
N House would not allow him an hour. So, taken
Vat time when he was unprepared to prove that
@seneral Changarnior had gone beyond his pow
the General arose and made speech, in
wiich he denied that he had given the despotic
orders TO the army which had been attributed to
him in some Of the journals, and in the of
his speech fairly threw himself into the arms Of
the Legislature as its defender His explanations
were received with applause, and the general i'm
preston was that he had divorced himself COM
pletely from the Executive, and joined the Legis-
lature. The manifest GOODNESS of great majority
Of the Assembly towards the Ministry has been
apparent for some time; but this insult to the
Minister Of War was not expected, and on the
following Monday they sent in their designations
to the President who, it was FIRST reported, had
accepted them; but such is not yet the case for
he cannot form a new Cabinet.
Louis Napoleon is determined that General
Changarnier shall be dismissed from bis post
lie Tears MIN, ana knows mat IL Will be utterly
impossible for him to execute any of his ambitious
designs while that general has control of the army.
He declares that be will accept no Minister who
is not willing to hold in his hand the dismissal of
the General; and while many agree with him as
to the desirability of his removal no one dares to
try the experiment. large party in the As
sembly declare that if Chsngarnier be dismissed
they will elect him President Of the Assembly
and in that Office he, by the Constitution, can
name the amount of troops for the defence of that
body, and will have them under his control As
last resort, the President threatens to throw
himself into the arms of the Red Republicans and
already he has had an interview with NJ. Billaut
Red, in reference to the formation Of a Repuh-
lican Cabinet at the head of which he will put
M. Billault. During the quarrel the Mountain
has united with the Legtimists, though 1t owes
anything but good will 10 General Changarnier,
and it is thought it will be ready to sanction his
removal One thing is certain-the Reds and
MOderates are not sorry that Louis Napoleon,
after his hypocritica conduct finds himself I'M
supported in the Assembly, for such Is literally
the case. In long conference with M Mole he
declared "that there was not fraction Of the
Assembly however minute, that did not consider
itself justified in openly secretly opposing him"
II Is said that the President has been advised
TO throw himself upon the people, or declare an
Empire and himself its head. Such thing were
easier said than done, however; for, with an AS
seznhIg appspnJ e 1j2o, and eminent sene-al,
who is his enemy in command of the troops he
could do nothing He rigdy adheres to his de-
termination in reference to the removal of Gene
raj Changarnier Whether that can be done and
peace be secured to the nation remains to be seen
The news from Germany and other portions of
Europe is unimportant JULIAN.