The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-02-01
Tho Late Flare-up In France.

candidate Tor the ofiice OF United States Sen-
| ator.
The Late Flare-uP in France.
Correspondence Of the Courier DIES Etats- Unis
PAais, January 9, 1851.
In speaking to you in my late letter Of tho
latent antagonism which existed between the legF
lative and the executive powers, forcsaw the in
eyitable explosion which must proceed from the fire
rohich smouldering Under the ashes Of ambition
and intrigue My letter wac written but few
hours when my anticpations confirmed, and
the explosion took place. II Mr.. Napoleon
| Bonaparte, cousin in blood to the President and
cousin in politics to the Mountanecrs who applied
the incendiary match to the subterranean mine at
which the rival factions were at work, and which
has just blown up General Changarnier, the prin-
cpal pillar of one of these factions. Yes, General
Changarnie the alleged keystone Of social order is
dsmolishsd, they say in the slang of familiar poll
tics; and yet society is not crushed by it, has
the Bourse, that temple of industrial and financial
interests, trcmbled to its foundations. So far from
| it, there rise in the public funds In truth,
stock jobbing is heartless, and coins are decided
| ly ungrateful.
II the subject of the instructions which en-
joined the commanders Of the garrison Of Paris not
TO listen to the Representation, but to shoot traitors
Instantly, and 10 set at nough srery requision NOT
emanating from the Lieutsnant General, that Mr..
| Napoleon Bonaparte addressed interpretations to
the Minister of War during the sitting Of Friday,
| the Sd Of January. Seeing in these instructions,
which were toorthy Of Haynau and Of Wndischgratz,
the subvcrsion of all order, and contempt for the
rights accorded to the Assembly by the constitu-
ton, the Mountaineer Napoleonian Representative
demanded disavowal Of them. The Minister Of
War requested that the discussion should be post
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certaned whether the instructions which had been
revealed by the journal La Patrie really existed
not. But the majority, composed of royalists and
republicans, SUCCESSFULLY voted down the motions
to postpone for three months, till the next week,
and even till the next day, Notwithstanding the
ajstance which Mr. Baroche endeavored TO render to
his colleague of the War Department.
| The secret of this obstinacy on the part of the
| Right was, that its members knew that General
Changarnier was ready TO countervail, by single
word, the ugly trick which La Patrie wanted to
play upon him in revenge for his alliance, more
and more manifest, with the different parties OPP
posed to the EIysec. The of the play hav
| ing been arranged, General Changarnier ascended
the tribune and declared briefly that the instruction
attributed to him by the Parie was not in exist
ence, and had ersted that to be sure, he had
published one twenty nine months ago for the pur
the front Of battle ("That's the word" said Mr. Du
| pin, as if rendering explanatory comment.)
But the General added, that in of his instruc
tons, whether permanent or ransitory, had either
the constitutional right Of the Assembly to call for
troops the regulation which conferred the exercise
ofthis right on the President Assembly been de-
MED. ("Which, in case of need, would not be unem-
ployed,' said MIR. Dupin again, in vein Of heroic
and threatening resolution.) The order of the
day terminated this incident, which, according 10
an Eysian journal, raised General Chansarnier at
the erpense Of the Executive. The Patrie, however,
did not acknowledge itself beaten, but answered
the declaration Of General Changarnier by pub
fishing the literal and official copy of the instruc
tions from which it had extracted the leading arti
cles that the commander in chief of the garrison Of
Paris had Just denied; except that instead of being
signed by the latter, these instructions we're signed
| by General Rebel, one of his subordinates. But
| the Patrie alleged that General Rebel was and
| could only be faithful amanuensis of the verbal
| instructions of his commander, and that there
either falsehood on his part if he denied what he
knew, or anarchy if he permitted his subordnates
to publish instructions without his knowledge and
contrary to his sentiments There was much logic
| in this dilemma, it must be admitted. The PGtrie
afterwards went further, by saying that some Off
GERS had come forward and declared that they had
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instructions of General Rebel, countersigned by
General Changarnier. The latter had, therefore,
gone too far in dsavowing, in terms so absolute,
a document which he might have justified by re-
presenting ii a measure Of precaution taken Mt
| a moment when the unity of command was neces-
sary to the safety Of the State
However this might be, the ministers immedi
ately sent in their resignation to the President Of
the Republic, and Mr. Cartier the project OF police
followed their example. Louis Bonaparte offered to
dismiss General Changnrnier a satisfaction to
his cabinet councillors, but they answered that it
tpas TOO late. The President thereupon accepted
their resignation, but he temporarily refused Mr..
| Carriers. The ministers are blamed for having
shown themselves susceptible, and for having 80
quickly thrown the Ratchet after the handle. But
their susceptibility does them honor, and was per-
fecty justifiabe, whatever may be said about it.
Within a fortnight the majority had made the cabi
net undergo series of grave and significant checks;
check in regard TO the lottery of ingots Of gold,
check for Mr.. Mauguin check for Mr.. Yon, check
for General Changarnicr, anda check in the compo-
stion of the committees, in which Messrs. Bazc,
Leff8, and De Panat the three questors who had
shown themselves so hostile to the Eysee in the
Yon affair, were appointed cha;rmen. Messrs. De
| Norway and Chapot, the one an Orlcanist and the
other Legitimist, both openly opposed TO any
/ new endowment, were likewise elected chairman
and cc-chairman of the Fourteenth Committee.
But the acts Of secret hostility which justified the
retirement OF the members of the cabinet render
the choice of their successors excessively difficult
II is evident in fact that the Executive and Lcgis
lativc Powers which apparently travel one road, in
reality follow two Numerically opposite directions
An Elysian journal has summed up in the three
words, endocmsn rerisiofs, proongafon the policy
of Louis Napoleon--a policy, 1t says, from which no
will not depart. The Legitimist and Orleanist
parties might, at need, accommodate themselves to
| endowment and revision if they received in return
stpulationso fsef abnegation II is probable. how
ever, that they will grant neither the fret the
last Of the Of the Eysian motto, but that they
will adopt for their programme the following an
swcr of Mr.. Theirs to recent attacks of his former
| profcge, Mr.. ycron: