The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-16

tmaton. 1t owed its origin 10 the desire of ,-iv.
ing the French language in charge 10 some litera.
ny society, able and willing to preserve il from i'm
purity, from foreign immixture, and from coin
l ed and cant expressions. Upon the death of a
member. some person of literary distinction was,
until late years. selected from the ranks of the unini
tiated to fill his place. But at the present moment
| two legitmist politicians, NM. de Falloux and
Berger, are the two prominent candidates to the
1 chair of M. Dupaty, lately deceased. Ever since
the republic the tendency of politics to invade the
\ domain of the Academy has been becoming more
and more evident. This is not in default Of lite
rary merit, either; there plenty of play wrghts,
\ noveliss, and poets, waiting their turn to be ca
\ nonized. Alexandra Dumas, Jules Janin, Pou-
sard the author of several of Raches
| ful tragedies, and Alfred de Mosset, are none OF
\ them entitled TO sit upon the WORKOUT velvet
\ cushions of Mazarin's Palace. On the occa-
sion of the annual session this year. there are but
| three members present. One of these was M. Nj
sard, the last successor to vacant chair, who thus
improved for the first time his newly acquired priv
4 ilege. Two reports were read, and NJ. Ancelot
| recited poem upon Venice. This was the literary
least offered to the public the only day out OF
the three hundred and sixty-fiv when it is admit
ted to those sacred shades. The year, it appears
| has not been favorable to the advance of bellies
etres. The great prize offered for the best poet-
1 cal production was not granted none of the con-
| tending poems seeming TO deserve such an honor
Six prizes were awarded, however, to four authors
| OF philosophical works, one writer the educa-
ton OF children, and one novelist. Besides these,
| a medal of the value of two thousand francs was
given to nj. Galusky for the translation of the sec
ond volume of Humboldts Cosmos
M. de Lamartne has retired during the vacation
OF the Chamber to his native village of Macon.
He is not passing his time in luxurious Incidence,
however, for he is writing from thence series of
well studied articles against the candidature of the
Prince de Joinvile to the presidency of the republic
He considers that this would be deporable both for
the republic, for royalty, and for the prince himself
For, of two things-one, either the Prince would
accept the office, in earnest, sincere republi
can; or he would accept it for the purpose of caus
| ing the republic to degenerate backward into an
Legitimate monarchy-in short, for the purpose of
betraying it. "In the first place., says M. de La
| MARITIME, 'can any one picture to himself the son
| of king, dethroned by revolution officially TAX
ing upon himself the responsibility of revolution
directed against his father The ofa dethroned
queen the brother of brother who is regent and
prescribed the uncle of child excluded from the
housekeeping as his first duty that of disa-
vowing his birth and blood Prescribing, per-
| haps, his mother, brothers, nephew, relatives,
friends, and family, and raising his hand to pro-
| tect the republic against all those who might at
| tempt to attack it. In the second case, what
would be the part which the prince would have to
| play3 That of traitor--that of a monk, deceiv-
| ing the republicans, debauching the army COR
rupting some, juggling others, lying to all and to
himself, as this retrospective hero of the reaction,
which has been for many months presented to
thu admiration and imitation of every man that
\ -
brave young to suppose him capable of
entertaining 80 shameful a thought in his young
heart" 1t is hardly probable that the prince
will, after all, be candidate for the Presi
dency 1t is said that the Queen is much opposed
to it, and that the prince has himself declared that
he would consent only on the proof being laid be-
fore him that the candidacy would be successful.
OF course his friends have not been able to offer
such proof. One of the best informed monarchical
journals says: eve deny the canddateship of the
prince; to give it real existence, official char
acter, it is not enough to have articles in news
paper. There must be the candidates own written
consent This, we say, will not be forthcoming.''
The President has just dismissed from their func-
tons the mayor and the two deputy mayors of the
city of Poitiers. The of this strange pro-
ceeding is said to be letter addressed by the said
mayor to the president of association called the
"Cercle DIES Ecoles." The project of the depart
ment of la Vienna had written to the mayor order
ing him to close the association, as it was fast
merging into political club The mayor, instead
OF giving formal notice to the aociety OF its disso
luton, wrote as follows to the President:
Sin: have the honor of sending you copy of
decree of the project, which diasoves the society
known the 'sCercle des Ecoes" / am thus
able to spare you official notification from my
self, which might wound your susceptibility; / de-
IN mo to a ch hlp fhe
of the decree which falls upon you. regret ex
tremely that have not been able to dissuade the
project from his purpose.
Yours, with sentiments of sincere respect,
ORILLARD, Mayor of Poitiers.
The project of la Vienna sends this document to
Nj. Leon Faucher and he and the President make
out, sign, and seal the disgrace of the mayor and
his deputies, who may be supposed to hold similar
sentiments with their superior. This is the reason
given by the government organs. The republican
journals recalled, however, to the memory of their
readers that The occasion of the Presidents late
tour the mayor of Poitiers the only one of the
local authorities on the route who addressed
publican speech to the President, and who had the
courage to express hope that the institutions of
the republic would continue and grow in favor
with the whole body of the people. Such a man
must, therefore, in the Presidents eyes, be an of
fcer totally unfit to be entrusted with any political
authority. The punishment has followed hard on
the offence. 1t would seem that this is believed to
be the ruling cause at Poitiers for eight of the
municipal council have expressed their dssatisfac
ton at the removal, and have retired from office.
The principal secretary in the mayors Office has
likewise retired. This affair has caused consider
able commoton here.
One of the manas of the times is to compose, in
vent, or suggest, what called in French par
lance 'so utions; that is, to the enigma supposed
to be offered tax for everybody's ingenuity by
the year 1852 Iii generally conceded that the sit
uation is difficult one, and that if we weather the
storm at all it will only be by the exercise of vast
degree of ski on the part OF some of the pilots
toned at the helm of the ship Of State. The Pdirie
and the Constitutional propose solutions almost
daily, in the interest, of course, of the existing
President; the Legitimist and Orleanist journals
offer solutions, too, in their peculiar points of
view. Alphonse Karr, whom have before quoted
one of the livelies of the fuietoniss, is of opn
ion that the beat way of getting out of the difficulty,