The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-02-06
THE NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON D. C., FEBRUARY g. 1851


fuuctionary, evidently busybody by nature, fan
cied he had discovered plot Of the Presidents
10 procure the murder Of Dupin, the presiding
officer Of the Assembly, and dozen troublesome
onnositiou leaders, disclosed the budget Of twad-
dls 10 those psrties who after keeping the news
N themselves until they could prepare matters so
az 10 create q sensation by its PRONUNCIATION,
brought the aft air before the Chamber, wherein
ON being probed il turned out to be the veriest
mares nest of balderdash ever invented IN the
IMAGINATIVE brain of a common informer. All,
e,cent the hitter and unreasonable personal enc
mics OF the President immediately denounced
Won for n fool or a knave, and, as will happen
everywhere under similar circumstances, the cur
rent Of popular opinion at once began to set
strouglv in favor of Louis Napoleon, because he
was evidently falsely accused. M. Dupin and his
composition leaders, however, persisted In Affect
ing TO believe Yon's story, and therefore refused
10 accord his dismissal on the demand Of the min
istry. IA popular opinion pronounced that the
latter we're in the right throughout this affair, at
least their purpose was accomplished in the resig-
nation of Yop, brought about by the clamor of the
newspapers Dupin has not yet formally accept
| ed Yon's resignation, but he has been forced to
accede to Ylsretirement from active duties. So
the ministry have accomplished their purpose Of
getting him virtually out of office.
The Ministry taking courage from its success
cessful, ventured to trench on the constitutional
immunity of the Chamber, in the person of its
most Distinguished orator, M. Msnguin. That
| individual happens to be spendthrift, and OF
course owes various bills around Paris. Upon
| one of these amounting to about 5000 only, the
Ministry very recently contrived TO have him
sued arrested and thrown into prison, as double
punishment for his own opposition and that OF
the majority his eloquence was swaying against
I tka of
reached the Chamber, great excitement OF course
arose. The opposition leaders harangued in vio-
lent and indignant terms against the unconstitu-
tionality Of arresting member Of the Assembly
for debt The Minister of Justice defended the
course of the law officers, on the ground OF the
right of the creditor to his money, and the impro
priety of the act of running heedlessly in debt on
the part of one holding the position OF Msngoin.
His opponent triumphed, however, on the plea,
that the representative should not be subject to
arres. while attending the sittings Of the Cham
Der. So an order was passed by majority OF
three to one, which was equivalent to giving di-
rections for the immediate release of Mapguin
The courts obeying this direction, Manguin was
set at liberty The popular mind of Paris, which
sided very properly with the President In the po-
lice affair, took grounds as decidedly against him
in this matter approaching the fact that, II 1t
were competent for the Government to procure
it might as constitutionaly have three hundred ar
rested after the same fashion-which would be
the end of everything like independence in the
J Chamber. The vote in favor of the release Of NJ.
! Mapguin was so overwhelmingly large that the
| Ministry (which had virtually avowed the act as
its own) were forced TO resign, seeing no hope Of
being able too btain the future necessary coop
GRAFTON of the Chamber.
! In the meanwhile, Louis Napoleon, to sustain
himself and to spite the Chamber, proclaims that
/ his purpose is only to maintain the Government
as il was placed in his hands by the people Of
France lie talks NOW that all hopes of reclaim
| ing the imperial purple by coup d'etat have
vanished) as periodically and law.abiding as a
candidate for Congress in Illinois There never
was a more devoted peoples man" than this
same Bonapdrts is just now protesting to be.
The truth is, he finds himself foiled in his plans
to become an Emperor by the jealous opposition
of those who want King with grace-of-God'
blood in his veins while he has himself complete.
| ly checkmated the intrigues of the latter to
| use his shoulders for a hobby on which to ride
some one of their favorites up the steps of the
throne of France. They bold each other at bay,
neither being competent to work efectual mis-
chief for the people of France All this is ope-
rating captally for the great interest of Europe,
as il goes TO demonstrate the fact that the future
destiny of that country is republican, past per-
adventure Heretofore, the semi-lberal apollo
gsts for the continuance of monarchical institu-
tons over Europe have based their arguments,
one and ALL on the doctrine that rational repub-
licanism is VIGOROUSLY an impossibility upon the
Continent, and therefore it is the part Of wisdom
! and sound patriotism to seek rather the amelio-
ration of the condition Of the masses under the
Governments as they now exist. France, your
readers will perceive, is rapidly undermining this
foundation of all they write and speak on the
subject Those who have honestly held to this
view are fast dropping into the ranks Of the re-
publican reformers In five years not man will
be found ranged on the side of privilege, who fails
I to find his immediate interest ia upholding the
right of the few to rule the many. need hardly
assure you that when such is the unanimous SEN
timent Of the classes of the Continent engaged in
active business with the people, rather than with
the courts and their stipendiaries, military and
civil all Europe, out of Russia, must speedily be
successfully revolutionized for this result sug-
gests itself to every well-informed mind as nat
urally as the quad erat demonstr0ndum Of problem
of Euclid to the understanding of the geome-
trcian.
The advices from Germany by this arrival
that of the Arctc--embrace few and meager facts.
Those we have go, however, to satisfy me Of the
fact that Prussia and Austria, impelled by COM
mon appreciation Of the necessary results of the
spread of republicansm in their respective do
minions, have wisely concluded to plan and scheme
no more against each other, but to put shoulder
to shoulder, to strive only to strengthen absolu-
tism throughout the confederation.
The Prussian Government, in coming to this
purpose, has forsaken even in outward appear
ance and profession, the cause of q constitution
| al Germany. She goes over to that of absoutism
with arms reversed and knapssck on back. She
has performed this signal derelclion, not by
stealth, but in the open field, at the head of the
largest and most effective army in Europe out of
Russia. So in future, her mission tor should
| write-that of her GOVERNMENT is to aid Russia
| in keeping down movement, progress, or any
inkling of innovation on the part Of princes or
peoples in the minor States Of the Confederation
The latter, seeing in this union Of the two great
German Powers death in time to their own in
dividuaity, are not yet content TO offer up their
nationality and separate power as the sacrifice for
| the but too doubtful perpetuation Of absolutism.
SO Bavaria, protesting against the project Of
| Prussia and Austria to create "dualp executive
power their own in the new diet, demands that
IL shall be triad y embracing her own Of course.
Saxony and Hanover are getting ready evidently
| to claim that their right to have share in the
future sovereignty of Germany is quite equal to
to that Of Bavaria; while the smaller States pro-
test against either the restoration Of the old diet,
or the admission of Wirtemberg, Bavaria, Han
over, or Ssxony, to share any portion of the con-
templsted new executive power They realize
the difficulty consequent upon the attempt to
| serve many masters. So far the delegates to the
congress or council, at Dresden, keep their coun-
| sci quite as we'll as could be expected when we
remember that severe struggle is going on be-
tween the representatives Of the greater and mi
nor Powers. | have seen numerous specuatons
upon what are to be the results Of this conference
| in none Of which can place confidence Out of
| the chaos at present existing there, ! can only
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