Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-12-20


DOM that they may be made equitable as possible
and has expressed his firm intention that equal justice
shall be dealt out to oil alike high and low rich and
poor. !"
The following information respecting the heroic attempt
Of Lieut. PIN to discover find Of Sir JOHN FRANK
LIN and his brave companions viii be read with interest in
the United States:
from the treasury towards paying his expenses Siberia
This wetmed aid says Sir r. j. Murchison, only
prevents the necessity of any present appeal the friends
of Franklin for subscription (which know from
letters addressed would have been promptly
contributed of making further demands the purse
alas. fear, too much exhausedofa noble minded
man. but will also give Lieut. PIN great moral support in
Russia The Emperor is said to be deeply interested in
procuring intelligence Of the missing expedition and long
ago gave orders to obtain every information respecting
which could be procured from the natives of the northern
coasts OF Siberia 1t may therefore be hoped that the
more definite mission of countryman, who is well in
ured to the life OF the Esquimaux will be so countenanced
by the authorities at ST. Petersbgh enable him to
carry survey Of the distant and mountainous lands
first deserted by the Russian navigator Wrange and since
by Capt kelett of her Majestys ship Herald be-
yond which is supposed that Frankins ships may have
been frozen up Tbs lieutenant started his journey
Wednesday, charged with dispatches by Lord Pamerson
and carrying with him, Sir r. ]. Murchison remarks
the prayer for success Of thousands"
FRANCE appears to have escaped the difficulty
which would inevitably have arisen had the CUES
tors bill been pissed, only to fall into another,
arising from the pertinacity with which certain
portion of the Chamber persists in it's opposition
to the President The new movement is bill,
on the responsibility of the President, which, if
adopted, will arm the Assembly with civil power to
impeach the President, and with military pow
er to oppose HIM, should he proceed in the course
which he is pursuing; course in which he is no
toriously supported, not only by his partisans
but by the bulk of the population, and which the
majority of the Assembly itself DESTROYS to favor
a few months ago
Both the President and the Press have expressed
their opinion veF decidedly upon this measure.
M. GRANIER DE EAssIGNAC, writer in the Con-
stitutionne papIr considered as the representative
of the opinions ofthe Government, published an ar
ticle the other dly, in which he denounced in no
measured Language, the proceedings of the Cham
Der, and accused he majority of that body of being
consprators banded together to overthrow the Con-
stitution and establish Dictatorship The Government
called upon by th Assembly deny its connection
with and knowledge of Shs offensive article. NJ Tho
dsavowed the article and said that if the Ministry
had entertained any that plot existed to overthrow
the Constitution it would have prosecuted the
conspators He furth stated that the Government
not answerabe either fol the contents of the journals
the rumors which arose IN the Assembly. The debate
however, excited much attention. and the public mind
vered to considerable extent and The stock markets.
both in Paris end London, were affected
The President has been bestowing decorations the
prize exhibitors in London and comforting the order
of the legion of honor to several Of them delivered the
annexed speeh which has created immense sensation
'Gentlemei There are ceremonies which, by the feel
ngs they inspire and the reflections which they create
not vain show cannot refrain from certain emotion
and certain pride Frenchman in behoding around
the honorable men who at the of many efforts
and sacrifices have maintained with distinction abroad the
fafn nj indus IF
have already rendered homage to the great idea which
presided at he universal Exhibition Of London but
the moment browning your successes by national re-
ward, orget that many marvels of industry
commenced md the noise of Instruction and finished in
the midst ofa society agated necessarily by the fear Of
the present well the Of the future And
in refectngnpon the obstacles which it necessary
you to Overcome, said to myself How great would be
this nation it were only permitted to breathe at ease
and live witt its life Applause In fact, it when
credit scarcely began to revive it when Internal
idea was irFessanty urging workmen to stop the very
source Of work; it when phrenzy, clothing itself in
the cloak Of philanthropy to turn away minds from
their regular occupations in order to- throw them into
Utopian specations it OF such time that you ex-
hibted to theworld works of which durable calm alone
seemed to permit the execution Applause. In pre-
sence then, Of these unhopedor results, ought to re-
peat how grea the French Republic might be if it were
permitted to pursue leisure its real business instead of
being necessarily disturbed side by demagogc ideas
and the other by monarchic hallucinations Thun-
ders Of applause Do demagogic ideas proclaim truth
mo- 1ney spread on all nanuS error anu iaScnoou Dlo
quiet goes before them deception follows after and the
resources employed to repress them many losses
for the most urgent ameoraons for the relief of misery
With regard monarchcal hallucinaons without pro-
ducing the same dangers, they equally trammel all pro-
gress all serious undertakings People struggle instead
of going EDWARDS We men, formerly ardent promo
tiers Of the prrogaves Of royal authority making them
selves members Of convention (conreonn in order to
discovers power proceeding from popular suffrage Great
applause. We those who have most suffered from
and most complained Of revolutions provoke new revo
luton and that with the sole view to evade the national
WISH and to hinder the movement which transforms So
ceties from following its peaceable course Longcont
nued applause These efforts win be vain Every thing
that is in the necessity of the time will be accomplished
That which is useless alone cannot be revived This cere
mony is yet another proof that certain institutions fall
without the possibility of return those the contrary
which conformabe to the manners the IDEAS and the
puritanism. You ALL Of this regenerated society,
that has destroyed the old privileges and proclaimed civil
and political equality fundamental principleyou,
nevertheless feel just pride at being named Chevaers
of the Order Of the Legion Of Honor The reason is that
that institution like all others created at the same epoch,
in harmony with the spirit of the and with the ideas
of the country Far from serving like other distinctions,
to render demarcatons distinct it eaces them by
placing all merit to whatever profession and to whatever
rank in society may belong upon the same line Zap
pause Receive then, these crosses Of the Legion Of
Honor which, after the great idea Of the founder are in
tended honor labor equally with bravery and bravery
equally with science Before separate, gentlemen,
permit me to encourage you to new abors. Undertake
them without fear; they win prevent men from being
thrown out of work this winter Have fears for the
future Tranquility viii be maintained, whatever may
upon the entire mass Of the nation which has no other
spnr of action but the puhc rood and which ia ANNA