The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-30

that blow aimed ut the prsuidsnt would anualiv
insure the subjsction Of the assembly Where
an army acts at all in such questions, its chisfis
absolute II, therefore, the republic be worth
preserving from military desp0tism, If the author
ity of the president derived from popular election
- to be respected, if the sovereignty of France 10
TO De shared by an Independent deberutive as
semoiy, and II the country is to be protected
against another revolution, It 10 time that General
Changarner be removed. Weare not inssnsibIe to
the services he has rendered the cause of order
nnt al THIS time his autho rlty has become extreme
" dangerous to the civil liberties OF the country,
since 1t actually disturbs the free and legal action
of the civil power
But though we entertain no doubt that Louis
Napoleon resolution to remove Changarnier is
entirely consistent with principle and with the in
teress OF all parties, the opportunity fsuch
sure Is more open to discussion and ut least
amongst the leading statesmen OF France he has
found no one bold enough to agree with him and
to countersign such an ordinance. In this dilemma
ne seems TO have been reduced again to turn to
that class Of politicians who are disposed TO favor
the removal Of the Commander in Chief from diff
ferent motives; which is, in fact, to recede from
the conservative majority to the verge Of the noun
tam The proposal Of BilIaut ministry has no
other meaning, and must still be regarded as a
threat than deliberate project. We regret the
conduct pursued by the chiefs of the majority.
We apprehend that in endenv0ring to bend the
T. ~SAuSs ts~Sh uuuCH iHttIkdTy power OF the
eaeneral-in-Chief they are only preparing yoke
for themselves and for the country. - But these
personnges are VIGOROUSLY at the head of organ
lied asssmblages. which are only waiting for a
suitable occasion to effect revolution in favor OF
their peculiar faction; and the president has little
reason from the past, for the future, to rely on
the disinterested character Of their advice. The
authority of the executive government il lost il it
surrenders in this crisis but on the other hand
the majority of the Assembly incurs a heavy re-
sponsbiity, If, by it's factious opposition and its
military predictions. it repels the other branch
OF theS State into the arms of the democratic minor
! ity. The president has shown certainly no dis
position to choose his ministers from that extreme
party. He is well aware that such a combination
would shake the hold his government may have
acquired on the moderate classes of the nation, and
might provoke more violent passions than those
fthe mountain on the opposite side But il that
be his only refuge from tame submission to this
"Mairne du Palas, " he may be right not to re-
coil from it. Possibly the dread of such result
may render the Assembly itself more amenahe to
reason, und sincere regard for the public tran
quillity would lead General Changarnier to resign
the extraordinary powers which are become the
subject of SO fierce an alteration. Expedients
may still be found to evade the difficulty, ifthe
passions which have been kindIed on both sides
do not surmount all other considerations Through
out the country the feeling is favorable to the president
and the funds the Bourse Nth the intelligence
q(his firm and prolonged resistance; but the termi-
nation Of this contest will probably have decisive
effect in distinguishing his sincere adherents, and
determining the current of his fortune.