Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-04-22
FRANCE.

The condition Of things in the French Re-
public imparts peculiar interest to political
affairs in that country just now. Speeula-
ton and conjecture as to final results would
be little better than useless and vain and,
indeed, all that can be done in the way of
comprehendng the course and tendencies of
of political matters among the French at
this juncture is simply to note events and
keep up as well as one can with the progress
of things
The observant correspondent of the New
York Journal Of Commerce, whose letters
from Paris give the best summary from time
to time of the political and other news Of
that capital, speaks Of pending crisis as
connected with the next Presidential cleo
tion--thus :--BaH. Amer.
We scarcely need here, for the political
atmosphere, Tempest PrognoSticator,-
the name Of newly invented British instru-
mcnt. Dismal forebodings abound in refer
ence to the next year, at the farthest when
the fate Of the Constitution and of the ire
conciIiable factions must be determined
Manufactures, merchants, all speculators--
abstain from involving money or credit in
the vortex of 1852. No engagements are
extended beyond the next Spring and your
traders may be advised to incur no risks to
that period in their relations to bushes with
France. The Bonapartists seem earnest for
the earliest appeal to the People; the mon
archists hesitate about any anticipation of
the reoision or the electoral process; the
Democrats profess to abide by the terms of
the Constitution. The National is endeavor-
ing to alarm and excite the working class, by
the prospect Of a speedy stoppage of all de-
mand for labor-crisis inevi.abie de trarail.
In a debate, in the Assembly, this week, on
the dissolution of the National Guard of
Strasburg, Jules Fsvre, the principal orator
of the Republican Left, exclaimed -"Presi-
dent Louis Napoleon cannot be candidate
for the next term, without being I'm factieur,"
at which triple round of plaudits came
from the Left the Mountain halloed
Meanwhile. the Monday evening receptions
of the President are more crowded and i'm
posing than ever; their aspect and compo-
stion indicate common impression that his
star still eliminates. At the gorgeous ball
of the Comic Opera, on Tuesday last, for the
benefit of the Dramatic artists, he entered
his box after midnight, and remained there
until two o'clock in the morning in CONVEX
sation with the Projects of the Seine and
the Police, and Lord Normandy the British
Ambassador. He is employed in endeavor-
ing, or appearing to endeavor to marshal
defnitiue ministry which means batch ac-
ceptable to the Assembly. The ministry Of
Transition undeniably perform their parts
we'll in and out of the House, and the coun-
try would be satisfied with change Louis
Napoleon has said APPLY: 81 must lie to,
until | see from what direction blows the
wind" No one can tell now where ma
iority can be found or how formed Yester-
day afternoon, the sitting of the Assembly
was rather tumultuous, in consequence of
motions to fix to- morrow, Friday, for the
discussion of the queasy questions, shall
the electoral law of last May, which abridges
universal suffrage, be applied 10 the election
of the President ?-shall it rather be tottccliyy
repealed? The advcrsaries of Napoleon
fear strong vote for the maintenance of the
law, and the formation, thus, of majority
with whom the President may coaesce, and
collect so called definite Cabinet Those
questions were adopted finally as the order
of the day for Friday If the motions should
not be withdrawn, the struggle will be We
hement and turbulent. "This electoral law"
says the National of this morning lis the
spark which kindles the iercest passions and
causes sudden explosions" Louis Napole-
ons ministers adhere to it for him, but his
votarics in general are not reluctant to en-
counter universal suffrage in reality.
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