The republic., 1851-10-28
Forelgn Correspondence OF the Republic


Science StdtishcGI JVork Horses-Ihe Late
Order Respecting Foreigners Rat catching Otois
PARIS, October l3, 1851.
We are in the midst of a ministerial crisis. II
seems almost matter of general belief that the
Cabinet is 10 be renewed before the return of the
Assembly All sorts of rumors have been current
for the past week, and within the last two days
the evening official journal has ceased to deny the
probability of change in the personnel of the Pre-
sident's advisers. As write, nothing is positively
known in regard to this subject; the telegraph
may transmit later accounts to Liverpool, how
ever, before the departure of the mail. Louis Ma
poleon isat St. Cloud and intelligence arrives from
there of course with some little delay. If change
is made, ii will be fundamental one, and for high
| ly important reasons. There will be not only a
change OF men, but change ofsystem. IL will be
a prelude to measures more likely TO ensure the
election of the President than the choking, sitting
policy which has Of late been pursued. have al
ways believed that Louis Napoleon would take
ground in favor of the restoration of universal suf
frage before the time arrived for the second Presi-
Dental election. Should he take the initiative
In such a movement, am inclined to think it
would disarm a certain portion of the democratic
opposition in the Chamber and thus allow the pas
sage of the reyisional bill at the second debera-
ton. The article in the constitution, declaring
the ineligibility of the existing President, might
thus be legally annulled and Louis Napoleon rem
dered constitutional candidate before the second
Sunday in May, 1852 OF course, the President
could not propose " the Assembly the repeal of
the existing suffrage law with his present Cabinet
In fact, it would be through the Minister of the In
| terror that such proposition would be made.
| The majority OF the present Cabinet strongly
| in favor of limited suffrage, it now exists, and
i Leon Faucher, the Home Minister, is its especial
| godfather and patronizer. This gentleman, there
| fore, must make way for successor whose opin.
ions such will allow him 10 propose the res
| toration OF universal suffrage. Nj. de Lamartine
will be probably called to this position. His ad-
mission to the Cabinet would secure an ac-
cession of about thirty votes in the Chamber
to the Revisionist party, and would rally La
martines journal, lie Pays, to the Barapartist
side 1t would OF course put end to the reac-
| ton, of which M. Fauchcr is the head and front
And when add that it is seriously contemplated
| to make cabinet minister of Nj. de Girardin the
world renowned editor of the Presse, you will see
that the change in the policy of the government is
radical to the last degree. Nj. earlier, the Prefect
of Police, has, it is said, handed memorial to the
President, on the subject of the proposed restoration
of suffrage, in which he declares that it would be
| attended with such danger TO the cause of order,
that he tenders his resignation rather than hold the
President always listens seriously to the Prelect,
and considers his opinion of more value than Leon
Faucher's. If popular report speaks the truth,
| Louis Napoleon has been influenced by these rep
| resentations and has taken time to reflect before
coming to a decision. Hence our present state of
| incertitude; we shall know more tomorrow. In
case republican ministry should be formed other
ameoratons would doubtless be proposed at the
approaching session OF the Assembly y-such as the
abolition of the duties Of entry (on provisions) into
the city of Paris, reforms in behalf of the working
classes, and partial reduction of the army. Sew.
eral members of the present Cabinet, such would
| consent to a change of system, might perhaps
main. NJ. Baroche might retain the portfolio of
foreign affairs. But, at all events, Leon Faucher,
the type OF reaction and the symbol of resistance
to the revolution, must beat retreat. And it will
be happy day for France when this representa-
tive of despotism under republic, of greater ty
! ranny and of a more arbitrary rule than was known
under Louis Philippe, shall descend from place
he has occupied to the disgrace and modification
| of the country.
M Bonaparte does not wish to retire to private
life, of coursc; and ultra Bonapartist lately ask
cd republican if he supposed it was agreeable to
the President to be obliged to make way for a sue
cessor in the month Of May-in which month his
uncle Napoleon the Great was re elected consul,
| (5th of May, ls02;) in which he was proclaimed
emperor, (lSth of May lS04;) and in which he be-
| came King of Italy, Goth of May, 1869 What
month to retire from power in! The republicans
retort was cruel He asked the prorogationist if
the existing Napoleon as eager to initiate his
uncle in all the months of the year in that of
May, remarkable for accessions to power and
| rank. Take, for instance, the present month, Oc-
tober In October occurred the occupations of
Augsburg, of Munich, OF Potsdam, of Berlin the
battles of jena and Echngen; the captulations of
Um and of Erfurth, and the passage of the Adige.
ia October Napoleon dictated treaty of peace to
Rnssia and another to Austria. What has the pre-
aent Napoleon accomplished in the month of Octo-
Der? He has refused Kossuth a passage across
French territory. So that if M. Bonaparte intends
to have May like those of his predecessor, he
ought to pave the way to it by giving octo-
Der somewhat less ridiculous when compared with
the Octobers of Napoleon lie Grand.
You will probably hear of the arrival of Kossuth,
in England, by this steamer. Since his departure
from Marseles, on the night of the I'd of October,
we have heard nothing of him, except that il is
probable that he will leave the Mississippi at Gibra
tar, and continue his route for England in the Ibc-
ria Peninsular steamer. His manifest to the Demo-
cracy of Marseilles, regret to say, is generally
censured as undignfed and injudicious. His
friends deplore it, and his enemies could have
asked nothing better than such an opportunity Tor
abuse and ridicule. For a who has been COM
pared to Washington, ebulliton of dissatisfac
tion like that famous document, was. to say the
least, i'll judged We can understand Kossuth's
feelings-his legitimate scorn and his natural as
constituent at such treatment from the govern
ment of the great European republic. Had he re-
tired silently, and without either murmur or repin-
ing, the act would have caused the great heart of
France to vibrate, and would have touched the sen
sibilities of many thousands of persons, whom his
angry and Eliminating manifest has failed to
reach. say this with regret, and it is losing an
illusion that should have been glad to cherish.
trust the hero will not dwindle on a nearer ac-
quaintance The ordeal he is to pass in England
is one which would try the strongest mind and the
most unimpressionable character. ! can but hope
he will come out of it unscathed and give no far
ther occasion for the charges of courtng the ap-
pause Of the multitude, of seeking opportunities
for display, &C., which have been heaped upon
him here.
The following portrait of the Minister of the In
terror WILL think, be read with interest. trans-