The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-06
New ministry in France.
From he London Examiner.

From Me London Examiner.
One of the beneficial results of monarchy is,
that it spares the legislature and the public all care
and time spent in providing chief for the State.
Public and Legislature have, after all, no more
than certain quantity of leisure, interest," and in
tclligence and if all they possess OF these is spent
in deciding who il TO be president or king, what
can be left for earnest business, for improvement,
for economy? Even the Americans spend too
much time In the concoction OF a President; though
in their case SO many other impostant questions
and decisions, all prepared and discussed, and cut
and dry beforehand, are bound up with the choice,
that the loss of time is not in reality great. But
the poor French, under the republic, are literally
spending every hour and all the faculties they have
to spare at the manufacture OF a temporary sovc-
reign.
One they have got, and have taken care by law
to render his election impossible by the letter OF
the constitution. Yet the election of any other
candidate would probably lead to civil war. Other
candidates admit this. The Count de Chambord,
like Lord Stanley, is not ready The Orleans
princes, like Graham and Gladstone, would ratner
wait And we verify believe that if Louis Napo-
leon, like Lord john were to fling down the sceptrc,
| the people and the National Assembly would be
compelled to crave and beg him to pick 1t up again
now be the weakest and most badgered OF minis,
ters. If Louis Napoleon had resigned, he would
have been ere this re elected, dotationed, and
smothered with addresses OF attachment and con
graduation.
In place of such conduct there has been nothing
but series of negotiations and manUuvrcs-wheed
ling Of this party, Difference to that. At one time
the President thought he had got hold Of the Le-
gitimists at another. M. Barrot was thought to be
propitiated. The Orleanists. though 60 staunchly
led by M. Theirs, suffered, notwithstanding, the
greatest OF affronts III the Assembly, where, when
the recall of their princes proposed as had been
done with regard to the Imperialist family, M
Berger himself got up and set the proposal aside
| to the monstrous annoyance of his quondam ally
But with all this no progress was made towards q
settlement, or even towards such temporary set
Element the election of Louis Napoleon woule
| imply
| Fears at length began to be entertained that q
prolongation Of such uncertainty would lead to
| popular troubles Each party in the State getting
| up to declare that such and such contingencic;
would lead to civil war, whilst it was quite certain
that some of these contingencies must OF neces
sity occur, it became natural enough that profcs
| sional perturbator should have been led to look
forward to times that would call into exercise hei
vocation. Hence the necessity of getting rid Of the
provisional ministry, and of appointing men who
are at least jealous and energetic in the cause o
order, however unable to unite all suffrages in
their favor. This is, no doubt. the origin Of the
| new ministry under M. Leon Fauchcr and nj. Ba.
roche.