Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-07-10

duce from his iarm) than they wei
: worth in the market-at least, II woul
S seem so from the fact that he has ru
e tover-head and ears in debt-but he hu
!, certainly done a pernicious, losin
], business So. does any Nation whic
buys more wares and fabrics than IL
exports will pay for, and finds itself il
!, debt at the years end for imports tina
it has eaten, drank, or worn out. Thl
thrifty household is the true model O
the Nation. And, thus tested, France
in spite of her enormous, locust-lik,
Army and other relics Of past follie.
which the National mind is outgrowins
though the Nations rulers still cling L
them, is this day one of the most pros
Iperous Nations OF the eorth.
But when | hear the ariStocratiC
plotters OF this country talk Of The
necessity Of a revision OF the consti,
tuition in order to restore 10 France
tranquility and prosperity, | AN
moved not TO mirth but to indigna,
ton. For those plotters and their
schemes are themselves the causes oI
the mischiefs they effect to deplore
and the dangers they pretend TO be
bent on averIing. Whatever is now
feVerish and ominous in French poll
tics grows directly ont Of two great
wrongs-the first positive and ac-
complished the law OF 3lst MAY,
whereby three millions OF electors
were disfranchised-the other con-
tingent and meditated--the over
throw Of the Republic. All the agi-
tation, the apprehension, the uncer-
tainty and the consequent dorange-
ment of industry, through the last
year, have grown out OF these mis-.
deeds, done and purposed, Of the
aristocratic party. In the sacred
name Of order they have iomented
discord and anarchy; invoking peace,
;hey have stirred'np hatred and Bit
terness. Whatever the social De-
mocracy might have done, and they
been in the ascendent or under other
supposable circumstances, The fact is
that theirs has been actually the
cause Of order, Of conservatism, Of
tranquility and the constitution.-
Had they proved reereant to their
faith and trust, France would ere
this have been plunged into conyul-
sions through the mutual jealousies
aud hostilities of the factions who
vaunt themselves collectively the
party Of order; they have been with
held from cutting each Others Ihroats
by the calm, determined, watchful,
intrepid attitude Of the illuminated
Democracy. a71- 7'si' i'.1 a-
The law Of the 3lst May still
stands on the statute book, and | ap-
prehend is destined TO remain,
(though many who are better infor-
med are sanguine that it will be re-
psaled before the next Presidential
election3 but the Republic will en-
dure and its constitution cannot be
overthrown. All the Bourbonists,
Orleanists and Bonapartists in the
Assembly combined are inefficient to
change the constitution legally, and
if bare majority sufficed for that
purpose (instend Of three -fourths,)
they could moi to-day command a
working majority for any practical
measure of revision. Ii is easy to
club their votes and vaguely declare
some change necessary-but Uhdt
changel A Bourbon Restoration?
An Orleans middle-cIass rovally7
A Napoleonic Empire? For no one
oil these can a majority even of this
reactionist Assembly be obtained.-'
What, then, is their chance with the
peoplel H ~ HsitefI afelac ,
As to the signing of petitions for
Revision, that is easily understood.
The Prefec,, the Mayor, ETC., Of a
locality readily procure the sigma
lures Of all the Government employees
and hangers-on, who constitute an
immense army in France; the great
manufacturers circulate the petitions
among their workmen, and most Of
them sign, not choosing to risk their
masters displeasure, for a mere name
more or less 10 an unmeaning paper,
But the plotters know perfectly well
that the people are not for revision
in their sense Of the word. il they
did not fear this, they would restore
Universal Suffrage. By clinging
with desperate tenacity to the Re-
strictive law Of May 3lst, they vir-
tuaHy confess that their hopes OF
success involve the continued excIu-
sion Of three millions ofadult French
men from. the Registry Of Voters.
When they prate,s therefore, Of the
peoples desire for Revision, The Re-
publican retort is ready and conclu-
sive-HRepeal the law of, May 3Ist,
and we can then tell what the peo-
pie really desire. But 50, long as
you maintain that law, you confess
that you dare not ABIDE the verdict
Of the whole people. You appeal
to a jury 9whichIy0u have packed
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