The republic., 1852-01-07
them with stubby pen upon the end Of a news.
According to the Monitetr, the following is the
vote Of the troops OF the army and navy, far as

You will notice that while the nays and Austen
tions Of the land troops hardly amount to the thir
centh part of the yeas, those Of the troops are
nearly onc.third part of the yeas. This is owing
to the popularity of the Prince de Joinville in the
navy, and TO the fact that Napoleon having
been naval commander, the influence Of any one
bearing his name would Of course be proportion
ately less.
This unanimty on the part of the army shows
that It would never consent TO be baked in its pur
pose, and that it would never allow M. Bonaparte
to retire from power, even should the mass of the
people, who, being citizens and unarmed, have no
physical power, refuse to accept his ten years
Presidency. The Pays gives, one of the reasons
why republicans ought to vote aiiirmatively that
'of the three forces resulting from the republic
The Constitution. the Assembly and the President
the first two annihilated. The President alone
remains. If the President were to be rejected by
the majority OF the country, nothing would remain
OF the republic; revolution would resume its course
without obstacle Either the army ,oould go and
seek Louis Napoleon B0naparte, and take him to the
Iuiie,iss, or demagogucs would go to the Hotel dc
Vile to prepare there the government of terror and
communism. In the former should have
military dictatorship; in the latter, revolution
airy one Should the vote have been against the
President, this is what he would have done--usurp
again; and, having already done 1t once, the
ond attempt would present much fewer difficulties
than the first.
There is in the French post office bureau, with
its special service Of clerks devoted the opening
OF letters and newspapers. These gentry have had
their hands full since the coup detail, I have
said. 1t is not probable that half the letters mail
| ed for the United States, and prepaid, have been
forwarded. Such as confnc themselves TO au
sions to the weather, and inquiries after the
health OF persons left at home, have been undoubt
edly transmitted to their destination; but such as
make politics their theme, and speak of massacre
and outrage, and especially such are addressed
to editors, and meant for publication are not al
lowed to cucumber the mail bags. The incoming
mails experience the came treatment as the out
going. saw several letters last week, brought
from America by the Atlantic, which bore very
marked traces of having been opened and rudely
wafered together again. part OF the New York
newspapers were similarly handled But as the
massacre occurred here the 9Th December, and
as the dates brought by the Atlantic we're to the
9th Of the same month it ia hardly probable the
papers contained any indignant comments upon
the last French revolution. When the newspapers
containing American structures upon that event
shall really arrive. however, they will to a certain
ty be burnt or otherwise ,stroycd at the post Of
fee.
You will sec, by the following statement of the
gold coined by the French mint since 1885, to what
astonishing extent this metal is tending to take
the place of silver circulating medium: