New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-03
The French People Defended.
To he Editor Of The v. Y ribsne:

The French People Defended.
To ne Editor Of TheN Y ribsne:
DEAR SIR: l have just read. with much
pleasure in your very respectable paper an article by
which you American writer, defend the French
people and seek explain their conduct the % Dec
and since by rejecting the expressions OF disdan and
contempt which hurled against them, and ae-
knowedgng that they brave and generous people.
whose sudden and spontaneous explosions should al
ways be the hope OF European liberty.
We French refugees in America, Republicans. Dem
ocrats and Socialists, commend the manifestation OF
this opinion in Tie " Y Tribune and we would thank
it, if it not its part act OF justice ami truth.
performed for the general coed for whatever others
msy say who do not know the French Naion. its his
tory lis revolutions. and the circumstances OF the last
coup ddGt (and II 10 almost impossible that foreigners
shoul be acquainted with all these things) con
WINGED that France sl has the greatest love Tor liberty
and the greatest power 70 conquer and definitely ests0
ish tEat II has the best chance to aranchss the
whole OF Europe aud thar therefore all the friends OF
Progress, OF Repuhlcanisn, of Democracy and OF HUI
m6nity, are nierestedn shielding France from ctumny,
disOain and contempt
We do not pretend to say that the French nation are
more WORTHY than any other nation we acknowledge
that all peoples have received from nature the same dis
positions that their virtues and their vices result from
their social organization, from their government from
their education, from their geographical situation anu
fro thousand other circumstance we do not ciam
any perfection for France; but although we have been
prosecuted and prescribed by atyransca ana usurp-
ing Government and by an ari-tocacy watch wOua pre-
serve its privileges at any price, do contend that
no other people has stronger desire and greater aoy
TO conquer liberty for Europe and we also contend
that IL easy matter TO explain the events OF the2i
Of December without compromising the peope-and
that or later. French liberty VIII achieve the
liberty OF Europe.
The Men, Yors Tribune snaizes as some of the
of the oppression OF the people in France hrs the ex
cessiyc poverty OF the mss which renders the indie
pendence individuals impossible then the organize
ton of sn army of 100000 public functionaries ap
pointed by the Government and OF an army OF 100000
soldiers who subject To passive Obedience It's trae
and II II evil against which all true Republican, all
sincere Democrats and Socialists have waged ceaseles
warfare II the world pronounce II reproach, let the
reprosch not rest upon the people, but upon the As
tocracy and B0gygeos or upon the Government which
they have always controlled.
izs TyBnns also Gays that real liberty has never been
known in France but must say that perhaps no
people has shown more love tor liberty that none IN
the of s history has made stronger efforts TO
conquer il that among no people, perhaps have the
philosophers and publlcss better defined and better
proclaimed il and that people has made more bold
attempts sacrifices, TO establish IN France aud
everywhere, true liberty, with the fraternity OF nations.
In opinion, the following is the real situation OF
France and the tue OF so many failures in the at
tempts to establish Repubcanism:
HISTORY
Before the grand revolution OF 1882 France, like
ly all the countries contained three clsseshe Mobility
tie Clergy and the Tiers Eat which comprised the
EOnReosie and the People properly called Popuiace
the wOrkmen and the proletarians Tae Nobility and
the Clergy had usuped everything by conquest or force
and by fraud everything sppcItained to them-the
lands and the men, who were reduced % seridOm or
slavery The Bourgeoisie airanchsed Themselves and
constituted the CommuHes Of the ION century many
times DUNG the Fix following centuries they nearly es
tebished a Retublc they achieved the revolution u
1859 with the aid Of the People and even established
Republic in 1892 but in putting down the Aristocracy
the Mobility and Priesthood they wshetto take their
places and 10 unite with them 10 dOmneer over the Peo
pie and 10 hold them always int state osuom'son AMI
dependence
AZ for the people they have often attempted their az
snchlsenenf by the lneurrecton Of the BdSGades Dy
that OF the Abgepses and Ualdeases, by that oil ths
aegre and by assisting in all the Instructions Of the
Bour9soisfe Finally, in 1893 they became the strongest
party and proclaimed democratic or popular hepuD-
lie but then the Bourseoise separated from the People
and ha since always aided the artocracy IN tn struggles
against the People.
Thus in 1893 the French Nation contained four grand
partics-the NObay the Cygy the Boygeoisis aud the
Peope and four parties existed M four distinct
nations in France To conquer their liberty the People
were Obliged combat and yanquieh the three other
parties OF peoples and ~ thcse parties were tne
wearhest the intelligent aud the most influential
~ the enemies IN the same camp and 10 tue wf
TO be Effected on tie part OF the Arntocracy BY TSss
and by Intrigue by coRspHfcy and Dy TedsoH, II was an
enterprise full Of difficulty for the people TO achieve
victory.
Blu. there was another circumstance which rendered
il me re- difficult eti for the People to achieve victory
since l7-9 the French Government the French Aris-
tocfacy and even sometimes the B9Urgeose nave been
seoreily leamed with the Kings ami AIntocraces OF
Europe leading tGer Peoples deceived or lOIesd w
such way that the French People have found mem
selves attacked upon their frontiers by sea ana oy s
by oil the KING By III the NOblties by all the Cefge
and even by al the Peoples Of the World without being
tided by any ,spp.o
And his war Of all the ArtOcracies and OF GIL reo
Die, OF Europe against the Democracy of france ms
NOT ceased 10 exist Tor moment since l15J 70 tns
ureeent dsy aiding sways the arstocrauc Governments
which have oppressed France hence ell the obstacles
All the perils and all the reyeTses.
Ths then l. the situation Of rance AMI these are
the grand obstacles against which the People have 81
VS. had 20 contend And i not the difficulty immense,
terrible frghtu tor people who love liberty passion
stey, What other nstion has been so situsted
Is aston hing victory, twenty times conquered ~
s courage and honored by lis generosity AMI magma
nirnify has been entced or rsyshed away from BY
fraud by The abuse Of confidence hy surprise and by
treason And The Tribune IL very night IN saying that
the oppression u the French people - rather their Ts
(0rtuHt lhs2 the.r faux
BuF7auce sspires not only after her own liberty bat
for the liberty o. al RuropSs oppressed nations and
che will conquer n che has already often conquered
10 and hope that this time Heightened by the
IeTence Of the past she will know how 70 consolidate
iifoTeyer May America our newly adopted country,
unite her esteem 10 cur respect tor People so gener
Gus end her wishes 10 foethe ultimate complete
triumph Of French liberty CAeEr
Our Agents.