The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-10-16
PARTISAN CORRESPONDENCE OF

he NJ ". DIE SoN L IN y L II.
"a very small share Of courage is sufficient
% play this game; it requires neither overt acts
nor compromising speeches; all that is re-
quired is. to be passive and dumb. Let tho one
be deceived, however. Even this line of con-
duct is not without its periIs despotsm de-
sires to be approved. Ii is n OF content with
simple approval, even, it desires to be flatter
ed. 1t does not allow criticism, and silence iS
alarming to it. 1t sees an enemy in the man
who complains, an opponent IN the man who
says nothing. 1t must be rendered deaf by
praises. The praises Of u certain class CT men
do not satiate it, for it knows the price Of such
praise. 1t longs for the praise which it can be
lieve TO be disinteresed. 1t is q tribute which
it considers due to itself, and the payment of
which ii enforce by violence as it would that Of
an impo8t duty. Well, it is that violence which
one must learn to Withstand. One mast ex-
pose ones self to it feariessly, and that is the
very thing which France has just done. Shall
q man be tried by cOurt-martlal, for declining
to dance at the house of Project or Minis
ter Viii. they pass law, making it treason
for short-sghted man not to recc gnize the
partisans Of Bonaparte in the street, and, Of
course, not to salute them Will they treat
as pillagers the rich, who shall seek to soften,
by kindness, the hard lots of those families
whom exile or transportation has deprived OF
their heads VII; it be forbidden to console
the afflicted VIII it be commanded, on pain
OF death, that all shall become avaricious, self
ISL, and. ...... sycophantic? Beyond all
question, Bonaperte will be enraged with any
one who will not debase themselves to CRAFTY |
him. If he is angry, SO much the better, for
he is fortunate man who has SO acted 40 10
incur the resentment of Bonaparte. Possibly
he may run the risk of exile. Very we'll Hon
or TO him who shall be punished because he is
honorable and charitable.
"But the other day, Bonaparte and his para
sites treated, as conspirators, those represen'
tatives who did not appear ready to lend
themselves to the violation of the laws. 1t is
necessary, for the good of society, that he
should be reduced to treat, as conspirators,
all good men-to what class soever they
may belong. He will have himself made En-
peror to punish us. Very we'll, let him be En-
psror, but lie. US be upright. Let us never lay
aside our contempt for an inglorious despot-
ism, or our sympathy for unmerited misfortune.
At least, let US sigh for justice and liberty
Who signs, conspires it will be said. Yes,
that is the way, upright men conspire, and it
% the most formidable of all ways. In the long
run II shIvers sceptres, and laughs the swords
OF The sodery TO scorn. Let US conspire thus
let US all thus conspire, at the risk of exile, at
the risk ofthe Empire. When the people shall
have seen the bourgeoise every where setting
the example, reconciliation will immediately
Hollow. There need, then, be no longer any
apprehension OF social war-the enlightened
classes will have resumed their legitimate in.
husnce-and the nation will have been ripe for
throwing off the yoke.
There is more talk than ever OF Bonaparte,s
marriage with The daughter of Gustavsop. a
Colonel in the Austrian service, and so, n
Gustavus, the dethroned King of Sweden. I,
IS positively asserted, however, that the father
will throw difficulties in theway, and that il
the union of the future Emperor with Madam.
e0iselle Vasa shall take place, it will be be-
cause the Princess Stephanie, of Baden, The
main manager of the affair of this match, shall
have succeeded in overcoming the fathers re.
pugnance. The parties being married at No
tire dame, with solemn pomp, the Empire
would be forthwith proclaimed, and we should
have the honor of possessing a Cesar and 4
Cesarina more than we bargained for.
"lp the meantime, the Prince is placing his
household on an imperial footing. The Ma.