Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-10-07

CHARLES ALLEN, Of Nerth kingstown,
tbs FaAxcs OF To-Day. The Lon
don Times Of Sept. l4th has "loader"
under this caption, from which we quote
q few passages:
Tho abyss Of ienominy into which
Louis Bonapar,e 10 plunging tho French
nation seems 10 become daily more and
more uniathomabIe. No sooner have
We explored one portion Of the gloomy
gulf in which the past, the present and
the future of France seems to be buried,
than We. are aware oflower depths and
darker shadows. We have ransacked
ancient history to afford us parallels in
order 10 bring moro vividly to our
minds and those Of our readers a state
Of things for which modern Europe, hap
PLY, amid all ns disorder snt retro
gression, affords no precedent, The
games Of Philip or Commodos may
family. image the Je'es aud spectacles
offered TO Paris IN exc hange Tor her lib
erty, and the annals O.. Rome before the
Reformation may afford miracles as
false, and demands as shameless, as
those Of The Bishop Of Lucon but for
his last s,roke Of genius the President
need fear no historic parallel; it is hap
PLY unique and original, a NapoleOnie
idea, and only NapoIeonic.
The effort Of tho President has been
no, merely to enslave tho country which,
seduced BY oa,hs and promises, trusted
her liberty in his iai,hless hands, but
to make the nation itself the aceomplice
in i,s own degradation. Repression is
carried 10 such an extent. and the pow
er exertsd is 90 PeremPtory and abso-
lutte, that people are compelled not
merely to aequiesce, but to take an ac-
tive and eager interest in rive:hng
their own fetters. Domitian, a. Taci-
ius tells us, kepta a register OF mems
sighs.. Louis Bonoparte must have his
every act oi aggression welcomed with
smiles. Many have sna,ched absolute
power by violence, or elutched il by
fraud he alone demands az q gilt that
which hs has taken as a right. But,
more than this, he puts into the mouths
Of his people entresties Gor slavery and
petitions for degradation, sanctioned and
snfere.d BY an appeal to the deepest
and. ssndere.' passions Of human ;na-
turs. .......,.,
Let our readers judge, 'for themselves.
There !. now printed and circulated in
France d petition TO the Senate, pre-
pared BY an ardent supporter OF the
PreS,deht, under the direction Of tho
Minister oi the Interior, for the reed
sabiishmieht oil hereditary power to the
person Of Louis Bonaparte. This docu-
mcnt,, which wo have elsewhere given
at length, purports to be signed by faith
ere Of iamilies,- and laborers. 1t states
thatin country like France oil inter-
ssb are placed upon the sovereign infu-
enee Of the Chief Of the State tha, who
is to be this chief ought not to. be made
a periodical question that otherwise a
father cannot possibly know the political
conjecture under. which he will provide
for the marriage Of the child whom he
fondIes upon his knee that therefore
such Presidency cannot satisfy the
loftiest and sweetest sentiments Of parent
al'and conjugal love that, were it 9th.
srwise, the births ought in a peculiar
wdnnsr TO correspond TO the renovation
Of the Executive; and that the present
generation, having conquered anarchy.
wo uld violate all the duties which it
owes to succeeding generations, il it
were to allow the principle Of resistance
to be individualizeJ; and prays 70
these and other reasons, that Louis Mar
roLroN may be invested with an here
ditary succession. 2. -.
We can imagine no grosser insult Of:
fered to any nation than that contained
in this really official document. Gov
eminent in France, where the Moniisur
lately assures us ian essay was being
made Of the most unbounded liberty" is
always to be absolu'c, and the only
question is, in whose hands 10 thar alb
solu,e power to be vested. Despo,ism
in France is an accomplished fact and,
according to this position, no other form
Of government is possible. All that can
be done for future generations is 10
make il stable and permanent ard in
order to crafty the afec,,ouae ycarn-
ing Of fathers Of families, 70 deprive pos
terity Of the last vesugs .. .iseauoa.--the
power Of selecting Der own master.
We are irGctied to Ptckhem Il
Davis Of San francisco, Tor files Of Cal.
nornia' papers, brought by our old
friend, o. f. jackson, ESQ, who came