The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-01-09
Louis Blanc on the French Usurpa-
tiOn.
Scheme to Divide Europe into three great
Empires The London Times alarmed and
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Scheme to Divide Enrope into three great
Empires The London Times alarmed and
calls on the United States.
The opinions of such man as M. Louis
Blanc, at this moment, upon the crisis in
France, aie, important, as he expresses the
sentiments Of the socialists and republicans
Of France. In a long letter from the pen OF
Louis Blanc, he declares that nothing is fin
lshed--a mock Cesar, supported by Risdrunk-
en- prGlorian guards cannot impose himself on
France He then says there is nothing sur.
prising in the fact that an army of 1000
men should have held Paris in check, as Par.
is was disarmed, without ammunition, and
without pixies and yet, if the faubourgs had
thrown themselves en- maSse into the insur-
reciion, either The army would have been dis
troyed, or Louis Napoleon would have reap
ed the execrable distinction of remaining
erect amid corpses and the ruins; but the
workingmen did not engage in the struggle.
and this information Louis Elapc has receiv-
ed from his own party in Paris"
"The reason why they did not come forth
is that they were sickenedan disguised with
the National Assembly, and they had no SYM
patty for NJ. Theirs, who had called them
THE vile multitude;' nor with Cavaignic, who
in June fred uron them nor with FChangar-
nier, who could iilsultihem with tie whip,
as well as strike them wilhthesword. Plac-
ed between the maintenance of the robber
law of May, and the pretended restitution Of
universal suffrage-between the danger of a
monarchcal restoration spd that of a sham
republic-the. people retired leaving the field
To the two tyrannies, Of which one would
serge to destroy the other Louis Blanc re-
G.rs 10 some of The measures Of the Assem-
bly,, which provoked the crisis. and then de-
clares that the bourgeoise and the people
must be united to upbola one cause, and all
is then saved. He shows that the grand
scheme Of the monarchies of Europe is TO
divide Europe into three great empires, and
Louis Blanc and mis- party are by no means
alone in their opinion. He says:
"The sacrilegious plan, of which the sack
Of Paris Is the cop pmencemert, is 10 form
Russisn Empire, extending to Constantine
ple-an Austrian empire, with the diiinitive
annexation of Italy, and a French empire,
with tie addition of Belgium. From this
holy alliance war would arise against the
liberal and constitutional party, to extinguish
what The absolutjst powers call 'the reyolu-
tionary flame, or whatever lights the human
spirit on The way OF progress. For the ac-
complishment Of all this, Louis Napoleon
hasdelivered France, into the napds OF French
Cossacks. Louis Blanc promises, IN conclu-
ding his letter, 10 bring forward proofs 10 the
reality OF this scheme, and also TO show the
abominable complirity which binds TO the
fortune Of the Emperor Nicholas the ambi-
tion of Louis Bonaparte."
The London Times, Of the 18th, expresses
similar opinion, and looks to the United
States for assistance, 1t speaks Of "the great
conflict between military absolutism and con-
stitutional government. which every day as
sumes more serious aspect, which every day
draws nearer 10 this island, and which will
one daydiyide the whole world" gass
The Times then says that there are no two
States in the whole world, and never have
been, SO bound 10 one another, SO mutually
beneficial, and so able 10 work together as
the British empire and the United Slates.-
AT present, ii seems impossible but that the
whole Of the continent OF Eulope should
fall into the hands Of military despots; il
seems equally impossible that lue, with oul
American brethren, should lose our ipstitu.
,iohs or our enthdsiasm for liberty, Here
thep, are two parties in the great cause tha
threatens to divide and convulse the who'll
world.s The Times asks what's 10 be done
10 case anything should happen to England