Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-04-18
CORRESPONDENCE.
PARIS, April lst, 1852.

"a ,;,h ,haro throughout the length and
breadth of its columns. The good PIlnce
President treats the Council OF Sta g, the sen
ate. and the Legislative body, ike gooo, la'neI
of a family would his chhoIeh. ne VIII ie1Fe
nothing for these three great Doules 10 u1 Un
their own responsibility All Is cone accoIulns
m the dictates of his own will, and 1t Is need
Iess IN add that the President has no other emo
in view according to his own account, tndA '"
saye socieey from the Pernic'ous eDscfs Of a"arony
According to one q the latest decress' no per
son is aIl0wed todave a press IN his possession
mot oven sucha one as Is used In commercla
bonses for cooyng letters, without permission
from the Minister of Police, at Paris. "Ofder
and ,noraIitv saws the decree which ordalns
this wise measure, "rsqulre such sufVeh-
lance" For long time past, public opinion
has CONDEMNED the course that the government
is taking to treate a perfect centrallzation oil
the government in Paris, and to make the peo-
pie believe tlat public opinion has great IN
huence overhis political course, the President
has issued adecree which increases the admin
istrative power of the Projects.
When Frnce shall possess good and
wise government the preiects ana 'ne SUI,
prefects will be eligible functonarles, elected
bv universal suffrage. Such Is not now the
case If it vere Frenchmen could have some
check upon the excess of power that Is now
vested in tIe President Another decree ap-
points sevenadditional Senators, among whom
| is the Archbishop OF Paris. rms worthy pre-
| late does not owe his nomination to the favor
| of the BonaDartists-for he is republican,
but TO the exalted position which he occupies
among the French clergy. lhe president
| dared not sight the Archbishop, Tor lear OF
exposing too openly the excessive haired ne
| bears to every man who dares to prefer us1 |
| government 10 tyranny. Another decree orders |
| the sale of he property of the House OF Or |
| leans to the amount of 35,0OO'OOO francs, ana
| that this money shall be given to the Soclety
| of Mutual Aid, for the improvement OF the
| LODGING houses of the French working men,
and TO aid in establishing the credit tonc'er' ana
| aIso to establish house of refuge for deserv-
| inc and pocr curates. By this beginning 1t
| will be seen that the decree which authorized
| the spoliation of the property OF the orleans
| family will be fully carried out
THE OPENING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
Now have to speak of the great event OF
the week. On Monday last great comedy was
played at the Palace of the roliories a come
| Nv 2wn1cn was announced by military parade
and the fring of canon. | speak OF the opening
of the session of the legislature which took
| nlace in the splended Hall of the Marshalls IN
this royal palace. 1t was mere spectacle
offered to the curiosity of the Parlslans, and TO
} strangers, and the spectators were numerous
| hut not so numerous as | expected. AT one
o'clock the dictator quilted the Elysee on bis
wav to the Tuileres, in carriage drawn by
two horses, and escorted by troop OF horse
soldiers and an aid de-camp. On arriving at
the palace, laundering salvos OF artillery an
J nounced to the members who were alreaay
! assembled, the presence of the dictator. lie
n took his seat on sort of throne, having on his
| right hand the president Of the senate, Jerome
Bonaparte, and the president of the Council Of
j state. Seated behind the dictator were his
d brilliant and numerous household staff
" The tribune was occupied by ladies', who
were admitted by privilege, and some high dig
| odd DOQV
D The diplomatic corps also assisted at thli
e glorious celebration. On the entrance OF thu
or Dictator, who wore the uniform OF a genera
is officer of the army, every body present rose u
&c their feet. The Dictator took his seat upol
- the throne, and after inviting the assembly I
G. be seated, he made a speech which shal
a briefly analyze. :,
ye He announced that from that hour his die
w tatorship ceased, ana that things would hence
oe forward take their customary course. II
Vi pledeed his word that his future rule shoul
r. be sfter different fashion to that which h
had hitherto been compelled to maintains tina
of | the Legislature which had been elected by Tn
invincible influence of the people, Query, tn
'e bayonets of the soldiers) had sanctioned all tn
pl- measures which he had hitherto been compel
Mt | "a +o adont He declared, anu DeueNe VIII
:. s;-,cerltS. Cfat it was with feelings OF gres
satisfaction that he witnessed the commence
ny ment Of the working OF the constitution Whc
sx- he himself had drawn out according to his ow
Ter good pleasure. He hoped to render this col
~ stitution a durable one, and one fitted to tt
nd | policy Of the country.
AN Then he spoke of the necessity OF the con
'ur dEtat of December, in order to preserve socle
10 and religion from wreck. He declared that
un- had beenmore than once tempted to resign h
GO mower; but as he did not knOp one man in Fran
100 iu ,yhonn he could place confdence, not one M
are capable IF prescribing society from anarchy, al
lnl- re1ieior from destruction, he had been content
sacrifc, himself to save his country history al
nosteritv, he believed, would not fail to do Ju
tice to his noble sacrifice. He thanked the arm
bic for the devotion and the firmness 1t had d
an | nlaved towards himself and the country b
,rn. his thanks, he observed, added nothing to t
GLORY they had acquired by their conduct SIN
'en- the 2nd of December. He said the tall OF
uss Unclewas caused less by the reverses OF Wi
be- than bv the absolute power he had usurp'
nest This was an avowal that | certainly did not
meet tn hear from the lips of despot infinite
more cruel and degraded than the predeces'
.ou, whom he blamed Napoleon Bonaparte P
0"i sessed a military genius which Justlhed II
not great degree his otherwise culpaole ampltl
,nce He continued France had manifested
{ an lively oy on thecessatiOn OF the parliament
nre regime which had existed since tne 1eVoius
uio' of February, lSB" To refute this lmpud
pom assertion, it is sufficient to read in the Journ
e OF day by day, the lew arrests and the conv'
of exiles which traverse France IN every
hTee has received the coup d. EtGt of the dictator
,aVv | enthusiasm lie SdlQ LndC Europe UdQ Y
do | messed with satisfaction the change of COVE
10 ment in France. Europe No; but the tyra
ave who govern Europe, Yes; God forbid tina
lend should confound the tyrants with those "
ton IRE tyranized over. But the finest, the m
touching passage of the dictator's speech
passage which is sufficient to immortaize hi
ION if It has not already done sO-is that in whi
WI he said that he should declare himself Emper
axe' if France did not submit with perfect dOcil
wing to the happy rule he had created for it. II
passage confirms the opinion have ever ent
tanned, that the dictator is convincedthat thu
is no man worthy oft name in France,
himself Therest of the speech was only
to be spoken to slaves The ancient proph'
preached the necessity of wisdom and just
z of among nations, in order that the anger of t
,arv Almighty might be averted Louis Napole
~ says to the French people:
ou "Be ye-be ye fashioned after my manner
are shall make myself Emperor, in order that y
hill may be submitted to severer chastisement tn
and We nave hitherto endured. | am the polite
, bo Messiah whom you have heen waiting for
more than three quarters of a century. l kn(
what you need, and | have the strength a
sod the courage to carry out the mission hold fro
wv the Prince of Darkness Then, Frenchmen,
our ye submissive and servile, or your master W
tial decorate his august forehead with crown
ent splendent with diamonds, and arm his robr
off arms with scourge to chastise you, as rebt
:: lions slaves deserve to be chastlsed."
Is The above synopsis of the President spec
is, | think, sufficient to show how its who
tenor harmonised with the character of
u.s. author. 1t was good specimen of the logic
by tyrants, who speak a language exception
av and incomprehensible to the rest of mankiu
~ 1t is right, however, that men who seek f
'u' glory in the committal of crime should spe;
nae as they act. Yet there are numerous exec
tions to this rule.
THE STATE OF SIEGE RAISED.
'ns must not forget to say that the state
ma siege is raised throughout France, but tn
is does not prevent the arrests from being mat
for as usual. In the present state of affairs, Il
.rr laws which should protect the citizens fro
'-' the iniquities of those in power are det
letter. If the state of siege no longer exists
name, it exists in fact. 1t is thus that tyran
Ire comport themselves.
ep At length the Chambers are in session, al
he are organized by the Dictator, who, as l sa
In former letter, has preserved to himself tt
right to nominate the officers of the Lesisl
Ills t1re, and to appoint the Presidents and Viz
It's. Presidents. The members speak from the
places (pardon the comparison) in the SAN
q fashion as the members of the Congress of tt
2e United States. The public is not admitted
nix the Senate, but, as recompense, they ca
e witness the proceedings of the Legislatiy
VI corps in which there is gallery reserved fC
SITS them, which contains from toentg,fve to hrl
persons. The journals are forbidden to repo
the proceedings, but they can publish sun
us mary of the acts passed by the Legislature
lg- Publicity only belongs to that which is just
is its its nature-iniquity prefers darkness an
-, silence.
LETTER FROM THE THREE REPUBLICAN MEM
BERs.
v In my last letter I said was pretty sure ths
Il, the three republican members elected to th
at Legislative body would not take the oath
allegiance. was not mistaken The follow
ing is the collective letter which these thre
ID worthy men sent to the president of the chan
Der.
a. Monsieur lie Prssidsnt-TAe electors of Pa
is and Lyons sought us out in the retreat i
which we had exiled ourselves. We than
them for having thought that we were worth
b. to protest against the destruction of public lib
Sc erty and against arbitrary rule, but we do no
III believe that they would wish us to take ou
mr. seats in Legislative body whose power doe
not extend to the reparation of the violations o
10 right We repudiate the immoral theory of re
70 tanners and after-thinkers. and refuse to TAX
n, the necessary oathwhich is required to admi
10 us to our seats in the Chamber We beg @
h you M. le President, the favor of making know
- this our declaration to the Assembly.