Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-01-07
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AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.

The comments of the journals both il this coun.
try and of Great Britain, in relation TO he present
condition of things in France, show mIny varie-
ties of opinion. Predictions the most opuse as to
the result of Louis Napoleon's usurpaip are 10 be
met with. In one quarter we are told with the
utmost posiiveness Of assertion that nance will
Indignantly reject tyranny thrust upo, her una
wares and enforced by the bayonet, while with E.
dual confidence it is declared, in Other quarters, that
| i,mis Napoleon is the necessary manic The times,
ond ,b.i his Government affords theonly reasona-
bic prospect OF peace and order in Fr;nce.
Tbe Fmnire or IN, 2ed Republic these are the
alternatives it would seem, tHr FraIce. Her ex-
periments at RepubIicanisn have notsucceeded 50
we'll as to make her much in love with t'e latter,
vet an imperial system, throne based upon uni
yersal suffrage is likely to exhibit strange anon,-
aly. 1t is a cuuded Future that Frame has before
her-so obscured to the view that conjecture is
wholly at fault. period Of civil strife SEEMS I'M
avoidabe. The following extract from tie Paris
correspondence of the National lntellgeEer pre-
senls painful picture:
"The dispatches received up TO late asst nght show
several of the Departments 10 be at preset deyour
ed by frightfu and rampant anarchy. PIlage,mas-
sacre, horrible jacquerie; worthy Of The worst
DAYS of the first revolution, arc ravagiI5 Them
rho insurgents do not seem Gctuated tyhny re-
spec,able political motive; by love for lie Repub
lie by respect for the Constitution; bydqestalon
of usurpatng dictator. The bands AIMED in
surgenis are not rushing TO common endezvous,
organizing, choosing respectable leader. and form
inG an arlny in defence CT the constitution and for
rescue of the republic. Oh! if !hey wre thus act
inc. your correspondent would wish hem God
speed. No, it is sucia rather than civil war
il is the poor rushing in inlurla'e bans,wllh poln-
ard and torch, against the rich The nrklng man
against employers the peasants are ring against
the land owners the men OF The county are pour
ing by thousands, in dlsordery hores, into the
cities. They are armed with replng hooks,
Scythes, and sacks 10 bear away the under! and
thew spread devastation and dismay iuund them.
Who can hesitate, on account OF merqolltical diff
ferences, to lend support TO any G(ernment, to
any power sufficiently strong TO put atop to these
atrocities? Who, by opposition iromolllcal mo-
lives, however just, however well t1eded, would
weaken a Government which, most destable, po-
iticaly, is certainly willing, and,lf alone, will
be able. to nut stop TO this internal ar which is
bursting out all over France? shnk from the
contemplation of what would have ben The fate Of
Paris if the instruction Of last week ad been tri
umphant."
the vote of the people was regarded IA certainty,
at the last advices, and once esiablhed for len
years the assumption was taken for gln,ed pretty
generally that the title of Emperor pud soon be
substituted for that of President. he London
Standard sustains the course of ouisSapoeon.
Another British journal calls the Movement of
Louis Napoleon ga diabolical s,ciaie," and de
clares it is impossible that spiriledbeope like
the French can long endure ii. Apprtensions are
expressed by other journals that genral war will
break out in Europe in consequence o,he revolu.
ton in France-since the necessity of .ouis Napo
Icons position, so the argument runs, aay compel
him to keep large army, and 10 keelit employ
ed But there is scarcely any end tone specula.
tions and conjectures to which This Sailing event
in France has given rise, and which ean find its
solution only in the disclosures of the hlure.