The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-06

Of the world, Goethe says, Is still the same; and
whether M. Theirs has rightly sketched the genius
of his country, the conduct Of the vanq1ished par
ties will soon show.
The Election IN France.
From the London Times December 20
A few hours will probably furnish US with some
account Of the results Of Louis Napoleons electoral
appeal to the French nation, and few days will
disclose, with the weight of irresistible evidence,
the scandalous practices resorted to by his govern
ment for the purpose Of overbearing all opposition.
No public discussion be hold this vital point
Of the choice of o ruler, who is to frame the very
constitution Of the State at his pleasure No COM
munications can be exchanged bet veen the capt. II
end the provinces, for the press is mute, and the
post is only engine Of detective police. Just be-
fore the election, that is the 18th inst, the de-
authorizing the police to seize and remove from
Paris for deportation all suspected persons came in
to operations and there is reason to believe that,
some hundreds of persons were so seized in Pals
on tho night Of Thursday, and have been
conveyed no one knows whitner, though q
squadron Of powerful steamers is ominously waiting
at Brest and CEcrbourg to convey these untried
convicts to Cayenne. Such a measure may natu-
rally check the license Of universal suffrage which
is in fact, no more in terror stricken France than
the license to every one to vote in one way for
man. Even the bulletins voting. tickets are said
to be controlled by the police to such degree tina.
it is an offence to print the word 6 Nom on card
and it is evident from these extraordinary precau
tions that Lous Napoleon has ceased to rely on the
enthusiasm of the people, and is specializing mainly
on the effect Of force aud fear. Meanwhile, in spite
of the detection Of M. de Montalembert and the
Ultramontane prelates, the Legtimists and the
constitutional party are acting with manliness and
unity in behalf Of their opinions. Their votes will
be given ainst Louis Napoleon or not given a. all
II is also a remarkable Circumstance that a quarter
Of the seamen in the navy have had the courage 20
vote against the Bonapartist plot, though from ibcr
position in the feet, they probably quite *.
norant Of the frauds and atrocities which accom-
pany 1t.
The settlement of these questions, and the ret RE
button which must one day faster on such crime,
exclusively concern the French nation and he must
be q bold man who would bide the bruat Of their
resentment when these deeds of darkness are brought
to light, and when this duresse or imposture il
taken off. The subject tina. more INN ediately in
terests ourselves and the rest of Europe the
ture Of The relations to be established between the
new government of France and other States: and to
this matter We shall for the present con6ne our
observations
The great continental powers fastened through
their representatives in Paris to press satisfac
ton at the military measures resored to by Louis
Napoleon, and they have not disgui ed their ATS
faction at the overthrow Of the republic. But here
if We are not mistaken, their satisfaction ends
Even those rulerswho are most disposed % regard
detpetic or military government as q lawful means
Of protecting the rights Of the crown and the ordsr
Of society, are little accustomed to approve mea.
sures OF equal severity when they are employed
against alllaw, and to support the pretensons of a
fresh usurper Moreover the governments Of the
continent have not discovered in the position Of
its security or duration. GO On pe,u tout fare arec
des bai0nates" said Prince Sob wartzenburg to the
French minister at Vienna, ercepfG de sasseoir es-
i inS And Lastly, admitting that Louis Napo-
ed lasting by the army, it is clear that such 60
verDment in France will respect the peace Of Eu
rope only so long as its wn interests opposed to
war, and that no reliance at present be placed
on the traditional and conventional engagements
Of France in such hands.
The first question that arises after sudden aud
violent transfer of supreme power is whether, the
new government accepts and adopts the foreign
obligations Of the oantry to their full extent. It
was on that ground that Louis Philippe claimed
the support of Europe in 1880; and it was on some
what similar grounds that M de Lamartine asked
and obtained of Europe the recognition Of the re.
public in lS4S. He adopted, indeed, in his cele-
brated manifesto on that occasion large amount
of the jargon Of the day, about ''the hour of OPP
pressed natonalitcs striking in the DEGREES Of Pro-
vidence;' and be went so far as to declare that
"the treaties of iSl5 no longer exist de e in the
eyes Of the French republic" But this announce.
of a pacific Policy, and by distinct avermcnt that
the territorial arrangements of the treaties of ISIS
are facts which France adopts as the basis and
starting point in her relations with other
nations" We revert to these expressions of NJ
dc Lamartine- slender and uns satisfactory they
were thought al the tme-bccsuse it may no v be
questioned whether declarations of even this force
Louis Napoleon and, if we are not misinfor mod
the attempts hitherto made to procure such de ,la
ratons have not been successful. To this fact
may be added a circumstance apparently Of minor
importance, yet of considerable signifoan ,e-we
mean the resignation of NJ de Well Castel, the
political director of the ministry Of Foreign Affairs
man of consunmate ability and prudence, who
bad hitherto periodically consented to hold un Ter
the successive ministers of the repubc the practi-
cal direction of French dipom acy, which he con-
Quoted under the late N onarchy, but who has now
relnquished the task and ceded his post to a mere
creature Of the Bonapartes.
We need scarcely protest, in the name Of this
country, and, we might add, OF all Europe, that,
whatever may be the opinions enter tanned of the
actions Of the French Executive, there is strong
and general determination to abstain fro all inter
ference in French at lrs, and to leave that nation
to werk out its own perplexing destiny. The idea
Of any attack upon France, in consequence Of the
late revolution, has never crossed the mind Of any
European statesman; and, on the contrary, the
prevailing disposition has been to acquesce in this,
as we have acquesced in every other self-inhlcted
political torture OF the people of France. Bat we
have already seen wilder deceits and decisions
than this idea Of foreign aggression propasst.
ed by the government among q ore iulous peo-
pie; aud IL is precisely when nation IS Dis
tracted with a panic at home, aggravated by
tie absence Of free discussion That it most readi
Iy catches up every suggestion Of danger from
without. The very names Of Pitt and Coburg
added desperation to the reign Of terror. IL IL
again suited the French government to engage in
hostihtics, some such pretext would readily be
found and this pretext, however shallow, would be
believed. u Is altogether uncertain in which
direction such blow might be strlck-ghSther
against the radical or Protestant governments of
SNNzerlaEd-ag the neutrality OF Belg ium-for
territorial acquisitions 10 savoy, or the Rhine,
or even, in the hardihood Of defiance, against
the coasts OF England. On this point No hazard