The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-21

Interesting Details by the last Steamer.
our French Correspon d encs.

Our French Correspondents.
TIE Effect of the SeqweStratiox Of the Orleans Pro.
petv-ca~se of the Comfscat,or-7He Efforts TO
Produce an Effect IN England, and the British
House of Commons The Press-Int.lectvl
Parties and SOueeS, &C., &c.
PARIS, Jan, %, 1852
OF all the strong and violent measures which the
President has taken since the first act Of the I'd OF
December, to the present moment-and it has been
constant succession Of strong measures since that
date-Eone has prod lced SO fatal an effect upon his
character, nor stamped his dominion with such a
mark Of odium, which cannot BIO efacod, as the
ccnGsca.ion Of the private property Of the Orleans
family His best friends are said to have been OPP
posed to this highly revolutionary and violent pro-
eeeding. De Morny, and the very mon who stood
by him on the I'd Of December, and laid with him
and carried out for him that plot which overthrow
the republic and placed France at his feet thought
it time 70 stop, and go with him no longer, when
they saw this desperate and unjust measure re-
solved upon They resisted for long time, and
used every persuasion to lead him from his purpose
but he was infexible, and they resigned Per-
sguy, who is said TO be man ready to d. any
thing, and stopping at nothing, was Immediately
put in the place Of De Morny. All this determined
and violent conduct, instead Of for the present
weakening the power of the President, only con-
firms and strengthens him. for it inspires terror in
all minds-it gives boldness and confidence to hi;
friends-it forces the wavering and the weak int
his party, making them afraid to hesitate and APP
pear lukewarm, and it frightens his enemies. Sach
are the present effects but it lays up large amount
Of odium and bad feeling for the future which will
burst forth like an avalanche, at the first faysr-
able opportunity.
II is confidently asserted that family motive
an early prediction for family physioian-hada
great deal to do with the seizure Of the whey ard Of
the Orleans family The great estate Of Chantilly,
in the possession of the Duke of Aumale, left to
him by the will Of his uncle, the Daks dc Bourbon
was, at the time of the birth of Louis Napoleon,
the property Of his mother, the Queen Hortensia,
sister Of Napoleon the First. Hence, it is highly
probable that the President of France locked upon
himself as rghtfuliy entitled to this great and valu
able estate. Be that as 1t may, yet, though the
President himself has not reflected upon the man
in which his mother got this property, there are
many who think Of it and call it to miad. When
Napoleon seized upon the person of the Duke
D'Enghien, in the territories of neutral 20 wee,
and had the unfortunate prince carried to Vincennes
where he was shot by night in of the bitches of
that fortress he afterwards took possession of this
property Of Chantilly, and made royal present Of
it to his sister Hortensia. Thus, it was acquired
by the same law and right by which Ahab acquired
Nab0th's vineyard, viz. by no law nor right, but
by force and bloodshed. On the restoration Of the
Bourbon family, this property was restored to its
rightful owners-the heirs of the unfortunate Duke
and, believe not by unlawful decree, but by the
award of q proper tribunal, and decision of an i'm.
partial jury. The Duke of Bourbon, who inherited
the family estate, afterwards dying chidless, lef.
it, by will, to his nephew, the Duke of Aumale, one
of the SONS Of Louis Philippe. In this manner it
came into the Orleans family, by regular descent
and by will, according to the law and customs
OF the land. Hence, in pronulgating his
decree, by which this and other family
estates are now lost forever to the former
owners, the President is considered by many as
having acted witch inexcusable injustice, proving
himself one of the worst of tyrants. They who
reason upon thi, matter say that his other trans
gressons against his country, or rather the coun-
try which adopted him-his violation of personal
liberty, his sending off the best and greatest men
of the land to Punishment. or to transportation
along with felons-might, perhaps, be defended
excused, on the ground Of political necessity ex
pcdiency; but there is such for this act.
many friends it is not forgotten that, with all his
faults, Louis Philippe governed the country for Is
years in constitutional manner he preserved
peace, and caused trade and commerce to flourish;
he left the press free, and he nevsr stepped beyond
the line oflegality; he governed by the laws which
the Legislature made, and he respected the laws.
This is terrible contrast to the present condition
of France, in which individual is the law giver
and the law executioner, and. makes dozen new
laws every day before breakfast, which are made
posted early in the morning on the walls of Paris,
and by the publication of his single 81 WILL,
DECREE, " in the Monaewr. There is another fact
which adds an increased moral odium to the many
acts of persecution against the Orleans family and
their friends and adherents; and that is, the
well known fact that Louis Napoleon owes his
life to the clemency OF the late King Louis
Philippe; for, according to ell the laws ,s Of
was forfeited when he made an attempt upon
France. and was taken prisoner in the very act.
Yet Louis Philippe spared his life, and placed him
in the towers Of Ham, instead Of letting the law
take its course
It is believed, from certain symptoms, that the
President and his friends begin to be moved little
by the dark feeling and sinister rumors to which
his measures have given rise; for an official decla
ration has appeared in the Monftemr, stating that
now that ell France is quiet and restored to order,
the Prince President will rot be under the necessity
OF resoftlng 70 any more eAcepuoha' measures
That is the very language used -'exceptional inca
sure,;" and it is in fact an ackno wledgment that
the government has been hitherto carried on ex.
ceptionally and without law. Bat who can rely,
now days, upon the promises Of princes. and espe
cally Of him who now Is the master Of Francel
strongly suspect that pretended and profess
ed abandon nent Of exceptional measures will be
put forward and m ade show of for time, in view
Of the approaching meeting Of the English Parlii-
nent Louis Napoleon knows rs we'll as any mau,
that all his acts and conduct will be oyerhauled
there with great Freedom and that he will be treat
cd with much severity of language and comment by
The popular elements Of the House Of Commons;
therefore, If not by deeds, yet by words, he viii
give his apologists in England, (where he will find
many among the ultra tories) an opportunity
saying that he is . nice. good man, and has given
Up all exceptional measures" and only adopted
them from absolute necessity
Tha Rritish Parliament will meet in eght DAYS