New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-24

Governed France with so muca wisdom AMI sOahty -
kelongs 10 ~ Messeurs les Seastsars, ~ give Re isr
10 the nltional WILL and % frame ssnst1f
eensultuu1 which shall estabsh tie 'oui oi "a
Erursre Great and noble tsskf You liiaiai ~sst
that Independence winch eopsui's only tls
and slory of our country. AZ for n oo-y1nS ss'ti
ecrrplee which your conscse7ces VIII have areaiy ess
eeed jealousy avoiding even the appearance .: psa
tcsfsop which should not have exca-iveis IN VIZ ~
great interests OF the tate, leaye 20 ahO'a1i 11
Of directing The discussion
Report 60 she ser'zse On the Ensirc.
+ The Sd.ioSing Is =. ksgors Of ne Ec en-
rnittee sypoiutes 70 Sle to consider the changes
70 he psfei in the Coasstaton. 4. y stated 70 be rom
the pen Of NJ Tnoploug, President OF the Court Of AP
| peal.
demand OF you today great political act The q1es-
ton Is TO put nm end TO her enxe, and 10 insure nsr
future welfare. But that act however graso may Dc,
docs not bring you in contact with s2y oil those capital
Sf1ties which hold in suspense the wisdom Of Leg
lstors Yeu know the wishes expressed . the Coun :s
General tie Councils Of the Arron1issenents. AMI By
the addresses OF the CoTnuunes Of Frsacewshes for
stability in the Government OF Louis Napoleon. and o. a
return 10 political form which has struck the wlOie
world by the maefty Of lis power AMI the vi Tom o. rs
laws. You have heard tina, immense PETITION oi "aoie
nation fastening the footsteps OF he hcerftor, sn1
the enthusiastic cies which almost call an antc
pated plebiscite and proceeded from the hearts o.
busbsTdmen and workpeople Of m tnufac.u'ers an I
commercial people Such mani estaticns Simplify the
task Of Statesmen. There crcumstances in watch
fatal necessities prevent the fnnet legislator 10 place
himself in accordance with public opinion an wfn -
own reason; there others which require long IA H.
tatOn 10 resoye questions upon which the country hls
not yet decided You are exposed nirnen, nsitl r
o. that cOn-traiut TO that enDaTrtssrn ,nt he
national feeling presses and supplcGtes YOU ami your
high experience tells you that in yielding 70 its IN
stances you will contribute IN replacing France ia the
ways which suit her interests her gran ieur and the I'M
peTious necessities of her situaiiou Everything 10 ~
planned in fact by the events which unfold themselves
before us.
Aher great political commotons, it happens always
that nnOus throw themselves with Joy into ho Of
tie isoroui man whom Providence sends to them 1t
was the fatigue Of civil wars that made ne monarchy OF
the victor OF Actum il the horror Of evolutionary
cxcesses much the glory Of Marengo, that elevated
the imperial throne Ia the nidst Of the recent dang
of the country, that vigorous man Get koa-e fJrt)
showed him elf the 10Th OF Dec l6i. End the
of Dec ISL aud France has c0nf1ed 70 him her aag
which was on the Of pershng. If she has declared
her wish to couhdc il to him forever in hgt 5nDrlble
Journey which was nothing but succssson oftrumqhs
II il because BY bis courage AMI his prudence the ma
showed himself II the hight OF bis mandGte II IS be-
when a nation feels itself tornsn'ct by tle agts
tors Of stormy Government neccsllry REF ton
ducs toward him who will best insrre order, stability,
and TcpCse
that llouc he hold in his hands taose inc TIN le bsn
fs He has, IN the eyes OF France, bis innsnse SER
vce the magic Of he popularity, the recOlecn1ns Of
lis rece impershnbe mcnors Of order, OF OF ,anizl
tion and Of heroism which make the hearts Of French
men beat He reyVes In the eyes Of Europa the cregr
est Of modern tmes-not for tse pu pose OF mil.
itary triumph, IN which his history IL suiic nty rich
but for the purpose Of enchanting political snd social
tempests Of end0wing France with the con1uests Of
peace Of strengthening Ind rendering fruitful the har
mony Of nations. At home and abr Dad i is 10 him that
Is attached long futnrity Of labor and pacific civzl-
ton Tint futnrty must not be given UP 10 the bazard
of event, and 20 the suprscs OF factions
Ii ia this account that France dsnands the her
srchy of the Emperor that say order In rcyout on
and rule in Democracy. Sac wished for on the l0lh
Ct December az the time when inimc Constitution
prevented the peopefrom expressing their utmost wish;
che whod il again on The Goth Ct December, whent the
moderation cf noble character prevented IL being
asked OF her But to-day the puohc feeling breaks It.
bends like torrent; there are moments wAen even IN
tlusaim has right 10 resolve questions. For long
time pest visible signs announced what mus' be the m
sion Of Louis Napoleon, nn1 the pvovdent reason OF
tatcsmcn sgrccd with the popular instinct in fixing the
character OF H. After the bitter sarcasm win h had
placed the heir 10 throne at tie head of sR1pubc Il
evident That France always 'nocratic in her mal-
had not ceased 60 be monarch al in her hlbs an1
inenCts and that she wishe the REQ tabihucnt OF the
Monarchy la the person OF the Prince, who re- cae
himself to her ar the reconcicr OF two aye- an of tw1
minds, the connecting link between the Government
end tie people, tho naoaarchcsl symbol Of organized
AT the end Of the last century the prcpnleen-e o,hc
Democratic piicipe had persuaded sperula i've or ~.
dent niu0s that France ght TO marktic mo
which sLc was entering by divorce betw zen hcrG)v
enmeIt ana the mon,Icicsl form TIE public was
borrowed nom the TecOlicctOns OF antiquity. But "a
France political itatons have rarely succeeded OR
country, though taxed wiki cyils is lvncby attached
10 ccriain national ideas and 20 certain traditional hnbts
+ by which 1t preserves The originality OF which il is
proud The Republic could not naiuralzs itsclf on our
soil tper shed by Is excesscs AMI 1t gave up
10 those eXccece only because II not in thu instnc
Of The nation. II was only interval, brililut
abroad, terrible At home, between two mpnarchiss
At that period glory elevated 10 power one OF those
men who found dynastics and who traverse 1t
ON tint rev stem that France sew hourishing mon
arcl appropriated 10 modern tmes. and which Vi Ids
to 90 Other by is grandeur and power l. il not greet
Lesson 10 see similar fortune reserved fifty yesrs later
for second cssay o. the Republican fOrnf ls Il not
striking example Of the perseverance, OF the French
mind 10 things which a. II were the substance II its
pchcsl life lie not the proof complete and decisive,
II will hetle more co. because the Imperial Monarchy
has ell the advantages OF tae republic without having
IL dangcTs The other monarchical rSiaes (of which,
however, DO not wish 10 diminish tn lG-tr0u'
,cef has been accused OF having placed the throne
too great distance from the people aud the Republic
boasing OF its popular origin. ably cntrenched t.clf IN
opposition 10 them, among q, messes which believed
themselves forgotten and defpsed. But the T. upire
stronger rn the Repullc the ground of dem sracy
takes away from II that objection ID the Govern.
m6nt The most energcticaly supported ami the
kecry regretted by the people II i the people ab ave
ELL et have found again in their recollections TO op-
pose Il TO the dreams OF dialogues and ~ the expert
nenis Of pef;urhators.
On the one hand il Is the only hat can el1riv H.
sot the right recognized by the ancient ma lnarchv
hst # To the French nation that belongs the rga,
10 choose Ming On the other. IL the only one that
has not had ousrrels 10 settle with the peop.l When
il disappeared in 1914 not by the shock Of the na
ton against the Government The hazards Of forc n
aid unequal war operated this violent divorce But the
people had ceased 10 see in the Empire ia emaraton
and s work; and places in IL Affect ~ far in
above the republic which is an anonymous and mnul
tnous Government which is kept in recollection more
on account OF The violence of ispro conus than on ae
coun; c victories which the price of rreuch vso
Tbs the reason why the Nspoleouian monarch na.
absorbed The Republic first time and VIII ab'orb /,
second time The Republic is virtually in tae Empire
On account Of the ccnrac:ual character Of the insttu
! iion. and Of the communication and the expre..
delegation OF the power by the people But the
/ Empire surpsSses the Republic, because il il lso
the monsrcAy that Is % say the government Of al con
hced 70 the modOrans ton OF one with herelity a.
condition and stability q consequence. The monsrchy
has this eNeeien,y inherent in il hat /: ycds ainraby
TO me pr0Tss OF civilization; in ifs turn fcnis sbso-
mte ana mighty, always sncicn; and always modern II