The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-03

-Four Remarkable Lettrs- Russia Calling In her
Funds Frerorks and other Particulars of the
Fst' Of May-Dngvs Of halc 1gp's-7he
w athr-A Point # Etiqutue-1he Ctnsus--A
Neto Comedy.
PANS, May II, 1852
You will receive by this and the last mail the
TRANSACTIONS of four important letters which you
will find in the English journals, though not in the
French That of the Count Of Chambord, suggest
ing to the Legitimss the propriety of refusing the
oath Of fidelity to the President and giving other
'rules of conduct has Of course been published by
no French paper, and the Independence Beige,
which contained it, has been seized the post
Office and destroyed. The Constiiutionne, in some
remarks upon this letter, hints that the President
might now, in view of such intrigue the part
Of Henry V and his followers, fulfil his promise of
fixing the power immovably upon his head, in case
any resistance, overt or underground, were made
TO his authority. The Constitutionnel i'll conceals
it's chagrin at the delays which have again and
again postponed the restoration, and is urging
Louis Napoleon to put end to these nefarious
schemes of the dethronod parties by boldly assum-
Jog the purple, and submitting second piebscte
to the people. On the other hand, the Pays, in
speaking of the distribution of the ages. says:
"What is the Empre' Only name. What
there good in the Empire we have We have
the unity Of power created in the image of the
unity of the nation. We have ministers Who in
stead Of wasting their time in defending them
selves from attack and votes of censure, employ II
usefully in administering. We have Legislative
body which can control, but which cannot any
longer agitate. We have army ready TO obey
and ready to die. We have, in a word, the force
! of authority without the excess OF desposm; %
the honor OF the flag wi bout the evils of war; re-
spcct for religion without presty oppression. Had
the Empire been proclaimed three days back what
should we have bad more? An Emperor in place
Of President, throne instead of a chair Of State.
Should we have stronger power, a more conceu.
trated authority, institutions better regulated? NJ.
Why, then, should the Empire have been pro-
claimed IL lie not the Empire which Louis Nspo-
leon desires to copy; is society that he wishes to
reconstitute."
| The second letter to which have referred is that
OF General Changarnier at Malines refusing to
take the oath. This letter, addressed to the Minis
ter Of War, has appeared in none Of the French
papers, and the circumstance itself has been men
toned by few only. The English papers
tanning translation of it have been admitted, but
the original in French will hardly be allowed to
be printed circulated. The third letter, that
Of M Arago, also refusing the oath, bas been
printed by the Steele and one two Other journals
! II caused painful sensation. which only par
! TALLY dissipatcd by the exception made in M
Arago's favor, that he might retain his place in the
Observatory without swearing fidelity The note
! Of the Minister of Public Instruction, informing
Arago Of the immunity thus granted to him, took
/ away the little merit that the act might 9TH
! crwisc have secmed to have. The Cons iiuion
mel made NJ. Aragos refusal the theme for two col
umns of nppant derision, forgetting. in presence
| of the fact that he had been n member of the Pro
yisional Government, aud has remained since
consistent republican, that he s of the first
astronomers OF Europe and in this capacity ono
OF the national gIore, Of France
The fourth that # lie Lamurciere, from Brussels,
/ g
troll to which the coup d'etat has given birth How
il it that The officers OF the army, on reading this
earnest protest. do not open their eyes to the ras-
cGlity Of the scamp they server Ifyou have not al
| ready printed the letter entire, nsert the following
passages:
"GEssp,L: Torn from my home, thrown into
! prison, prescribed in contempt of tho laws had
not supposed that you would have gone far as TO
! ask Of me oath OF fidelity to man whose power
! usurped by violence, is only maintained by force
| but n document ema mating from your ministry
| contains paragraph dir ctcd evidently at the
! bsnisbed generals, and imposes upon th'm the
obligation of an oath Two months are granted to
those who reside in Belgium to reply to this sum
| mons.
81 hear it said on every eide, that oath is bind
! ing when made TO man who has broken hls own
However largely this doctrine ~ put 20 prOht AT ths
| time | for one reject il; the Two months delay
/ have need OF; the oath refuse.
| Bravo, Lamoricierel These heroic lines will live
forever on of the bright pages Of the history OF
! France.
! You may remember that some three weeks ngo
panic wac created at the Paris Bourse by the CIR
| culation Of a rumor that the Emperor OF Russia
was selling out the French stocks that he held; ana
| as Nicholas was kpown to have about forty mil
lions invested in the per cents, prices oil course
| fell heavily, as they could not be maintained IN