Daily American telegraph., 1852-01-16
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH.
LOUIS NAPOLEON AND FOREIGN POWERS.

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LOUIS NAPOLEON AND FOREIGN POWERS.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Times says
Soon 6tef the coup Retat Of the I'd, a COM
munication was made in the name of the Eng
lish Cabinet to this Government, in which,
while any irritating expression or comment
appeared to be avoided, explanations were asked
as TO whether it was contemplated to COM
pletely abandon the liberal and constitutional
policy which had previously formed the bond
OF alliance between the two countries The
President of the Republic was reminded that
England and France, connected as they had
50 long been by the similarity, SO far as the
difference OF character Of the two people per-
mitted, OF their respective institutions were at
the head Of European civilization; that both
still enjoyed, with the necessary notifications,
the advantages of a representative government,
freedom OF the tribune, and liberty Of the press
that suspension or q cessation Of such guar
antees tor public liberty would necessarily i'm
ply an Abandonment on the part Of France of
those political advantages and would necessa-
rlly diminish, in a considerable degree the
sympathies entertained in England for a sys-
tenn Like the present. SO widely different from
its own; that u coup Petat which abrogated
the Constitution, annihilated the Legislature,
and destroyed the liberty of the press, was and
must be- distasteful to the people Of England
SO remarkable for its enthusiastic attachment
to all these institutions and the French Gov
ernment was earnestly called upon to give
some explanations of its Intentions or of what
it purposed doing, so soon as the embarrass-
ment of the present situation had disappeared
or been materially diminished The note of
which speak was at considerable length and
its tone was, | am assured, though not irrita-
ting, at all events decided and energetic The
answer is stated to be what perhaps might be
guessed under the circumstances 1t purport-
ed to repudiate all intention of abandoning a
liberal policy; it spoke of the President as
having no desire to establish despotic author
ity it alleged the difficulties of his situation
the dangers that had threatened not only
France, but the European continent, from the
rapid and fearful progress of Socialist ideas
and it repeated the arguments already so often
put forward in excuse of the act of the I'd inst
This answer, though believe of equal length
with the original communication, was not con-
sidered as sufficiently satisfactory; there were
not found in it assurances of positive nature,
sufficiently SO to satisfy the parties to whom it
was addressed second communication was
made, less of an official than personal kind,
and in the name of one of the most prominent
members of the English Cabinet-not the
Foreign Minister, and use the word non-offi-
cial, because it was addressed, not to men,
ber of the French Government but to per-
sonage who nevertheless, is supposed to pos
sess, and believe does possess, no inconsider-
able share of influence, owing TO circumstan-
ces no way interesting to the public This
second communication was also replied to !;
but the answer, entering as it did into still
greater detail, and repeating with more force
the arguments made use of in the first, did not
produce any greater satisfaction. 1t had been
urged, on the part of the noble lord referred
to- that it was absolutely necessary to give
explanations of a more precise kind that pub
lie opinion in England required them that the
momentous events which had just taken place
in France would, no doubt, be commented ON in
the English Parliament, as they had been in
the press of the same country, and that it
would be not merely satisfactory, but abso-
lutely indispensable, for the British Cabinet to
have some data-some assurances
positive in fact-to present to Parliament,
when, as would certainly be the case, explana-
tions were demanded, and that it were scarce
ly necessary to say these explanations ought to
be of satisfactory kind. In addition to the
reply W U1lS StCOuu uObt IL was uGClueu lIdb IL
person should be sent to London to confer di-
rectly with Lord Palmerston, and give expla-
nations, which, it was hoped, would prove sat
isfactory The party in question, however, is
said to have declined the mission, on the ground
of not being able to give positive assurances,
or an explanation of the intentions of the Gov
ernment, of that precise nature which it was
evidently the desire of the English Cabinet to
possess Such, am led to believe. is the stu
alton of affairs up to very recent date.
With reference to the Continental Powers,
am assured, on the same authority, that what
has lately occurred has not disposed those
Powers to regard the act of the President as
one that ought necessarily to induce them to
give him any more sympathy or support than
they have hitherto done While admitting
that Ito use their own terms) the President has
succeeded in restraining and crippling the
power of the "enemies of order,n in all CONT
mental countries, they still regard that act
quite as conducive to his own interests as to
theirs. The suppression of the revolutionary
party ought not they are said to allege) to
change their views with reference to Power
that had its origin in q popular movement.
They admit that, as France is the hotbed of
revolution, any blow aimed at it there must
necessarily produce a corresponding effect else
where but even that advantage does not and
cannot induce them to consider the power of
the President, or any power similar to it, other
wise than as provisional, or as stop-gap; but
by no means such as would induce them to re-
gard it in the light of legitimate and per-
manent authority; and that in fact ruler
whose sway might be stopped by the merest
accident to say no worse, is not quite that on
whom reliance could be placed as on one of
legitimate kind. They admit the services rem
dered to what is considered by the Powers in
question the cause Of order, and their relations
with France will otherwise continue the same
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