Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-01-03


would not could not inspire any sensible and upright
with esteem, confidence, security.
This is the PATH paved with disorder and revolution
which for nearly two years statesmen yclept the
leaders of the majority entered upon with the pros
pect after long succession of lucky chances of arriving
at what? To make the Assembly declare dictator
ship the first logical of which would necessarily be
a turn the Assembly out of the windows
That extravagant conception the of which
counted upon last Monday at hapast SEVEN and which
was defeated at eight o'clock by the vote of the Assem-
bly, why did not succeed? Because it would have led
, to sohite Qetigitimist) dictatorship.
1he Mountain smell rat They 0oted in body against
ne roe ce qestors al ne oey moment A. Base oas pre-
pairing ipeach General ST. Agnaud and when some pa-
" Arrest them all! all then! whilst they are here"
Crest fen by their defeat which came so close
on the heels of that of the day before the law of the
3ls of May the leaders the conspiracy resolved to
make another attempt
Why did the Mountain vote in body against the pro-
position OF the questors? Because its object was hs
dictatorship and to place the absolute power in hands
of General who had instructions to transport them or
shoot them down with grape if necessary. plan was
therefore necessary to reassure the Mountain and which
would allow at the time consult its hatred of the
President without fear of coalition between the Legt
i mists and Oreanists
i The plan not difficult of execution simple
change Of the color of the dictatorship and of the name Of
the dictator all that required The same men
who last week hazarded the destines of France on the
chance of @he dictatorship with Gen. Changarnier are
going to do the same THIS week with red dictatorship and
Gen. Cavaignac.
We TO this pass they playing pitch halpenny
pah hecountry Heads hare lost tails may acin.
In the commission appointed to examine the project Of
law ON the responsibility of the President Of the Republic
which comprises the of NM Creton and Jules de
Lasteyre two declared partsans for the recall the Or
leans Princes and the canddateshp the Prince de join
vile; Of NJ Dufaure, who theoretically opposes that
recall; OF NM Berryer, Bechard, and de Laboue nex0-
rabe opponents Of that canddateshp; of NJ Beryer the
author of that fine speech legitimate monarchy; of NJ
Dufrasse, the apoogst of the murder of Louis XVI;
NOR fhn nf
istswe beg of all honest state what is their can
did opinion of such coalition? It's members hate each
other yet they unite for common object.
IL is the custom, aware, to regard the men of
whom speak, viz. NM. Berryer THEIRS Bechard and
de Laboue de Lasteyrie, Creton Dufaure as to q
certain degree the Chiefs and the supporters of the con-
seryave and monarchical parties This is the deep and
deporabe error keptup by the journals lotteries amongt
the pacific population, who take part in public affairs
These same men are and nothing else than pure
yolutionsts speaking and acting revoutoniss under
the mask ofroyasts and conservatives whose principles
they endanger and whose they lose The habit of
cunning of coalitions, has deeply depraved their minds
they now believe in nothing but their ambition and
their vanity They have BEEN they have BEEN DO
ltca characters, advocating monarchcal and
tive doctrnes they nothing than little advo-
Gates members of faction plotting against public order,
and making revolutions against society at large
Their sole object is to do away with Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte, who becomes daily popular and the wis
dom of whose Government has earned for him the respect
OF all honest and peacefully families In repyto
guilty in general and for the position of the President
Of the Republic in particular under the Red Dictatorship
attempted in the stead of the White Dictatorship
only say, whatever.
First of ALL it is hope and our conviction that the
reasons which prevented the Mountain from con-
sentng to the white dictatorship will deter real and ho
nest conservatives from the red and the Assembly will
be as 10th to hand France to Gen. Cayagnac it
was to do the same to Gen. Changarnier.
But let us go further: let take extreme case lie
US suppose that the Assembly has been carried along by
the coalitions let suppose that after having attained
vote hostile to the President on the responsibility BILL
the victorious coalition should again bring forward we
have been informed it intends and it openly declared
in the bureau of the Assemblyet us suppose we repeat
that the coalition should again bring forward the PROPOSE
ton OF the questors and that it should give that PROPOSE
ton the majority of l08 votes it had against it, Well,
we maintain that even then public order and the Pres
dent incur danger for who dare guaranty that the
Assembly would be obeyed?
Certainly, in principle, general rule and axiom,
the law is and should always be obeyed but history in
forms us that when elegmate powers make extreme
use of their extreme rights they infalby engender
sistance or collisions catastrophe Article IA Of the
charter of Louis XVIII. of those extreme rights
which the monarchy endeavored to make extreme
of against the expression of public opinion Every
knows what the consequence.
The Assembly, which has constituted power above
it. may vote regularly whatever it thinks ft-the respon
sibty BILL the proposition Of the questors and hundred
other things of similar nature but such
would be manifest attack upon the President of the Re-
public as they would become instrument to serve the
public morality the and equity of the popu
aon would stand up manuly for the oppressed against
the oppressors and the Assembly in spite its rights in
spite of its prerogatves would only obtain battle Now
battles have their chances ha6et aa and should it
take its champion the sword Of that General who
he asserts is accustomed conquer perhaps but few would
enrol themselves under its banner.
In case then, those consprdtors dangerous. indie
pendenty Of their folly they have against them the entire
country which does not desire any experiments
voluons and ruin What they would have against them
less their aversares than their allies. The Gov
are may be supposed, of their plots and
of their movements and though they may know the
fact they have every of them The firm and determined
hand Of justice constantly suspended ,cn inch Of their
collar The proof that they dangerous that they are
yet shipped off, Go knights-errant of prncesses
lost like the wife of Eneas amongst the ruins of thrones
which are broken to pieces, which are burnt! Con-
spre much you please walk about like specres in
the dead of night with your pale unearhy faces that
terror conyulses and point out to the country the
spraces Of the Eysee in order to mask your own No
is mistaken to your projects and fears them
you without pity for France-f you refuse in spite
Of her prayers to spare her another revolution you viii
gain nothing by your efforts by your shame Blinded
by your fury the bull by the crimson fag you rush
headong the point Of the sword, which pointed and
immovabe, awaits you