New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-03

duct OF The Usurper. Let it not be forgotten tn 4
Lord Normandy was among the first to put him -,
ard the Three Kingdoms he represents In this nilo
category.
But in the midst Of this dishcartening spec: eli,
there were two points Of light The Charge o
Switzerland aud ihe American Minister did not DON
the knee to Basl The former, however, was soon
instructed by bis government to aekno Wedge the
new dynasty and Mr. RiVes stood alone. His posi-
ton was certainly delicate and trying, but he has
had the courage to remain aloof in this center OF
Europe aad who can doubt that he and our country
are honofed by this conduct. even in the eyes OF
those who may feel the independence and d entity OF
his position 70 be ieproach 20 their own baseness
The grounds Of Mr.. Rves's course understand
to be these The conduit of Louis Napoleon is
marked with degree OF dupliciiy almost with olt
parallel lie has scattered al Assembly ddly elect
ed he has imprisoned hundreds without Law or
justice he has butchered other hundreds without
| excuse he has violated his Oath and tramDled IN
der foot constitution sanctioned b. the people.
Under such circumstances any act on the part OF the
representative Of the United States which might be
interpreted into cong ratulaion would be reprehen
sible and inasnuch as the President had called upon
the people of France to ra,iy reject his govern
ment, he deems it proper for him to await this de-
poleon has been declared elected by the people, Mr.
Rives will make his appearance at the Elysee, and
not till then To this line of conduct the President
cannot object, for his own DEGREES and proclama-
tons represent him the provisional not the
stitutionsl ruler. Mr. Rives's course will, l feel
persuaded, not only be regarded with approval at
home, but will excite respect in the eyes OF the
world, the truest policy to be pursued in France
by the Minister of the United States
For the last twenty years, on all occasions of ex-
ecutons the gullo.ne has been erected at the Bar
rier St. Jacques. When the decree was passed fixing
this locality as the scene of the infection OF the
penalty Of death, the inhabitants OF the quarter pro-
tested and have not ceased from that day to this TO
intercede with the Government for the removal OF
their horrible neighber. AS the public generally are
not forewarned of the day fixed for any spectacle of
death, the first intelligence that the jewellers round
the Paris Golgotha had of impending execution,
was the sound of hammer and nail, in the dead OF
night By daybreak the gulllotne, menacing and
terrible, was ready and waiting for the victim. All
was over before sunrise, when scahold, headsman,
body-guard priest and cTucifx had disappeared like
a dream chased away by the morning light
sound sleeper and tardy riser might have slept on
to the end but the larger portion of the Inhabitants,
who were neither one nor the other, have memo
rallied the City administration again ana again,
and have finally carried their point. Public ex-
ecutions in the Department of the Seine will
hereafter take take place on the Place de la
Roquette, which is surrounded by penltentlary In
stitutioDs. and but sparsey inhabited by citizens in
the enjoyment OF their civil rights. This change
will tell severely upon the revenue Of the walters IN
the cafes and drinking houses of the Barrier, who
were hired by the lovers of such spec,acles TO APP
prise them OF the commencement of Preparations
Thus, the ground being broken at midnight an ANA
teur in the heart Of the city would know by two,
and could easily be upon the spot by four the cas-
tomary hour in summer or by seven the usual hour
in winter fve-franc piece was the recompense
usual in such cases. This source of income is nov
removed and the waters Will have to content them
selves with the gains flowing from their legitimate
avocatOns
The first execution upon the Place de la Roquette
was that ofHumblot. young man nineteen years OF
age condemned to death for the murder Of his mis-
tress, in October last He suffered the penalty Of his
crime day before yesterday. Owing to the novelty
OF the spectacle, that quarter of the city, i'm
mense crowd was present-larger than any ten ever
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