The republic., 1852-01-14
Fragn ents Of History.

The New York Erening Post has introduced
into its editorial columns some remarkable par
agraphs, which it describes as extracts from
documents that have been sent during the last
twelve months by the Emperor OF Russia,
through his minister, to LOUIS NAPOLEON
The responsibility of the Pest as an organ of
lntelligence-apart from its opinions-dsposes
us to rely upon its assurance of the genuineness
of the papers from which it quotes, although
we should have been better satisfied had the
whole been published instead Of parts. Assum-
ing them TO be genuine, the papers may be
classed amongst the most remarkable revela-
tons of time pregnant with wonders They
show that the coup d'etat of LOUIS NAPOLEON
was not merely stroke of personal ambition,
but the result of carefully preconcerted arrange
ments, framed and executed by the advice of
the Gar, and with the full promise that any
assistance that might be required would be
forthcoming in season.
The first extract is said TO have been writ
ten early in 1851 and is as follows:
''The social and moral condition Of France 10
still fearful. Although the prominent leaders Of
Socialism and Red Rcpublcanism arc in exile or
in prison, yet dreadful dangers impend 30
ciety. Nothing is secure; every future contin q.
gency is to be dreaded II is with wild and tri
umphant e1ultation that Jacobinism locke forwa rd
to the possible events, TO the social with which
France, Germany, and other countries may be
visited IN the next tpring II go, the most afro
cious schemes will be fully realized. Why shut
our eyer There is in prospect abyss. in which
may be swallowed up society and civilization, Two
forces stand mortally hostile each one to the other
Conservatism and Socialism. The triumph Of
the fret will be, and must be, destructive 10 the
latter.
"What lasting good could you hope and expect
from the Legislative Assembly, How dsgraceful
to great nation that body Of jarring parties. dis
tracted passions, and narrow. minded, il not COW
ardly representatives, misled by intrigue and sell
fsh views. and in which insoently prcdominate a
few men of dcbauched character without a spark
Of true patriotism. In the meanwhile, a. an addi
ton of shame and a grave warning to statesmen, 4,
there break out in wild erclamations and speeches
the Mountain party, eager on every occasion TO
glorify the bloody recollectons Of 93, and ma ke
apotheosis Of the villains who glutted themselves
with crime and revengei Besides do you not
fully know, or do you forget, the threatening de
signs which the distracted parties cherish against
you-you, the elect ruler by six millions Of votes9
The first blow against n despised and incessantly v
chattcring Assembly will crush il to the grounds:
and there is the army. which, acting only under
the iron rule Of discipline, will readily accom-
plish it,"
In the autumn many Conservatives, before
leaving Paris for recess, urged LOUIS Bona
PARrE to dissolve the Assembly before its
meeting in November The intelligence
reached Petersburg, and then-remarks the
P0st-"the notes and dispatches Of the Rus
sian Cabinet assumed more energetic and
widely reaching tone" Two fragments are
subjoined:
"The situation Of things has become insufTerable.
IN faa sorfir 81 en- fnirt Your own intereet is
in serious jeopardy To be or not to be- that is the
sole question. Two prospects are glarng before
your eyes-e.ile, or a French home; utter dss,rpc-
fion, splendid pooeri II you do not strike you p,ii
BE- struck dorm The working of the constitution
has become mortal conflict II is inevitable that
one Of the two powers should absorb the other You
must daro-you must act with undaunted couragel
As statesman, you ought to save not only your.
self, but France and Europe. The true question
is not what shall, be the form or nature of the in.
sttutions Of the State but whether the government
be competent and able TO conquer the spirit and
forces of anarchy, to save society from the most
horrible vsitatiops
you have under your hand a great material
po,or-he ARMY! We know how admirable and
omnipotont is their discipline. We know with what
skilfu care their feelings Of admiration for great
name have been cherished and fosterod. They will
be eager TO co operate with you. They have been
long and gricvously smarting with the humila.
tions Of 1880 and ls4s. Their time their glorious
md patriotic time, has come at last Strongly
and unanimously they will support you; and be-
sides, have they not paramount interest TO sup
port you, by becoming paramount power in the
state, and the defenders Of society and civza.
ton Remember the motto OF your uncle, Ia ri
g,nm piat en- France, and that the French want
to be governed with an iron hand, covered with
glove Of velvet, (moin de fer ct CANT de reiotrs
France has reached crisis that require. bold and