New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-06
Order, IN France and Rarope.

France to Revision so as to legalize pro-
srectiveIy the reelection OF Louis Napo-
leon That debate, though deliberately IN
xoked nv the coalesced Moharchicai and
NaDoleonic parties, was pIecipltateiy, Pe'-
enptoriIy closed by them before hall the
members who mad Inscribed their names on
the list of speakers had been allowed
hearing. because it was paipably enIsht-
ering and arousing the French Masses as
70 the designs of the cOrsplrators against
the conservation aud diffusion Of Republic
can Liberty The party Of Order shut
down the gate on their own project and
submitted to 4 defeat (at any rate lnevita-
ble.) well assured that every days Discus
sion was rendering the destruction of the
Republic 4 more and more difficult aad
dangerous enterprise. But how they re-
seuted and execrated every intimation by
the Republican orators that they were play
ing the game of the European Despo,s
How they yelled and CRASHED when Victor
Hugo pictured them crawling with their
ears to the ground, listening for the Rus
sian cannon
Wei: what have We since seen! The
uaa in whose behalf they sought to change
the Constitution has struck his long medl-
tated blow, whereby France IS transformed
into 4 Military Despotism. deprived OF all
Liberty of Speech, of the Press, Of as
sembllng, and called upon to accept or reject
he Dictator 5 unlimited power without being
allowed to discuss il or even to consult as
to the prOpriety of yotiag or abstalnlng at
this farce of IN election, wherein three
fourths of all the votes against the tyrant
would not prevent an official declaration
that he bad overwhelmingly trlumphed
and now what do we see The Austrian
Despot scraping the bottom of his bankrupt
treasury 10 send superb present to his
French brother: the Russian AutOcrat
despatching by express to the peJured
villain the greatest honor he has power 20
be tow and Rome Illuminated in honor of
the violation OF the -olemn Presidential
oath of fidelity to the Constitution, to the
sacredness of which oath Rome had lent
her most imposing sanctions, such as they
ale. The act OF scarcely paralleled per-
fidy and usurpatiOn in pursuance of which
some thousands of human beings have
been butchered, some of them guilty
OF attempting to defend the violated Con
stitution; others, including women and
children, slaughtered at their owR fire.
sides by the debauched and drunken
soldIery, while utterly unsuspiciOus of DAN
ger, has been hailed with jubilee peal OF
exultstou by tyrauts and their satellites all
over the world. Universal Despotism is
iDculpated in the drama of treacher,ea and
crimes whereby Napoleon has hoated on
river Of innocent blood to Imperial power,
and must bear its part in the retribution I'M
pending. That it is accessory after the
fact, stands confessed AID notorious; and
il is hardly less plain that it was art and
part in the conspiracy which the usurper
mas Just consummated. The readiness aud
hesrtiress of its recognition and support of
the new deSpotism proves that its part had
been accepted and rehearsed beforehand
Tie letters of the lay Jesuit Montalembert,
and OF the Bishep of Churtres, supporting
and commencing the blood stained usurper
TO the votes of all good Catholics, cast
iurid light on the whole tragedy
A weird now on the pretexts for this gi-
eantic yillainy
The first OF these was an assertion that
the Parliamentary leaders were cOnspuing
to depose the President, and that he only
anticipated their blow. This was the pre-
tence en- which Changarnier, Theirs, and
majority of the Assembly were arrested and
imprisoned. Well why are they not con-
fronted with their accusers7 Why is nor
the evidence against them made public
Why are these detected criminals (all but
4 few whose influence is still dreaded)
silently liberated and sent out OF France or
left atlarge in it Is not here clear con-
fession that the Usurper not only had no
pretext for his crime, but that he IS per-
fecty aware Of it
But these Parliamentary chiefs were
nearly all of the so-caled Party of Or.
der; and the Republicans were arrested as
well as they. Surely, there was no pre-
tence that Cayaignac, Hugo, Nadaud, Char
ras, &c. were conspirators, yet these were
hurried off TO prison with the rest. Who
can fail TO see through the himsy disguise