New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-05

in Pans reached Germany, many TOOK u LOT :, au'eu
that IN 4 week Louis Napoleon Nouiu 'o .I'ne, ia
tie Tuileries or Vlncennes. 1 ne ihaJoiy 49, 100
have decided for yiuceuues as the more pt"oaO'e VI
the two believing 1t Impossible 'na' sno -
nation could throw OF KephOu. az e1sis s"1
with IS much Indifference as Jes'tI.ai o. -
PM Ce,rars will never rightly UNDERSTAND the MS
tory of the French nation unless 'nGy eIoSiiS u.
stand the contradictions OF tue ffehCh naSonN
characteT Tire French have t~lce had tepuouc,
90 have never attained 20 a Tree commune or
nee uuIicp ality Their tllen. for orgas1taoh
displays ltseif In small things ana great, ana ia t'eu
hands everything takes lor tns' T,S snir,t AMI
mates the whole nation and all parties Inc VIII
est revolutionists themselves oegah oY ctee'ns
hierarchy, and al least ior me ou'en. S ,ns
consprators Of Lyons gave the most striking proofs
Of this. , .,
they were frs, eaoers OF sections, then presidents
~ arrondj,sefneLts were admitted, then-lt they
succeeded In attracting attention 10 laehiseiFes-
INTO the committee OF the depertmeni, ana thence
Ito The Central Committee. whoever knows now
10 command the French, him they follow with an In
stinct of discipline, and the ar OF COMMANDING Is
meclseiY the one they understand perfectly. Every
public authority may lee qul.s certain eiia Ls> an
a,ern officials viii allow the oigniiy OF their ONCE
10 lose nothing ia their hands They all acI win
an imperative arr none viii tolerate either ooJec-
ton or Contradiction every gendaTme, every sen
try ever diligence conductor seek opportunities Oh
making their authority seen or felt comm thl-
obey obey-cOmlnand II there Is any0ony VINO cdI
give France the parole there ~ stands IN RANK ai1
me before him and shoulders It's arms. lt Wouiu
march with the Bourbons with the OheanislS, with
the Mataoors of the "NauOnal" with the bur
graves with the Bonapartists The resident, per
maps has the best chance OF all these curing uIee
wears OF that sharp and critical Parlsldn atnDSpaeIe
ne has not, as a personality been quite worn our
and his name still works wonders on the ooulse anu
among ,he biOustS.
The PepubNc began with very little selfcOnfi-
dence Itkept the Bourbons in exile. and drove tae
Orleans family across the frontiers. Ana yer even
before the conflict OF June, the sovereign Assembly,
Did not venture 70 refuse to revoke tne decree OF
Punishment against Louis Napoleon. Nnat can nave
fixed on the French the reputation OF being diiculI
10 Govern In 1928 had they not three masters at
oncp-the Committee Of Public Safety. the Jacooln
Cub and the Convention Had not each OF those
booies men IN the Departments VINO wilAnsy re
ceiye6 their orders and executed them And AZ l2st,
LOtthe question merely winch OF t1e lhfee Souid
suppress the other two The confusion always
afists from everybody wanting TO command. Inc
restless blood Of the French creates every cay new
fashion, and III a certain course OF time must nave
a charge Of rulers. One must be pushed forward
that others may find places behind him Gems nora
nm rerllp, cupifa Caesar called them. HAD they
been ten times more softly bedGed under LOUIS Phil
moe he could not make them forget that for Is years
things had the same aspect, the ct1cdt hlerar-
chy the same faces He could not but fail, not for
ay special error but because he had not fallen long
before. The oppression Of any form OF government
the Freedman does not feel he recognizes the
power of the State IN the schOomaser ana the rural
guard and II The Socialists ever get the opportunity
q
cost Of the state and feed the citizen, through State
officers, III State establishments.
Before resolu,e man, who is believed able to
command, the French will bend. Yet the coup deidt
OF the 18Th Brumaire was perilous attempt
than the present imitation Of IT. The Republican
loaven was then still active aud the young General
BonapaTte had rather dazzled the public than created
NV belief In his more solid qualities. The fame OF
his two rivals. Massena and Moreau had increased,
Whe the public confidence had been rather shaken
than gained by the fantastic campaign on the Nile
80 lod hot Of 10
der was affected like his after passage OF the Alps
movement of questionable military value, though
as State effect, ceverly calculated. And yet all
went of so easily and smoothly that Napoleon had
only to show himself with a few of his epauletted
NaCedonans to be graduated on his success and
to find persons on all SIDES placing themselves at
MS disposal The Government had at that time
Generals on whom It could safely rely the Army
Of the Rhine passed for strongly Republican, and the
troops in Egyp. were deeply enraged at the deser-
ton Of Napoleon, after whose departure the dlscl-
pine Of the army became completely dissolved. IL
then also attempted to justify the coup detat by
the allegation of conspiracy and probably the
parties md cOnspire, but only against the impending
usuTpatlOn they began 20 foresee.
But. il is asked, how VIII Louis Napoleon NAM
tain himself since the first aotablll,ies and celeb
rites of France have condemned his c0uP2 In the
one scale is the trumvirate Napoleon ST. Arnaud,
Magpan in the other, Theirs, Mole, Changarnier,
BerDer Dupin, Leon Faucher, TOcqueyilc, Du-
faUle, Bauot, Cavaignac, Lamorictere, not to men,
ton the supenumeraries. Impossible he can
maintain himself" II is said perhaps 1t is even
still more incredible that Theirs, TOcquevlle Ber'
yer, Chanearner and the others Will De able TO re-
cover themselves and gain the ground from the
staff OF Napoleon, the Republicans of to- day and
yesterday Will have enough TO do IN turning them
selves into lmperaiSts OF the ietd,lrain In making
the qaeUe their place viii naturally be behind the
BOnapartisiS. II this appears bitter or insupport
able. II should he remembered shat the French nave
for every political situation much more elasticity
than the Germans.
That we do the French no injustice in believing
the fiercest opponents of LOUIS Napoleon may pos
sibly become the suors and cOurters OF upper iism
will prove from French testimony, which no one
VIII accuse of undertaking his countrymen. When,
was drawn up, and It became known there were 10
be so Senators nominated With % OO0i. salary, 300
Legislators with 100000, and 100 Trlbunes with
l5,O00f everybody gathered round the usurper
There was an expression IN every mouth" says
NJ. THEIRS characteristic OF the disposition OF tenn
per al the time II fGat Sc moatreT, II Was sad we
must show that far from throwing obstacles IN the
way OF the new power, we are willing, on the con-
trary, TO push themselves out OF ITS way. which
meant no more, IN reality than this" We must
court the attention Of the five great men who nave
got all the places 10 give away When the heat OF
the revolution begins TO COOL desire TO gain by Its
rises, and from horror to WEAKNESS Is but step.
Napoleon himse desplsed these courteTs of places
thoroughly, that on the It'll NvOse he allowed the
70 lowing remarks TO appear in the Monifer Since
according to the new Constitution number OF bri
laMt offices are TO be given away how has the world
teen put in motion What faces unseen before,
What new names everywhere How low DO the
stem Republicans OF the year VIII. bend themselves
them aplace What bands Of Bruises IN the ante
chambers " The petty god of the world, as Goethe
says, is still the same and whether M. Theirs has
rightly Skeiched the genius Of MS country, the con
duct Of the vanQulsed parties VIII soon sho"
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