New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-29
n. Cadets Protest against Louis NapoleOn's
UsurpRtiOn.

M. CADET, the Chief of the Icarian School
Of Communists and the founder of the community
at Nauvoo, ILL.,, has published protest against
the usurpation, cruelties and acts of injustice
committed by Louis Napoleon, which he requests
rs to reproduce. II states the following circum-
stances attending the expulsion of its author from
France.
From the % of December the state of SIEGE the
domiciary nvasons and the threats of and mill
tary execution, OF transportation, compelled me to
quit my house for more than month My journal was
suppressed also several manuscripts recently printed
ut great expense, and than forty ancient works.
Nv Office was twice ransacked and piaged, and COM
pletey devastated the 3lst of December they car
ried of several of my writings on commerce, docu-
mens, correspondence Give or six thousand leitersD
several of my works, also many of my library books
and quantity of manuscripts which greatly valued
and all this without making any inventory saying that
ell these papers would do to light the fire OF the Protect
of Police This is Of the most odious attacks upon
property However, on my return home prepared for
my departure TO the colony when on the 10th OF Janu-
airy, nearly two months after the coup dedt was ar
rested In my office by military order, conducted TO he
prison of the Prefecture of Pocemy place of confne-
ment kept secret ON my family-then transferred In
the police TO the fort of Bcerc and confined In
cell separately guarded then on the Let OF February
taken back Paris where the Project OF Police read 10
me decision of the Minister of War which ordered my
Immediate expulsion, without giving any reason out
they verbally explained to that was expelled Tor
n
spite of all my entreaes to be allowed few days or at
least few hours delay 10 arrange my affairs was I'M
medatey conducted by three police agents, hrst 10 my
own house TO obtain clothes and then to the north
srn railway station, where they were replaced by
brgadier, who only quilted when got on board the
Calais boat for England.
"Thus, when am preparing TO return to my colony,
1900 leagues distant, when have many affairs TO de-
termne on for the colony and for the shareholders
speeding my journal, and when have accounts to regu'
late debts to receive and payments to make nanuac
lures and machines to VISIT plans and models to obtain
powers OF sttorney and instruction 10 give they suddenly
and arbitrarily Danish causing ID lose two Oh three
hundred thousand france without leaving nue. time to con-
sole and encourage my wife and child who were IN tears
who could not depart with me- and whom may, prob
ably behold again. In presence of the gIie of
many other families, ought, perhaps, TO silence my
own; but what amount OF violence and OF cruelty to
consummste criminal usurpauon.'
The following are the main points of the case ;
'lprotest, not only against my imprisonment and my
Punishment against the destruction OF my journal,
against the psge OF my Office against the seizure or
robbery of my papers, books and manuscripts but also
and especially, against the conspiracy treason and
perjury of Bonaparte, against the violation OF the Cons
tuition, and his own usurpation, which are so many
crimes accomplished by violence and fraud without
necessity but solely to satisfy the egotism Of man who
acknowledges neither faith nor law, whose will is law
and who weala sacrifice the universe to his personal
ambition the history OF nations presents perhaps, no.
thing monstrous and so revolving
"Iprose.t against the employ OF 100 900 soldiers. made
drunk aud deceived in order 10 violate the laws and OPP
press disarmed people.
81 protest against the erection of barrcades by the
police In order 10 have for massacre and VIC
tory for numbering the passengers and citizens against
the hutcheres at the windows at the doors, and in the
houses against the sauehterng OF the prisoners shot
on the spot or in the prisons all these vioences are
many horrible that dshonor civilization
and humanity
81 protest against the arrests the COMBINATIONS the
Interpretations and bauishments they nothing but
vioenees and brigsndsgo.
protest against that pretended election. made du-
ring the state of siege, under terror without liberty,
without discussion, without knowledge OF the truth,
when the press gagged, when the Journals of the
usurper lied and deceived, when a Of electors
among the most talented in prison in exile an
election essentially fraudulent extorted and fsed il
II radically void and is the most oaretaced o cheats
There is not usurper who could not thus make himself
elected :,
God for this election and this nsurpson, which violate
every law both divine and human because this Is DEAN
IL an impety and saciiege the part OF man VINO
has trodden under foot the oath made by him In the
presence OF God and OF the French people,
protest against the universal dcnorsizsfion spread
abroad BY a usurper who sets an example OF every I'M
morality and of every crime and who destroys as lar
a. Il IL possible both morality and society.
"a" protest against the attacks property against the
psge of the Treasury, and the spoia,ions and ROBBIE
Ties Of every kind
al protest especially against all that Bonapsrte in
order 10 brighten aud attach the tnnd 10 himself, has
said has mmanded to be said against the Socialists
for maintain that Il all fslsehood forgery and cal
jimmy. ] maintain that my lcsrian Socialism, based on
Christian fraternity, dused by legal and peaceful pro-
pagandism tested in my icarisn colony in the United
States of America with disciples who voluntarily adopt
nv doctrines 10 the purest morality. the milcs philo
sophy and the most sublime religion, since this lcaria
Socialism Il nothing than the application and de
velopment Of Christianity in its primitive purity"