The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-01-10

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throughout England and hi. country in refcrcnc
10 the force-the power II those who are stru.
gliug Tor freedom upon the Continent Of Europ,
The idea Of freedom i, popular one, but Ii
masses dread wa. too much 70 struggle for it =
This Is apparent from the overwhelming ulaol
ty which Louis Napoleon las recently receive
for the presidency Of France The form Of :,
rernment which he presented 10 the people to b
either accepted 10y lis election or rejected by hi
deirGt, IS as near glsoutism, or, Il, kussul
calls 1t, "absoutisical," Us that Of the Car d
Russia. The following isan imper.rc, outline d
1t, which We clip from telegraphic report:
There is to be Council Of State, to DO nam
| ed by the President \ Senate Of so members, t
! TO be named by the President aud 80 Lv th
Council, generally from list ofcaudidatc, mad
out 10y the President. y Legislative Chambe
/ OF $50; each Commune is to name an clcctur b,
universal suffrage The number OF candidates /,
! &c 80 geo, from which the Electors are TO clec
( 800 Representatives and the President 25o Bu
IN case the Electors shall three times return {
body Of Representatives out Of which the Pre-
sident shall he unable to return a Chambr. in hi,
favor, then he shall take the responsibility Of The
government into his own hands, dispensing, Will
such chamber until the expiration of his term
The President 70 be elected for ten wears with
the title Of Regent Of the Hcpublic, The pre>
dent to bc free, but not to cal into question the
religious rights or property or existing social Or
ders or privileges The press is to be restricted
by Censors appointed by the President"
Where people are willing to saddle upon
themselves constitution Use this, for period
Of ten years, there is little hspc Of establish
ms IN their midst n republican form Of Cover.
ment, az long as princes or ambinou. asp;'ant,
wan. It otherwise. The elevation Of France from
her present degraded state is hopeless, aud the
prospects Of those who have been struggling ior
more democratic constitution must be gloomy
indeei when We reflect that the industrial class.
es, and especially those in the agricultural dis.
tfeIs, voted ior Napoleon and his propositions
with almost a unanimous voice
This heavy vote from these quarter in favor Of
lie measures has already caused the President 10
destroy that mighty safe guard Of the people.
rights, TIE treco'om Of the press \ strict censor.
ship has been placed over the press, ard no. n
line is allowed 10 go before the public eye be.
Fore it has first been scrulln,zcd, whitfield, scis.
sorcd, and penciled to suit the President or the
peculiar notions perhaps, ofone Of his hair brain.
ed censors He has also established general
system Of espionage all over the realm. even
among the army in Italy, and every person who
Is heard to speak against the Regent or the Co
yernmeni is Immediately reported to the autho,
mites and, perhaps imprisoned OF beheadcd
Such is the new form OF government and such
the President which the people OF France have
chosen for themselves by majority Of nearly Sc.
ven millions OF votes Well might the rcpabli'
can associations Of Paris dceare to the world
that all attempt, to overthrow monarchy upon
tie Continent of Europe, and to establish upon
It's ruins republics were for the present useless
They have got their eyes opened to one fact, and
that Is, that the dissatisfaction with the govern.
mcnt was chiefly with hemsclyes--that it was
exclusively confined to the towns--and that the
pcasan,ry, upon whom they had depended to a
man, were far from being with them. They have
found that the masses Of the people Of France
are favorable to peace and that 10 maintain it
they would willingly submit to any form Of 20.
ycrnmcnt no matter how oppressive
Those tyrann.cal measures are inlorccd by the
President, for the present, upon the plea that the
peace and political tranquility Of the country
require 1t, aud as the masses, beyond Paris. are
but slightly affected by changes in governmental
policy, being already so oppressed that addition,
al burdens are no longer realized, they are al.
ways willing to acquiesce with the government
when 1t adopts measures which they conceive
VII tend to the perpctuaton Of peace: this is eyi.
lett from the fact tina. revolution in Paris i, 4
revolution throughout France. They are oppos ed
10 revolutionary movements themselves, and they
consequently heartily sustain the president in tie
rigorous measures he has adopted to suppress
Tebelous outbreaks in the cities The short.
sishtedness Of the Clubs, which have their exist,
cnce only in the cities and towns, overlooked this
important fact, while the President, better nc.
quaintcd with the character Of the people, took
advantage of it, and by giving them the nigh, Of
suffrage, they have made him the absolute ruler
Of France.
With this state Of things in France, the French
army in Italy, the iron hand Of Russia and tie
heartIcss trcachcry Of Austria toward, republic.
nnl,m in Hungary and the German States and
the nonin'erven,ion policy of the United States,
Europos prospect for emancipation from despo,.
ism is faint one indeed