The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-05-17
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS,
From our Parts Correspondent.
PAsIs. April Is. 1859.

The press is the pulse of public opinion So long AS
II beats, however tightly bound by despoc restrictions
II must indicate the circulation Of ideas and sentiments
through the national mind and heart. It's pulsaons
should be noted even when the body polc lies pros.
ale ami 10 be deprived oil and life
beneath the weight of oppression SEIZE therefore, an
occasion, afforded by the latest newspaper
IN Pdfs, 10 exhibit the press still being merely an
Official register OF the acts oil government and chronicle
oil ordinary events, but also exponent OF public opn
ion IN France Time viii fully expose the enormous
ialsy OF the assumption that the of revelations
was closed By the coup dtat OF the ID OF December
1851 Meanwhile. if there no other proof that The
reign OF Napoleon Ill is but transient phrase OF the
French revouioa-but continuation of that mystic
rous provdeniial chain of events which will terminate
lnfalHby IN gloIois results for the OF truth and
human rghts-it might yet be demonstrated from the
fact that at this moment the Partisan press muzzed and
chained as II IS, is vigorously discussing the old unda-
mental question OF the 'princplc of authority"
pamphlet entitled d. principe daato,ik depuis 1882
and attributed TO the pen Of Mr. Troplong President OF
the Senate, the immediate beRi which has revived
this ancient controversy Stripping this pamphlet OF the
tne phrases, the "big swelling words OF vanity which
characterize the rhetoric OF most of the apoogsts of
Bonaparsm, It's naked objects may be clearly seen from
The opening page. To sum the whole up briefly, from
It's starting point, that "auhoriy is the sole remedy for
revolution, the evil OF modern times" il proceeds TO dem
onsale the impotence Of the Bourbon family to restrain
and control the revolutionary spirit and concludes BY
procalmng the great services and great results OF the
two regns OF the BonapaIle family, and enforcedy m
cling thence brilliant title OF new legitimacy for that
family &J;
The Mo isur, the official organ OF government, her
aided, and welcomed wih all the honore of copious
and "doubleleaded" extracts. the publication Of Pesi-
dent Troplons'o pamphlet. The gauntlet thus thrown
down has been promptly taken up by those journals
which continue to echo, more less family, the opn
ions OF the od parties" The Consilutionntl the Pass
and the Pulie chime in OF course, with The Monur in
eulogizing the pamphlet. But the Asstnhfs kaiondle
the organ OF the Bourbon and Oeans usonisls is less
enthusiastic and, rebuking prevalent readiness 10
conlound authority, properly called, with the posses
sion and the or happy of the Of gov
eminent" insists on the "danger OF substituting personal
qualifications In ruler for traditions and principles
The Un,on saunch defender OF legitimacy, exols the
principle OF authority the ''fe OF human societies"
"Up TO 1885," AYERS the Union, at was the uelary ge-
MUS OF France. and personfed in the Bourbon family
elevated the nation the zenith Of grandeur, prosper
iiy and glory. Moreover this principle alone can as
TO the people the precious guarantees OF enlightened
liberty. Let await calmly and confidently the hour
when france. econcied and at peace, shall hail with
unanmily this prinsple OF authority, which nsures The
duration of empires and preserves nations from revou-
ton The Stec admits the prnep pie OF authority but
makes certain large reservations in favor OF liberty In
spite OF these reservations however il beirays respect
ing the will OF the people, that only true OF le
climate human authority, the same lameniable confu-
sion of ideas which has often pa,ayzed The efficiency
and compromised the interests of French republicans
The Prose, the organ OF the INSCRIPTIONS but shrewd
and energetic Emile de Grardn-wl 0, with all bis err
rors and faults grave than errors and with all his
vain cheating the air" with random blows no, unset
dom hits the right nail on the head-be Presss plants
itself firmly the solid Gospel doctrine so successfully
built upon in the United States OF Amerca--tle doc.
trne OF delegated authoTiiy-n hne, oil representative
government-and, in opposition TO the Monptur and its
Satellites, well as to the dsRmb,<s .Na.ionat the
Unon. and the Shoe, trumphany cites the very words
in which Christ presented the germ oil that doctrine
"Ye know that the princes OF the Genes exercise do.
mnon over them and they that are great exercise au.
ihorily upon them Bo, il shall be so among you
but whosoeyer will be great among YOU let him be your
minister aud whatsoever will be chief among you lei
him be your servant."-(Si. Matthew, chap. XXI A
biblical citation in French newspaper is worth noticing
il for nothing but its rarity.
Amidst the din OF this controversy, on which have
thus dwet length on account of its significance no less
than its radical Importance, the voice OF Gaizot-an un.
familiar voice in these days-has resounded with all lis
pedanic soemnity, oracuary sancionng by the mouth
OF this exmnlstcr oil Louis Philippe the divine authority
claimed by The elder branch o. The Boubons and so long
violated, with his connvance and aid by the willy son of
Philippe Egale allude 10 elaborate article By the
celebrated ex professor OF History, which has Just ap
peared in the Revue Co~'smpordia upon France and
the Bourbon family before 1880" Wbou, aile npting a
ull analysis OF this remarkable production, may give
you general idea Of il by saying that II begins with
sundry deyout reflections The visible but
Intervention Of Providence 10 European, and particularly
French, Affairs since the Reormson which Pfoles an,
he is by BIRTH Mr. Guizo canno, bat allow TO be the date
OF decline and fall" in human history ASSERTS the
two centuries Of Bourbon royalty TO have been the finest
IN our e. e, Freneh) history; riscs chimerca every
attempt TO draw line Of separation, in monarchical
country, between the royal family and The nation whose
histories, according TO Mr. Guzot, Identical euo-
gizss Henry W. efenuating bis abjuraon OF Protestant
I'm from political motives compliments Louis XII mas
much az, although incapable OF continuing Henry w. be
capable OF appreeisiing and sustaining cheeu ex.
p,sies eloquenty upon Louis XIV" the greatest bat
the most brilliant oil the Bourbons"on the durable sx
tension and compact unity OF the national territory result
ing from his conquestson The Indebtedness Of the mid
die classes 10 him for their private prosperity and polt.
cal innueneeon his honorable relations with Mol ere
Pascal, Racine, Boeau, Fenelon, and Bossuet whose
lluslrions shed such intellectual glory over Lis
regn-athrmIog that in rpite Of his errors and faults
no king did more for the power glory and lii
zatop Of bis couniry" gosscs the abomnabe lcentous
ness OF Louis XIV, TO remind the partslrs OF liberty how
much they owe TO hs moderation and good easy ,emper
oppression" and misfortune having been in his reign
INK terms of which revolutions have since taught
the meanings admits the Incompetence while lauding the
private qualities of Louis XVI, the mos, vifuou. and
most unfortunate OF the Bourbons . vents the personal
spleen of Mr.. Guizo in TRADES against the "poisonous
spirit OF revolution The sioful of reve
lu,ioniss !" calls "revoluiion suicide the foolish