New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-14
RONAPaRTRAN VICTIMS AND TOOLS.

The France of BOnaparte the Little reyelling at
the birth of a son of Montijo, lavishing the
treasure of nation on ludicrOus pageantry, "all
"clinquant, all gold, like heather gods is in
terrible contrast with the France tortured at
Cayenne, smartiDg at Lambessa lingering at Belle
Isle. and rotting in the hulks, with the France
starving in the Crimea ard the France in
France Keeling on the brink of bankruptcy. In
the letter of NJ. Tassillier-literally translated
from the original, which will be found in another
coumn-the reader will perceive the genuine story
of the French citizens transported to Cayenne.
The press of true-bOrn British funkeylsm, it is
true, trumpets into the ears of the drowsy world,
with most byperbOcal flourish, the great news ofthe
boundless magnanimity and superhuman cemency
of Louis Bonaparte, Proclaiming a general am
nesty, and deafeniDg the first cries of his child
BY the shouts of thousands of Frenchmen restored
10 their families and to liberty But turning away
from the paid exultation of the sycOphant, let US
hearken to the unbribed language of facts. Bona
parte offers to the men be has tortured during
four years 10 tear asunder their chains on
the condition Of their consenting to brand them
selves with indelibe infsmy, and to pass through
the farcG cGudin0 of this new Lower Empire. II
they will declare loyal submission to the Empire,
that il, sanctify the coup d tat and abnegate the
Republic, if they will sell their souls he is ready TO
sell them their bodies. Long since" says the
Monitear, "at the Inauguration of the Empire this
generous appeal was made" Thus the Off
cial journal itself ayows that the general amnesty
now pulled as stupendous novelty is but repeti-
ton of stale farce played off four years ago. The
genius of corruption atters himself that his vctm.
are cow brought down to his Own level, that they
are sufficiently broken TO humbly accept as grace
in 1856 what they Indignantly resented as an afrOnt
1552.
OF course, the Monitur decks its generous ap-
pesls 10 meanness with shrewdly calculated forge
ries and fssifcations. 1t pretends that after the
events of June, lS4s, a. 600 men having been con-
demned to transportation to Agiers, the cemency
of the President left only BOG in Africa. Now,
with the same Moniteur in our hand We assert that
Of the II, 900 prisoners made in June lSie, there
remained in prison in November, ls4S, at the time
when the Assemble CoDstituante discussed the exc
eution of its decree OF transportation only 100;
that SEQ Of them Here sent to Belle Isle, and on the
18th March, lo49, under the ministry of F. Barrot,
zoo out of these 800 were seat to Bona in Africa
1t is Gen this last figure of geo that the grace Of
BODspsrte has reduced TO $40, and not as his lying
Aonitsur has il, the enormous number Of 4,OOO
and that small grace itself was only trick played
fl against the Assembly. As 10 the transported
and e1iled Of December, the same Monitesr COM
puies their number at IL eco, and afirns that this
is now reduced to LOSS. Now, the eOaP dttat
made more than IL 600 victims in the four Depart
ments of Heraut, Lower Alps, Var and Nievre
alone; and at this very moment at least l2,UO OF
is victims remain doomed to transportation or