Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-01-22
Affairs i'm France,

DEAR EDITOR: There can not be a
shadow of doubt that another revolution is
in preparation. Almost every night the
streets of this city are placarded with revoe
lutionary appeals, and, notwithstanding ar
rests are daily made, and the offenders hur-
ried away to Cayenne, still the desperate
work goes on. Last week, one hundred
and sixty of these bill-posters were pounced
upon, and will Immediately take passage to
dreaded Cayenne. g - .eeo
Iti the business ofthe police to 90 about
every morning, just before daylight with
lantern in hand, and deface the posters put
up during the night. The general spirit
of these infammatory documents may be
judged by one, which had not been so COM
pletely defaced but that could read. one
sentence, and that was, aBread for two
sous, or the head of Napoleon This cry
for cheap bread-that fruitful source Of
French reyolutions-is not by any means
the only subject agitating the masses this
time. | have eonversed with several who
say that the coming revolution viii take
wider and deeper range than any previous
one. 2al-sl%- saf
Of course, there are those who believe
the Emperor too strong for successful rev.
olution. These rely very much upon bis
Majesty's management of the ACredit Mo
bilier." 1t remains to be seen whether the
popularization of this institution, which is,
without doubt, the master-stroke of Napo-
Icons policy, can hold in check the infam-
ed passions of millions.
Those who rely upon his popularity with
the army must have read only the French
newspaper accounts of that popularity
His treatment of the soldiers has been too
eapricious; and, when generous, has been
excessively so, and the motives too trans
parent. At other times, the army, or por-
tions of it, has experienced the most cruel
neglect and suffering. The accounts which
have reached America Of the suferings of
the Crimean French soldiers, after the fall
of Sebastopol, have never half reached the
truth. And all this was simple retaliation
on the part of the Emperor for an insult to
his Imperial Majesty, perpetrated at the
moment of that dreadful assault upon the
tower. Il is well known here that the Ma
lakoff was assaulted and carried to the cry
of Viue Ia Repu6liqae" In return for
this,the Emperor left them to starve and die.
This freakish and reyengeful spirit land the
exhibition l have mentioned is by no means
the only one familiar to the whole army)
has led the soldiers to institute certain very
unhappy comparisons between Napoleon |.
and Napoleon Hin short, it is not true
that the Emperor is popular with the ar
my.
Those who know most of affairs here do
not hesitate to admit that his Majesty's
chief reliance is his very adroit manage
ment of the ''Credit Mobiier." If this be
true, or near the truth, those most famil-
lar with the French character will be on the
qui uire for another revolution. = .
l have to add, that the vague rumors of
his Majesty's insanity are here no longer
mere rumor. The affection is, doubtless,
intermittent; but the fact of its frequent
recurrence is no longer susceptible Of dis
eussion in Paris. DIOCESAN LEWIS