The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-23

q. u evcty nefe III The frei ch cities II has
piloeipal seat Ia Pars, the historical centre of
sns iepch Empire. II tis, also, not O. deeBIv A..
Moiaiixed ~ the Roman aris;ocracy wa rh.g
pIe'erences OF tile French nation ARE vet siivs II
al - VIZ s'as: ich u always being strengthen
~ ~ uesh reinio. cements from the province ara
tue conntry. This class has probably not rse
.esrned rom the history Of the reyolutInn ssss
my aIe unable to govern themselves, but bv nn
iature Of the State and the control Of ths
heas The thirty years Of constitutional Al arehv
nave strengthened their self consciousnss. "a
sne remembrance Of the same 10 yet strong. ana
,"axehsa desire of an analogical coudition. .h,is
!he icar OF renewal of the wear ls4s ais.,r...
s.e more and more. 1t 10 true, the consfirntion
o. Napoleon has had some considera,io,. sor AZ.
tba sana, senss partly In the formation Of
.ne eenate, which is called to protect the consti
tut1onal privileges; partly in the instiims;or -
,ossnea legislative body, before whom tbe b;,,.
nsse 10 be put. But uatil now the eerms oS cnn'
nuuonai . right In these institutions have not
.puie 20 Tree development, and have mot nrove5
Their inner strength as barriers aga;n.t Ssp.
~ impossible, that the third cIass aenus.omaa
ioI iong Time TO have an important shara IN ths
pom.,sa. power, and now excluded therefrem.
suouiu ieei satisfied In their wishes, A mart ~
this class may be satiated BY materis, th;pa. =,
tne hourishipg state of Manufacturss ma r,,5 -
merce, by participation 10 financial snscnl.,s...
aaa pIoses out only halt; and the higher standine
educated part Of it, not at ALL "s
Every intelligent man will admit that ,,.u
empty words were spoken in the eonstittnion.i
chambers, and that 10 the constitutional Ssr,a.n'
or OF the parties the public interest was often an
uanss.ea a1a ir)nred by pusiIsnimous vanity and
unreasonable party jealousy. Every impartial ,oan
must acknowledge that Napolon iii hse con.
Quoted the foreign policy with Statesman nh. :.
talent for years, and better than any OF the con
etitutiohai ministers under the Bourhous and
under Louis Philippe. But the contrast be.wean
the former Tree taikativeness and the prs.
ent forced taciturnisy Of the third class
too remarkable, not to be felt, with a
sense OF shame and anger, as An unnatural
servitude. The French like 10 speak. and
do 1t with great versatility. Now. they shaij
listen only to what the Emperor speaks In tbe
name OF France. 4 Prenchman thinks that his
Ideas have an influence upon his a'on. nay upon
the whole world. aud now he is forced To Keen
them for bimself He has no longer atribune nor
free press only the ideas of the Emperor are
shining lonesome on the political horizon. The
Emperor alone thinks. feels, acts In France Paris
! even, the head and the heart of the country, in
which all the nerves and all the blood Of France
eoine together The enlightened, ingenious Paris
has grown dnmb. 1t is DOT to be imagined that
the opposition in Paris should be annihiiated in
TINS way--it must increase secretly; aud the op,
position OF Paris, which has shown itself very
prominently slreaay a. the last elections is dan
gerous one, for Paris is naturally greater and
mightier than the Emperor bimsei and Paris will
live longer than Napoleon Ill. The opposition oi
PaI is can wait for Its time.
Many pretend that tie Emperor cannot corres.
pond 10 the demand OF greater political freedom
without Immediately creating new dangers again.
and perhaps this may be true. Perhaps the ill
tempered opposition would make use OF the press
and the tribune for violent attacks on the nearest
frends of the Emperor, on his system, at last Oh
himself, snd the open combat of the parties or the
revolution even, would break out again Iftbis be
30, then France is IN very bad way ndeed but the
solidity Of the Napoleonean state in q worse one
We can hardly believe that TO SO eminent states
man as Napoleon is and with SO enormous power
as be would retain in his hands, it should bs ims
possible to keep dynastic or a revolutionary op-
position within their bounds without refusing the
liberty necessary to the French national character
Augustus supported himself not only on bis
army, but also on the great masses of the people
In Rome, who had nothing to hope for but only
to fear from the aristocracy, and on the whole
provincial population, who had formerly been i'm.
poverished by the stCcratic ProconsuIe and
suffered severely during the civil! wars. The i'm
perial order protected their peace, moderate
their tastes and thus secured their material pres.
perlty. Napoleon Ill. supports himself also on
the fourth class the lower civic and the wor king
class in the cities, and on the rustic population
But neither can he offer them such great benefits
Is Augustus to the provinces, nor has this popula.
tion to fear much Of the third class the lower
classes in Rome ard the provncials Of the arstoc>
racy. Their condition has not been materially
changed by the changes of government; nor have
they to fear much Of new alter ations; for, as TO
their wishes for q secured Jurisdictions peace, and
material prosperity, the educated classes agree
with them entirely. A precise political constitu.
tion is beyond their intellectual horizon. The
political fate of France, has besn destined
for centuries by the opinion and ideas of the Cities
and Of Paris principally, much more than by the
country. Ii is true, Napoleon III. has granted the
lower classes greater consequence 10y the intro
ducton of an universal right of suffrage, but the
gratitude for this gift which, in truth more out
ward show than reality, will hardly make good
the deficiencies Of this fundament OF the imperial
constitution for q length of time.
According to our opinion, the frmness Of this
constitution, therefore, essentially depends there.
upon, that the empire. as it has elevated the glory
and might of France in the foreign policy, should
also know to reconcile the third class in the ipte
rior, and to combine with strong order the poi-
cal freedom of the people. But the prospect of this
at present is much less promising than formerly