New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-22

metsmopbosed an empire, but only rent the VAL
which conces.ed a me.amorphosi, already accom-
pllsled.
TIE secret OF Borapartes elevation is to be iound
oc the one hand in the mutual prostratioa oil the
Antagonist parties sud on the other in the conci-
deuce Of his coup d'f'a, with the entrance OF the
commercial world upon q period Of prosperity
The commercial crisis, therefore, has necessarily
sapped the material bass Of the Empire, which
uevsr possessed any moral basis, esve the temporary
decentralization Of all classes and all parties. The
working classes resssumed their hostile attitude to
the existing Government tie very msment they
we're thrown out of employment. A great part
Of the ccmmercisl and industrial middle classes
we're placed By the crisis in exactly the
some position which spurred Napoleon to
hss.ea bis coup detG' it being well
known that toe fear Of the debtors prison at
C,icby put an end to his vaciuations. The same
motive hurried the Paris bourgeois to the barrcsdes
in l545 and would make him regard political
cons usion at this moment as godsend. Ii Is
now perfectly understood that, at the hight OF the
panic, the Bank Of France, on Government order,
renewed all bills due-sn accommodation which,
BY the by, it was again compelled to afford on the
3ist Of January; but this suspense in the quma
ton Of debtS instead OF restoring commeraa
activity, has ouly impaired a chronic character to
panic Another very large portion OF the Pans
MIDDLE classes, and very influential one too-the
pe,its rl,aiers or men Of small fixed incomes-haye
met with Wholesale ruin, consequent upon the
enormous fluctuations Of the BOurse, whl.h were
fostered BY and contributed to enrich, the Imperia
dJ nasty and its adventurous retsiners That POr.
ton, at least, of the French higher classes which
pretends to represent what rs called French cisi-
zatiou never accepted the Empire, except as q
necessary makeshift, never concealed their pro-
found hostility to the "nephew Of his uncle, I"
and of late have seized upon every pretex to show
their anger at the attempt TO transform mere eX-
pedent, as they considered It, into lasting inst-
tuition. Such was the general state of feeling to
which the attempt of the Rue Lepelletier afforded
an occasion of manifestiug itself. This manifesto
ticD. on the other hand has reused the pseudo
Bonspsrte to sense of the gathering storm, and
compelled him to play out his last card. Much has
been said in the MOaitew s to the shouts and
cries and the public enthusiasm" lsyished on the
Imperial party at their exit from the Opera The
value Of this street enthusiasm is shown BY the fol-
lowing auecdOte emanatipg from chief actor i'll
the scene and the authenticity Of which is vouched
for by bighly respectable English paper:
"On the night tf the l4th person high in the
Imperial household, but not that night on service,
was crossing the Bouevads, when he heard the eI-
plcsions, and people ruGDing toward the Opera.
He ran thither aso AID was present at the whole
scene. Being recognized directly Of the persons
most nearly concerned in all that had occurred said,
: Oh, Mr.. -, for Gods sake, find some belong
ing 20 the Tueries and send off for fresh carriages.
If you can fnG none, go YOURSELF. The person thus
set to work Immediately to find some OF the
household servants which was no easy task-a, from
high 20 loW chamberains to footmen, having with
OF two admirable exceptions taken to their heels
with incredible aacrity. However, at the end OF
quarter OF hour he laid hands messenger, aud
sent him post to the palace with the necessary
ordess. About five and twenty minutes or half an
hou. had elapsed when he returned to the Rue Lepe
et lSr, and made his way back to the pertyle OF the
hcster with great difficulty, account Of the crowd.
The wounded were still lying about on all sides, and
apparently disorder reigned everywhere. At little
distance the gentleman alluded to es,od N. Pietr,
the Preect OF Police, and called to him, in order to
attract his attertion and prevent him from going
away until he could rejoin him. When he did so, be
in! family exclaimed, Let iDplore of you to get
the STREET closed without lots OF tire The fresh
carriages will be here soon, and they cannot drive
up to the door. Besides see what confusion ensues.
Let me enreat of you, get the street. cleared M.
Pietri looked at him with surprise. The sreet
cleared he echoed; Why the street i5 cleared; It
was cleared in FIVE minutes. His interlocutor stared
at him. But, then what is all that crowd What
is that dense mass of men that one cannot elbow
ones way through p Thos' are all my people, was
M Pie.,;s reply there is not stranger at this
moment in this portion Ct the Rue Lepelletey all
thoss you see belong TO me-"
If such was the secret OF the street enthusiasm
paraded by the Monieur, its paragraphs on the
" spontaneous illumnatiOns Of the BOueyards after
L" the attempt" could certainly not mislead the
Parsisns who had witnessed that Illumination,
which was Limited to the shops Of the trades-
people employed by the Emperor and the Empress.
Even these individuals were not backward in saying
that half an hour after the explosion Of the infer
na machine" police agents paid them visit, to
suggest tie proprety Of instantly illuminating, in
order 70 prove how enchanted they were at the
Emperor's escape.
Stil more the character Of the coDgrstula.ory ad.
dresses and the public protestatons of devot on 10
the Emperor bears witness to his complete isola.
ton. There is po: single man who signed them
who does not, one way or the other, belong to the
Administration, that ubiquitous parasite feeding on
the vitsls of France, and put in motion like man.
nikin by the touch OF the Minister Of the Interior
The Meniieur was obliged, day after day, to regis
ter these monotonoas congratulations, addressed
by the Emperor to the Emperor, as so many proofs
ofthe unbounded love of the people for the corp
d'etat. Some efforts were indeed, made to obtain
an address from the Paris population, and for that
purpose an address was carried about BY the agents
of the police; but as it was found that the mass
of signatures would not be sufficiently impOsing the
plan was abandoned Even the Paris shopkeeper
dared to decline signing the address, on the pretext