New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-11-24


cautou, and tlmid Brogl.es had been present 10
exercise the influence. la this article, Mcn'aiefl-
bert tries 10 make the amends honorable iof ha's'-
embraced the BOnapsrfst cause; by eAslthle !" 20
skies the Parliamentary government oil Eng "H"'
he mos, unmstakaby condemns the present ~
ter Of government in France ,...
Ant.,hsrab.- chonsr. with 80 caporinss o. a.
ns:c,, via beeye ;heuf,ves 70 t. onT mas OF o. hY
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80 ,. 49, rs,iors af-sr liberty Care GI-t frgm
III r,nd sy.cs, l.ss IN b. House of Commou' i'll
Ct emotion might my nan Y DO IoS 20
ora-hins shove Aeq1es' si;in;rocn an Who ses. n
civilized nation -opeia.s yeei n&i 20 :" n ~ 80 .
or he h-ss b ed - rbee silence Hne-s ih- so'"
Of AZ eusrs,.nr s,casy.'
This sounds extremely well and. indeed, is sonor-
Gus. John Bull accustomed lately to get nothing
but hard words and sneers from the French press,
is Of course exceedingly thankful for the wholesale
hattery which Montaemher- has poured out over
him. % thankful that he las quite neglected 10
look into those "antecedents' u which Monta-
embert SAYS h. has remained faithful. IL is fact
that Il was by VI. de- Montalembert's own free VIII
that he associated with those antechanber chroni-
clers with those fanatics and hypocrltes whose
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self 10 blame ii ne diycd down. deterninedly and
knowingly INTO that atmosphere loaded with servile
and corrupt einuyia whose weight now stiles HIM.
If il be 1.-THE fashion of the day in France 70 ex-
press rrpugnance FOX any thing having the SEM
blance of ii remembrance or a regret for past
political life, VI. de Montalembert was one of
the first 10 get up that fashion when he passed
over drums beating and banners flying into the
very camp which proclaimed new era, based upon
the total and final destruction of past political
life IA Ia the men who are satisfied 10 rlimlnate
in peace among the fat pastures of their conented
reposs Montalembert cannot blame them. The
coup ,r,tat was made under the very pretext of
putting down political passions and initiating this
very peace and contcnted repose and If Monalem-
bert did not adhere 10 the corp dodt on this very
ground. on what ground did he adhere al AL!
surely. whatever mo. be- said against Louis Napo-
leon be cannot be accused of having disguised ms
policy or his intentions after the coup dttat. There
could be- 10 misiake-n0r was there any-that he
intended Ia turn the French people into flock OF
sheep only ht for The shears, or IA be led t. n0ble
/ in silence under the shade of an enevalng secu-
riiy Montalembert knew this well IS the rest
. of the world. If he then raises himself up To his
T full hight. and calls upon us Ia admire
him as man who not envy IN his late BOnapartlst
friends remains faithful to bis antecedents We have
/ 10 ask him: Which antecedents do you mean. VI. de
! Montalombert Your aItecedents of the mon-
J dTcDIdl CndlhDcI, NncTe YOU usCu sPtdh '"tc
in the interest Of reaction, repression and priestly
famatcism Or your antecedents of the Republi-
/ can assembly when you plotted with a lot OF your
old Parliamentary friends. to restore the monarchy,
when you voted away, piece by piece, the liberties
of the people, the freedom of the press the right OF
meeting and Of association and when you your
/ selves forged the arms for that same adyenturer
who, with those very arms. turned You and your
associates out of doors Or lastly, your antece-
/ dents of the Bonapartist Legislative body. where
/ you ate humble pie before this same successful ad-
yenturer, and made yourself, willtuly and deliber-
atey, Ia him as one OF the lackeys IN his walt
| ing room Which of these three sntecedents. NJ.
de MOntalembert contain your aspirations for llher-
tyl We are inclined TO think il would take most
people a great many "anxieties of thought to
/ find it out. In the mean time the Government
/ of Louis Napoleon have retalated upon
! their uniaithful adherent by prosecution, and
! the trial il 10 come of some time this month We
indignation of NJ. de Montalembert, with the yir
tuous indignation of Bonapartst procuresr: and
! We may say, even now. that far sincerity IS
! concerned, they viii be- both about on par. The
trial tsef will create deal of sensation in France,
and, whatever its result may be. II viii constitute
an important fact in the history of the Second
Empire. The very fact Of Montalembert having
considered il necessary 10 break thus consplcuousy
/ with the existing Government, and 10 provoke
prosecution, is a significant proof that Politi-
cal life IL awakening among the middle classes oi
. France 1t was the total apathy-the politically
used-up, hdsS state of mind-of these classes
which allowed Louis Napoleon TO establish his
/ power. Having against himself the Parliament
only, unsupported by either the middle classes or
the working classes, he had the passive assistance
Of the middle classes aud the active support of
| TIE army for himself. The Parliamentarians
were defeated in an instant but the work
/ ing classes not until after months slrug-
/ gle, carried on all over xrance. The middle
classes for long while have obeyed grumbngly,
but they have obeyed and looked upon Louis Ma
poeon the savior of society, and therefore rs an
/ indispensable man. Now. il appears they have
gradually charged their opinion. They are longing
for the return of the time when they, or at least
fraction o them governed the country and when the
tribune and the press rescunded with nothing but
4 their own political ana social concerns. They are
evidently beginning sgsIn 10 feel confidence IN
themselves and their ability 10 govern the country
+ and if that be the case, they viii ind means TO
/ express il. Thus We may expect, IN France. a
middle-cass movement corresponding 10 thst which
is now going on in Prussia. and which : az certain
torerunner ofa new revolutionary movement as the
Italian mddle-ciass movement NJ l-4o-L Was the
herald of the revolutions of ISIS. Louis Napo-
leon seems 10 be fully aware of this. He said q
Cherbourg io i man whom be had not seen for
many years: 1t is pity that the educated
classes OF the country Will notfg0 with me: II Is
their own doing: but have the army with ME,
and | do not care He Will. however, very
soon find out what becomes of the army. and an
army Offered and generated like his, too-as
as the mass Of the middle-clssses are in open OPP
position 4, al events stirring times spPesr t. be
in store for the Continent of Europe.
I The Mosiierr publishes the following letter which
III, Emperor has addressed io Prince Napoleon Mn
is,e. Of Aceris aud the Colonies:
.'Sr. CLolD D, Oct. ~, ISIS.
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