The Washington union., 1858-03-31
Disturbed State OF France.

The elcacy of the relations between the two countries
England and France however, not the only excite
ment of the moment The internal affairs of the coun-
try occupy the palace than the movements of the
government across the channel The Monaer of this
morning sin order to put stop to exaggerated reports
gives short history of the late arrests in France and
their object This report instead of calming the public
mind will, fear, alarm it more for before it was all
vague and perhaps exaggerated rumor Now, however,
have admission that the revolutionss in France
busy and that other than Italians at work The
Noni says that it is the legitimss who attempt
ing revolution this time; that the number Of arrests
made "a fortnight ago. was fifty ut Paris twenty at Lyons
twelve at Msees and an average of four each in forty
other departments of Fmncea total OF 242 But these
only the principal offenders and many Others less
clearly complicated liberated On Thursday night
last the Moter adds another lot of arrests was made
at Paris, have forgotten the numbero and it states
further that the revolt at CllaOns was in the same
chain the Others and that all excited by the egt
mss. But the revolt at Chalons made to the cry
III Vpe la R7aJque! The republic has been declared at
Paris T. And it is difficult to conceive how the legiti-
msts hope to reach the throne through the cry of Vm
Ia Rpabqn r The legitimsts, however, prefer the
pbe to Louis Napoleon, and it is barely possible that
they have changed their tactics and distributing their
money and promises in the interest Of the republic They
have mory to spare, and desperate catch Mt sraws
Louis Nalpeon since he has been in power has exled
1000 men, Of these 80, 900 have been pardoned All
the men arrested since the attempt of the Rue Lepeeter
in Paris and the departments, embraced in the
80, 600 pardoned Az least SO we are informed by the
government All the men arrested in the departments
have been brought to Paris and prisons full of
political offenders. The, doubt to be tried here,
because they all believed to belong TO the con-
spracy and there will thu be repetition of testimony
and transporting of witnesses from department to
another Notice has been sent to the penal colony
prepare for the arrival of, considerable number of
political prisoners. The number brought from Chaons
and who supposed to be the chiefs of that miniature
revolutions is fifteen Their attempt was quite as rdio,-
ous the famous Strasboug in 1896 or that on
Bolognc in lSi0 But it that France nothing
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Do you observe the caenaton of political trials that
having in Francet Where else in the political
world are there so many trials for political attempts or
political offences against the chief of State Not tyi-
bunal sits in any part of the country that does not CON
denim for an offence of some Kind
against the Emperor And yet people say that his Ma
osty is popular After the attempt of the l4th January
there was sudden burst of enthusiasm bnt it was French
enthusiasm, and soon subsidized To-day be is in more
danger Of his life than he before that event and all
the acts of himself and his police prove it, The ploers
are active than they then and the only
voices in his favor from the subsidiaries of the gov
ernmcnt and from those who do not want their com
disturbed 1t is peryerson Of the term to say
that he is popular. The great complaint made against
| him ow-and it is complaint which | believe from
close observation to he welfoundcd that he occupies
himself too much with making FOR himself a great nam,
with other nations and too little with the wants of tn,
poorer classes in his own country There is great dea