The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-03-18
From Paris Cor. Manchester Guardian.
Effects Of the War Fever in France.
PARIS. Fehr,,orv ~

PARIS, February II.
1t is Impossible to e1aggerate the evil effects
OF the present uncertainty of war or peace
upon the commercial and Industrial devsIon-
ment OF France. Everything Is at stand still
and ruin Is stalking abroad The provincial
centres above all. are sorely tried, and bank
failures and bankruptcies are the everyday
events now. There is. apropos to- this. curl.
GUS circumstance to be noted. The Patrie an.
nounces that several chambers of commerce are
getting petitions drawn up and signed in which
they expose the energy of the country's uni
versal wish for peace. Now. the Patrie takes
this occasion to treat all acts of this kind as
"absurd attempts" end Recommendations to-
tally incompatible with the dignity of the ma
tion I"
Now, should be desirous of knowing how
reign that declares its chief pride to be that
it is the result OF the popular will can set any
limits to the expression of that will. and stip-
matize as absurd in one case, what it affects
to hold sacred in another. Or, is the cloven
foot beginning to be shown3 aud are We COM
ing to repetition of the days when French.
men had no power of resistance to the absolute
will Of the tyrant whom their own crime and
weakness had placed over them3
a letter have just received from Rome tells
me the belief there is that the actual war will
find its pretext in tho Papal States: that in the
beginning the French troops will be withdrawn
from Rome. and the Austrian ones from the
Legations. but that as insurrection will there
upon break out. Louis Napoleon counts upon
some inevitable skirmish between the two de-
tenders of the Pope, to make war with Austria,
. fait dccompi, W ithout having the embarrass-
ment Of any formal declaration.
am bound to say that there is hardly any
one here whose opinion is of any importance,
who does not imagine war to he inevitable. A
former minister foreigc affaIrs, N. D
d. sSoas oneniv .stns Dronyn 1s. de rH"ys gGs.
done for the tranquility Of Europe is to put q
strait jacket or-the Emperor
The very Republicans Themselves are averse
TO an intervention in favor of Italy, which has,
hlthorto, been ono Of their pet schemes. A
meeting was held the other day at NJ. Carnot's,
and all present were unanimous in opposition
TO war.
Twas present last evening in salon full OF
persons Of all opinions when the Journal du-
Sair was brought in A dspaty (of hitherto
governmental tendencies3tSof the paper and
read what regards Hayti. The. news began
thus: "At last. then we breathe freely; the
Emperor is overthrown. Throughout the salon
the people laughed, and evidently applied the
words The reader. after looking over the ac-
account, said, "Weli. here is how It ends:-
The Emperor himself has been GefFrsrdis
best ally--not hand has been raised in tho
tyrants defence. He reigned by compression
and terror; be has fallen, surrounded only by
public contempt: When thee deputy have
mentioned had finished this sentence, and laid
down the paper, he added in. q lsud voiee:-
- Take my word for it: those are the words
that will be printed here the day our Solououe
is overturned" repeat it. there were thirty
people or more present. many genuine Iuapsr.
siists; not voice protested, and the only re-
mark made WIS, Yes, it will perhaps be the
Constitutional th.t will print it, and Walswski
msy be the author of the paragraph,
This may give you seme notion of tho tone
ros the society hsro at present.
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