New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-03
To t..e Representatives Of the People in
France.

AZ the moment when my country is on the
eve Of engaging in war the scope 81 wheh Il ca"''
,aer,.end war as unjust as it win be disastrous.
allow ne to supply you with the proper miorDia.io''
,r,t Won may show 10 France the fatal route eiong
which tie Doaaportist policy is dragging ner =" rum
Il s not only my personal advice, but aso tha' OF
large number u Igenehmen our political Eiehds lna'
! transmit to you.
Nearly a century ago. Bourbon, claiming 10 ieisn
BY divine right owing no account oil MS scUo"' pus "
God held 20 Kind Of regard for the Oh LAB
people yet obeying political Interests OF the his' oiu''
as well es the general sentiment ofthe tieneh heVo"'
co4,erated in tie enfrarchsement Of tho United states
Of America History the faithful echo OF popular sia'
tude has preserved for the respect OF possery inc
names OF Lafayette and Hochambeou.
Twenty five years later, man sprung from me reo'
pie who hsd been made through the fortune Oh battles
great among all others who cared very little Tor hbery
the loss Of which lie compensated by glory although lie
could not Ike bis predecessor, iHtrcnch himself pcaho
tic Divine right Of giving bis accounts only 10 Goa III
stead Of TO tho people, obliged from the same mo-
tyes as the monarch TO complete the htters WORK IL
was with this difference however Tat what the BOUT.
hon had given Bonaparte sold. The United States OF
America enlarged their territorial limits IN consdef
ton OF sixty millions paid to Franec.
Thl. GREAT work Of the French poicy-the cnfran'
ohlsement Of Amcrica-has carried with It is reward
We have acquired tie most powerful and useful any
egeins. England FOR the nayes Of France and America
win alsrys prcseryo the Ireponderanee on tie seas.
During ~ years from l7,7 TO 1870. tho date Of tie
advent Of Mr.. Louis Napoleon, France has never
ceased to DO the vanguard OF freedom. preaching tie
Acknowledgement the people by action speech ana
example placing Ler sword in the balance In America
IN Greece in Belgium. &C.. preaching BY example IN
the liberation Of her slaves ard her immortal reVolu
ons or preaching tho holy crusade through the pow
fl voice Of her orators when tleEe VAS tribune IN
France During more than bali century this constant
effort sustained in favor Of freedom earned FOR rs from
the gratitude Of tho peoples tho title OF tie orea
Nation" And il may be said that fog the first time per
hnps sentiment was found 10 agree with poicyi u :
the only policy which has made Franco really great
and whose liberal features have gained her that ti'c
| Uopapnrte having become Emperor, abandoned 'h'
policy. emuently French 10 adopt policy purely d.
pas,lc. The commencement was brilliant. Never Cd
victory raise higher tho destincs OF lsse but never
also did the fate Of arms show noTc bitterly tac
ucthln xncss Of such The remembrance OF ~
,hose barbarian hordes Cum the Eorlh-sussans. In
rish, Prusaisns, Austrians. Hapgafinps Cfoats-en
campsd on our public squares, Insulting our women
end debating TO US nsolen Laws whea victorious, must
havc Taught IA what tho ambition OK and adrean
Of glory nay cost people.
This dyuastic policy. which could not be mantaine'
by victory when naucura,cd hy the gresest captain
modern times had exceptional chances Of success W
are about seeing applied anew. although on sae
scale By the nephew Of the man who ID generally Gale
Napoleoa tho Great
| Nh Louis Napoleon. breaking OF with al thes
French tradltions has inaugurated policy that COZ
ssts In destroying ell appearances OF liberalism. \
enemy OF liberty under whatever form II may presen
itself pross tribune or form OF governments after hay
ing assassinGted liberty in France. ard having cause
us to envy the fate Of the Russian and Austrian sub
lects lie has inflicted the same fate on Rome and Mex
ico There remain but two more Republics 70 be sasi
feed in order that the ayensnS phantom Of the lfeae
Republic. suooombng under perjury. may no longc
trouble the dynasc dreams Of the delpOtSgitzcllanS
and America.
(Tbe small Spanish Republics Of Central America arc
on account of their precasous state good example thcl
constitute specous argunen. against the republican
form. Mr. Louis Napoleon win pgAsFs leave them il
peace Tor momeI,)
The Affair Of tie Valley OF the Dappes served cs
ills little republican people in wiao frightened The
desired saogiGcc had be postponed 10 more pro
piious oscasion.
Mexico was further distant. less known and less OBJ
eorycd There was bcsides direct personal interest
In recovering tho debt Of Jecker. was decided that
tie soldiers Of France would on this occasion uldll The
Office Of baG.. Had they not been used as cG;broai'
on The Cd o. Deoembert Mexico was INVADED property
ccnscaed and leave nothing Of superiority to the
uaynaus and tho Radc,zkys a Marshal OF France
caused two hundred lashcs to be administered to q
Mexican lady who had had the bad not want to
receive French oaeer in her house, then, hundred
rarcas decorated with tie mime Of no.abes, notable a;
least for their namy declared in the meme Of the ma
ton without consulting her, that the Republic had
ceased TO exist, and that tie Empire was proclaimed
The American republic remains. the great and strong
republic Of which our ancestors have rocked tho first
ycaie sustained the first steps, behind this last ram
prrt OF freedom In tho world we wait calm and strong
and Ike tho eloquent Senator from Massachusetts,. We
say TO Mr. Bonnpar.e, "Trampler upon the repablc in
france tranpeg upon tho republic in Mexico it re-
mains TO be seen II tie French Emperor prevail as
isnmpcr upon this republic"
Has France reflected OH all the consequences OF snch
entcrrsesi Is she conscious Of her wounded dignity
oppressed by the capriees or the ambitious dreams OF
dcspo, who does not even consult her and who says In
speaking of tho empire restored in Mexico OF the eS
pei es occasoued by the occupation and OF tho arrange
uents 10 DO mado with tho new sovereign TAsss are
Jamily egair, vaiea do ~ concern The nations
HIVE o then fallen 80 low we tho Of SO and '93
that we are called upon only to furnish our blood and
or money to tho caprces OF the master' From that
TO heating tho water OF tho ponds in order to prevent
the frogs from troubling bis sleep is not great stride
Arc We destined TO again this beautiful epoch cf
shame and vassalasoi
We drove away in ,hroe days dynasty Of eight cen.
turtles for having dared to touch the liberty II tho press