The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-01
THE CRISIS IN FRANCE.
The AbdicatIon Rumors-The Emperor'E
Physical Sunerings-The Government
Disorganized-The Empress and the
Regency Decree, &c.

A Paris letter OF september 14th, to the New
York World, Gays:
The French Emperor ls considered cured for
tn. present; but the opinion seems general
that his days are numbered. II ls believed he
NAV live for two years more; but this is the ex-
treme limit. II this be the case the remainder
of his days will be devoted to setting his house
in order. He may abdlcate in order to seat the
Imperial Prince on the throne during his (the
former's) life, and guard as much as possible
against the disturbances it ls feared bic
here is grave. Complete anarchy re!gns
in every portion OF the government. l do
not believe the Ministry of War would
be found capable at this moment OF suppress
in o formidable ipsurrection in Paris; tor there
is not only general disorg ganization OF the
government, but there is widespread dispo-
sition (for the first time since 1852. when the
empire seemed secure.) to avoid self-compro-
mise tor the Emperors sake. Nobody can be
depended upon. The Emperor Is in daily con-
sultaton with his usual advisers, Duke de Per-
signy, General Fleury, NJ. Rouher. The latter
is said to be charged with preparing coDtden-
tial noteo for his Majesty upon tho various
public men who seem likely to be designated
by public opinion for places in the new Cabi-
net. Time passes. Radical parties are quiet
only because they believe the death OF the
CLupeEUE duu tnO iatO Va WIZ ShAPhS w w Se
hand.
Ofall the extraordinary incidents We are wit
Messing none ls stronger than the agitation
which has begun and is sustained by inhuen.
tial people to repeal the decree appointing the
Empress the regent, and to constitute at once
the regency which shall govern the empire
during. the Imperial Princes minority.
L'Opiniop Natona! holds the following Ian
guage on this subject:
ga onvarnmnnk nluSt ho OrranlZ00. for we
have no government now, and 1t is OF urgent
necessity that one should be formed. 1t is
true, the Emperor is only sixty-one years old;
but he bears the weight of q great deal OF toll
and of q great many cares. HIS life has been
agitated, laborlous, anxious. Events have
thrown on him the fatigues of Office, and he
has not always refused the fatigue Of pleasure.
What would there be astonishing if his robust
but tired constitution were no longer
equal to the outies thrown on him by
the daily handling and daily detail Of
business. And il this foreseen. this almost
inevitable weakness occurred at the very mo.
ment when the nation awoke, when new life
animated all the institutions of government,
would it not be wise, prudent polite to relieve
as soon as possible the executive power Of all
the duties which are moi indispensable, and to
summon every class Of the country to share a
responsibility which has become too heavy and
too crushing for single person? Those who
speak of trial and experiment, and especially
those who hope the experiment will not succeed,
and who talk OF "giving the army the floor, in
order to bring the country to its right senses,
are dangerous lunatics, who do not 80 much as
suspect passing events or events in prepara.
ton. It is necessary that the experiment shall
succeed; the essay must turn out well, other
wise we go on towards revolution as certain
as if it had actually begun"
he then goes on to cay that the Senatus
q regency, meets the contingency OF the En-
peror's death. But this solution, 'whose le-
gaIlty cannot be questioned, has not the virtue
of giving confidence to every person." He e1-
presses fears that the Empress may be over
inclined to yield to the advice of the clergy,
and he questions if woman's hand would
prove strong enough to hold the helm during
the stormy crisis of q change of reign"
1t is generally considered that the object ol
these articles is to procure the substitution ol