The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-01-05

The course Of the irreconeilahle enemies
Of the EmepeFor Napoleon during the
last few weeks, Is not calculated to recon-
mend them 10 the confidence Of the lovers
Of liberty aaywbere- The journals they
edit bare teemed with the West personal
abuse Of the Chief Of the State. such as.
In the opinion Of the moderate and
liberal London Spectator. no English
statesman would endure for moment !"
such as must inevitably writes TO rs an
experienced American editor. now in
Paris. = lead TO an Imperial reaction
Few OF these sheets-they are in no Just
sense ewspapers-reaeh this country. bat
the extracts we have seen, and the speei-
mems given 10 our correspondents, fully
bear cut these statements. The men who
give the tone 10 the Reppsl. the Rsrsil,
and the rest. elected Rochefort, who pre-
scented the double claim to their SURFACES
Of an exile and Of the author Of the most
gross assaults on Napoleon The mod
crate Opposition. which had chosen men
Ike Theirs and Jules Favre. last spring.
hardly showed itself at the polls The
aniinsting principle Of the successful party
was hatred to the Emperor. Underneath
this there may be, as English writers sng-
gest. solid basis Of Socialism" that Is.
disposition to carry cot the " Red
creed by redistribnting property; 4 sue
eessful attempt TO do which might lead 10
the renewal Of scenes such as disgraeed
the revolution OF l7S9. II there be any
better principles underlying the movement
OF the lrreeoacilables. they are difficult
to discover. They scout at Parliamentary
government they evlnee no faculty for its
conduct they have not statesman IN
their ranks. They cry, Down with the
Empire bat they promise France nothing
to take its place They are doing their
best to rebuild the position of the Emperor
in public opinion. and TO lead prudent men
-Shateyer criticisms they may make on
bis poliey-to rely on the promise in his
speech, that be viii maintain order, rather
than to trust 20 his personal enemies to
carry into practice what they call liberty.
The passage in Nspole0u's speech to
the effect that be viii answer for order.
and that it IS for the people TO show that
they are ft for liberty. IS the key to the
present situation. Ii was because would
be revOlntiOaists knew that be had the
viii and the power to enforce order that
they were quiet on the days advertised for
insurrectiop. on the 26th Of October. the
18th OF November. and the ID and 81 OF
December. Having shown in the press
aud in the public reunions. that liberty
with them meant license, they have shown
! similar disposition in the legislative
body. Raspaii's proposal TO impeaeh the
Ministers, and ROehefort's demand that
the Chambers should be protected by
the National Guard. are what we call in
this country pieces Of :. b1neOmbs." ad-
dressed to the pOpulaee Of Paris, tAeir
masters
The hope of France is in the party
which seeks to reconcile real liberty with
order under the Empire. believing the
Empire to be. with all its faults. preferable
to an unknown future and trusting to OBJ
tain from il the establishment Of political
rights upon q secure basis. snd with sufi-
Gent guarantees Men. Year ago. among
the most severe critics Of 81 personal gov
ernment,r are in its ranks Should it be
able to form Ministry, as the telegraph
reports to &c probable. the reforms prom
ised in Nspolen's speech may be faithfully
carried out. and the desire Of France to
govern herself. satisfied, without a revolu-
ton, the end Of which no man can foresee.
Chicago Tribune. Dec. 9.