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minister. but. as this correspondence win show.

MnStCI, Uu., aS suiS correspondence win S"o"'
From the Ministry OF Justice dispatches went forth
Had M Olivier been At The Interior the proceeding
would have been entirely IN accordance with prece-
dent but tnat the Minister OF Justice should give
elecfiOncorlng commands TO his sub0IdnaleS-a an
order Of men who, according to the fueas OF every
country, should be independent Of government inau
ehce-is circumstance that may well suggest the
remark with which the commission preiaces It's pub
llcation On the 23d Of April the following despatch
Ten ali the juges de paix that shall see them with
pleasure In the plebiscitary committees.-Emile
telegraphs for Information as to the attitude OF ISe
clergy To the Procureur General OF BOurges he
teiegraphs:-"They write to Ine from Moulins that
the PRESIDENT OF the Tribunal gives the example Of
an apathy bordering hostility. 1t Is his right vet
desire 30 be cei tiled Of tho truth Of the report that
conduct OF the judiciary M. Olivier was not inactive
In dealing with the revolutionary party which &C
sta t became nodsr than ever in its mani
70 arrest all the persons who at the head OF the
!nternationae-e democratic society which, it VIII
DC remembered inspired the government with great
disquietude In tho early part OF the year. and whose
supposed SUCCESS in the towns had probably much
to do with the resolve OF the Emperor to take the
plebfsctte. The Minister seems to have been really
alarmed at the state or affairs. On the 30th OF April
he arrested the persons connected with the Interna
tionale at Paris and we dnd him sending energetic
kilograms TO the procureM s-generduI throughout
France:-"Arrest the reyolntionarles; do not nesI.
tate to prosecute the journals which preach civil
war and outrage the Emperor. An individual just
come from London to assassinata the Emperor was
rate no violations Of the law; prosecute them every
where with energy. We cannot SIT by with folded
your substitutes lot them see the Ju0es de Dotr
Acttrez leur zee." Such had N. olivier become on
the eve Of the pleotsctte. Persigny could not have
An important question was on what grounds the
lnernalonale could be prosecuted. Was 1t as asso-
Grandperret, with his usual acumen, points out to
the Minister that 1t would be dncuIt to prosecute
as secret society body OF men who went to work
hnf 81. tI.t che
be the ground OF the prosecution, with what sxccess
we are unable to say. Then come the dispatches
and even amid The calamIties Of the hour they can
hardly be read without amusement. At Mines the
altitude Of the Bishop Is looked upon as Of the high
gErIapns, gEIsp, "A . Paris journal announces that the
desirable; but 1t is false" Two days alter ne COM
municates again, "De'mtere situation prise par
said in pulpit. Conscience requires not to abstain
but will not recommend TO vote 0m. II the eiect0r
demands formally what he ought 20 do the clergy
would engage him TO vote afllrmatively. This sup
me dissatisfaction with the ukewarmness Of the
short and mysterious communication which viii
speak eloquently to the initlated:-"A d. ONiuter.
&C., B10mo1es, te Aa., is7o-4uants Maj coa,,a,st,
peiezuOus UestUe 70ul0a. Laure, 1dj0tnt" Volumes
could not say more on the principles OF government
The peculiarly Of this correspondence Is that from
the situation DIN Olivier the legal functionares take
the lead in the electOneerng for the Pleosscte In
their own especial department they show consider
able zeal butt hardly Keeps pace with that ofthe Min
lister and hls colleagues The Procureur General at
contain violent article; he proposes to seize it. but
sends for instructions. The answer Is explicit:-
"Cest sm'iout Ia sa'ste Qut esq stte. Saisissez."
remarkable T6e Procurear General Of Mont.
pelier reports that the situation ameorates
most happy. / consider and think that it Would
be desirable to use all possible influence on the
xsus G ns & sqpS s sSd n on
the 9th OF May ne tele9raphs:-"Symptom Of the
plebiscitary vote At the sight Of your letters oil the
sudden apoplexy. We shall bury them on Sundayu
tthe day Of the Plsoiscite). That such impuGent
tut1onai Prime Minister Of France is extraordnarx
but we cease to wonder at 1t when VIC rccocct the
oI1cia communications that issued from the Minis
try Of Justice. The preceding extracts a,e sufficient
to show that, whatever may have been the aspira-
tions Of N. olivier and his Cabinet for free and
parliamentary government, they did not hesitate to
use the means which the ofical system offered ror
| gratifying the imperial will
was becoming scarce In the legislative and public
service Of France, and that the empire did nothing
herents removed by death or incapacitated by
tnc inc ,a advance Of 1 years: in peace as in war
itself 1' NO able % Sn' nS a9 s IN:
smpre has hitherto been content to accept the men
Who had rallied to T. without care re ior & lne future;
passing away, and IT It begins to perceive that "a
ernment diplomacy and civil service are
nsadse 'ns existing %svsss 'na Very Gsssn
crate. the lion has become the petit
y @sed not un. even tns but
serious. the younger think OF nothing higher than
leading coiil'on: The government does nothing
for Its candidates in the provinces either