, 1872-10-31

frequently been recognized by the Govern
ment, be left Neuchatel, Oct. 8, in company
with his wife, to visit friend in France, for the
pu1pose Of fixing upon school in which to edn-
cato his children. While staying at this coun-
try house, he was visited by the principal secre-
tary Of the Project of Police, with an edsct from
the Minister Of the Interior, ordering MN to DO
taken back to the frontier. Tho Prince closes
his letter with these words:
You sec cir, that French citizen not within the
purVew Of any exceptional law has been violently ar
rested; Council1or-General is prevented from So
journing in France and in word, that am the VIC
tim OF an odious, arbitrary act. Moreover nm war
ranted, told the Minister Of the Interiors agent,
in considering myself having been led into trap,
since the Government gave me regular document,
authorizing my entry into Fra.sce, and he's
never failed to te ic<c=zz==ei by its agents
Of my whereabouts. NY political conduct, al-
wnyB moderate, has never given the Govern
ment the slightest pretext for discrimination, and
defy it to frame charge against me, supported by
any law whatsoever. In TRUTH <he Of Napoleon,
which have the honor to bear is my only crime In
the eyes Of the Government. I leave
France with bitterness Of soul which cannot con-
cea and hereby put upon record that my wife, who
WAS respectfully treated by the rioters Of Sept who
Ae-A0ASA
out Of France guarded by the genda1nes Of the Con-
servative Republic. Disarmed am, mud yielding to
force appeal to the sovereign Of al1-universal
suffrage and the national will.
It only adds to the arbitrary character Of this
act of H. Theirs, that the Prince Napoleon is
represented to be by no means dangerous
man. He has no party among civilians, and is
unpopular with the army. He was travelling
with passports, granted to him by the Govern
ment, which he had frequently used before. II
II. Theirs had really believed him to be con-
spring with Rouher and others, it WAS easy for
him to secure his arrest, bring him to trial, and
/ then punish him with Punishment. Further
more, the question naturally suggests itself, if
he believes that u. Rouher is fellow-conspira-
tor with the Prince, why n. Rouher is not also
banished, There does not seem to be- any
argument which can justify such an
arbitrary proceeding. The right Of II. Theirs,
because the deposition Of Napoleon III. was
voted, to prohibit all his re1ations from living in
France, can never be sustained. nor can it be
| anything but the most remarkable inconsistency
to allow the Prince to sit as Councillor Gen.
eral in French Department and then Danish
him because he is found in another part Of
| France.
There can be but one inference drawn from
this arbitrary act, and that is, that II. Theirs is
afraid Of the name Of Napoleon, and both the
English and German press regard the
matter in this Light. There can be no
| doubt that he has made tremendous
| mistake, which does him discredit. and must re-
act upon himself, while. at the same time,
it elevates the Prince Napoleon to 8 position Of
popularity, in France and elsewhere, which he
could not have obtained otherwise. In view OF
these circumstances, does the SUCCESS OF Re-
public, 60 insecure1y grounded that it fears the
influence of name, and which holds itself to-
gether by military force, call for congratulation
from the President OF Republic which is pre-
sumed to be administered upon the basis Of law
and civil rights?