The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-05
cr,aNpEsiiNE STATE PAPERs.

Historical instances are numerous IN
which State Documents of great import
ance have found their way. into the hands
of people who had no business with them;
and sometimes the course OF the worlds
affairs has been materially influenced ~
such accidents. But for hazard which
plnced under Cromwelfs eyes letter IN
which Charles l. stated that he lnd no IN
tention to fulfill tue promises which lie h"o
made to secure peace, tile negotiations De-
tween the Kng and the Parliament might
have come to an issue; MS it was, Cromwell
refused to treat, and it may be s'ud that
Chares's unlucky letter cost him his head.
Similarly the breach between Louis AVL
and tile French people was rendered ire
parable when II blacksmith revealed the
existence of the famous iron clos at the
Tuileries, which, having been broken open,
was found to contain the damaging evil
dence of the Kings negotiations with the
Austrian Court in view Of an invasion OF
France.
In 1894 Ta1lien, having read his name on
a piece of paper which Robespierre let
fall from his pocket in pulling out his
handkerchief, conclud d lie was marked
down for execution, aud ut the instigatlon
of his high-spirited wife Immediately took
| measures Which resulted in Robespierre's
downfall on tile 9th Thermidor.
| To come to more recent times, Lewis
| Napoleon's coup Getat was within an ace OF
failing, owing to the ofiiciousness of lady
in communicating the plans to Prince Ma
poleon (the future Emperor's cousin, VINO
forthwith tried to put some of the Republl-
can leaders on their guard. Victor Hugo
| Gives an account of this affair in his His
tory of Crime" and he furnishes some de-
tails as, to the minute precautions which
we're taken to insure secrecy at the Ma
tional Printing Office, where Louis Napo-
Icons proclalnations were printed. The
place was guarded by soldiers and detec
tvs, and not workman was allowed to
leave the building until all the copies were
struck off and in the hands of the bill
stickers. M. Hugo might have added thai
the original manuscripts of these proclama
tons were all in the hand writing of Coun
de Morny, and that no one save that abl'
conspirator and lis master was permitted
to see them before they were consigned tt
the printer. S. Arnaud, Maupas' Moo
guard and Persigny had been favored Will
sight of proc1amations worded qnlt
differently, and they grumbled by and b.
at not having been trusted, But DE Morn.
trusted nobody.
: In 1870, Oh the outbreak of the Franco
/, German war, the world was startled by th
publication in the Times of a draft treat
drawn up by M. Benedetti, and proposi'
l tile annexation of Belgium to France. M
Benedict pretended that he had been er
: trapped into writing this draft under Coul
1 3snarck's dictatlon; but, any how, II
|
g away British sympathirs from the Frenc
y side, and it compelled the Gladstone AZ
:. ministrtion to sign treaty binding EN-
9 land to protect Belgium independence.
= Three years later the fortunes OF IL
Monarchist factions in France were terr
!. bly, damaged by confidential circular
- M. Beule, the Home Minister, Which som
'. how fell into the possession of nj. Gan
~ BETA. In this document M. Beule su
gested a plan for the Wholesale corruptl(
~ y, of the provincial press out of the pub
~ moneys; and when M. Gambetta had rel
~ this strangely cynical paper in the tr'bul
. such storm of indignation arose, both
the Parliament and in the country, til
the Broglie Cabinet became hopelessly d
credited. Soon atterward M. Beule
:, obliged to resign, and within twel'
month from his resignation lie commit
us .:.;la D,U MN Ioz>ffe