New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-30
CIGAR-MAKING IN TENEMENT HOUSES.
PRINCE NAPOLEOY's MANIFESTO.
THE APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE WHICH BROUGHT
ABOUT HIS ARREST.


ABOUT HIS ARREST
The Courier des Flats UniS has received a
COPY OF the recent manifesto ~ Prince Napoleon which
ny 9sS SO sTN snS Of the author
Following is a translation;
To My FeiiO,o- Citizens. 800
Franco languishes Some of those who suffer
are agnasd T wh IN
to STe that 5e ey w Sny os p
enfeebed. Incapable and impotent The Chambers are
sets at naugh IT. principles, only seeking to satisfy
the least noble OF passions. The Parliament Il.
fRt Hp '0"9 MOds s~p Radicals
have in turn taken the Government All have been
should build up and reform lying promise that
You see continual which Involve the Chief OF the
Of the parliamentary Republic carried through twelve
s fp e the %GcS Vs over the
country TO the discretion OF eight hundred Senators ana
aggravate them instead OF taking warning from them
The army the foundation OF our greatness and o our Sc
they have been discussing i reorganization and
now forced plumbers which ruin the military spirit
to find a new law Of recruiting
The Administration Is dsoreditod- The officials are
the slaves OF the da Of 6e con no make
not to govern MT: -, The The n magistrate
S in a9 S By WITH s' the OF @
are ientted loyalty 70 their Ed9iies our finances are
shaken The she p hfs W r Sna eS When s Sar "fe
all progress 1t IN fact much easier to borrow than 10
reform. The expenditures are increased Without Just
The most elementary conditions OF the public
credit are ignored. SOckjObbing, which often its
tons has overrun ali glasses Of society The floating
debt is swollen TO sum which threatens our credit at
the first shock In spite OF the enormous taxes the
Religion, attacked by prosecuting atheism, Is not
Civilized society is easier guard than any other by
fdeity to the Concordat which alone give relg-
loIs peace Social questions vital 70 our democracy,
wherein political equality ought to better dis
trbution OF burdens the advantage OF the most
FSeS the study Of them is despsed In the face Of the
problems which in our path we do not advance we
Our commerce is attacked by giving up the treaties Of
1860 TO which our prosperity and the Interests OF
consumers and the commercial classes are alike sacrI
Our foreign policy is one Of bad faith with the feeble
U at service OF private specuations In Tunis The
costly occupation Of that country Is without profit.
Our policy is cowadly and idiotc as to Egypt, where
view relations with other countries without feeling
Of profound sadness Our just now 50 great has
disposed nations she meets indifference painful
nnve paee ns We oOn
abroad only by setting thingsrght at home This sa-
cpe OF national sovereignty SO long the people do
not speak France will never lift up her head
am tho only living whose name has secured
millions three hundred thousand votes. Since the
10 the policy OF the state Not wishing to Interfere With
the developments which were under way have been
waiting sadness for the time when the course of events
should call for My silence only the patriotic
Ipros0n OF respect for the OF the country
NV conduct my opinions my sentiments have been sys
teinntically ruduced Unmoycd have only replied by
contempt to those who have gone far as 10 attempt
10 set sons against their father Efforts 0dious and bar
reni have felt 10 duty to impose silence upon the
Young hearts revolted by such instigatOns. i have
preferred be alone In the face OF adversares My
been yet strangers 10 politics. The natural
remain faithful to the true Napoleonic tradition. Alb
dcation has been spoken of but II will not take place
When a man has more duties than rights, abdcatOn II
desertion.
Such an attitude such recognition OF mutual Obiga-
tiOns would he becoming 10 the princes who think that
The Nap0leOns the chosen OF the people whom they
serve would not conduct themselves like those priDces.
Two principles divide the world. One admits q right
superior the will OF the people. The other puts the
source OF all In that sovereignty respect the
country where those two principles not allowed TO
the past have made 10 impossible. There r. nothing
doubtful In their attitude No union with the partsans
OF the white nag the only emblem OF the House OF Bour
hon Is possible II there differences among the sup
porters national sovereignty there Is no absolute anag
onlsm among them The Napole0ns defend the direct
abandoned by great many Republicans solely because
their fear OF popular votes That which pit6sctfe
established n pltbseite alone restore do not
represent " party but cause and a principle. Tho
that OF oil rather than my The principle
that the right OF the people to their chief To
The Government II giving way; but great democracy
on cannot long escape from the necessity OF
establishing authority The people feel that They have
proyee II In the eight ptb,secs OF 1900 1902 1904,
1915 1s4s, 1851, 1852, and 1872.
Frenchmen, remember the words OF Napoleon the
First:
All that is doue without the people ilegitimae"
NlpoIEDy.