The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-26

VIII be so encouraging that he may hope
for election later. Then tine 0rleanists be-
thought them Of the Prince dc Joinville,
who, Nj. l.. believes, Knight have sailed
in, as, on q second ballot, the votes, at
first given to NJ. Theirs and to Gen.
Changarnier, must have been united on
this candidate" But that campaign
would have cost money, and the Orlean-
lists, being economical as well as cowardly,
gave 1t up, Louis Napolean was elected
simply on his name, which inspired con-
fidence. Henri Heine, during the reign
OF Louis Philippe, wrote: "The picture OF
Napoleon is in the hut OF every French
peasant in the place OF the portrait of the
son who fell fighting in his cause" The
Edinburgh Rericl0 declared that the
GLORIOUS prestige OF the name remained
intact among the masses though in the
eyes Of Europe and perhaps OF educated
France he had merited his dethronement."
Louis Napoleon's first supporters were
workingmen, and workingmen were his
electoral agents and his electors. NJ. de
Pensgny intrusted the mission of propa-
gandsm TO the workingmen who met in n
loft over the boot shop OF Devaux in the
Passage DIES Panoramas, which was the
headquarters of the Bonapartist commit
tee. Ii the word had then been invented,
Jules Ferry would have said that Louis
Napoleon's party wasa negligible" guam
tity. And yet, when the election day
came its success was complete. Its posters
were pulled down in some wards, but in
the popular quarters the candidacy was
acclaimed. The first manifesto at Ia Vii
lette, was hailed with shouts OF "Vive
rEmpereurl" At st. Denis the mob in
vaded the marie and destroying the
records of votes already polled recon-
menced the election 10 the yell Of "Nive
| Napoleonw Please 10 remark that, now
adays, La Villette and 81. Denis are
the hotbeds OF socialism. The prince re-
ccived $4,000 votes, and Immediately re-
signed his mandate, as this campaign was
a mere feeler Of the public pulse, but he
presented himself again in the following
September where, in several departments,
his majorities were so immense that from
that moment the Transformation OF the
republic into an empire became merely a
question OF time.
Now, | repeat, there is n remarkable
analogy between the situations Of Louis
Napoleon and Bouanger. Neither the one
nor the other had ever done anything
grandiose when brought into notice, yet
both inspired confidence. Why? This is
an enigma which ! do not intend to cx-
plain. For Louis Napoleon could be al
legged the memories Of past glory, the sub
stitution OF the principles OF authority for
the revolutionary chaos; but Gen. Boulan-
ger has never won battle; he is not the
representative OF the principle Of authority,
for he is supported by the men Of the
Commune; he 5 not the representative OF
abstract liberty, for lac is backed by the
Jacobins, and yet, rs the masses are UNI
reasoning. as for them there are no such
considerations ~ truth and logic, nothing
is less impossible than his triumph There
Il no use closing ones ewes TO the signih.
canoe of last Sundays votes. The nation
is disguised with the regime OF parliament
tarism. At Marseilcs the elections went
on the second ballot for the BLACKBOARD 10.
yolulionary Felix Pyatt, rather than allow
the Monarchists 20 return their man and
so manifested iccbly in favor Of Boulaugcr.
whom the committee had Withdrawn, and
who, they had been informed, was inolgi
bic But in the Aisnc, without any pre-
liminary canvass, without any ayowct
committee, without any direct appeal {,
the electors, Gen. BOulangcr, though op
posed by four other candidates OF differ
ent political collrinpi, obtained 1900
votes The majority is only relative,
grant, but IL is imposing, and those VIII,
pretend that Boulanger i "ncgligibl,
quantity show their Grass ignorance o
the condition Of public opinion ut prcscn
in France. The Aisnc was one 81 thos,
frontier departments which suffered mos
cruelty from German invasion. and IN,
fear Of being deprived Of chief who
rightly or wrongly, raised the sclf-conii
dcnce Of the army, has provoked an cX
, plosion oa which the present disrrcditc,
/, clique OF governing politicians would dc
wei to mediate. The French love hon
. esty and simple. practical ideas, and, IL
order that their sentiments be legal!
manifested, they pesouiiy them In man
By pumping for Gen. lioulangcr, in the
,, .Aisnc, 10y agiHiing his name everywhere
the people seek 10 exhibit their aniipa
thics, their sympathios and their hopes
!, Again, rightly OF wrongly, the masses be
, licvc that the cx-minister Of war has bcci
systematically prosecuted 10y his adverse
: RES, In obedience 90 their own petty On
vies aud jcalousics and To orders frou
Germany, and they wish 10 register thci
proiesiations.
The action Of Gen. Logorot In pursuance
Of the decision Of the court Of inquiry cal
! have nothing more than a temporary oilec
upon Gen. BOulangcr's status. The ncvo
cations OF generals are not rare events II
4 French history, although seldom hav
!. they produced as much excitement NJ b
(. the case Of Gen. B0ulangcr. Goncrall
I they have been the results oi revolutions
: IL isll-l5 their commands were success
4 lively taken from officers who had side
\ with the Emperor against the King, q
/ with Louis XVIII. against Napoleon; 10
. WIS In 1880, witness Marshal Marmon
4 and In 1851 Changtrnior. In Moncicrc, l.
a Flo and Charles were not only put on III
: reformed list but also were banishcd. 4
!. be defeated was the principal cause Of mi
1 itary degradation uUdcr the iint republic
a when the scailold not unicqucntly suppl'
n mcnicd the other punishment; Cus,in
!. was behcadcd for losing Maycncc, Bcau
4 harnais for ncglccting 10 relieve him. Thcr
q Il n long list Of ''disgruccd" ones In ia
q archives Of the ministry Of war, aud upo
i Il appear several times the names 81 liOni
u paric, OF klcbor Of Muml, Of ll0che, ,
!. MORGAN. Under the restoration Gen. l.
. Marmou. a brother Of the late celebrate
n Italian general, was Tor a long time und,
!. cloud ~ a lukcWarm rOyalist. lou
Il Philippe put Gen. lie Rigny on the retire
4 lsi, although unanimously acquitted b
I. the court martial before which he ~
n pearcd 10 answer charges prclcrrc
u by Marshal Claugcl. Gen. de Ia Monte