The Sun. — 1848-12-01 (London, England)

JELLACHICEI. To-day they are absolutely beside themselves with rage because CAVAIGNAC has generously dispatched assistance to the noble and generous-hearted Poserunr who was, only the other day, bombarded by murderers in his palace of the Quirinal ! An idiot like the KAISER cannot be driven forth by a population infuriated by the treacheries of his Government, without agitating this class of politicians into a perfect ecstacy of indignation ; while a paternal patriot like the POPE may be besieged in his place of residence by a band of ruffians, his Prime Minister may be stabbed like a dog in the light of noon-day, his Secretary—one of his oldest and dearest friends, and one of the moat inoffensive of nien—may be shot dead in the privacy of his chamber ,while reading his brevi4ry, and then when a guard of honour is dispatched to the Eternal City, to save from the bands of assassins a Prince venerable for his virtues and benevolence, a shout of wrath is raised worthy of individuals whose bands are furtively grasped in those of the Socialist propagators of the principles of anarchy and spoliation. We leave] this fact, so replete with meaning, to the meditation of the multitude. Quoting the organ of Terrorism in France, one of ourth morning Contemporaries gloats over the notion " " the Romans will exercise their undisputed right by refusing to allow this. French interference, and that they will take Citythe liberty of kicking M. ConacELLßs outof the . Seven Hills 1" Now, it would be as well for the credit of journalism, if these scurrilities were Whyyul tdoltoshtt orture.tned.oh genuous impartiality. Why wGriothverinnl Government alone in this matter ?authasosa.il. in the same dignified language the Spanish bearing s and the British authorities? For vessels, astenendirwtihthe England and of Spain, as well as othersgbe the gag of tricolour of the Young Republic, have h the same generous impulse to proffer shelter to the Sovereign PoszirF at Civita Vecchia ! The truth is simply this—Pius IX. began the movement of political reform ; he must be bumbled : the Roman So. cialists are facilitating the progress of reaction by their excesses ; they must be encouraged : General CAVAIGNAC is identified with the republican moderation of France; he must be rendered impotent by slander and misrepresentation : Prince Louis NAPOLEON is the best stepping stone to a counter-revolution ; his chance of election to the Presidency must, at all hazards, be improved. Hence these clamours against the unsought assistance offered to the vietim of Roman ingratitude. Of all the proceedings of the Republican Government, that which has recently been taken by order of M. BA STIDE is, in- reality, the most honourable, the most chivalrous, and the most beautiful. It was said in February by M. DE LAMARTINE, that the inaugurative decree of the Republic, abolishing capital punishments for political offences, was " the voice of the nation rising in a spontmeous cry from the soul of her Government." The same may be said, almost in the same words, of the recent act of the present Administration. And not only France rejoices in the aggregate at this bold deed of generosity towards the Sovereign PONTIFF, but the admiration of her citizens will be responded to by every generous heart in Christendom. It was by a noble impulse rather than by an astute calculation of political strategy, that the Cabinet presided over by General CAVAIGNAC