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    Commerce adheres to the coup d'etat, and...

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    the latter portion has a meaning of its own . It is this latter part we quote : — " We have already seen wilder deceits and delusions than this idea of foreign aggression propagated by the Government among a credulous people ; and it is precisely when a nation is distracted with a panic at home , aggravated by the absence of free discussion , that it most reedily catches up every suggestion of danger from without . The very names of Pitt and Coburg added desperation to the Reign of Terror . If it again suited the French Government to engage m hostilities , some such pretext would readily be found , and this pretext , however shallow , would be believed . It is altogether

    uncertain in which direction such a blow might be struckwhether against the Radical or Protestant Governments of Switzerland—against the neutrality of Belgium—for territorial acquisitions in Savoy , or on the llhine , or even , in the hardihood of defiance , against the coasts of England . On this point we hazard no conjnct . ure , and we hope the time is far distant when any such conjectures may be hazarded . But the principle at which we would arrive , and on which we lay the utmost stress , is , that the maintenance of peace is now , more than ever , the common interest of Europe . If the great principles of the European compact be violated for one , they are ¦ violated for all ; and the chief security roe have for the pacific maintenance of that compact is the overwhelming force by which it can be supported as long as there is

    union between all who are interested in it . It may happen that attempts will be made to purchase the neutrality of some powers while others are attacked , or to associate other powers with France in measures of repression abroad , or even to procure a more active cooperation in her designs . SucJiprojiosals have already been made by Louis ' Napoleon , since he filled the office of President of the Republic , But woe to the Government which shall lend itself to any such insidious overtures ! and woe to Europe if the general confederacy for the defence of peace and public law be broken up ! We earnestly trust that no petty rivalries , no past differences , no minor divisions , will be allowed to weigh for an instant against the paramount duty of maintaining in presence of the altered state of France one dignified and common line of conduct . "

    Now , the real meaning of this is , that it is a threat to the Continental powers . It cries—Beware ! if you , France , or Austria , attempt to disturb the compact of 181 / 3 , we are prepared to disturb it ; and probably the settlement of Europe now , by modern statesmen , would not exactly coincide with the settlement of 1815 , or the " three military empires . " It is also an indication that some power may have conceived the plan of establishing the said military empires at our expense . Remember the Continental blockade prefigured by Der Lloyd and judge !

    In connection with the above , read the following , written by the Paris correspondent of the Daily JVews . —From the inimical tone towards England , which the Assemble Nntionale is permitted to adopt , at a period when the press is subjected to the strictest censure , it is clear that the Government of Louis Napoleon plays into the hands of Prince Schwarzenberg and the Czar . It is beyond doubt , I am informed , that the present government has established since the coup d ' etat nn intimate alliance with the Northern Courts . The offensive mode in which Lord Westmoreland's ungracious reception by the Austrian ( Joint lias been mentioned by prints at Paris , in which M . de Morny inserts exactly what suits his wishes , is an instructive fact , when viewed in relation to the new league of military despots in Europe .

    It is said that the Northern Powers will not rest until the Sardinian ( Government has followed their example , and the Liberal party in Switzerland has been crushed .

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    Commerce Adheres To The Coup D'Etat, And...

    Commerce adheres to the coup d ' etat , and the lionise approves . A very numerous deputation , representing the different , branches of trade and manufactures in Paris , headed by M . Kallundrou / . c de Lamornaix , the Honorary President of tin : Parisian Industrial Union , had on Saturday an interview of the President of the Republic . M . ( Jaussen , a shawl manufacturer , and member of the International Jury , addressed Louis Napoleon on behalf of the dcput . ut . inu as follow . " : — " Prince . — -We have -witnessed wit . li haimincss the " Prince— -We have -witnessed wit . li happiness the

    , realization of the memorable words which you addressed to us on a recent , occasion . You have given France wecurity in the future . We conn' iu the nume of a great ])! irt of the manufacturing interest , of Paris l . o express to you our deep gratitude . You have restored confidence to us ; we owe to your order and labour , which constitute the strength and weiilth of States . We have come , Prince , to tell you that , we place entire faith in your exalted wisdom mid in your enlightened solicitude for the true intercuts of French industry . " Louis Napoleon replied as follows : —

    "Gentlemen ,- I am delighted to nee that , a large portion of the uianufact urer . s of Paris sympathize with l . he political measures which the . safety of the country rendeied necessary . 1 hope that labour bus not been too much interrupted in your maiiufactoi ics , and that , your workmen hive not , taken part , in tin ; dint . ni bailees which have occurred . Tell them that , my most , ardent , desire is to improve their eoml it ion , and to favour as much an possible the development , of our line productions . " A marriage in on the tapis between Louis Napoleon find a princess of . Sweden , in connection with thin news , which reaches ine from a sure private . source , 1 may mention that an Aulic CouncoUor . of the C / . ur ,

    M . de Despine de Fohrn , brother-in-law of Prince Anatole Demidoff , has just arrived from Stockholm , in Paris . It is stated that all the tenants of the Duke d'Aumale in the departments received an intimation that it would be agreeable to the Prince to learn that they had voted for Louis Napoleon , as he considers his name to be identified with the cause of order under existing circumstances . The Pope has addressed a letter to M . de Montalembert to congratulate him upon his letter of adhesion to the act of December 2 , and upon his enrolment in the consultative commission . The Constitutionnel says : — " We are informed that the Pope has addressed a letter to his Nuncio in Paris , in which he expresses his entire approbation of the acts of Louis Napoleon . "

    The faithfulness of the Church , to the cause of Napoleon Bonaparte , and which involves reciprocal services , is further evidenced by the following blasphemous letter addressed by the Bishop of Strasburg to the clergy of his diocese : — " Strasburg , December 16 , 1851 . " Messieurs , —Although 1 have already replied in a precise manner to such amongst you as have consulted me on the line of conduct to be followed in in the grave circumstances in which we are placed , I consider it my duty to address this circular to you , in order to remove from your minds every sort of doubt and uncertainty . There is no one who does not see at present from what frightful calamities the President of the Republic has preserved us by his firmness , and who does not render homage to the wisdom of the measures he has adopted . It suffices to open our eyes in order to perceive the abyss

    into which we were about to be precipitated . Let us return thanks to Providence for having given us a man whose arm is sufficiently strong to stop the chariot of the State on the brink of the precipice to which mad passions were impelling us . Let us supplicate the Almighty to cover with His protection this man , to endue him with the wisdom and energy necessary to him to complete the work he has so well commenced , and let us contribute , ourselves , each in his own sphere , to that great work of public salvation , by answering , and urging our flocks to answer ' Yes ' to the appeal he has made to us with so much nobleness and confidence . Let us not forget that the happiness or the misfortunes of the country , the preservation or the ruin of social order , depend on the vote that France is called on to give on the 20 th and 21 st of this month . " Receive , & c , Andiie , Bishop of Strasburg . "

    Imagine the Papacy , with outstretched hands , blessing " this man " who massacred the people on the 4 th of December , without hesitation and without remorse ! It is reported that in a few days hence the " liberty of the press " will be regulated by a new law which will repeal all existing laws on the subject , and of which the following are said to be the most important clauses : — " Every editor of a journal at present in existence , or to be published in future , will be bound to deposit security money to the amount of 2 OO , O 00 f . ( £ 8000 ) , which in case of conviction may be increased to 400 , 0001 " . " The Executive power will reserve to itself the right to suspend the publication of any journal of which the suspension may appear necessary .

    " Offences of the press are no longer to be submitted to a jury . Special tribunals are to be constituted for that purpose . " Offences of the press are to be classed in three categories : — " 1 . An attack on the President and on the principle of the Government . " 'I . Exciting hatred amongst citizens . " . ' ! . An attack on religion , family , or property . " Each of those offences may be punished by imprisonment of five years , by transportation for twenty years , and by a fine of from £ . 0000 to £ 10 () , () 0 () f . " Fifteen generals of brigades , twenty colonels , and various lieutenant-colonels , are promoted to the next superior rank . A correspondent of the Daily News thus testifies to the conduct of tin ; actual . Socialists of Paris .

    " Yesterday ( the 22 nd of December ) 1 visited several of their Associations I'Yaternelles . 1 heard no word of revenge there , and saw nothing which indicated any more criminal feeling than resignation . They felt , insulted , indeed , by having their favourite symbol taken from them , but looked upon the act as far too paltry to make a noise about . J 5 y the way , I observed that the fated triangle had not . only been obliterated from the ( signboards , but . that it had been carefully scraped from the coffee-cups ! What , act . of petty tyranny will be visited upon the ouvriers next , no oik' can tell . If these associations ( which , by the way , only ilillcr from other public colfee-houses in

    that e <| iial copartners are . substituted for waiters ) . should be dissolved , secret , societies will increase beyond precedent . The ouvriers must have their public pluceu of resort , and these places must , be conducted on their own principle , or else they will be compelled , in nclfdefence , to organize some kind of a substitute . There is no army large cnou' !; h to prevent thi . s . It . is important , to observe , in thin connection , that there are not a few holdier . s of the line among the habitues of these intst . it utions . I was accustomed to see from ten to twenty of them ut an association in the |{ , ue du Faubourg jSt . Denis all last Hummer , some of whom were olIieeiH , mid all of whom were ardent reformers . Anarchims , no-property men , worshippers of the red flag — men opposed to law , order , und family—1 kuw none of . The rucc wan never very

    numerous , and is now about extinct . This factcannot ^ T " present circumstances , be stated too often or tnn ! t' , What the English understand by Socialta ? t ? ° ngljr - little sympathy with as any one \ and Se ML * " %% ? State tampering with trade , and undertaking tc « M o 1 the labour , ' seems to me , as to you , like foofshnesslS ? Ihe French , too , are coming round to this opinion ti cause of labour was never more injured than bv th tional workshops . The workman was wounded in ?/*" house of his friends . All that the mechanics of PV ask now is to be let alone . They wish neither charter nor privilege . Their one demand is for free trade i fair play . Their associations ( of which there are ov hundred in Paris ) at worst but little

    are corporation * f stockholders . The wages and profits , instead of be equal , as at first , are graduated according to th ^ i * k " ^ and skill of the operatives . Their rules are sim I ' and their morals severe . Politics are left as a th apart . The chief government they trouble themsellif about is self-government . The responsible managers a ™ respected throughout Paris for their integrity . Th competition with the old system is conducted in a ' rnan ^ above reproach . They are respected , above all in t w £ * immediate neighbourhood , I know this from' personal inspection and inquiry , and record it as an act of simple justice . In the political world , the members of these associations are all Liberals . It is safe to sav that nr ^

    one of them voted for . Louis Napoleon ; and it is probable that many of them had the good sense not to vote at all . During all these troubles they have kept at work and set an example of that moderation and good sense which alone can save Fiance from the abyss towards which she now totters . " THE " ELECTION . " Louis ] % poleon Bonaparte is elected President of the Republic for ten years , with power to grant a Constitution . Is not this simple anno uncement sufficient ? Force and fraud have initiated and carried this election ; these words expr ess at once his charter of power and the sentence of history . A sentence from our Paris Correspondent , dated Tuesday night , and just come to hand , will illustrate the morale of the sham .

    " Ihe result of the votes will astonish no one . ' Immense majority ! ' the Government papers will shout to all the winds . ' Such a majority never before known !' We may as well say , Why not absolute unanimity ? Why any contrary votes at all ? ' Because that would have proved too much . But does this majority , however large , add a jot of moral sanction or of moral force to the usurpation ? Analyze it : 500 , 060 functionaries—the army—the mass of shopkeepers who vote ' Oul' from fear of worse , in the hope of quiet and ' business '—men who have no political life or opinions , who voted enthusiastically for Caussidiere in ' 48 , and would do so for the Cossacks to-morrow , if they promised a gay season , shops crowded with customers , & c . "

    The official declaration for all France will be made on the 29 th . But we anticipate it . Up to Thursday night , the alleged poll of sixty-eight departments , although incomplete , gave

    Yes , 5 , 400 , 000 No , 000 , 000 In the department of Seine , the official result oi votes is said to be—Yes , 19 G , 7 o !); No , 95 , 571 . The official declaration of the votes of the department of tho Seine took place at the llotel-de-Ville on Wednesday morning . M . Fleuiy , member of the Council of Prefecture , took the chair . M . Bergcr , the Prefect of the Seine , in a speech to the mayors of the different arondissements , said that the department of the Seine had given a striking adhesion to the great act of December 2 , and in which the whole country would unite . The ( speech of the l ' ro ¦¦ feet was warmly applauded ; and , when the numbers hud been duly declared , the Prefect proposed that the ot

    mayors should carry the result to the . President the . Republic , which was agreed to with acclamation . As the numbers wen ; already known , the crowd round the JIotel-de-Yillo was very small , and the whole passed off with the greatest order . M . lionaparte having received the deputation , thanked the mayors for their devoted concurrence , and congratulated himself on receiving from the department of the S « ino a mark of confidence ho t ; hiking , and mill greater than had been bestowed i-. i December , 18-18 . lie would endeavour to show himself worthy of tbe confidence which France testified in him , by consecrating himself entirely to tbe happiness and prosperity of the country . Those words wen ; received with erie * of " Vive Napoleon ! " " Vivo h- ' President ! " Quito enough , that !

    From many instances g iven in the journals o tickets transgressing the prescribed form oi " < )| U ol Nun , take ; the following : — " ' Non ! from hatred to despotism , from respect to legality , from contempt for JLouis Napoleon Honapiirtc , ex-President of the Republic . ' , 'Out ! undo t . l » j pressure of the slate of siege , from fe ; ir of l » ayoiicts , ainl for the death of J- ' rcncli honour . ' 'Nun ! because thi-Constitution haH been audaciously violated l > y a gciieia of intoxicated soldiers . ' ' Non ! because ISon . iparie

    committed , on the 2 , 1 of December , the k rentes ! , ol cum . * . ' Mon ! because to say Oui would be l . o approve of p '' l < K «'» robbery , and assassination . ' ' Non ! because I wish lor the maintenance of the Republic , and the development of its instil utioiiH . ' ' N un ! because , for the Hat islnctiou of justice , Itonapai tc mid his accomplices ought to »(! eupit . ally punished . ' Over l . he word 'Oui / wriit . cn or printed in hir ^ e letters , were the wonln , ' Louis Honapiirto ia tho friend of humanity . lie will ouve -Franco from t" 0

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 27, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27121851/page/6/