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    1226 ® fJ* 3Le&iie t* [Saturday ,

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    Commerce adheres to the coup d ctat, and...

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    the latter portion has a meaning of its own . It ia 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 eveTy suggestion of danger from without . The very names of Pitt and Coburg added desperation to the Heign of Terror . If it again suited the French Government to engage in hostilities , some such pretext would readily be found , and this pretext , however shallow , would be believed . It is altogether unht be struck

    certain in which direction such a blow mig — whether against the Radical or Protestant Governments of Switzerland—against the neutrality of Belgium—for territorial acquisitions in Savoy , or on the Rhine , or even , in the hardihood of defiance , against the coasts of Eng-Hand . On this point we hazard no conj u ncture , and we Ihope the time is far distant when any such conjectures » nay be hazarded . But the principle at which we would arrive , and on which we lay the utmost stress , is , that the mainte ? ia ? ice 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 we have for the pacific maintenance of that compact is the overwhelming force bv which if . 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 . Such proposals 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 1815 , 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 , Nezos : —From the inimical tone towards England , ¦ which the AssembUe Nationale is permitted to adopt , : at a period when the press is subjected to the strictest censure , it is clear that the Government of Louis Naypoleon plays into the hands of Prince Schwarzenberg : and the Czar . It is beyond doubt , I am informed , ithat the present government has established since tthe coup d ' etat an intimate alliance with the Northern Courts . The offensive mode in which Lord

    Westmoreland ' s ungracious reception by the Austrian Court has been mentioned by prints at Paris , in which M . do Morny inserts exactly what suits his ¦ wishes , is an instructive fact , when viewed in relation . to the now league of military despots in Europe . It is said that the Northern Powers will not rest amn . il the Sardinian Government has followed their example , and the Liberal party in Switzerland has been , crushed .

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    1226 ® fJ * 3 Le & iie t * [ Saturday ,

    Commerce Adheres To The Coup D Ctat, And...

    Commerce adheres to the coup d ctat , and the Bourse approves . A very numerous deputation , representing the different branches of trade and manufactures in Paris , headed by M . Sallnndrouzo de Liimornaix , the Honorary President of the Parisian Industrial Union , had on Saturday an interview of the President of the Republic . M . Gausseii , a shawl manufacturer , and member of the International Jury , addressed Louis Napoleon on behalf of the deputation as follow . " : —¦

    " Prince , — We have . witnessed with happiness the [ realization of the memorable words which you addressed 'to us on a recent occasion . You have ^ iven France security in the future . We come in the name of a great part , of the . manufacturing interest , of Paris lo expre . su to \ yoii our deep gratitude . You have restored confidence to us ; we owe to your order and labour , which constitute * hi ; strength and wealth of" ISlal . es . We have come , I ' riauce , to tell you that we place entire fuit . li in your exnJte-d windoin and in your enlightened solicitude for the true interests of French industry . "

    Loui « Nupoleon replied as follows : — " Gentlemen , ---I am delighted ' to nee that a large portion oi the manufaet . urers of Paris sympathize with the j » oliti < al measures which the safety of tlie country rendered neceHf ; ary . I hope that labour haH not . been too much interrupted in your manufactories , and that your ¦ workmen huve not , taken part , in the disturbances which have occurred . Tell them that my inont ardent , desire , in to improve their erudition , ami to favour as much an possible the development of our fine , productions . "

    A marriage is on the tapis between Louis Napoleon and a princess of Sweden . In connection with this iiewn , which reaches me from a mini private source , 1 muy mention that un Aulic ( Jouuccllor of the Czar ,

    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 Mbntailembert to congratulate him upon his letter of adhesion to the act of December 2 ,, and upon his enrolment in the consultative commission . The Constitutional 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

    in-to 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 , Andre , 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 200 , 000 f . ( £ 8000 ) , which in case of conviction may be increased to 400 , 00 () f . " 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 . " Offence ' s of the press are to . be classed in three categories : — " 1 . An attack on the President and on the principle of the Government . " 2 . 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 £ 5000 to £ l 00 , () 00 f . " Fifteen generals of brigades , twenty colonels , and various lieutenant-colonels , are promoted to the next superior rank . A correspondent of the Daily Ncio . s thus testifies to the conduct of the actual Socialists of Paris .

    " Yesterday ( the 2 ' 2 ' fid of December ) I visited several of their Associations Fraternelles . 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 an far too paltry to make n noise about . Jiy 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 ouvriern next , no one can lell . If these associations ( which , by the way , only differ from other public coffee-houses in

    that , equal copartners are substituted lor waiters ) should be dissolved , secret societies will increase beyond precedent . The ouvriers must have their public places of resort , and these places must be conducted on their own principle , or else they will be compelled , in self-defence , t . o organize some kind of a substitute . There is no army large ( Miongh to prevent this . It . in important , to observe , in this connection , that , there are nut a few soldiers of the line ainon ^ the habitu es of these institutions . I was accustomed to sue from ten to twenty of them at . an association in the Rue du Faubourg iSt . Denis all last summer , some of whom were- ollicern , and all of whom were ardent , rclormers . AnarcliitUH , no-property men , worshippers of the red flag---men opposed to law , order , and family—1 uuw nono of . The race wan never very

    uuand their morals severe . Politics are left as a thi apart . The chief government they trouble themselv « about is self-government . The responsible managers are respected throughout Paris for their integrity . Their competition with the old system is conducted in a manner above reproach . They are respected , above all , in their immediate neighbourhood . I know this from ' perso n d 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 say that not 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 « ood sense which alone can save France from the abyss towards which she now totters . "

    merous , and is now about extinct . This fact * rnno 7 ~^ T present circumstances , be stated too often or t ™ of , What the English understand by SocialismT K ° nsly ' little sympathy with as any one ; and the ^ dea of ^ f State tampering with trade , and undertaking to 'L habour , ' seems to me , as to you , like foolishnesSff The French , too , are coming round to this opiS t 1 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 charte ? nor privilege . Their one demand is for free trade and fair play . ' 1 heir associations ( of which there are over , hundred in Paris ) are at worst but little corporations nf stockholders . The wages and profits , instead of bein . r equal , as at first , are graduated according to the laborr and skill of the operatives . Their rules are sirnolp

    THE " ELECTION . " Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is elected President of the Republic for ten years , with power to grant a Constitution . Is not this simple announcem ent sufficient r Force and fraud have initiated and carried this election ; these words express 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 .

    " The 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 , 000 functionaries—the army—tlie mass of shopkeepers who vote ' Oui' 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 of votes is said to be—Yes , 19 G . 7 G 9 ; No , 95 , 57-1 . The official declaration of the votes of the department of the Seine took place at the llotel-de-Ville on Wednesday morning . M . Fleury , member of the Council of Prefecture , took the chair . M . Berger , 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 Prefect was warmly applauded ; and , when the numbers had been duly declaredthe Prefect proposed that the

    , mayors should carry the result to the President ot the ltepublic , which was agreed to with acclamation . As tlie numbers were already known , the crowd round the llotel-de-Ville was very wnall , and the whole passed off with the greatest order . M . Bonaparte having received the deputation , thanked the mayors for their devoted concurrence , and congratulated himself on receiving from the department of the Seine a mark of confidence so striking , ana still greater than had been bestowed in December , 1818 . He would endeavour to show himself worthy of the confidence which France testified in him , by consecrating himself entirely to the happiness and prosperity of the country . These words were received with erie * of " Vive Napoleon ! " " Vive lu

    President ! " Quite enough , that ! From many instances given in the journals o tickets transgressing the prescribed form oi Oui <>» Nun , take the following : — " ' Non ! from hatred to despotism , from respect to legality , from contempt for Li . uis Napoleon Bonaparte . ex-President of the Republic' ' Oui I »» lll ' r "' , pressure of the state of siege , from fear of lyiyonetH , am for the death of French honour . ' ' N . m ! because tn Constitution has been audaciously violated by a gene .

    of intoxicated soldiers . ' ' Non ! because Bonaparte , coin milled , on the 2 . 1 of December , the greatest of . <; nm 'j , Non ! because to Hay Oui would be . to approve of |» l a K » robbery , and assassination . ' 'Non ! because I wmli " the maintenance of the Republic , and the develonuie of its institutions . ' ' Won ! because , for tin- . siiiiH la « l «»» of justice , Bonaparte ami his accomplices oug ht , lo - capitally punished . ' Over the word 'Om , ' unite" printed in large letters , were the words , ' l-ouis Boiwpa' ; is tho friend of Immunity . . Ale will wave Fiance lroiu iu

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 27, 1851, page 1226, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_27121851/page/6/