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" The Government continues its persecutions of the c >?«*! Associations * and even of Mutual Assistance 5 jK £ i £ 2 pKUt of the Allier hasjust dissolved Societies . * ^ Mouiine 8 . General Geraudm , m ^ r ^ haiSolved the Fraternal Associations ^ % stone-cutters , of the cabinet-makers , and of the ^ SS ^^ aute ^ enne lias dissol ved four Mutual Assistance Societies at Limoges . ^ All the foreign refugees have received orders to naS France with the least possible delay . A great Sumber of those who have been , constantly harassed Sv the police since the pretended French-German consp iracy , are now compelled to leave this unhappy ^ AlUh ' e Working Men ' s Associations are definitively ««« flemned . The associations of cooks and of lima-. n d ? e £ are ordered to liquidate their affairs j rithout 5 ! iav . reffardless of the capital invested by a
fewpnvate individuals in their enterprises , The famous Uate £ la Bepublique , Rue de Breda , is thus in process of H ^ uidation ? The Cafe delaXibert | is selling vUs furniture by auction . The Cate du Peuple , m the Faubourg St . Antoine , with its spacious ^ rooms , and its ten billiard tables , has been sold to a brewery . The other Working Associations , such as the ioiners , the cabinet-makers , the chair and sdfa makers , the file cutters , the piano manufacturers , are equally under orders to wind up their affairs . . . . ¦ - ¦ . It would take too much time and space to give you an account of all the caf ^ s and cabarets closed * thia ¦ week in various localities . The terror of the Government is such that it is at a lossto invent new objects of suspicion . There is a decree prohibiting the use of firearms , even for sporting purposes , lest they
be used for resistance . The number of sergents de ville , already so considerable , is to be further increased j and the Municipal Guard , already double what it was in the days of Louis Philippe , is to be reinforced . . _ The parody of the Empire is kept up bravely I The nephew copies the uncle with scrupulous exactness . Not only the Ministers are reconstituted , as Phaye described , but the servants of the high functionaries of state wear imperial liveries ; for buttons * eagles surmounted with an imperial crown . The Intendant des Menus Flaisirs of his Imperial and Royal Majesty is about to be reestablished ; M . d ' . O ^— , the son of the former intendant , is selected for the office . A magnificent civil list is also talked of . The courtiers
are busy touting for their Prince ; they boast of his liberalities ; they speak of innumerable appeals to his charity since the 2 nd of December to which he has been obliged to listen , and of the necessity of giving . him the means to be generous . No other language was used , no better reasons were urged in 1831 , when a civil list for Louis Philippe was in
discussion . A word on the actual position pf Bonaparte . The latest decrees have settled his reputation with all classes . The old Conservative party , however , is the most incensed . They maintain a sullen opposition to the Government . The generals and superior officers are betrayed into a certain asperity of language , which is matter for reflection . Louis Bonaparte feels himself in more complete isolation than ever ; hence this affectation of a desire to be the man of the peasantry . His conduct towards the Legitimists , the advances he sedulously makes to
them , betray his secret anxieties . You have doubtless remarked his official order for observing the anniversary of the death of Louis XVI . as a day of mourning . The official journals had not columns enough on that day to celebrate worthily the memory of the martyr King . One of the secret reasons for this wretched farce is the claim on which the Emperor Napoleon always insisted , to be called the nephew of Louis XVI ., having married Maria Louisa , the niece of Marie Antoinette . Hence Louis Bonaparte , as the Keir of Napoleon , considers himself heir to the title of " Nephew of Louis XVI ! " One
of these fine days he will declare Henry V . a bastard , and the Bonapartists sole legitimate heirs of the Bourbon dynasty . Notwithstanding all this ostentation of official mourning , the Legitimists have now openly broken with Louis Bonaparte . Severe orders have been received from Frohadorf . The few who had rallied to the Dictator are formally censured by the Count de Chambord , to whose commands the whole party bend . The Faubourg St . Germain has decided on extending the mourning for the Duchess of AngoulSme from three to six months—a pretext for receiving no company , for spending no money , and lor punishing , the shopkeepers * enthusiasm of the 20 th « f December .
All adhesions given hitherto have been withdrawn . In a word , it is a declaration of war . Louis Bonaparte has well understood it in this sense : ho has thrown Out a bait to the party by the rcestablishment of titles of nobility . This decree waB laughed to acorn by the true noblesse . On the evening of its publication in the noble Faubourg , the question was paaaod from one to another , " Do you feol yourself jnoro of a marquis , or more of a count , or moro of a Jaron than yesterday r " a disdainful laugh invariably following , the question . , An despair of his position , Louis Bonaparte is
planning a new campaign . His object is to win over the peasants ^ the army , and the priests . " Through the priests , " he is reported to have said , " we shall have the Legitimists , who now affect to be refractory , -lhe war of the - Salons against Louis Bonaparte is organized on a formidable scale . The Government cannot conceal its * irritation- —excessive irritation . How can it resist an army . < jf sharpshooters , every shaft of whose ridicule is . mortal , and whose arrows no measure , no decree , escapes ? At first it was content to strike at men : now even women
are marked for vengeance * A dozen or so of ladies of distinction are mentioned , who have received orders from the police to retire to their country estates . One Was politely asked , to which of her chateaux she would prefer to retire ? This was the formula of the Emperor . Many have been warned , in terms of menace , to be circumspect . But all these rigorous measures only exacerbate and intensify the irritation : they drive the disease in , without curing it . In this respect the Government may be said to be reduced to desperation .
On Saturday was * the first grand ball at the Tuileries . The high society insulted poor Louis Napoleon by returning his cards of invitation . The bourgeoisie were in . the first instance ambitious of admission ; but the decrees of confiscation disgusted them , so that Louis Bonaparte was obliged to content himself with his own lackeys , officers , and functionaries—a goodly co ' mpany in number ! Immense preparations had been made for this _ fete , which we are to consider the preface of a series of similar entertainments . It was to dazzle the refractory by its magnificence—to reconcile them with the powers that be- —and , above all , to convince them of the necessity of a liberal civil list , to make provision for these splendours , arid to represent France with dignity . _ ¦
There were about 4500 invitations sent out . At the last moment it was feared that the decrees of the 23 rd instant might diminish the numbers ; and , under this impression , only certain saloons were thrown open . Hence the crowd was so dense and so compact , that towards eleven o ' clock the circulation became very difficult . The President was in the uniform of a lieutenant-general . All the ambassadors of foreign sovereigns attended . Even Mr . RiVes , the Envoy of the United States , who was absent from the first reception after the coup d ' etat , was there . The presence of the Ministers of Spain , of Naples , of Belgium , of Saxony , of Wurtemberg , of Brazil—all powerful allies of the house of Orleans
—was remarked . Early in the evening the President received the Diplomatic Corps in private audience . He did not dance . The ball was opened by the Marchioness of Douglas and Prince Poniatowski . Among the absent were MM . de Morny , Rouher , de Montalembert , and Boulay de la Meurthe . On the other hand , the presence of M . Fould , _ notwithstanding His resignation , created a suspicion that his resignation might be only a feint , as in last October . The presence of M . Drouin de L'Huys was also commented upon , as he had refused a portfolio as lately as the 22 nd , and was reported to be opposed to the confiscations . Of the
Bonaparte family there were present , Louis Lucien , the President ' s cousin ( said to be named his successor by the secret article of the Constitution ) , the Prince de Canino , and the ex-King Jerome . I need not say that neither of Jerome ' s sons was present . The Princess Mathilde , all radiant with diamonds , appeared to be still suffering from her recent earnest supplications on behalf of the house of Orleans . Among the " beauties , " the most admired were MM . Rogier , Kalerdji , Gallitzen , Silveyra , of the diplomatic corps ; Madame Lehon , who was ever the ornament of M . de Morny ' s f&tes , was absent . The Scottish costume
of the Marquis of Douglas , and the uniforms of many Russian , Polish , and English officers , attracted great attention . A colonel of the Emperor of Russia ' s Mounted and Noble Body Guard , was remarked for his jack boots ; the Court dress at St . Petersburg is certainly < 4 la culptte . " A sprinkling of Oriental costumes , among others a Persian Prince , more resplendent with diamonds and precious atones than even the Princes of Nepaul , flashed through the throng . A few of the ladies were observed to incline to a revival of the Imperial fashions , if shorter petticoat * and higher waists may be deemed indications of
tendencies prepense . . , Not a little laughter was excited at this apparition of a mode which makes a woman with her waist up under her arms look like an umbrella half sheathed . At midnight , the President took the atm of Madame Lucien Murat , and proceeded to the long gallery , where the supper was served . To resume , it was impossible to conceal , oven on the countenances of the intimates of M . Louis Bonaparte , a shade of dejeor tion , a kind of painful sense of the isolation into which the last decrees had thrown him , even with the
modcruto party . e Yesterday ( Monday ) , the list of the Council of State was published , without the list of the Senate which waa to have accompaniod it . It is composoa of MM . Baroohe ( Vice-President ) , Maillard , Rouper , Delanffle . Parrieu , Magne , Admiral Leblanc ( President of Sections ) , General Allard , Barbaroux , lerdinand
BarrOt , Quentin Bauchart , Bpinvilliers , Boudet , Bbnjean , Boulatignier , Boulay , Carlier , Charlemagne , Michel Chevalier , Conti , Cornudetj Cuvier , Dariste , Denjoy , Flandin , Frimy , Ch . Giraud , Godelle , Hermann , Janvier , Lacaze , Lefevre , Leroy , Marchand , Stourm , Suin , ¦ Thorl gny Villemain ( intendant militaire ) j Yuillefroid , Vuitry , WaisSr The list was considered rather weak . It has , in fact , been modified since the 23 rd . MM . Paravey and Chasseloup-Laubat are spoken of among those who declined nomination . Some of the best names of the old Council of State are excluded , such as MM . Vivien , Rivet , Dunoyer , Horace Say / De Rerineville . St . Aignan , Bethmont , Tarle , Gauthier de Rumilly , Hely d'Orsol , &c .
The absence of Legitimists is also to be observed . I have heard that the Portfolio of Finance was offered to M . Audiffret , a celebrated economist , and one of the cleverest men of the Legitimist party . It is said that he was removed from his own house to the Elysee by a sort of amicable lettre de cachet , but that he firmly resisted all the cajoleries of the President . A letter of M . Dupin to the President is much talked about . I have the text before me . The first part of this letter attacks with great force of reasoning the decree of the 23 rd as an attack on property . " M . Dupin concludes by protesting that he is confirmed in his resolution ( to resign his post of Procureur-General of the Court of Cassation ) " by every Christian notion of what is just and of what is unjust . "
The Moniteiir contains a note that the Government " renounce , henceforth , exceptional measures . " This is a concession to public opinion . It is the consequence of a conversation which the President had with one of his most devoted friends , M . Viellard , who acquainted him with the alarming reports in circulation since the decrees of confiscation . These decrees , however , are nearly forgotten in the announcement of others far more serious and far more important , which have created a deep impression on Exchange , and caused a fall in the funds . I speak of three decrees ; one to impose a progressive income-tax ; another a tax on the rente , a third
suppressing the wine duties . Grave news from Algeria . The Kabyles are again in insurrection . M . de St . Arnaud is to take the field against them , leaving to General Hautpoul the Ministry of War . The list of senators appears at last in the Moniteur this morning ( Tuesday ) . The list contains really none but the nobles of the Empire ; the high names of the true old noblesse of France are not to be found . The names of MM . de Beauveau , d'Audiffret , de Caumont , and de la Force , are included . It is a shameful falsification . These gentlemen had anticipated their appointment by declining to be named ; their names were maintained in spite of all protests . Once more , the tactics of the Empire ! S .
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A meeting of " associated workmen took place in a certain quarter of Paris on Monday night . Thirtyfive men representing the different operative associations , whose productions often deserve to be ranked amongst works of art , held a conference to discuss the propriety of emigrating to the United States of America . The first and principal speaker was an operative cabinetmaker , whose productions attracted , it is said , much attention at the late London Exhibition . He spoke in substance to this effect : —
" The events which have recently taken place in France have changed the conditions of existence of the fraternal associations , which were founded immediately after the great revolution of February . What is wanting to the new institutions we adopted in good faith , and realized with success , is liberty . The principle of association is the enfranchisement of labour . Our success has shown ua that we were right in adopting that principle . But at this moment one vital element fails us . I do not now allude to political liberty ; the question that interests us is too grave to be lost sight of in the excitement of useless digression . Nevertheless , it is impossible forme , when laying before you our situation , as my associates
have oharged me to do , to avoid pointing out to you the danger that menaces us under the pretext of these political reasons on which I prefer being silent . You are aware that , in a great number of places , such as Lyons , Limoges , and Lille , the operative associations of every corps hav e been suddenly dissolved by the authorities . You know it has been said that these associations were merely secret societies in disguise . You are also aware that the Prefecture of Police has ordered the erasure of the word ' Association ' written on the walls of Paris as indicating the site of our ateliers and our shops . Those aota are full-of meaning ; they show that the Government ,
deceived with respect to ua ^ and badly informed as to theobject of our statutes , looks upon us as dangerous . It believes our agglomeration pernicious to order and to public security , and it wishes to break it up . Ycb , it is my firm oonviotion that what has been done at Lille , at Lyons , and Limoges , against our brethren of the operative associations , will be done in Paris against us . Wo shall be compelled to quit our workshops , and to romune our former condition of more mercenaries—working for wages aa we were before . Remember , my friends , what the Archbishop of PariB said to us some months ago : —' You have done a beautiful and holy act—you have made yourselvea free . In other oporative establishments I find a master and
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 31, 1852, page 95, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1920/page/3/
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