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painful incarceration would render them in any respect less sanguinary or more peaceable than before P If such an event were " to happen , what might not be the fate of this country , if she were then found with a democratic government in power , a disbanded army , and her sole national defences the childish , twaddling dogmas of Mr . Cobden and his precious Peace Association ! ( Vehement " and continued cheers . ) To avert so great a calamity as that , he ( Mr . Knightley ) had great hopes that moderate and independent men would join in support of the present government ; and though they might not perhaps coincide with them in opinion upon every subject , regard that government , with Lord Derby at its head , as the chief barrier to the advance of democracy , and the greatest champion of the Protestant faith . "
Prom the country gentlemen at table Mr . Knightley carried away the lion ' s share of the applause . He is not a bad type of the overbearing politicians who allow him to be their mouthpiece .
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LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ From oub own Correspondent . ] Letter XL . Paris , September 28 , 1852 . Uonapatcte pursues the career of his triumphs . From Lyons he proceeded to Grenoble , from Grenoble to Valence , from Valence to Avignon , from Avignon to Marseilles , from Marseilles to Toulon . Everywhere , according to the Moniteur , the entire population rush to meet him , and to greet him with
the warmest enthusiasm : everywhere , according to the same Monilenr , he is saluted with cries of Vive VEmpereur ; throughout the course of his progress triumphal arches of flowers and evergreens gladden his approach , while every house is adorned with flags and streamers by day , and with illuminated lamps by night . Everywhere the most enthusiastic inscriptions endeavour to express the pretended sentiments of the pojralation . How much of truth is there in all this ? The following edict of the Mayor of Valence will be a sufficient answer : — -
" As early a . s ten o ' clock in the morning- the proprietors and occupiers of the houses , situated in the . streets and in the squares through which the cortege is to pass , will decorate ( devronl pavoiser ) their windows with flags of the national colours , and at night there will be a general illumination . All contraventions to this order ( disposition ) will be legally reported . " This edict of M . Sapov , mayor of Valence , which we
read at full length in the Conrrier de la Drome , is perfectly explicit . No citizen has liberty to take refuge in the dignity of silence . He must illuminate his house and decorate his windows , under penalty of being had up before the magistrates . Such is the nuked fact : observe too that Valence is full of legitimists . Let us now see how the Moniteur which alone possesses the monopoly of tho public ear announces the entry of the President into Valence . We shall then bo able to
judge of the measure ol its veracity . " The enthusiasm is at ifs height ; . The presence of the hero of the great name in which I- ' rane-e fakes pride , lvcalls Io this city ( he sojourn that the chief of the Napoleonic dynasty made within her walls at the opening of his brilliant career . The cry ol" five /' ICmjx'j-riir resounds on every side wilh an inexpressible excitement , ( enl' ra . inentenl ) on i lit * passage of the new liberator of his country . " The recital of ( . he reception at Grenoble i , s full of the same exaggeration . " Kverywliere , " says the Moniteur , " the windows arc decorated with banners : the imperial emblems glitter at every
point of the town , immense t ranxpai cncies bear the following inscriptions : " five Napideon- 111 ' . / " " I'ire V l <] uipt ' . reur ! " " To the 1 'hnpire ( 1 ' i ' iiiublc . -nut a ever faithful r " To the l <] mperor , 7 lh Mareh , I SI 5 ! " " To . N < tpt > leon III ., his iininitrt ' at " . imf of Dccetuhcr / ' ' " lire r I ' , // perenr A ' ttpofeou . /// . / " It is scarcely three wcc ' is since that same Grenoble professed so deep a contempt for I ' owaparfc , that the town would not even admit into its municipal council the Mayor and deputies imposed e . r ofjicto upon 11 . b y the Government . ; and these magistrates , who are supposed to possess the assent , of the population , were not , even named municipal councillor ; -:, because t bey were nominated by Itonap . ute . And ( here are r . ensible people who seriously
imagine ( bat in a . town actuated by such feelings the population is an accomplice in the eliigusting imperial adulations inscribed upon tin' transparencies which were got up to perfection by ( . lie authorities . At , Lyons it , was even worse . It is now an ascertained fact , that , on the Sunday when llonaparte made bis entry into ( hat city be was greeted by the workingmen with the MHiuiiiMous shout ol" / 'iiu : fi t- / 'eji / i / dii / nr ! a ' ¦ real , number of arrests wen ) made on ( bat . account . The men who escorted the President were furious , and even desired to charge the crowd . Some were toppled oil" their horses : Colonel 1 'Meury ( the . same who n month ngo was inspecting nil tho vulnerable , points ol tbi ! Knglish count ) was unhorsed . Another personage of the entourage , J \ l . Mvtwlio do Loiano had Inn Jey
broken . Here , too , as everywhere else , orders had been given to decorate the windows with flags . The orders were obeyed ; but by way of protest , every flag without exception bore tho famous republican device : Liberte , JEgalite , Fraternite . The Ministerial journals were obliged to confess the fact . See now how the Moniteur recounts the reception of Bonaparte at Lyons . " Never was the city of Lyons more brilliant or more animated . In the day time , garlands of flowers , at night magnificent illuminations marked his passage , and throughout His Highness was welcomed with the most enthusiastic manifestations of the popular hopes and sympathies . "
These pompous official reports are all rank falsehood , then ! But what is the object ? To prepare the Empire : little matters it whether Bonaparte do , in fact , receive ovations or rebuffs , provided that the Moniteur proclaim the lie aloud to France and to Europe : the end is attained . For what other reason is it that the circulation of the Moniteur is doubled , tripled , quadrupled , by every conceivable effort . The editors of the other journals were summoned to the Ministry of the Interior , and there informed that they could have copies of the telegraphic despatches twenty-four hours in advance . The gaping noodles fell into the trap laid for them , and so , by the extended publicity they have volunteered to give to these despatches , they have made themselves accomplices in the great work of falsehood .
For some days past copies of the Moniteur are stuck up on every dead wall in Paris , and the suburbs , to feed the curiosity of the crowd . About 1200 copies are used in this way daily . An immense publicity is required to mislead the public . It is imagined that the intelligent population of Paris , struck by the enthusiastic demonstrations recounted in the Monileur , will contentedly accept a regime saluted by the vivats of alJ France , and discouraged by the pressure of false reports , abandon any hopes they may still cherish . The whole order of Government is a calculated system of falsehood . Probably even the conspiracy of Marseilles is a fabrication of the police . I give you the terms in which the Moniteur of Monday last announced the discovery to France : —
" By a despatch dated this day , the Government has learnt , that , on the 21 th hist ., an infernal machine was seized at Marseilles . It is composed of four principal pieces of ordnance , and of 250 ordinary gun-barrels . The barrels contained 15 C 0 balls . The authors of the plot -are arrested , and all its ramifications known . It is in the hands of justice . " Now , according to the Monileur , it is on the 2-ith hist , that the detection of the machine was effected at
Marseilles , and on Saturday the 25 th , the news reached the Exchange at Paris , and occasioned a fall of one franc . A . s early as the 25 th hist ., incredible ; details were circumstantially related , details which the Monilenr has published : details which no telegraph , aerial or electric , could possibly have transmitted in the time . "A secret society , entitling ilself ' Les Vengcurs , ' had been organized ( said the report ) at , Marseilles , with ( he iutcni . ion of making an attempt on the life of the President . An infernal machine bad been resolved , and promptly completed . It was composed of 250 gunbarrels , and ( bur blunderbuss barrels , ( canons dr .
tromhlon , ) of powerful calibre , the whole divided into twenty-eight compartment s ; these twenty-eight pieces hail been , for greater precaution , deposited in twentyeight dillereiit pi . ices , until ( he moment a , place could be found to fix and p ut the machine together . The con-pirators ( ben occupied themselves with the choice of : i situation , which should naturally be situate ! on the passage of the IVnu-e President . They first , ( ixe'el their e-hence o : i a first story in a house in ( be K . ue el'Aix , whither the'V were' fe > remove ' , and raise- the' machine on Hit- uiifhi previous to that , in which the Pivsielcnt , wns to arrive- at . Marseilles . " " It was seized em that , spot , " aelds the Monileur , caug ht , in a flagrant , cemtradiction . It was not to have been Net up before the night , of
the 2-M , h how the'ii could it have breii stL ' . ed e > n the 211 . 11 , when it had not been removed inle > the ; house in question i' . However , it may be , here- we- fiuel the little I ' onapurfe with his internal machine ' , too , like- the ( 1 real , only , his police bring more skilful , fbiiJ . is to say , i ( se : ll orv-iini / . ing I he conspirucy , he ; will cnje > y I hr 'honour ol having ine-urred an inmie'iise danger without having mi > the ! risk . The people of I'Yance , u . e > i . withstanding the . ir e'lil hu .-iiasni , don't , hcciii let appreciate- enough the ) iiunieiisity of the ! service's that IJoiiiipnrtr lvndered to soe-iet y <> it the 2 nd of De'ce'inher , in ne'i / ing t . lit * supreme ) powe'r by ( brer . No doubt , the F-lysce thought , that , whe'ii I'Yiinces panic-struck , should le'iirn that , she ! bael we'llnigli relnpseel infe > the horrible' convulsions of imurcliy , . she- would throw herself into the arms of her deliverer ,
incontinent ! Double l . lut usual number of copies ol the ! Monileur were p lacarded on 'hat day . It fell e > n « fSundny , to a nicety : uh on the next day ( ho Purin
elections were to take place , and it was hoped that th immense danger they had just escaped would arouse th apathy of the electors , who would not stir a step to e .-eroise the privilege of a vote I As I write , Bonaparte is at Toulon , whither our Mediterranean squadron has been expressl y recalled to celebrate his coniing with manoeuvres , evolutions and sham fights . Thence he will return to Marseilles ' and will afterwards proceed into Languedoc , where the prefects are busily preparing the same ovations that have marked his passage hitherto . Throughout the departments of the South one hears , of nothing but edicts and ordinances of the prefects and mayors enjoining the municipalities and the citizens to fetfi the
President . The Prefect of Toulouse , among others has indited a circular which even the Gascons , who should be good connoisseurs , call a gasconnade . Not content with his first success , this prefect has published the following instructions : — " The mayors of the several communes will select a certain number of citizen s to accompany them to Toulouse , and to be presented to the President . MM . les Maires , will take care to bring with them the flags and the banners by winch their communes may he distinguished ; MM . les Maires will specially invite the societies of Mutual Assistance to be represented at this solemnity . Such rural communes as may have fifes , and drums , and hautboys , will bring them . The mayors and their deputies will wear
their official scarfs . They will see that the drummers and the musicians adorn their button-holes and their hats with ribands and flowers , &c , &c . " Is not this enough to prove how factitious is all this enthusiasmto word of command ! In the midst of all the forced adulations which the race of courtesans has invented to fete the President , the Prefect of Agen has distinguished himself by a new invention . Beside the tri-coloured flag will wave the flag of green and gold , the colours of the President ; such is the decree this prefect has delivered . We « ve then a new national flag , the flag of green "" & gold , like the livery of the President ! Th * livery of this man ' s menials for a flair—that is « H we deserve !
Bonaparte does not alewe receive triumphs and ovations . It appears that Granier dc Cassagnac competes with him for triumphal arches . We read in the Courrier de Gers— " M . Granier de Cassagnac continues to receive from the population of the Gers testimonies of gratitude deservedly due to the man who took so energetic a part in the re-establishment of order , and whose devotedness to the person and the policy of the President is so well known . Sunday last a bouquet was offered to him at Aignan in the name of the municipal authorities , and the notable inhabitants of all the communes of the canton . M . Granier de Ciissagnsic was received at the entrance of the town under a triumphal arch elegantly decorated by the ladies of tho
place . M . Laignoux , " mayor , having at his side Inn deputy , M . Laflbnt , the municipal council , the c / ertth the ; ¦ mayors , the justices of the pence , the gendarm erie * and lite other functionaries of the canton , and surrounele-dby n gre ! at concourse ! of inhubU ^ s , mWroxseU to him a ' speech , to which M . C ^ nier dc ¦ CasHi . gimr 1
receives r' , They both draw up the programme of their tnuni ]) i >« for thenisulvoj , the ! one in the Monilenr , the otlmr m the : Courrier tin ( Jen . Their enel is the ! same : \ w one object of both is to sound fclirt trumpet , and to < ' » " lec . l , a crowd of curious fools beiibrc their ntagc - 1 O it is for both an enterprise ! de rfelame . The oii ^ I m'I' " to obtain credit with his tailor ; the other , to win U « - geioel graces of the ; nation . Memnteibunks both .
Mrimwliile , transportutie > ns Io Cayenne and Al tf « ' ^ continue . Old ae-cusut ienis aro exhumed , and niuii . Y poor citizen who hael be-en lc . it , in pence for »'» u ' ^ is Hiielelenly te > rn from his family , and shipped lor cM ^ - 1 'Wty-two ' citizens in a soutbe ' rii department " <' '' ccnMy shipped , aU ! etlr , onboard the fill" <<<¦ . < l «« , t ' . v , and -sent , to Alge'ria . Might oth . 'rs , w io ^ bee'u e-ontineel within a pciml district , anel "ll () exceeded the- limits of the town to whi « l » Mh ' . Y ussi-ncd , have- been shipped for ( Jnyeuue ; ^^ jT / ojii / eur desenbe-s them as eonvielx who have ' theiban <¦
r . . .,,, innr linn . - f illSA great , many municipal councils hiive ; i " ' ' (>( . peiwl .-el , on the ! pretext , that Miey nn > e-oiupose ^ ^ publicans , while ! I'Yance is monarchie ^ -impc' " " ^ ^ . || i ( you may win-eely believe this , I subjoin the d . 'orce ^ Wefect of ( he ! Vur , who , for h ' w share , »" ^ J ,,, „ , „( , tiftceii municipal council * in his e > no ucj ) ^ ^ " Having examined the lints ( proem vertm'U ) ^ municipal councils of fifteen communes of - - j ^^ ,, Hide-ring that t . beinajorityol" nietmborH ce > mp «>»>» tf ^ ji ( J nicipul couucilH of the undermentioned com "
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$ 36 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 2, 1852, page 936, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1954/page/4/
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