That name is the only tradition dear to them, and it is deeply dear.

That a man bearing it, and appealing at the same time to the whole people upon democratical principles, should be answered from the heart of the people, should neither astonish, nor shame, nor enrage anybody.
An editor of the 'National,' a friend of ours, feels this so much, that he gnashes his teeth over the imprudence of the extreme Reds, who did not set themselves to trample out the fires of Buonapartism while they had some possibility of doing it.

'Ce peuple a la tete _dure_,' said he vehemently.
As to military despotism, would France bear _that_, do you think?
Is the French army, besides, made after the fashion of standing armies, such as we see in other countries?
Are they not eminently _civic_, flesh of the people's flesh?
I fear no military despotism for France, oh, none.

Every soldier is a citizen, and every citizen is or has been a soldier.
Altogether, instead of despairing, I am full of hope.

It seems to me probable that the door is open to a wider and calmer political liberty than France has yet enjoyed.