The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-23 00:00:00

THE FRENCH AMNESTY.

The Oat Deutsche Post is at present the only Ger-
man newspaper that bite published its opinion of the
amnesty granted by the Emperor Napoleon. The
close of the article runs thus :
Napoleon 111., by his amnesty, will perhaps not acquire
many new friends ~r partisans, but hal:Moms a great signory
over his deaconries, in alarming to them by the smarty
that he does not tom them. _ .

Confidence in itself, and the consciousness of its own
strength, its the firmest support' of army government, and
they have so much the greater power when they are dis-
pkyed by noble magnanimity. And now that Napoleon
shows the confidence he hex in his strength by opening
again the gates of the country to his declared elversaries—
now that in hie good fortune he feels himself disposed to
alleviate, as far as it depends on him, the intefortane

of tha7e'who suffer from 'having been Through principle
opposed to his fortune—he is thereby doing more to
strengthen his throne than by all his laws, however se-
acre, of general safety ; and se moreover it requites on the
part of Napoleos • courage purely personal to give freeloui
to Lie Memento enemies, that are probably sot to be conci-
liated, this set gloritice the empire in the eyes of the French
more than a hundred beaten gained by the marshals.
If now the government of Napoleon 111. bas atmtned such
a degree of strength as to permit it to oppose to its domes-
tic enemies ibis courageous confidence In tbielf, this sublime
magnanimity, the foreigner hes • thousand reasons for
weighing most earnestly this enormous progr,se of the se-
cond empire. Hitherto the fear of seeing the preponderance
of FOlllOll establishe i has been counterbalanced in the eyes
of many by the thought [het the imperial sway at home wee
too weak to be risked on greater eaterpriers &hoed. Bat the
more this hypotheaie loses of its probability the more the
contrary hypothesis gains ground, which i., that
the woad empire will pursue in the world the
same matte taken by the first, sod that afire it
has made eserifitee for its seaway at hums it will endea-
vour to guarantee itself against the unessintee that, rightly
or wrongly, it Is inspired with from abroad.
The moment the Nepoleonien system shall be completely
triumphant within, it will feel Mead urged to develop that
which oonsaintes he foundation of its historical nature; in
other words, to propose itself as norm and model for all
Europe. Already m its most palatal beginnings at home it has
remained tree to this nature, and obtanel euccerses without
that were la exact ratio to those it had obtaloed • akin. This
orrhowads progress will be incessantly followed up. For
each step Is edam* taken in the interior, en attempt will be
reads to educe the principle abroad that ham been followed
at hoses.

It arm the antaistant system of the first empire to guaran-
tee, @moue, end extend by foreign domination, the fora its
samosas, at boom bed givon it. This aymatu has not been
destroyed by the interval that has elapsed between the WI
of Napoleon 1. and the acossoion of Napoleon 111. to the
throne, for so Napoleon 111. has said in bit celebrated work,
Napoleoniam is an Imo irtal idea that is called upon to
Bayern tke world."