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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30.

Tar rain descends upon the just and the un-
just ; and, in like manner, words of peace fall
from Imperial and privileged lips in France at once
upon believing and unbelieving ears. We are as
far as possible from desiring to be reckoned among
the molt incredulous of the vast public to which
M. lie PCIL4I..NY and his Sovereign continually
appeal. We are even glad to open our mouths
wide, and swallow all the sweet things without
cavil or complaint, provided only we are not for-
bidden to keep our eyes wide open, and our arms
in exercise. We earnestly desire the gift of
faith, but in the political world faith is not always
so accessible as hope ; and though it is said to be
able to remove mountains, it cannot at a jump
get over "natural frontiers," as defined by the
right of the strongest.
A collective and comprehensive effort on the
part of the possessors of France to arrest the
movement of distrust, and to inspire confidence in
the peaceful intentions of the Second Empire, is in
itself a wholesome and cheering sign of the times,
and very churlish we should be to disregard so
conspicuous a proof of that supremacy of opinion
to which men at the summit of absolute power
make obeisance. One could almost wish that the
memories of simple people were as conveniently
short as the memories of those lords of war and
arbiters of peace, who occasionally condescend to
make excuses with the self-accusing frankness of
mortal sufferers, more sinned against than sinning.
If, for iiustancr, we could at a moment's notice put
ek..111 away from our recollection the simple facts
of the peace of Villafrancs and the treaty of
%midi, the negotiations that preceded, and the
promises and proclamations that accompanied, the
op eivtiotiv of war in Northern Italy last year, we
should find M. oa Paasiiiiir's light and unem-
barrassed summary of those events somewhat easier
to digest. Perhaps if we were in the fortunate
position of the President of the Council General
of the Loire we might understand the use of
coloured spectacles. As plain Englishmen, we
can only view contemporary history with the naked
eye. In fairness, however, to M. DI PLICSI.:NT,
we must bear in mind that he was addressing the
readers of the Moniker.

It is no idle compliment to a distinguished man
to express our conviction that the President of
Coe Council General of the Loire has entire
confidence in the sincerity of his own emphatic
ileclarat l 11l , that " an era of peace and prosperity
" is now opening for Europe." M. us PLltsiltiNY is
known on this side of the water as a firm and
cinisiste:it friend to the English alliance. He is
.inally well known on the other side of the
water as one of the half-a-dozen Bonapartist'
ettant. lie is not one of the numerous adherents
of an Eu exam', but a devoted friend and follower,
Mee le;panee he' endured adversity and exile, and
sorvived disaster and dinfrace. Such a man as
this is no ordinary coiniscllcr : sanguine in the
darkest day of evil fortune, lie cm' iitlord to he
prudent and rimer: • o! prosperity
and ismer. The druallis of .i conspirator and the
projects of a refugee are min• intellectual phases
in the chequered experience of the grateful eomr-
rsrde never despaired of that success which
has c..nie to convert the dreams into realities and
the projects into responsibilities. Suppose that
M. PEttNioNY was in early life attracted to the
cause of the Empire by its military traditions and
its Morrows defeats. That was in poor Loris
Poo !ries time, when French republicanism was
alcirlsming the rusty sword of the Empire aipissA
it. null throat. Ten years of tranquil pommies'
id power have no doubt persuader' M. 011 Pag-
an:Ns that the safest tradition of the First Em-
pire is the folly of soaking an enemy of England;
and upon this he has spoken, advised, and
&del sa minister, friend, and ambassador, with
an undeviating frankness and fidelity which we are
proud an acknowledge. This is why ue would
rather not scrutinise too curiously the teat of M.
rat Ptilll6lll's 'invited and stnliung historical pro-
lusions. Where so mach of the id... 4 relic atopee
epee ...MP exist. between ileighbmrs why disturb
these indispensable conditions of true friendship by
jarring critical commentaries! At any rate M.
Pastaiiimir takes his " fence" " ill fine style, and
this is a merit which Englishnuns will always know
how to admire. He goes straight across country (and
• heavy country, too—Nice, i4avoy, the Rhine),
never swerving ; never so much as looking for a
gap, For example: the celebrated Hordes:ix pro-
gramme, Ll:..prr In Pair, meant that the
liwr►aoa did not pretend to abolish war;
arid he has not abolished it ; but he has " repo
'• dieted the inheritance of mere fighting."
Carping objectors are perpetually dinging the
Russian And Italian wars in the teeth of that bens-
live t pr .graimsw. but M. or e :plan at ion
is conclo-ive. These wars could not be avoided,