The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-14 00:00:00

POLICY OP NAp(LEON

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(From the Dailg News (f this day.)
In the name of the free me of England let it
b e dis
reception,ti nfor the
and cor-
dialand Empress of the French, the Emperor
i 4 meant as an.expres-
sionof England bear to the nation of the good-will and. estegu which the people
these illustrious guests of ourQ
loyalty which—so far as the ueen as their Sove-
reigns. We honour the saileitY) firmness, and
which has accepted
of ascertaining-=have characterised the part taken
public lit.vs the means
by. Napoleon 111. in the OrOntal struggle. We
admit the humanity with witch he has exercised
the absolute power which he his acquired in France.
But we should be false to our principles—and to
the great interests of humanity which we advocate
and defend—did we not, on Os, as on all suiting
occasions, express our deep aid enduring regret at
his havingsubstituted A utociatic for Parliamentary
. o_ltfehil estsehephrmonument
government in France, and at the means he em-
ployed to do so. Material wgfare, the successful
cultivation of art, science, and literature, and the
ascendancy of the law, are great blessings for a
nation. But of infinitely more importance than
all of them is civil liberty, the only stock upon
which they can be permanently engrafted. For
the sake of the Emperor bintself—endowed as he
is with many admirable qualities—hwe
prlaoegeredttherelation of.antagonism in wh
him-
self to the supporters of Parliamentary government:
The French nation has attained to that grade of
moral and intellectual developement in which a
free press and potwporauholeiaossrhttabrenBprhesentative institutions
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questionably
France.
so :u
Andonn-
w-D, standing conviction strikes
Statue
the column of
aown
which
. theh lPonts
nye ides, which
the reflection
entwined its e the
dynastic
1. lc sur-
mmt haoeyu nPntolsawciet
be, Vendome
tregarded
o
d by
Napoleon has inextricably
ambition of of
thatN aapsotleob
enbla
s. i s
It is
ramifica-
tions with the pursuits of all classes in France, and
that admission into the Legion of Hon
founded
by Napoleon, is the one great
ever
Frenchman. The claims
families in France have become obsolete
Louis Philippe, in. his desire to court. When
brought back the remains of
Napoleon popularity,
Helena, he confessed by the act that the I. from St.
tatives of that monarch, could alone b represen-•
the character of legitimate Sovereignse entitled to
Matters standing thus, there eaube in France.
a patient and loyal adllerence on the "'doubt that
Napoleon to the principles of
plpart of Louis
vernment, after his election to be ar tamentary go-
French Republic, would ha President of the
hive enabled him t
ob-
tain for his family an authority o
with which the office of ~.. analogous to that
madholder •
centuries the family of Orange in th Invested for
viuces. A constitutional e United monarchy,Prd-
with the social relations and- upllie Opinion of
n o accordance
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France, might thus have been founded an pi
loped for as
perpetuity. In his over-haste d deve-
loped
family permanently, Napoleon te to establish
111, has snatched
at unconstitutional power and constructed
Go-
vernment on a less secure—on
arutd his
ephemeral basis. It is net tottering and
easy—.especially for
foreigners--.to see how he is to extricate himself
from the false position he has taken
up. *
who knows France and Frenchmen
the permanent occupationtheFrench throne
can doubt that
can. only be secured toads family by But no one
of
Pioll3 to the spirit of the age, LI Y large conces-
at then COUcefoitals