Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-01-22

on. He is ever hoping that his friends will
soon organize q su insurrection, that his
prison doors Kill be broken open, aud that Louis
Philippe will again be fleeing, before the name
of Napoleon, into exile. Louis Philippe has
offered Louis Napoleon his liberty if he will
give his word of honor that he will never make
another attempt to excite Instruction, and will
leave the territory Of France with the pledge
never to return. He, however, has thus far re-
fused to accept his liberty upon these conditions.
1t is, however, said that he begins to be weary of
his many years of Imprisonment; though he is
probably sustained by the hope, that when the
strong arm of Louis Philippe shall be broken by
death, he may be translated bya new revolution
from his castle prison at Ham, to reign in the
palace at Versailles.
Louis Philippe has made the most vigorous
arrangements in reference to the anticipated po-
litlcafce Fns atthe period Of his Death
The calamiteis death Of his eldest son, the Duke
of Orleans, who was to have succeeded his IA
Their on the throne, was an overwhelming Attic
ton to the family. This young man possessed
great energy of character, and dWas highly pop
uIar with the French nation. And Louis Philippe
had been gradually placing the reins of empire
in his hands, that he might be prepared for the
emergencies which would probably accompany
his ascent to the throne. The son of the late
Duke of Orleans, who is now a lad of seven OF
eight years of age, having the title of Count de
Paris, is the heir to the throne. OF him Of
course, little is known, and he can have, person
ally, no friends or power. But his claims will
be sustained by all the influence, moral and phys
ical, of tie friends Of the present government
The secoAd son of Louis Philippe, the Due de
Nemours, has been appointed Regent during the
minority of the Count de Paris. The Due de
Nemours is, however very unpopular, both witt
the people and the army. He is said to possess
all the aristocratic haughtiness of the old Bour
bons.
Louis Philippe is now far advanced in life
He has already passed his threescore years ant
ten. Soon he must die. And the great ques
ton in France and in Europe is, who will sue
coed him? Will France, after another bloody
strife, become a republic under an elected pres
ident, according to the prevailing wishes Of the
populace? Or will the son Of the Duchess du
Berri, the nearest lineal descendant, and conse-
quently the legitimate monarch, now an exile
from the country where his ancestors have fol
generations reigned, regain the crown, supported
as he will be by nearly all the old nobility o
France, and by most of the crowned heads o
Europe. Or will Louis Napoleon, upon whom
would fall by hereditary descent, the crown o
the gzratl Bonanarte, succeed in unfurling will
neetdARGNro u~ idol banner of his imperia
grandsire, and thus rally the enthusiasm of tina
discontented army which can never forget it
leader at Marengo, and Austerlitz, and Lodi p
Or will the grandson of Louis Philippe, the Coun
de Paris, receive by inheritance the crown whicI
his grandfather received by election? Or viii
France, rent by the conflicts of these diverse
parties, become the blood-deluged theatre of civ
il war, till anarchy and the reign of terror agaiI
give place to the military despotism of anothe
Napoleon?
In view of all these probabilities, there is
cloud of terrible menace suspended over the tl
ture destiny of the nation. France is now en-
Toying for season comparative repose. As tn,
death OF Louis Philippe will probably be thC
signal for the pealing thunder to break, and the
elemental tempest to rage, even we republicans
may be pardoned for cxclaiming for this once
Good save the King"