New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-25
FRANCE.
Political and ether Matters.
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paRrs Tnursfay. sent II

ECItCr-lu-Ch.ti. ". SO l1 tItIolnltlf, ana Occn-
PIES nearly page is object IS % show ihlt
the President. IN no, placing himself AZ the head
OF the Democracy, when he was placed AZ Sac
head of a nation calling rs r Republic. com
ml,,ed grave and irretueyab,e trror. This Is
tie political object OF the article But }, has
some points apart from politics that are Of IN
terest 20 transatlantic readers The following
portrait both ot he inwam and outward man.
or as The French siy.e II, appreciation, Is IA
vorablc example Of Partisan newspaper hton-
ture
What 5 This problem which stands before my
pencll look for hight upon this face. but hnd moth
Ing but shadow. On examining Z closely. cannot
prevent my thoughts from recurring 10 that cold.
sombre. sinister, impossible lma." that vas called
the iron Mask. | have somew here read IN the an
naiS Of that time tha, the guardians OF that mystic
nous parsonage observed that a strange phenomenon
took place during the progress o. that tern0lc
drama Life vas - condensed. vitality was con
ceutra;Cd under thai niCXole envelope. It had such
a 10 ed OF makTg Itself seen anu felt that u seemed
from tine 10 time 10 manifest It>ei through the
steel. which /, animated a. n nigh; nave done hui
man viSage Then the mask underwent al the
changes OF nature. You could see the veins tha'
papraied The bps that moved. the temples that
thTobbed. the eyes that daTted fire The masS had
become a man
Thus this face inert and passive IN appearance, Is
nothing more than the mask OF active and ardeOt
interior lie. Hls ewes seem extngushed. but they
deep a. the thoughts INTO which they some
umes rlungC, and which spring up 10 their orbit, as
fame rlzes from the spot where II Is Slndled. HIS
head Is SCmbTe fatality, but II = vast a con-
cepon His lIpS pale but they are tine, delicate
dl,creet slightly apdr,luSt enough 20 allow passage
tie uTlet anC PRECISE expression OF a VIII that has
rejected ard decided HIS words slow. indOlent
and drawing. but they are sure OF themselves, ana
tn apparent indifference 5 only excess OF confidence
AuCacity yeiied by umIdlty resolution dlSSembled
by micness mGexlolty redeemed ~ goodness
life under marble. Grc beneath The aSheS-ln short
something OF Augustus and OF Thus under the fea-
lures Of Wtrter that type # German reyenge->uch
appears touS Louis Napoleon Bonapartc.
This portrait, drawn from nature, renders the
whole man annelllelble. The opposite opinions formed
OF him are thus juSuled. We can understand how
one man conScIcntious'y doubts the intellectual su-
pCTorty of Louis Napoleon. and how another ex-
ats Il Almost Wlth fandticiSm. LOUIS Napoleon Is
superior man, bat OF that sort OF superiority that lies
ma under doubtful exterior iiiS !lie Is wholly
LWart. HIS speech does rot helrAy BIS inspiration
hlS gesture does not indicate hls carng his looN
doc, rot reflect hS or ms walk does not reveal
his resolution. His whole moral nature Is. 50 20
SPEAK. restrained BY his physical nature lie thak>
but does not discuss. lie decides, but does not de-
hteae. He acts but does not agltate Hepronounce>
but doe, not give ms reasons HIS best friends do
nos know INN. lie commands confidence, out never
asks for IT. The eve OF the expedition against BOi-
IoCne, Gen Montholon promised toiolio~ hlm. viii
Out knowing where he WAS gong Every day ne pre-
listens to everything, speaks little and yields moth
ing With one word. curt and precise as an order OF
the day he settles the most conEroyered questions
But v "a tn, ll1CNblliy Oi WILL there Is nothing
iyranncal or absolute IN The form oi H. expression
lie gets the asoendancy without numlailng queen
horensc called hun the WiMy obstinate, and TINS
maternal opinion IS IN eyery respect true
After lamentlng that the President, after hav-
ing skilully won complete independence IN his
authority. and disengaged himself from connec-
tons which annoyed him, did not have the good
fortune to rally under his banner those lntell
gent masses who constitute public opinion and
govern the destlnies Of country, NJ. de Ia Guer-
ounitre says
How happens It that the man who thought 10 get
uoss. Sson OF rance at Strasburg and BOulogne, VITA
no other night than that of his name, with no other
army than few faithful friends fans To TINS ek,entIh
iniafre after having shown such auddcity II Is be-
cause as have already SAID, LOUIS Napoleon has no
Gcfire. permanent Will lie only ha> II on certain
DAYS and under certain circum 'tnnceS' lie VIII
throw himself, by ejaculation as Wen As Honh ih'pi-
ration. INTO an adventure iull of danger ne VIII
march against Government defended by four hun
dTed thousand soldiers, at the mead OF ten ot ms
friends lie Will land upon the coast AZ Bouiosne
WIN flag and An eagle. lie Will herocally risk
ms life To embrace the column there. tie VIII turn
from ofhce the General IN Chief Tor whom the hsto-
Tans of the restoration oi Charles H. carve out the
Outwardly he will be calm. nsenSlole, lmpdssh0le,
ndIferelt Tie next day he fails back INTO slum-
bor again. Ills will does not aodic aIe-It sleeps
AGAIN. toward the conclusion
Before the election General Cavalgnac had writ
ten hls manifest or profession OF iaitn, "itl the
POINT Of ms sword, on the acts ot ms military dlctt-
iorsmp. What was the manifest OF hls formidable
rNalf
France was waiting for tbs manifest Louis
Napoleon drew 70 up with tbs, ciearness and pre-
cIson OF thought and Style which chuactefIes an
ms writings. From Ctiefcncc more lhdn nom ihcu-
nation. he thought Il best 10 consult TWO men who
supported his cause-M. ThieIs. Who sustained hlm
WIN tie hes iall0n of regret and suspicion, dnd VI
ClraIdIn. who upheld hlm win the ardof OF loyal
sympathy, and who was Incapable Of concealmem
or Of tIeachey.
In the honesty and patriotism Of his intentions,
Louis Napoleon had wntten this phrase i engage
nv honor IL leave, at the end Of four wears, 10 my
successor, the power strengthened HOefy intact
ano a real progress accomplished.
~' What are YOU thinking ot cried VI ,lhier'
Scratch out this ImpIudent passage. A,old ALI en-
easements ot tins sort. Promise nothing Reserve
"fae manifest contained also the following pass
age The republic ought to oe generous ana have
confidence m her future | who nave known eHlle
ana captivity desire with al my heart The arrival Of
the day when our country can without danger cease
all prescription. and eiiace the last trace Ol our civil
wars
when the blood Of the battle Of June not yet wash
"a from the stones Of the OarncaceS Ine shop-
keepers viii ra,e hue and cry YOU donr want be
generous you must be cunning
- In snort NJ Tniers discovered that LOUIS Ma
uoleon's manifest lacked common sense and ths
re xt day sent hm another drawn up by VI Meufdh
then chlei editor Of the ConSttutnfne ana no" Up
rer Secretary Of the Prefecture Of the Seine.
IL was nov VI. de Girardin's turn. Whtt 20 you
think OF them SAID the future President showing nm
me two manliests think, replied the editor OF the
pr,sse that the one 4 a. true nature herself
while the other Is pale a. copy traced az thst a
pane Of glass BE yourself, you cannot DO better
Than be yOupelL =,
A. Louis Napoleon communicated 20 VI Girhdin
the scrpes OF NJ Tnler regard 10 Tue iwo pnfaser
tie one 50 honest the other so generous VI Oiftf1h
r.nued IN these words Prince, TINS Is serious
matter DO YOU engQgs vo,v hO1Or, pOslti. ely, -
Iare AZ the trd NJ fur years he Potr sTengt4ened,
hbfrfu intact, Gnd real YrJgffsy fompsaedf theh
retain the passage Ii you 90 not On, then, erase II
II once }"
LOUIS Napoleon Bonspare dld no, erase the pas
ssge.