The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-20

nan, winch ten years past mas STOOD every
against US is now transformed into one Of quarter ofa
million in favor. The Punjaub promises hcnceforth
to yield from quarter to half million year Of free
scindc continues cost as 1t has cost us every year
since its conquest some three quarters Of million
nusny
The Designs OF Napoleon the Sccona.
From the London Standard Of Freedom, April 2C
The son Of Napoleon died in July, lo52 The
expedition Of the Duchess of Berry into La Eendee
and the insurrection she excited, ended ulously
soon after, in acconchcuxnt. These events, il was
thought, fortified the dynasty Of Louis Philippe. In
1885, Louis Napoleon, son Of the ex-kirg OF, Hol-
land officer in the Swiss army made an attempt
to displace Louis Philippe, and had himself pro-
claimed, on the Both Of October, as the Emperor
Napoleon the Second. The government feared To
bring bis name before tribunal, aud therefore
had him conveyed to the United States VI Arneri-
ca, whence ne returned the following year His at
tempt at Strasbourg, in 1896, was followed by
snothcrat boulogne in 1910, which conducted hinI
into the fortress at Ham. In April, 1851 the third
attempt Of this desperate adyenturer Is openly
avowed, and fcverish anxiety pervades all Europe
respecting the issue oft
10 superficial view, Louis Napoleon commences
his thild attempt in circumstances which contrast
iavoraby with those in which he began his lormer
enes The Elysee is more favorable place for
conspiracy than was the deck OF the Boulogne
steamer the saloon ofthe hotel at Stfa.bonrg lilo
has only by carpentry, to make an imperial throne
cut ola Prcsidcntol chair. His relative the Gar.
has always been helping him. However much the
Holy Alliance may love the Bourbons, ard however
lOEuy Lazy OF Austria, may cling
the doctrines Of legitimacy, and Notwithstanding
the hateful associations which stll surround
the name OF Bonaparte among those who cherish
the traditions and supcrstitions Of divine right ne
ccssity comPels all the fanatics Of tho moharehcal
principlc-a Henry ", or an Orleans regency being
IN impossibility-to support the ons of him
who long ago proclaimed himself the second Napo-
leon. According % correct reckoning. BY the way
and a Bonapartist's notions, he must be the third:
but he has called himself the second, nd therefore
in our columns the second he shall be. The interests
Of European despoti'm require the pro!one. alton Of
the powers Of Louis Napoleon. Nothing but this
can prevent the consolidation Of the republic. sup
pose a republican President quietly ana csnsttu-
tonally elected in 80. Whatever tb. mldness OF
his politics and the moderation of his lew h-merc
appearance on the would be signal !or another
series ofroyal hghtsfron Berlin. Vienna, and Rome
Let him DO q mid iamartine, or us moderate nc
Cavagnac 10 desIotic Europe, his cieetion would
be the aplartion at red spectre. IL woula bc the
signal Tor tho march OF Russian armies toward
the Seine. Moparchcal and oligarehical Earops
cannot permit the consolidation Of the French Ro-
public. Great and ancient principles cannot sane.
tion their own death. a consolidated rcrsblic in .
Paris means constitutional monarchy in 1t.
Ietersbufgb. There cannot be a consolidated
French republic without the temperance IL a per-
naDcnt Italian republic. Spain and Portugal.
Russia and Austria, Hungary aud Poland, must
all pass out Of the hands Of their present mas
tiers, IN accordance with inevitable eau. ion and
irresistible sequence, whenever the G.cs Gastens
itscli on TIC minds u men that Trance j lerma-
nCnsly republican.
These great general consideration teach us 10
read scornfrlly tie tales with which tue news
lareis anuse their readers about schs mes Tor the
fusion " the elder and younger branches Of the
lembon iamty. common necessity ~ 10 Or
leanist6 aud lcgitimiss vote for Louis NAPOLEON in
lsis aud the same stern posor will cs.npsl them
to Place their shoulders under him II lsJ2 Il Is
not compatible with their personal al,y ia; the
betrayed rcpubiisans should again wicla lnc powers
Of h. government.
-u,G i the strength of the position Il F.aas Ma
poeon Rut thc revcfsc side " thc.e vcry cus.idc-