The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-11-10

PANS, Oct. IL, 1852.
The Emperor" for Louis Napoleon
is as much one now as il crowned by the
hands Of St Peter himself, entered his
beloved city of Paris yesterday, amid
the acclamations of his people and the
salutes of his army. The day was fault
less. the display of soldiery imposing ;
the decorations of the streets and public
places beautiful and appropriate to the
revival Of the Empire. while all France
appeared to have poured into Paris its
best dressed population, to swell the
multitude to which England and Ger
many lent no insignificant aid. Accus-
toned as am to Partisan crowds. that
Of yesterday surprised me 1t was lit
orally an ocean of people. The windows
and balconies of the Boulevards from one
end to the other, seven stories deep in
places, we're filled with spectators, en-
thusiastic to see the show. 1t was a
well got-up pageant Paris was bound
to Guido the Provinces, and her well
come to the Emperor elect was the
climax. Yet there seemed to be no
heart in it. 1t was like one of those
well contrived stage scenes The effect
was admirable, but it left the impress
sion on my mind that the whole was the
result Of mere machinery. Louis Napo-
leon at the head of most brilliant cor
tege traversed the Boulevar1s from the
Orleans statue to the Tuilleries at a
fast gallop, much 20 the disappointment
of the spectators. who looked for a slow
progress, and the reception and speech
es of the numerous populations Of
course there were repeated cries of Vive
fEmpereur, but they were not the hear
ty shouts of the mass They savored
too much Of SO many francs per head
There is no doubt however, that the
same popular sentiment which in ls4s
brought in the Republic, has now been
artfully directed to the restoration of
the Empire, and that Louis Napoleon,
whether as President or Emperor, is at
this moment the most popular, and only
available man for either position. But
his partizabs are making themselves RI
diculous and even contemplate in the
eyes of thinking Frenchmen, to say moth
ing of the reaction in public sentiment,
they are preparing by their fulsome ad-
ulation, and blasphemous batteries To
read these addresses, one would suppose
that it was the restoration of the Greek
and not Of the French empire, that they
were celebrating Well may Louis Ma
poleon exclaim to them, "get thee be
hind me. Satan" for the men capable OF
such grovelling abasement are equally
ripe for spoils and treason in any other
shape. A few examples will suffice tc
show to what pitch this is carried
Your readers will scarcely credit that
the men who nine months ago were pull
ling triggers behind barricades in de
fence of liberty, are now grovelling il
dust at the feet of an Emperor, mounting
such phrases as these g If we hold oul
tongues the very stones will cry out
Luke l6:v 40. This was one of the
most beautiful transparencies, conspicu
ously displayed in two positions from hi
house by one of the neighbors of III,
Tuillcries, on the Rue dc Rivoli. Tn,
arch in front of the garden bore the in
scription of the Savior of modern civil
lization," erected by grateful workmen
But the mayor of Sevres bears away tn,
palm in the race of abasemcnt ii,
heads his decree proclamation of TIN
Empire" " Citizens Paris the hear
Of France, proclaims for her emperor Lin
whose dirine mission is revealed Gael
day Brighter aud more spleAdid '-Trar
cilcr.