Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-11-27

hauon Woulu nave answered: hcpuDuc or Monarchy;
Empire or Royalty. One word more
Messieurs represent before you principle a cause, a
defeat The principle is the sovereignty Of the people
the cause Is the Empire the defeat Waterloo. You have
recognised the principle you have served the you
would ayenge the defeat"
We know with what tenacty LOUIS NAPOLEON holds to
his ''ideas." We know with what unwayering faith he
pursues his ends amid the most discouraging crcum
stances, oceans athwar difficulties and trials of
every Sort of finally arriving His pursuit o
the title and power of Emperor sufficiently shows this
He has reached that point lie reigns absolutely over
France, and WILL two months shall pass, have added
the title to the power of Emperor win he be content
reign actual France with her restricted frontiers
restricted by the treaties oflSl5 imposed upon France
by her conquerors the conquerors of NAPOLEON IL He
must know little Of Louis NAPOLEON who thinks His
uncle thought that "without Belgium" short of /" the
natural boundaries" rhine and the Alps,) France
nothing" France g degraded and Inundated He
himself has not breathed day in forgetfuness of such
teachings and let the world be assured that the
empire" he has achieved will not be peace TILL by
treaty by arms its limits shall be enlarged to those
lines which he holds to be traced by honor and by nature
herself the bounds Of the French empire. Bourbon
monarchy would easily itself with such limited
territory. Somgh an 0rleanst monarchy Respect for
foreign natonalities its antmilitary character its
and prosperity by development Of the middling citizen
class, and protection of its interests all these
siderations would unaggressve pacific policy
under the rule of Orleans Princes. No sense of
personal humiliation would accompany them in pur-
suing such policy They would have known, as sove-
regns other boundaries Of France than those it
tually possesses. Even the Republic, Notwithstanding
the contrary opinion Of Napoleon, expressed above by
CAULAIScouRT, might be satisfied with France it
is. There would be necessary solidarity between
the Republic Of 1898 and that of 1865 that would make
the latter deem it point of honor to recover all the
foreign territory which the former seized and handed
down to the Emperor. A new French Republic would
probably by ardent, fierce military propagandism,
strive to make all Europe democratic but it might be
able to content itself short of making all Europe French
This would be difficult grant. France has such dis
astrous defeat such deep humiliation to ayenge since
1872 the people impusiye, warke, and unscru-
pulous vain and fond of glory that twoud be almost
impossible, with really popular Government, to divert
them from Of aggression But peace policy, diff
fcut under Republic, becomes impossible under mil
tary Empire, ieiM Bonaparte for chief War would
seem to be the normal natural condition of such
pre. The empire about to be reestablished is truly
military it under the first BoNAPARTE The mill
tary element is evidently the prevailing Besides
the natural procvity to inherent in such empire
aprociviy which the first Emperor it is believed found
himself unable to resist, and which than his
ambition is supposed to have dictated many of his
aggressive measures-the Emperor will have urging
him in that direction, not only his ambition but
present Of humiliation and obligation upon him.
resulting from the indvisible solidarity he establishes
between his empire and that abaed and overthrow
in 1875 He represents" and he for
ment forgets it. he tells u.s. cause, the Empire and
defeat Waterloo" Every thing goes to show that he
will not deem that worthily represented that
defeat avenged till he shall have torn pieces the
restricting treaties and restored the boundaries of
France they when NAPoLEoSI received" France
from the Republic. France appear in history
less under a Bonaparte than under the Republic from
which the Bonaparte's received it.
And again We have further evidence that war; if me-
cessary for the territorial aggrandzement of France
likely follow the reestablishment of the Empire drawn
from this trial of 1910. NJ. PERsIGSY, Minister
the Interior the devoted and audacious
coup detat of I'd December and at this the
talented the influential and the favorite of LOUIS
NApoLEoSs Minister'S of the accused upon that
occasion The speech which he then delivered is not
without interest, throwing light upon the character
and opinions of who, after the Emperor himself
the powerful in France, only from the i'm
porant function he fills, but from his influences with the
Prince lie SAID IN ms defence before the Court of
Peers
"Messeurs les Pairs now seven years since pro-
found study of the great consular and imperial epoch
compared in my mind with the actual epoch caused me
to devote myself to the worship Of the Napoeonan ideas
This worship explains to you my devotion the ustrous
which persones those IDEAS and the noble Prince
who is here their representative To the triumph
of those IDEAS full Of promise thought for the glory
the grandeur and the liberties of my country, did not
hesitate to make myself the soldier of Of family.
Ii would require a worthier and more elo-
quen voice to utter here Napoeonan language and unro
before you its magnificent grandeurs 1t does belong
humble soldier that idea make himself its apos
tie before illustrious auditory him. every
citizen the part of weeping and groanng the disas-
tiers which have overthrown its empire to him as to
every soldier the part Of shedding the great
calamity Of Waterloo Senator'S Of the Empire tell
what would not have been the grandeur ofrance but
for the disasters Of 1914 and 1855 What would not you
yourselves be at the present Recall for mo-
ment TO mind the role that assigned you by the i'm
pera constitutions think Of that which reserved for YOU
when minds long diverted from attention domestic
troubles by the bulletins Of victories should Mt least
under the reign Of general peace be directed upon
debates of our Assemblies and think especially Of that
thousand times grander role which was destined to you
under the Of the first Napoleon, when the
genius Of the great Emperor descending with him to the
tomb should have bequeathed to you the heritage of his
power would your wisdom and intelligence have been
then consecrated to the sad duty judging and Furnishing
the victims Of our ceaseless dssensons! No, De-
bates such this would not be heard in these walls Ar
whom You would at this bar implore the
Roman Senate When imperial France fell, all Europe
leagued against u.s. was animated with but thought
and that to weaken France. 0nr military depart
mens Topped off fortresses seized upon
destroyed and ut all points Of new frontiers roads