The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-07


ont sioppsgss, to the frontiers Of Switzerland OF
the baths fBsden. The Presidential progress from
Paris to Strasbourg seems to have been glittering
and dull. II was, Of course, accompanied by all
central authority, which alike distinguish ROYALTY,
and rspuohcanism, and despotism in France, and
which have made the modern functionaries Of tina.
country as pompous and ridiculous as those Of the
old regime. Compared with a progress OF Queen
Victoria, 1t wants that spontaneity, that hearty
curiosity, and warm regard, which everywhere FOL.
low sometimes inconveniently and oppressivey)
our constitutional sovereign, who ever has troops
it is the local representatives Of the State receiving
and complimenting. and feting, the chief of the
State; bringing in the peasantry by beat of drum;
reusipg the boMgeofse to enthusiasm by procama-
tons; telegraphiDg to Paris announcements Of full
some and sterectyped adulation. In vain do
We seek for evidence Of independent munich
palties moving; of great land proprietors waiting
in their provinces on the progress of semi royaty
Of the country districts, headed by their yeomanry,
making holiday of visit to the next station,
there to catch momentary glimpse of the passing
train or Of great towns spontaneously rising, like
Manchester, to testify to the mildness of the rule
Of the chief they welcome: None Of these bursts
Of triumph follow Louis Napoleon. In their place
military displays, functionary laudatons theatrical
addresses, got up by government dependents, and
formal fetes, and balls, and reviews, Tin which ma
tional life and expression there is not) mark, if
they do not distinguish, his route and his visit to
Strasbonrg, where the representatives of the other
Louis Napoleons of Germany appropriately babe
him welcome. A great ruler might, however, learn
the true interests Of France by soourn brief
as the Presidents, at Srasbourg. When free city
of the German empire, Strasb0urg was prosperous
and wealthy. The capital Of o conquered province
Of France, its industry has decayed, and its wealth
and happiness have diminished. Strasbourg now
exists very much at the Of the rest of France,
by an enormous state expenditure on its great gar
rson, on its cannon casting onndries, on its tobacco
mandatory, ard on its university and by being
the resting point OF great passage into Germany
and Switzerland. AmalgamhtionNith France has
deprived Strashourg Of the trade o. which it -four
isbsd by shutting its gates to Germany. President
Badish troops at Kehl. He would have done
better had he crossed the river to have inquired the
prices of bread and Of beef. For, returning with
that information, he could then have understood
why Strasbourg does not prosper. Between Kehl
and Strasbourg the river only flows yet on the
Badish side provisions are full 80 per cent cheaper
than on the French side Of the Rhine Ia weaker
French ruler no doubt gallop to Kehl produced
ambitious thoughts Of how Baden might be an
nexed ard the fortress Of Rastadt occupied. Baden
is an artificial State, knocked together on emer-
gency out of the old Palatnate, the hereditary
posse Of the house of BAVARIA and out of tho
petty principality of its gallant, but brutal
Margraves having, therefore, little principle or
bond Of cohesion in its parts, presided over by
family which has lost all popular sympathy and
respect, and inhabited in parts by people thorough
demoralised The first breeze in Europe will
seriously shake this Grand Duchy. This event may
IeTplex diplomacy and statem0ngers; but it can
hardly fail 70 be advantageous 10 the Badish people,
oppressed as they now are by heavy taxation"