Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-06-12
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.


Ile most interesting iaco AZ SAAS -
is the intelligence that close and absolute alliance
has been formed between the three Cabinets (of Rus
sia, Vienna, and Berlin) against the intentions Of
the French Ruler A writer In the London Times,
who saws that his statements rest ON the best autho
s,;tv states that the Gar is determined to revive
ana adhere to the Vienna treaties Of 1874 and 1875
that although those treaties were infringed by the
Freuch revolution Of 1880, they are still Of full
force and effect and when perfect friendly under
,standing shall be established between Prussia and
Austria when the special questions which still di-
vide them are settled, Europe Of 1852 will exactly
resemble Europe Of 1915, with this difference, that
ITS attitude with respect to the Government Of
France will not be that Of victorious enemy, nor
to France that Of protecting ally. latV hfe
The same writer adds that, according to the con-
Gdential notes which have recently passed between
the three Cabinets it would appear to be considered
that the French Government will soon reach the
last limit of the concessions reconcable with the
fundamental principles Of the treaties Those
notes first fix that limit, and then examine what
conduct ought to be observed if itbe passed They
go still further they determine and define the obli
cations to which the French Government is expect
sdto CONSENT even though it does not pass theiint
referred TO, and what engagements ought TO be de-
manded Of it in the interest Of genetal peace, or
under the pretext Of that interest.
n He then gives the substance of those notes in the
following summary .fH9a
"Consdsfng matters at the point to which they have
arrived in France it is admitted that Prince Louis
NAPoIsoN BoNApARrE is invested with supreme power,
Lcot @lxa 80 bvt
fact of his election and still since the Goth of De-
cember 1851 and it is in that fact that certain nac
ton Of the letter of the treaties is Of the
treaty Of the 18th of April 1874 in virtue Of which the
Emperor Napoleon renounced for himself his
and descendants, for each member of his family oil
rights of sovereignty and domination well over the
French empire and the kingdom Of Italy any other
country 3D. Of the treaty Of the Goth of November 1885,
in virtue Of which Austria, Great Britain Prussia and
Russia pledged themselves maintain in full vigor the
perpetual exclusion Of the members of the Bonaparte ia
ny from supreme power in France. that infraction
tolerated in 1S48 (such the argument Of the Cab
nets the is that the Powers occupied with
their affairs that the treaties were called into ques
ton in Germany itself; and that Europe then in
situation fun Of peril and uncertainty into the midst of
which the Presidency Of Prince Louis Napoleon gided
almost without being noticed.
"The Presidency of 1S4S in fact covered, and it
protected that of 1851 and there existed good
reason for the Powers to be scrupuous
acting in 1851 than in 1S48 Besides each was after
but Government de tacto of provisional nature not
for life and which has the pretension be any
thing than temporary and the existence Of which may
be considered in the interest of peace simple acct
dent which does not in the slightest degree affect prn
cipless
80 But if the actual President of the Republic became
Emperor if he became by of universal suffrage
the question put how ought the Government to be
considered and how ought it to consider itseK such
change merely nominal if things remained funda
mentally they the Chief of the Republic instead
Of bearing the title of President bore that of Emperor
it, in fact mere change Of decoration took place, rom
personal satisfaction, propre perhaps the
Emperor rie would be considered by the Powers and
treated in the same manner ss the President, and
there would be change in diplomatic relations There
would in fact, be slight difference between the En-
peror and the President that the Powers would Judge that
the maintenance Of peace was after ALL worth the sacr-
Zee Of recognition tg .s.st s.ss 81. N ,ts .ei,s
aThe Powers would, however, act in quite different
if Prince Louis Napoleon should when Emperor,
pretend be the heir Of his uncle and as such to trans
init the imperial dignity and power to his heirs
IT. in word he claimed to continue founda
doing he would substitute right forfact
he would transform his Government de deo into Govern
ent e and this is las the notes specify precisely
what Europe will notpermit what it viii otaccept In the
diplomatic correspondence aude the particular ques
ton just touched is discussed at considerable length,
and in what may be termed q doctrinal manner II is
attempted TO be shown that de acto Government cannot
become dc js one merely in consequence of the good
pleasure BY the good will of the chief Of that Gov
eminent
ait is also shown that such could not be done by Crom
well in England by the Emperor Napoleon in France
Who when they tried to do so, committed act Of usur-
patton and that the President would be in the
stion whenever he presented himself TO Europe the
hereditary sovereign Of France, declared that Eu-
rope viii admit that sovereignty proceed other
wise than from the right Of birth of succession is
trAnsmissble but In virtue Of similar right The chance
OF revolutions they aege, and the caprcious nature Of
universal suffrage, may raise individual to supreme
authority and the Powers might have awaited themselves
of the treaties Of 1914 and 1916 against that fact they
have not done So Let them the holder of such tempo
rary power exercise what he has been invested WITH but
without infringing any Of the fundamental principles
of the European constitution. essap ssaaa
"The notes then proceed to examine the probable In
tenton Of the President with reference to Prince Schwsr
zenbergs circular Of Goth January the addresses deliver
ed by the President than one solemn occasion
the declarations which have from time 10 time appeared
in certain i-ocisl journals and those Of certain
known agents Of the French Government in al which an
Intention is discovered Of assuming the imperial crown
IL In further inferred that hs resolution on this point