New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-01
LOIS ,rccESS JUSTIFY CalMEl


of the act cf usurpation and Of the subse-
o,ent career of its author. But nothing OF
the kind has ever appeared imprint until now
In our late French journals we find the Of
fetal speech of Bishop CnIeI, delivered to
Napoleon at the Tuileries on the 4th inst.'
on occasion of his presentation as Pontifical
Ab-legate. The character and history OF
the parsonage addressed, and the fact that
the Bishop spoke in behalf of the Pope and
by his express directions, give to this speech
an unusual degree of importance, which
induces us lit was delivered in Latin) to
translate it entire:
"I feel it as cause Of ardent joy, illu'trious
Prince that by the singular favor OF our lord, flus Ia,
che SOVEREIGN Ponii have been chosen 70 dlscnerge
mis- most honorable Office before you who so prudenty
and with such gna glory direct and rule tne AFFAIRS "a
the illustricus French nation. When the o3Veieisn
Pontie most gladly yielding 10 your wlshes anu -
in view the egrepous gifts and merits Wneie"ltu .J
H,chbisbnn 81 bordeaux is eminent, lately admitted
him into ire august College OF Cardinals Oh the my
Roman Church. he charged ne 70 DC nc 80. h;cb
',rns can the badge Of that most ample dignity which
r. m he he. ed upon him by your haud VI 'hi7
sion he lhe Sovereign PoDtih charged me 10 ~
CON in lis name the signal good van WAch ne pe'
cherisbes IlyecuGm pGternf SUI dHimt 0e"eo0"I
III ,,yrd vr and toward that French nation wnlch
cor r,c end which has rendered such eminent WIS
TO the Catholic religion and to society ana VIM" 49,,
bines the splendor Of military glory "n u" % ad
of the Sciences of the arts ana OF go many '. -.
,n;rahe thircs Moreover he has charged me 10 tesy
20 YOU his most lively Satisfaction at your s;
deayors for the establishment OF PuDhc u"nqui'
iv and order sibi in prip': JacaHd!sst"a ~"
o;o t1Ia stadia qabus pubI6e tranqM!HGa CT oraI.t
SonsuLrt coatendis,l and with which you 80 gle"s'5
seek for glory by protecting our most noy Ienso a,
its minis ers And since in your wisoon, {Ga Nn u
ne,fectly how much the Catholic religion ana us sau
fayv inst notions conduce 10 peace ana 20 the SOM anu
true felicity of nations, the Sovereign ronuu 0onn
dent that YOU will redOuble your aacrly ana zea, anu
that YOU will shrink from no trial whereby 'n i,sJ J
NAV increase In France end may flourish Tar ana wide
and extend It's influence and domination. ,ror,,-
"By this conduct your will be celebrated every
where and always and will be handed down Oy niS'oy
Ard while II is my highest joy to express to you tne
sentiments of the Sovereign Pontif beseech you, n
iustrious Prince to receive with tnat goouhess III
Won so greatly excel, the testimony OF my most oose'
1uous disposon toward you and enti eat you az lle
Same time to be assured that from the bottom OF y
heart address my prayers to God that lie VIII contuo
10 grant to you end to all the French nation prosperity
glory and power
This is explicit. 1t is not to be mIsta-
ken for the language of mere compliment
though there is some of that in 1t. 1t ex-
pressly declares that the Chief of the Cath
olic Church regards Louis Napoleon with
signal affection, as the glorious benefac-
tor of religion and society; and that his
efforts for the establishment of public tran
quillity and order are most satisfactory to
the Pontifl.
In word, the Holy Father approves OF
the political and personal career of Louis
Napoleon from the I'd of December for
ward.
That we may perfectly understand the
case, let us succinctly recall the facts of
that career.
Louis Napoleon had solemnly sworn to
preserve inviolate the Constitution of the
Republic, and had again and again volun-
tarily renewed the obligation. But, DELHI
erately, without necessity, without any call
of public duty, without any right except
such as might be deduced from his own
greedy ambition, he violated this oath and
destroyed that Constitution by the aid OF
an intoxicated soldiery he killed, arrested,
imprisoned or banished its chosen defend
ers in cold blood he slaughtered the peo-
pie of Paris he caused terror to be spread
abroad through the departments and put
thousands to death there also; hundred
thousand unhappy men were dragged into
dungeons without law or trial; and at
this day, according to the lowest official
statements, six thousand men remain i'm
INJURED in them by no other authority than
the arbitrary will of this man; the jour
mails were suppressed, and no form of free
discussion allowed; and finally, under the
influence of universal terror, by the help of
myriads of office holders, actual and ex-
pectant, with every organ of opposition and
discussion crushed into silence, and with no
means of preventing fraud in the canvass
OF the votes, France was made to legiti-
mate, by pretended election, the auda-
cious villainy of all these acts. Thus Louis
Napoleon came to be Endorsed by an al
legged majority of millions, and the French
people to have the "signal glory" of re-
cording such fact in their national history.
Meanwhile he has gone on to treat that
people more and more as his plaything;
he has rendered the slavery of the Press
permanent he has outraged public opin-
ion by lawlessly confiscating the private
property of the Orleans family; he has de-
stroyed the last safeguards of independence
in the Judiciary and the University and
now he has caused twelve millions of francs
q wear 10 be ciycn him for his private expen-