Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-11-12
France aud Louis Napoleon.

In a feN days We shall ifnu4ttlf nav t#A''
Iccnre Of another one Of those changes 81 70,
crnmcni in France. Inch have ~ feqnrnll
excited the won1er or ridicul,' of tie " orlo
The 9th Of this month was the day arpoine,
for the meetins of Tie Senate. IL aci upon th
numerous petitions. that have l'een made ~
among he people. for restoration II the En-
pire. The change vii be more N name thu
in substance. or, indeed. form-loe Laai, va
poleon has. for the greater portion Of his rule
cxcrris d imperial prcroraiycs. The cooyo
cation IF the Senate anJ ih.ir approval Of th'
contemplated transformation afc matters %
Ceremony only. for tho purpose IS iareeon" III
the mind OF The Prince Prcsidengand, although
we nave no faith in The spontaneity If the pc
titious. yet it seems probable the Fr.eeh peo.
pie will aeqoiesee, Indifferent IN Lis ossump-
rioa ofthe purple.
The question Of most interest 10 the world,
and especially 10 tie European power is
whether a new external policy will be inougu
rated With the new overnmcDt--whrther the
Empire will b. the consolidation Of peace ms
declared by Louis Napoleon at Bordeaux, Oh
the llh Of October. or the signal Of var, as
was the case with the first Napoleon l. :
land has, from the fpsl nlimalion Of hostile
contingency, exhibited a nervousness on the
subject scarcely rcconclnble with the idea of
pr. pafaton fer such an event, and confidence
~ he result. The press of lhui country dis
trust the pacific assurances of Louis Napoleon
and predict war. They refer To the broken
pledges that lie all along his official palh"ay-|
10 the increase of The Navy-thr keeping up
OF an army netdessly large for domestic uses
the effort made to keep alive the hereditary
an;mosty of the French 10 the English peo-
ple,and augur. from these aud other causes, bel
ligereut designs towards Great Britain. =
We think that Louis Napoleon will not
wantonly make war upon England, or any
other principal power. lie Is not securely
enough fixed in his new position 10 run The risk
Of reyerses. The experience of an hundred
battle fields has shown him that French impul-
siveness will not always avail against the stub
born courage of British rcgolars, nor will
French caprice content itself with military de-
feat though sustained under the cougucring
name of Napoleon. If, however, he should
find his subjects growing restive, and his hold
on the power lie has usnrped, prccaroos, he
has principle of public honor or humanity,
which would restrain lin from plungiog the
continent Of Europe into war, if thereby he
could strengthen his own position.
Ofthe man who. seemingly the accident is
in fact the author ofthc great changes going on
in France, the Judgement Of mankind is hard
lyyet made up. lie las disappointed nearly
every prediction that has yet been made con.
Corning him. A believer in lis destiny rather
than his duty, as the New York Commercial
describes him, following the promptiogs of a
uniform purpose, rather than The dictates of
conscience; led on #hy nmbi ion, rather than
patriotism; of Democratic blood and Demo.
cratic training, and yet Of imperial tastcs and
despotic TENDENCIES; weak, foolish and vlciijo
Ting adversely, but strong firm, persistent and
sagaclous in prosperity; personally proAgatc
and luxurious, yet interchangeable aud unwenred
In attention TO State affairs; staining before
the French people as betayer OF their conf.
dence and the author Of c0up d'tfat almost
without parallel in the history of dcspoii5n,
yet retaining mysterious sua Y over their af
fections and moulding them To his will; rcmem-
bered by persons living in these United States,
as doilarless, protgate youth-almost an
outcast even from the low society he chose.
as imprisoned for some misdemeanor or rowdv.
ism, and still indebted to the counsel who DOT
him out the trouble, but now greeted on
his pcregrina,ions by the embassies OF proudcst
royalty. and revealing in prouson of imper-
ial splendor,--Louis Napoleon may well be
considered as ga wonder, marvel to men,
tits impossible to deny to such man great
talents and an indomitable will.
--o.-
Many new books arepublshed, orannoun, ed
to be published in England this fall. We can
enumerate only few. "Hippolytus and his
Age" by Chevalier Bunsen, vols. s vo "Un.
Gle Walter" by Mrs. TroIope The first and
second volumes Of arhns Moarats