The Ottawa free trader., 1852-01-31
Kossuth on Louis Nap0len,

1he seisurr oi the government Oi France by
Louis Napoleon was an act Of pure tyrany, aud
he lie none the less culpable, as usurper becaus
m unwise legislature had pl,ced the weapon,
which enabled him to do so within his reach. A
great aud upright man can always be trusted
with or without power Whatever may take
place hereafter, the usurpsr will be looked upon
as the murderer Of his country men and the earth
which has drank the blood Of the innocent, will
cry aloud iii it Is avenged. That the chambers
were foolish, cannot be plead before righteous
Judge as an excuse for his wickedness LOUIS
Napoleon wishes to be Emperor Of France, and
in the last step lie has taken, he has initiated his
uncle well. II is step into the fiaines and time
will Prove it to be so. He leans upon two things
to sustain him that are in themselves rreconcila
bic: The despotic will OF the neighboring nations
united with free suffrage in France. The delu.
sion OF deriving strength from the friendship of
two irreconcilable enemies cannot last long He
must soon chose the one and offend the other
With regard to this whole matter. we hive
seen nothing that so well accords with our own
views as Kossuth's remarks at Philadelphia.
They indicate depth and penetration OF mind,
boldnes- Of thought, and We believe sound.
ness Of judgement unsurpassed. Ii is not strange
that Louis Napoleon feared to have such man
even step on the soil Of France. After saying
that Louis Napoleon had been pushed on to this
sacrlegious step by Austrian and Russian craft,
to call forth the struggle at the earliest possible
moment, before their opponents were ready, Kos.
suth says :-Galsna Gazette
l have foretold this publicly, and indeed there
was no necessity 10 read in the stars or to watch
the flight Of the clouds, in order TO foresee that
event. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte has sufficient.
ly proved by his whole life, that his only aim is
to copy his uncle. Laughter. In heroi.mi Oh
no, no. lntslligence' oh no! But in the ambi.
ton to wear an Imperial Crown. That was clear
to every man. ! only was surprised to see that
the French nation was able for one single moment
TO believe that n Crowned Pretender might be.
come faithful republican-and to bestow the
whole Executive Power Of its unhappily central.
ized republic into the hands Of q man who so Of
ten proved nothing else but a near Crown Pre-.
tcnder-and what is more, in that very despica.
bic capacity pretended to n crown not even by
the weak pretence Of inhertence, not even by
the ludcrous pretcxt that his ancestors wore
that crown still less by virtue of any conspicuous
deed whatever Of himself-bnt simply because
there was once man, no. his ancestor, but his
uncle laughter only, who, ambitious as bold,
once raised himself for short time, and thought
TO raise but his descendants only to an imperial
throne upon the murdered freedom of his father.
land And yet the French nation trusted to that
curious edition Of crown pretender-trusted to
his oath--by which he swore to maintain the Con.
stitution Of his country; and trusting to his oath,
raised him to the Presidency Of the French Re.
public.
II was strange, indeed to see this delusion of
past glory, alike vain and ipjudicious to liberty
lead great nation astroy But yery aoon n
strange fascination passed and the French nation
saw that the Prosiden, who swore 10 maintain
the Rep,blic wns only A pretender While bc
was cbeered by some with n sbont NJ burrab cor
the Emperor he was ,o,J bv tho r,,;cr ,ho, ,ho