The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-27
0hs Projects OF Louis Napslson-.Thc An
nsxation Movement In Piedmont.

Una Projects OF Louis NapolsOu-..The An.
nsxation Movement In Piedmont.
A clue to the real projects Of Louis Napoleon
ssens at last to have been obtained. The eyes Of
Auitria are being opened-quokened by the con-
sciousness Of tyranny, the cabinet Of Vienna shows
sbvious signs Of alarm. With such neighbor as
Louis Napoleon satated with dgnities and titles Mt
home, and eager to add more substantial laurels to
The rewards of his domestic triunphs neither the rest
less kingdom of Sardinia, the half crushed Lom-
bard Provinces be considered safe Already has il
tzaaspired that French agents are actively engaged
In tanning the smouldering snbers Of revolution ss
Turin neither geld diplomatic skill are idle m
rousng the sedtious feelings Of the mon who, under
CHARLES Albert, fancied they were going to rejuve-
nate Italy. The Same quiet and effective means
which raised Louis Napoleon to the Imperial throne,
ere now being employed say the Austrian prints, to
extend the frontier Of France to the boundaries
which II reached under the FIRST Emperor. Lom-
hardy, whose fertile plains have bowed TO 80 many
masters, and have been the scene Of many French
xiumphs and disasters, Is now once more suspended
n the balance OF Fate. Radically demands more
men from Vienna, and tk<satens, If his request be
not complied with, that the tn COLOR win again foat
sver the palace at Turin and the towers Of Milan.
We are inclined 10 think their apprshens ions are
premature. II is obviously contrary 70 the true
policy Of the Emperor TO involve himself in Euro.
psan war; at the very outset Of his imperial career
His uncle, flushed with his Victories in Egypt and
Italy, and having at his disposal inextingushable
fznd Of national enthusiasm, the whole eferyes-
eence Of the revolution, could, perhaps afford to
plange France into wars Of conquest but even with
his unparalleled advantages of talent and circam.
stances, his reckless career led to ruin in the end.
Equally inevitable would be tho fail Of his nephew,
II, before his authority were fully recognized in
Europe or consolidated in the hearts Of his people,
he we're madly to embark in q war Of oppression
with any Of the great powers. Not unmindful Of
me desperate struggles OF the first fifteen years of
this century, and Of the escape which Europe
then had, all the great nations Of Europe would ut
once combine to crulh the new monarch, If his in.
stallation were TO be accompanied by any reckless
attempt to interfere, by violence, with the present
territorial divisions Of the Continent. Nor is Louis
Napoleon in any MEASURE ignorant Of this. he knows
what he would have TO expect and IL fer too wise to
place in jeopardy, for such indefinite object, the
crown he has gained with so mach labor.
What his policy will be, 70 extend Trench terrific
ry and to encroach his neighhors on the east no
enc who il acquainted with the sase Of feelings in
Frazce, or who can form q reasonable conje.-
tHre Of the designs Of the Emperor, can on
terrain a moments doubt. But he must first
guard against the possibility Of q coalition Of
tho European powers against him. The dragon
must be lulled 10 sleep before the golden apples can
be faey seized. The fangs Of Russia, Prussia, and
Austria, mast bs extracted before II viii Nv grsdons