The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-20
time Of the Volunteers 10 1892, when French
invasion wss expected, and England, being driven

| to the wall. had to permit the arning Of She
Irish people for her own rake, not taers. BY the
| burning eloguence OF Grattan and other patriots
Of thst day, advantage was taken Of this splecdid
military orr animation Of The flower OF the country,
consisting of 1000 men in uniform, with I39
pieces Of artillery, to ex.ort from the English 60
vernment the legislative independence Of Ireland.
! But ia the short period Of eighteen years, the
Irish Parlia ment was divided into factions and a.
last pa. an end TO its Hn miserable existence.
Under OConnell, the lower classes Of the popula-
/ tion were partially united to recover what they
! had lost; and the arch agitat,r-of whom Kossuth
soc INC tie NEST remarkable type in the present day
minsterea to the military passion Of his fellow
counirymer, and spoke in . mys' erious, undednsd,
poetioa way OF battles he never IN ended to fight.
How that era closed in 1879, in the pitched baltic
\ Of Sliovecammor, and how the leaders q1Grrelled
and fous hi among themselves il well known to all
I our rcaders There is now no mora hope Of tho
iLdo,endsnce Ci relsn th there Is OF that of Hun
gay, or cf tie establishment Of sgae republic 10
| France.
Napoleon vas not Frencnmac--hadhs been 80,
be would rot have been what no was. Tho Ccrsi-
car corporal would have been ab.e to consoli
date the power OF France az he did. Ia his veins
| flowed tho blood Of he old Romans-the bloei Of
tie ~. sars, who gave laws to the world. Look at
lie marshaa. Brilliant in the bail, Gel anlrapii
as the gh,nirs's wing, hey never coa& Be trusted
alone, or from under bis oEn inmsdisss direction
The conduct Of Crouch (which lost the battle Of
Water oo-isa sample o. the want 10 the Frenoh Of
sell reliance attitude. and all those sternar quail
ties C mini which characteristic o. the English
people, aud in still higher degree OF Amesi.
cans, Look at tho utter incapaci.y Of Lamar
tine apd bis eosij rrcs in iSiS. Tho object Of Ma.
poleon-sno evidently loved France, and wished to
zee be- prosperous and grea.-Was, during his con-
susate and tho empire, to effect unity and vigor;
| and however arbitrary in its form tho consular
government wa, { w1s e'fentially popular in its
! principles and lie proposed ofjec.s; for it had
other strength to appeal to fall back epon than
| the 1nal s, probation Of TIC teoglo. Louis NSpo
| leon stands in the sane qtedcament and though
| dictator gives uniyeis sufi. age to the people.
Napoleon Bonaparta, finding tie Council Of Five
Hundred plotting against him. snd given Up to dis
sensions among themselves, dissolved tia. isgisla-
tive ooypa at the point ofths hayonet Louis Napo-
leon Initiated this coup ETA. - Tie et.er In both
the pretence was to save the republic; in both
| the people and the army shouted, "Long live tho
Republic" when, in Ioilt Of fact, il cessed to
exist. Napoleon Bonaparte ap called to the peope;
| his new constitution was sanctioned by 30ii COZ
votes. Lsuis Napoleon appealed TO the people and
the army, and wo tayo seen what overwhelming
numbers have endorse his acts Sc dictator. Napo-
leon Bonaparte was finally ms dc emperor by r,a-
! ioIty Of two millions and eome hundreds Of thou.
sands cf votes to 8 few kund.eds. We would not
be much surprised il Louis Napoleon should yet
take the title ofempesor-as he is already emperor
in faot-and tia. tho people voted him ,,gh. Ly an
equally signal majority.
Napoleon, when he became dictator aid First
Consul. quencaed the liberty Of the press, and
banished and imprisoned tho members Of the
legislative body Wien he obtained the votes Of
the people sanctioning his a3ta, and received
bercss addresses Of confidence, ne relaxed those
rigors. for Sc urposes. Lors Napoleon IS pu..
suing the same policy. BonapaI.e cultivated the
clergy and readily obtained their appreciation. He
brought back from exile 10000 clergy, on ths Goa
dl.on og swearing oath OF Gdel:.y lis govern
Ment; and he went the length Of granting pensions
to those who took moDsatio yows, on tho sans con-
diton. Pope pius VI had shortly before died at
Valencia; Bonaparte ordered his obsequies to be
performed With great pomp. Wnen. at length, 10
resolved on becoming emperor, he got Pope Plus
VII. to come PRS and own him in Notre
Dame. II is related that the old man, meeting hin
at Memoirs, actually got out CT lis carriage ato the
gutter, With his white elk shoes. to salute him. On
the day Of tie ceremony. the interior OF the
was gorgeously decorated and the military Dis
play within and without was most imposing. Ihs
Pope let ous frem the Tuls,ise, preceded by his
Chamberlain, On sd aes, and KEEP bis couaten ince
with an Cd irable gravity though the crowds Of
spectators that lined the str cts The Pope gGid
mass, and anointed Bonaparto aid josephine with
the holy oil. and then crowned both Emperor and
Impress A IL Dean followed. Eat tho best Of
the Joke is 10 CONS The Pope ex. ected ia return
for his services Savignen, Bologna, ond Ferra.a
Bonspaste uttely refused, and tic Pope returned
homo in q very bad hunor.
We find the celebration OF Louis NaEo cons cleo
ton as President, rs:hsr dictator. celebrated in
the very Same Metre me, With similar pomp, AID
2 II Delyn by The Archbishop Of Paris and tho
clergy, while from the Catholic csrgy every
where the caurpe- is resolving tie warnsst con-
CALCULATIONS ca his saccoss--ao friendly 10 liberty
have tho ecclesils ders beer in every age Of
the world THIS j. but the pre- ude TO HE CORONA.
ton ar Emperor; ard Iius TX. would just DO as
ready tc perform the ceremony for the nephew, 20.
morrow, az Plus WI. wast to TO 1t for tho uncle.
In fact, 10 could not do less for the man who
saved his throne and crushed the young Yepuhli,
OF Rome
Bonaparte poured lis bandisa nenss unon the
army, lavished honors and distinctions upon them.
and held great nitrry rev eys when he wanted
them at lis back to enable him to rule France.
Louie has taken leaf o.. OF bic took aud is play.
ing the tame game.
Bonaparte instslled himself 10 the Tuieries the
ancient palace OF no i ngs OF France, shcn he be-
came First Consul, and revived tie speador of
court etiquette. We arc informed by our Paris
correspondent, that Louis meditases the same stcp;
and there can BIO li;tlo dou u that no will 90 Oh.
from step to stop, till 10 has attain u the pinnacle
| of his ambition, unlss, he s cut short BY the
dagger Of tho ASSASSIN, tie bullet Of a pistol
| u 8 rina. or The eXnlosinr Of m infarual mn.