Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-11-05
From, France.

The Paris Monitcur of the 18th ulLimo. con-
taills an order Of Gen. Magnan for the military
reception Of the President, who will arrive at Pa
rs at three o'clock on the 10th. One hundred
guns will be fired from the barriere Du Trone,
and the same number from the lnvaIidcs. The
Prince will proceed by the Boulevards to the
Tuercs. More than fifteen triumphal arches
are ordered to be erected on the Boulcvards.
At a dinner at Bordeaux the President made
the following speech, which is significant of the
approaching En- irc, and, il We give thcspcakcr
ctcdit for sincerity, shows him to be contcnpla-
ting a judiciots policy the matters to which he
refers
1.-The object Of my journey, as you are aware,
was to become personally acquainted with our
beautiful provinces of the south and to study
their necessities 1t has, however, given occasion
for much more important result. In act, and
| say it with rankncss Us far removed from
vanity as false modcsty, never did people testi-
fy in direct, more spontaneous, more unanimous
manner, their determination to relieve themselves
from anxiety for their future condition by con-
Solilating in one hand power with which they
sympathsc (Arplause) This is because the
rcop pie now know both the dcccitfu hopes with
which it was dclulcd and the danger with which
il was threHtcned.-
1t knows that in 1852 society must have rush
cd to destruction, because every party consoled
itself beforehand in the prospect Of the general
wreck, by the hope of planting its own flag upon
the ruins which might remain. (Sensstion, and
cries of Vivc rEmpereur.O
"DiSahused of absurd theories, the people has
IL tl,+ ;.c 1,J
rcformer5 were but drcamers for there was ever
disproportion, want of logical consequence,
between their power of action and the promised
result Loud applause, and cries of true
true The nation now surrounds me with its
sympathy because do not belong to the family
Of catalogues To achieve the wcll-bcing Of
the country there is no necessity for the appIca-
ton of new systems, but it is before all things
necessary to give confidence in the present and
security for the future This is the reason why
France appears to wish to return to the empire.
r Yes, ycs.' Bravo Vivc rEmpercur.' There
IS nevertheless one apprehension to which must
aude In spirit Of mistrust, certain people
excaim, The empire is war; But say, The
empire is peace 1t is peace, for France desires
it, and when France is contcntcd the world is
tranquil. Those words, pronounced in a firm
and emphatic tone, produced an immense scnsa-
ton.
GLORY may be bequcathcd as IN inheritance,
but not war. Did those princes who gloried in
being the descendants Of Louis XIV. recon-
mcnce his combats? Was is not made for
pleasure; it is made from necessity, and at those
cpocls of transition when, side by side with 50
many elements of prosperity, so many causes Of
death also gcrminate we may we'll say with
truth, Cursed be he who shall be the first to give
the 81 gnal in Europe of collision, the consc-
oucnce of which would be incalculable. adj
nit, however, that |, like the Emperor, have ma
ny couqucsts to make. | DESIRE as he did, to
conquer by Cancellation dissidcnt parties, and to
bring back into the current of the great popular
streams those hostile rivulcts which run to no.
thing, without profit to any one.
81 desire to conquer, by religion, by morality,
by prosperity. that yet numerous part of the
population which, in the midst of country of
faith and belief scarcely knows the preccpts of
Christ; which in the midst of the most fertile
country in the world can scarcely enjoy as much
Of the produce Of the earth as the first necessity
requires. Sensation. We have immense un-
cultivated territories to clear rcads to make ports
to dccrrn, rivers to rcnd'r n:vigabc, canals to
finish, our network of railways to complete. We
have opposite to Mars,ilIcs = vast kingdom to
asSimiIai' tu France; wr have all our great
western l"rj 10 hr."r m"ay"r to the American
continent hY H.. ralidjty Of communication
which We s, want; IL Il word We have every
where ruins TO reraisc, false gods to cast down,
truths to make triumphant. Prolonged ap
plausc Thus do | understand the Emprc-if
the Empire is to be re established. Such are
the conq qrcsts which contemplate, and all you
who surround me, who desire with me the good
Of your country, YOU are my soldiers" Yes,
yes" Rcpcatcd plaudlts.