New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-14

against Pspal aggression, and though he a.
plauded Louis Bonaparte when the ambitisu1
President pcrjurcd himself
But on Tuesday Lord Pslmerston passed ths
Rubicon. People understand now why Tss
MorniHg Herald, the organ Of the present Gov
eminent, has paid such compliments to the late
Foreign Secretary The treaty between him
end the Tories is made. He returns to the ranks
which he had deserted. He follows the example
Of Lord Derby-iormerly the great Reiormer.
Lord Stanley-and Of Disraeli, who entered
Parliament under the auspices Of Daniel O'Con-
nell
In France, the whole country is engaged in
gambling. Politics are forbidden. and the ener-
" of the people has taken different turn.
They are making money by paper speculstions.
The days OF Law and Of the Regent seem to
have returned, but the bubble soon viii burst,
ahd VIII become the catastrophe of the Empe-
ror' Aapoieon iii. You see that he has more
than one original to copy He appends 10 the
name OF his great Uncle the designation Of
Third, and initiates the folly of the Bour.
bons, who formerly set up an imaginary Louis
XVII, though history does not know such q
monarch. As Victor Hugo prophesied, Napole-
on III now gets more votes than on any preced-
ing occasion; he has above 9,000,0O0, though
everybody who is travelling at this time in France
says that in all the cities the greater pars Of
the citizens abstained from voting. But nobody
is astonished at this imssssseiy snanimoss"
election. 1t was known beforehand thar the
votes this year must be more numerous than
ever before. The Pretets behaved in the most
shameless way The ballot-box was sent TO the
hospitals, the Roman Catholic Clergy headed
the rural population and led them to the vote.
ard in the cities fictitious votes replaced the
real ones. But all this is Of very little i'm
portance. Whether Napoleon has seven or
nine millions of votes, does not alter the great
at the present time But the first reverse Of
Napoleon, bad harvest, a financial crisis or Q
foreign war, will overthrow the usurper Tho
French must be amused or their Ambitions satis-
fed. If Louis Napoleon does not afford tho
pastime, he is lost On the Cd December no
will be proclaimed Emperor shostly after this
ceremony, his marriage will be celebrated with
the Princess Vasa, and his coronation by the
Pope will again do for season. But what thenf
Parliament is silenced, and politics are forbid
den to the press. France will soon be tired
of the Empire, and you remember that Lamar
tine predicted the revolution of lS45, ono
year previous to the event. "La Francs
s'ennnis,' he said, and France mover has en-
dured to be ennnyte.'
In Austria. the last trace Of selfgovenment
is to be destroyed by decree which puts tho
Protestant Church under the absolute rule Of
Inc Ministry Until now, the Protestants have
had the free election of their superintendent,
clergmen and professors in future they are to
be nominated by Government VIGOROUSLY hos
tile to Professionalism The political persecu-
ton will soon be followedby religious one, just
as has happened in Tuscany. Certain plans in
regard to a partition of Turkey are under serious
consideration at Vienna There, too, the re-
sources OF the Ottoman Empire are moderated.
Russia knows them better, and fegns forbear-
nnce, because she is aware of the difficulty
which she would encounter on her march to
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