The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-03
The State OF Europe.

The eyes Of Europe are fixed on Paris. The do
nOuement Of the drama or comedy rs you may please
to style IL, which was produced the Frcnsh stage
in ls46 and has ever since been drawing ont itslong
'cngth before q wondering public, is now close at
hand. The amnesty has replaced the bill of the
stage manager. and the whole troupe, from the me-
lo-demOcrasic hero to the fgirantes in white robes
and green sashes, gathered before the fooights
to witness the final doom Of the republic and the
spotheoss Of Louis Napoleon Ere this, in all proba-
bity, his modest scruples will have been overcome,
and, amid the shouts Of grati6ed people, the Prnse
President will have suffered the imperial crown to
be placed on his head. Unpromising as were the
Fete des Angles, and the return from strasbourg the
results of his southern tour have exceeded his most
brilliant expectations city after city has knelt in
the dust at hs feet mayors, projects, and people,
have We'd with each other in of tachment
to his person and anxiety for the restoration Of the
empire. "La Eaace s'ensui." said, some years ago,
one Of the most famous beLepits Of tls capital, 10
account for an apparently inexpcable revulsion in
public opinion. The epigram was not moro witty
than the sentence just. Nor was it less true Of
that day than Of the present. France is weary
weary Of the name Of q republic, accepted
partly from an unwllingness to oppose 1t,
and partly from WEAKNESS Of monarchy weary
Of constant changes and alarms; weary of ha-
wing the yappd beaten in the streets, and coups
Petat threatened or executed; weary of state Of
society in which every man was compelled, from
regard for his own safety, If not from higher consi-
derations to keep constant watch on the movements
Of government For an idle, thoughtless, laughter
loving people like the French il is whe.
ther any form of government is preferable to the
despotic. Il relieves them from the necessity Of
thinking seriously; and this to them is no small
boon. Though individual liberty may DO curtaied
though the representatives may be tongue-tied,
and the pen Of the journalist bunted, property will
be secure, and the person will be invioatc. Under
an imperial regime the opera viii flourish; largo
sutventions VIII enable managers TO produce spark.
ling comedies and vaudeviles, with clever actors.
and to place the pit within the rea,h Of the most
modest purses; the boulevards will be gay, rs Of
yore; literature will be encouraged, and the manu.
lectures Of objects of taste and luxury will thrive.
under the splendid patronage Of an aristocratic
COURT the thoughts Of the lower classes being
confined in the channel Of their private avocations,
by judcious system Of trammels on freedom, each
will attain higher degree of individual prosperity
than was possible when politics absorbed half his
time and energies. Thus, the empire will realize
the main requisites TO Ffenchman's happiness,
pdnen d cvsnscs. Is more required TO explain the
imperialist tendencies Of Franoel
Nothing, of course, 10 known a. yet OF the social
and political changes which will flow from the pro-
cIama.ion Of the empire. What remains Of the
constitution, vii, IL al probability, 10 consigned to
he slrse pa,er bsket, sId sOms imjta.ioa o. the