Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-01-29
Louis NAPOLEON.

Economist:
"ln the first place, it is quite certain, and is
now beginning 10 be admitted even by !lls BIT
II: est enene-, that l,,u> NApoicon i, not The
foolish Ilubrce IL WIS 20 u'tg the fashion TO
cun,der n.ul. Tlluse who aided in recalling
him tn France ald eevalI"y MN TO the Fre>I,
dency, undrr the IMPRESSION ;l"t one silly
and OoIne would be eu,iereu Il plant 'ou III
their hands, >ooh Ionld tia ,ney rtckuneu
without their host. Hts ui;nd. 1t i, ,ur, Is mel
ther capaclous, powerful, nor we'll Scored; bul
has muraI Qualities ave of Il rare and service
able kInd. Ills talent, are ordinary, but hts
PERSEVERANCE, icrac.lr. power of discrimination
and lu1iexIuIiny uf ", .tre eXt aordit,Ary.
''tle Is Il uIeinUr.bc allu niusl ii,lIur. I'VE ex-
ample that great achievements are within tilr
fearn Ut u sriy moderLte insellrci, when thai
Intellect Is coucent. at,d upon S'ngle object,
and lnhed viii uhb.huIIi= ana unu.. united res.
oiu.i0n. Mo cover. ills n,rntHi ei.un" menis.
though ncither ."ritc not comprehensive, are
very Vigorous, He Id I!r"tt stircnd, secret
and inIpencllable. lie i.., { .y. tiahie Ia
cuiy of silence. lie .,..> .I-u been Il patient
al,d wide el>trvtt. He has studied pollIc> in
SwhZtr and, lii Anne lc.s, aid IN England lie
has uevU.vu hts lnind iulIl.l one "n]ect. He l.,
also Il deep thinker. He ponders much, wnlch
few Freuchmen do Ills SIX years captivity III
the Ham malured and strengthened by silent
meditation wh.te,er natural capacities he may
have possessed"
He writes we'll and speaks well; and ! his
writings and speeches, even when they be ray
the narrow llIn, Of his knowledge, Indicate an
emlnently Thoughtful mud. He has brorded
over The history, politics, and social condition
Of France, till Oh these sub jrcls he is prob lbIy
one OF the best informed men in the country
1t i, certain, also, that whatever he says and
does is his own tie acts aud speaks tor hrn-
self, without interference and without assis-
tatce. He lis.ens to every one, asks advice
from no one. gives his inlerlucutors no idea
whether or not their arguments have made the
least Impression upon hun, but resolves his
plans IN the gloomy recesses OF his own brain.
and brings them forth matured, homogeneous
aud unexpected.
The nnnu'e>t details of the coup d'etat We're
arranged by himself All those troln Chanyar.
nier and Theirs down to Faurher, who have e.,.
dea.Ored to lead, drive, or govern him. have
been batf1ed, oulwlted, and cast ssi,.e II Is
knowu that when he rose to make his recent
celebrated speech at Buu deaux. he whistle cd
TO his Minister of Foreign Atf'Irs, Now am
going 10 a>sosh you no. a lltlle." General st.
Arnaud expressed his hope that the President
would not think of liberaling Abde!-Kaker, and
thuught he had convinced him OF the imp o.
priely OF doing so, until he heard Louis Napn-
leon announce to the Emir that his cap,lvHy
had terminated. Whatever. therefore, OF >ara-
city or wisdom is displayed in the anguage or
conduct OF the new Emperor, must be credited
to himself alone.
"Bu," it is obse we'd, I'VE shall very greatly
ard dangerously mi~conceiye Louis Napoleon
if we tegard iln as niln Of shreWdae>>, IT,
lection, and calculation only. The most pro-
minent teaiu. es Of his character is a Wild ir.
regular, ron.anesque imagination, which often
overrldes all his reasoning and refl, ciNe tacul
ties, and spurs him on to actions aud attempts
which seem insane If they fail, and tie acme Of
sp endid boldness it they succeed. The abor
tions of Srasbourg and Boulogne, and the
coup d etat Of Deceuber 81, were equally the
dictates, alike The legitimate progeny, of the
same mental perularty. He believes, too, in
his star He is even Il bllnder aud 'ashe: ia
taIist ,Ilan his uncle He twice attempted to
pluck the pear OF empire before it was npe.'
His ludcrou> faliu in no degree di>cour-
aged him, or shook his couvIciuu Of ultimate
SUCCESS. He waited tor another "pport lut,v,
and prepared for it with more stduln,,S dill
gence and caution. He .blded his llrne;' the
time came; he struck and won. Aler ,,lch sue
cess, after having rI>en il four years from be
ing an Impoverished exile to BE- Enpero of
France, at er having ayrd the botde>t stroke
for Empire known IN modern history, we NAV
believe that his FAM, in his .destiy' j. cunrnrd
<,t.,l Al. 4
hat no fu,ure aclevtlllrtit, rn furthe pima
Gle OF greatness. will seem wild or impossible
/" him, after past SO even ful, marvellous and
demoralizing.
"Another peculiarly of his character is, that
he never ala"d"l> an IDEA or Il pro iec that hr
has "ncr enter al ed II he rnrrl> wt:ii diff
cul,es aud "pp".' 100, ir dls>lmnlae> ami
p"stpun-s, he never reaI, vr,!d> changes"
"As<uredlv we nave said enough to show
that + ance h gv'n her~e [ il ma-irr wI,"m II
concerns al EufnpeIn S,ate>ulen--lh">e Of
England more especiaily--tn study ">-ly and
I" watch urremistingly. Cool, daring, Imper-
turbable. cnl,',ing, aud profound secr"t--a
perpIrxng compound of the sagaciouS ealcua-
tor and the headstrong fanatc--with Il large ma
w, IN unrivaIled army, and p"strate and ap-
proving nation--wllal is there which he mil ght
not attempt and might not achieve"
"One other feature Of Louis Napuleon's mind.
He Is close copvi~t Of his uncle. The talents
of the two men are, however. very different. and
the Internal condition, and, TO a great extent.
the character and feelings, of he French IA ion
have so changed by lhir'y-fve years of peace
and free institutions. that maxinls and mndes Of
preceding, sound aud expedient in the days of
his uncle, may be utter y nappcable in those
Of the nephew The dazzling fame and w"n-
derfu' Sagacity of Napoleon |. MI, b the ig-
nus fztuus which will lure as,rsy Napoleon III.
to discontinue and ruin"
Game by the Ton:-The Chicago Journal
notices the shipment of lot of SO quails by
express to New York Game of all kinds is