The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-09-28

manifest political saKacy beyond the worshippsd ma
of the wing party LOOkEk-ON.
For The Uuion
European Colonies ON this csnlincnt.-
France really Sustain the Graspinx Ambition
or England .sgssle ts.s
Before proceeding to discuss The subject of this number
wish to correct error in former article | was
made by an error OF the press. 70 say "honoras acqui
sons, in reference TO England's East India possess.
ions Id reality, designed TO say m,msrabls aequi.
sitons." did not mean to give any opinion on ihs
moral character OF her acquisitions in the East Indies
but memorable" those acquisitions were, for they
were the Lemnos on which she fell from the Olympic
height OF her American dominion, and with not a. mueA
Immediate damage as Vulcan received in his Gmans
thigh.
or Coun, Mon,holon, one OF the attendants OF Louis
Napoleon his attempt At Boucgne, and OF his leader
the present French Emperor, wrote Black wood - io.
lows. in 1919, {Juy) He appears 10 have been at
times man OF honorable habits. - he certainly sd
trine OF the sixr. and think that he would have acted
uch wisely if he had left The stars 10 take cae Of
phew Of Napoleon for q hero and genius; aud sasd
quietly 10 London, instead Of rising himself with
evasion OF Wallets to take the dadem Oh the most sagaci
Gus head in Europe" 49, sl 49,
The most sagacous head in Europe The enssnte
eordia grew TO be quite love affair." until the mereeary
Of the Spanish marriage narred its comsly ea
lures II was being restored. however, II faint
ssmb4nce OF lis pristine glory, when the 22d OF Febu.
aty, lS45 converted the hitherto ost sagacious head"
into something near dot and quite q polroon- This
the successive estimate which the Engish Tory peri
odcas and the organs OF The afistocracy generally
placed upon Louis Philippe. The prince pronounced
profound and polite before, became 10 their judg
meni, III subjec, for peton to the Parliament Of pol
cans Tor the enactment OF bill OF atainder asaintt
nil his previous honors and high titles Forthwith tie
English editors pitched into him right and lett eapesa
ly B!ackwvoo, which, in his as recolIec,ons Of Ma
poleon" had. in 80 many words, called him "ihe most
ssgacios head in Europe. discovered the utter inantv
OF his claims 10 WISDOM well - bis total desuton Of
moral courage Ever snes il has adhered its Tsi1ss OF
an ,.lles,,imste fallen monarch, exhibited signs Of
siudious peuitence Tor the sin OF having praised
LOUIS Philippe, and alternately praised that liis, iasg-
showed IT'S angs. with wof-lifs ferocity, 1t The whole
house Of o eaus, and alternately viiugeraed and pane
gyrized Napoleon ILL., Al present its apparent greatest
offence the latter his having concealed his profound
talents long to lead into serious mistake the alMes
nfallbe editor Of Black wood and other tory periodicals.
as well the quite nallibe Tory sIistoerscy Of Eug
land Its is, indeed, Oh aneed IRON what il was,
We shall presently show. These facts will enable %,
with Others that notorious, 10 estimate the sreneth oil
the cords thai bind France and England on the Oriental
and other questions
But /, is adversely which tries The fden1shp Of
The who has scorned you in adversely. but lawns
upon you in prosperity. 10 not trustworthy His friend
ship Is in no degree sncere- Should misfortune come
be will revert 10 his original character. He will show
himself "coid as tue rock on Torne0s hoary brow"
os i he
nanaes in which their orgaas treated his uncle and hin
self and the Bonapurses generally, when hey were sup
70 DC h So,n q Tue: s'0
arssocrac stupidity. Much as we condemn certain seu
OF Napoeon III, we have uniformly expressed coal.
ibe OF deception BY any arts Of British vile q 10 rus!
himself the interests OF France TO the teades msrcss Of
England's crown and mobiles France, Tor : tine sad
Tor purpose OF her own has Joined Great Brtain II The
recent attempt 10 sete the dispute between Russia asd
Turkey hut she will surely and that right
TO fork in the road in her journey with that power
~. I'LL Al
the organs Of Engands srs,ocracy. HE tone Of the
onton Quarterly is no more tolerant Of the BossP.rss
Than il Biactwood The s1Pessioos Of opiaioo 10 then
about equivalent The quotations are now 10 make
were published no, quite one year and eight months be,
fore the French revolution OF February 22d, ls4s, and
poleon to the presidency They taken from Black
wood for Jaly, 1s46. pages li0-l2S title The lAst
RecolIec,ions Of Napoleon"
That the character Of Napoleon vas singular COM
pound OF The highest intellectual powers with the low
eat noral qaalnes il evidently he uus description Of
this extraordinary being This combination alone ac.
counts for the apdy the sFisndos Of bic and hs
sudden and terrible completeness Of his fall Nothing
less Than pre- eminent capacity could hsvs shot him NJ
through the ciouds and tempsss Of ths rvoution into The
hshes, place Of power mixture Of this forps Of mind
and desperate ss6shness OF heart could alone have suG
ges'ed and sustained the system OF the imperial vars
policy, and bon and the discovery Of his utter faith
esnea could alone have rendered ill thrones hopeless
OF biadiag him by the common bonds of sovereign
20 sovereign, and compelled them to ind the only k-
earily for the peace OF Europe in eonsgnins him
dungeon. m fses., FL -,.# r
II, is another striking feature OF this casastsophe that
The whole family OF Napoleon sank along with bin.
They neither poeseesed HE faculties nor were guty Of
his oHtnces but they had risen solely BY him, bsy
peshed entirely With him. Fnlurc history will coniin
usIly hover this period Of our annals q The one
which most res~mbles those abrcstons OF The oriental
genius. IN which hunan events continually undes the
guidance oil spsss oil the which fantastic paleces
erected by sre and the treasures Of the e1rA Dc
veoped BY wave Of q wand in which The mendicAs1 o.
this hour Ia exalted into the prince oil tho nsxs; and
while the wonder sull sli',en before the eye, an.
gesni into air again Human recollection has record
Of much power widely dstrbstsd, and apparently
fixed above all the ordinary casualties Of the world,
40 instantly and irre'rievably ovArtbrown. But The
four dadena OF tbs Napoleon fell IRON their
ers brows with scarcely touch from the head of man
The surrender OF the crown by Napoleon extingushed
the crowns aesusliy ruling mlions. and virtually To-
fueneng the whole continent. They sxlinsu'shsd
too al the moment when the imperial disappeared
Il bad been crushed At Waterloo than hey I'll
fell lno Fragments Of thsmselves the whole dynasty
went down with Napoleon isto the donGeon, and mol
one OF them has since retsrn ed 10 she world"
The writer concludes o. 1897 in the following eruh-
ant and fsisesy prophetic strain
| 'Bs, when the destined work was done. the means
were required more. When the vietims were boxes
hurried tom the sssht III The empire OF frase,
~ss sxIlngoished NY the sama sovereign hw thar nsa
permitted ne existence. The man who had gsded he
empire In irs track Of devass lioA-the soul oil ~ !"
| suenqth. OF ns ambition and Of its evil-wse swep
away. And, az IL Tor The final moral OF human Mn