Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-28

cessors Of Arabian and Oriental renown.
For many centuries France has been
the great disturbing element i'll the Euro
pean political system. She has herself
passed through many changes, undergone
many singular revolutions--by turns ID
dopted and discarded many political sys-
tens. At one time lanalirally religious,
anon ferociously atheIs.iral Now radi-
caily democratic, again grooming under
the sternes. and most rencrseless despo-
tism. Now, standing with the naughty
step oil d conqueror on PROSTATE thrones.
then covering lie whipped cur under
the lash OF the conquered.
''The desolater, de- oia,e,
lie NIcter, oyerthrOwl..'
And yet in all these yicisitudes of for
tune, and amid all change Of manners, in
st!tutions and principles. the character
OF the French people has remained essen
tally unchanged from the days of CLOVIS
to LoUs NAPOLEON. They have been ey-
er the same vain restless, volatile. fac
tlous, gay. reckless. brave; thouehtless,
hair Drained people. from the Monarch on
the throne 10 the sans cuiotte of the ca
aditt6. From civil war and domestic
revolution. to foreign conquest. defeat
anu counter revolution. the change has
been as regular and incessant, as the eb
bing and flowing of the tides Surroun
ding nations fei. constantly the same un-
easy apprehension of collision at any
moment, that grave and sober citizen
N ~ hpt IL,
intoxicated bully. There is no conf
dence felt i'll the stability Of her policy.
or any assurance IF the continuance of
peace, even when peace is her obvious in
terest.
1t appears 20 be the opinion Of those
who have most atteniiv-ly studied the
character and position of Louis Napoleon
that European war is sooner or later
inevitable. 1t is thought that lhd nrces
sites of his position. as well as certain
idiosyncracies of mind. which are known
to exercise controlling influence over
his actions. will propitate the French
Emperor into hoStiiitits though so pal
pably opposed to his true interests. IL
Is man. In many respects. of very re-
markable character. Though of narrow
intellect and limited information. he is
nevertheless one OF the ablest men of the
age. He is brave. h ughty, self-wiled
and persistent. He is an original man
He thinks much. and whatever he does, is
the offspring of his own thoughts. He is
secret, and broods over his schemes in the
recesses of "a mind peculiarly gloomy,
close and reserved lie is known never
to abandon an idea or TO renounce an en-
terprise upon which ne has fully deter
mined. lie is man of wild r0mancSqHe
immag ina ton, which renders it very UNI
safe TO undertake to predicate course
for him, base upon considerations which
would determine the conduct of ord mary
men. No scheme is too wild or improb
able fer his adoption, if il happens TO fall
in with any Of ms cherished ideas. To |
all this, we are to add that be is servile !
copyist of his uncle, and looks upon him
self as the destined instrument To restore
the Empire, with its old boundaries, of
the days Of the great Napoleon, and 10
wipe GU, The disgrace of Waterloo, and !
the occupation of Paris by The allied
troops.
In many Of these ideas, The French
heart goes with him. and al the first tap
of the drum. would rally to his standard
the fighting men Of the most blI:cose peo
PIE on earth, no matter how wild and
quixotic the crusade.
If Louis Napoleon, By the necessities
of his position and the peculiarities of
his mind and temper, should be driven TO
assume an aggressive attitude. the blow
will be levelled either al England or Bel
GUM, and so far as our English friends
are concerned, it does not much matter
which, as in either event the burthen of
the war would fall upon them. If left /
10 a fair f:eId and single handed combat,
England would 40 doubt come out, as she
always has, victorious. If. on the other .
hand. she should have to fight Cont
mental alliance, the United States would
probably have word 10 say IN the con-
versation.