New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-02

tions IN Italy, Aud had revived tue name IN" tue
recoNections Of the country; his memory
would always be dear to them One could hum
BILE himself before the Pope for this was not 10
humble ones self before any one, not even before
shmily But his family could not crouch before
the King Of England. the King of Sweden or the
King Of Spain. This Was expressed in language
whose grossness defes an English Translation.
They could only settle ia q theocracy like Rome,
or in a republic like Switzerland, which had
sufficient power in order to obtain respect for IFS
independence In the same conversation he
advises Joseph, if he married his daughter in
America 10 seek an alliance with the families of
Warrington, Jefferson, &c, instead Of those OF
merchants rs he thus might have in his family
q President Of the United Safes
We make third extract from conversation
dated at : O'Clock 10 the evening OF April 20:
1.-THE Emperor inquired if his former converse
tiops had been written down, and said: Madame
(his motber) should leave more TO bis son than
10 any other one of her descendants; Pauline and
the Cardinal should do the same. The family
should neglect nothing to bind TO itself the son Of
the Emperor. They (the Austrians) would prOba-
bly seek TO make a Cardinal Of him; what was
most important was, therefore, that he should
never become priest, nor do any thing that should
estrange the French and make them dislike him.
1t was important that he should be well eda-
Gated; he should be taught Latin Mathematics,
Geography and History
In letter to Count Thibeaudeau, dated
Bordentown, May 10, 1929, Joseph gives
bis views in regard to the political ten
denotes of Napoleon, as follows " am
convinced that Napoleon wished to have con-
stitutionsl monarchy on the basis OF the National
representation, that of equality and liberty
GREAT obstacles internal and external, compelled
him 70 disguise his Interior views. Unable to
immense the impotence Of the Revolutonists,
who would have forced him to turn too short, he
was Obliged TO avail himself of other opinions
in order TO secure his dictatorial power. The
persistency of England drove him to great deve-
lopment Of resources, by the verysuccess of which
he was embarrassed. How could he demand so
many sacrifices of France without exciting the mil
tsry spirit of the nation How could he so loudly
proclaim the supremacy of the Grand Nation
without wounding others! How could he con-
ceal his secret views from the oddynasties for 80
many years BY placing his brothers on foreign
thrones he satisfied no one; he deprived himself
of the natural cOnfdants Of his private plans;
and be had in them bad vi,erOys, because they
could be nothing else, with the name OF kings
lie kept himself much aloOf from others in
France; and at last no one understood the OBJ
jects at which he aimed
England and the oligarchic party of Europe
were on the point of being crushed, and Napoleon
would then have been able TO uDmask his system,
and establish a new empire conformed TO exist
ing circumstances aud the spirit Of the age. He
was defeated in the attempt, and men cannot
Judge what he would have been after Actium.
For mysclf cay what know. Impartial men,
even who have seen nothing but external facts,
will admit the probability that Napoleon would
have been as superior to Augustus as he was to
Octayius-tbat a man of so much genius could
wish nothing that was not adapted to the French
people-and that if be had lived to day he would
have rendered France as happy by her institu-
tons as the happy country in which live, and
which prove that liberal institutions m ikenations
happy and wise. The Code Napoleon is proof
of the liberal intentions of its authorize must
be judged by institutions of this kind, and not by
acts by special deeds authorized by war, and
which often were only maneuyers to disguise bis
true intentions, and to act on special corPor-
atioDs, classes or cabinets, Of which he had need
at the time"
A similar yiew is presented in an interesting
letter to DR.. Francis Leber, our distinguished
adopted cOuntryman dated July ], 1929. Ma
poleon found France in delirium. lie sought to
preserve it from the anarchy of 1893, aud the re-
action of the Revolution. lie steered his course
in the midst of the ruins of all parties, endeayor
ing to avoid every rock making himself the
slave of no party, in order not to become the enc
my of every other, obeying what he cOnscien-
tOusy thought was the wish and want of France,
which demanded equally, liberty compatible
with civilization; with France, he believed that
these advantages (Which we see nowhere bIt in
the New World) would be enjoyed in general
peace at the close of the intermnabl9 war
which had compelled the dctatOrshi Railways
tyrannicsl-which outside enemies and men Of
superficial minds hal termed the imperial des-
pOti,m.' .. Napoleon has often told mt
that be wanted ten years more to give an entire
liberty He was the pupil Of Plato, and of the
philosophers, and yet he often repeated, / do
not do W hat wish. but what / can--these En-
slish force me to live from hand to mouth He
wanted ten years Of general peace.
Such is the general strain of Joseph's COM
ments on the course of the Emperor Com