The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-04


qoepces in France end En- land. In DO b these
eopntriss, the war has been populs move
BeDt: the masses have gone W th Is heart and
toul, end 80 long - or une see0ed to smile on
the allied arms, both We, nments have been
s'roDg. This popu Of fee ing has been on the
d. cline lately, owing to fresh demands for
money. and the racsical allure Of the Baltic
expedition. The defea Of the allies would de-
siroy it altogether: the war would ecoms as
hateful it has been p pular, and both gov
erDments would be weakened accordingly. 10
France, the democrat. would begin to plot
sffesb; and Napo eol would need to increase
bis Wig lance and watc fdlne n England
the difficulty would be overco 70 by the resig-
nation Of the ministry, md the substitution Of
new men, free to pur ne new solicy
What would that policy bss There Two
parties England W would advoca. the
termination of the Angl -Frenc9 ALLAN 2 and
the Cancellation Of Rus ia The Fl st Of bese
is the Court the econd the mercantile COM
muniiy. % the former, the alliaoce has al Ways
been detes able. From the &c rges down to
The presen day, the royal house of Hanover
has o wuys been German at leart-opposed to
English freedom English laws, and English
Parliamentary usege--and attached to the
system OF government which prevails in
Germany. The Que has never been
sincere in her pro,estat ons OF friendship for
the French Emperor: it is well known
on the Continent that Nspoleon's project
ed visit to England has been abandoned
simply because she would not receive the EN-
press Eugenie Her husband, Prince Albert,
became notorious by his expre.s.oos of sym
pathy for Russia These feelings will induce
the Court party in Eogland to seize the oppor-
tunity afforded by the failure Of the Sebastopol
expedition, for urging the rupture Of the
alliance, and treating with Nicholas. In this
they will be seconded by large body cr mer-
camille men, who have been for war SO long a.
it cost them little, but will be for peace when
the Chancellor of the Exchequer calls for fresh
loans. and the funds fall. In the general dis
henrte ment produced by 80 disastrous failure
as the re- embarkation Of the troops from the
Crimea, these two parties viii, be reinforced by
a large body Of individuals, who, like John
Bright, think Engli :hmen have something better
to do than cutting Russian threats for the
benefit of cowaIdly Turks: and altogether it
seems highly probable that the party thus COM
posed will command majority in the Brtish
Parliament, and dictate the course Of the ma
ton.
Simultaneously with his abandonment by
England, Napoleon would, in the contingencies
hoxyo ho al INV ~
half q million Of men on the Rhine. The com
bined Russians and Germans would make no
paltly attacks on distant corners of his empire;
he would be assailed in the heart of France by
an army more than twice as numerous a. his
own. The result could not be doubtful Napo-
leon l. took eight or nine years to erect ON
empire cut of the fragments Of the republic: and
il required fifteen years for the combined des-
pots Of Europe to break him down and send
him to st. Helena Napoleon Ill. took three
years 10 set up his ,mpirc on the ruins of the Sc
coDd public which was an improvement upon
his uncle; but should the events we nave sop
posed really take place, his overthrow may be
contaminated before six months are over.
Events are os)y too apt to repeat Themselves
II Sebnstopol is not taken, the Russo German
ai,isnce, the withdrawal Of England from the
contest, and the appe srance Of an army Of hal
million Of men on the Rhine, are likely to
succeed each other with startling rapidly. To
suppose that Napoleon could singly resist such
an overwhelming enemy would he prepos
ferrous. He would be compelled to yield
and the Eastern allies might not improba-
bly, carry out the scheme of 1872, by
dividing France like Poland, annexing Picardy
and Normandy to Belgium, granting the centre,
including Paris, to the Orleans dynasty aud
bestowing Laneuedoc, Provence, and thu rest OF
the south on Henri ", the Bourh,,. This
would only be a slight variation Of III. I'D per-
torrance.
What then should be Napolcon's policy, in
the event Of the failure of the Sebsstopol pc
diiion!
In the Gist place, he should beware % the
British court They are not his friends; and
most assuredly II they can ever command the
people, they will shake him on. 10 the next
place, the Austrian and Prussian courts having
should DIST the red cap Of liberty, establish
free press rec parliament, and free institu
tiops in France, and proclaim crusade against
European despots. He should throw overheard
all the trash and nonsense he assumed with the
title of Emperor in imitation Of hereditary
moDsrchs, and call himself plain Napoleon,
the chosen Of the people. With this title, and a
good army to back him, he would be perfectly
iuvincible. AT his command, revolutions would
burst forth al over the continent. Crscow, Ber-
lin, Pesth, Milan and Vienna could be set In q
bozc In month Half the armies Of the
German Powers would turn their bayonets
againsf their own masters. Instead of being
driven 10 the wall by an army on the Rhine;
be could himself, like his uncle, march victo-
riously into Germany, and carry the war to the