The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-07-31
LOUIS NAPOLEON.

II appears that the Emperor OF france mas
extorted compliment from the Emperor OF
Russia. who. according to statement IN the
New York Herald, docs not hesitate to de-
clare that he is the greatest man in Europe,
and that although he may not possess the
great military talents Of his uncle, (which re.
mains to be proved,) he is a shrewder and
wiser politician Nicholas has, in Louis
Napoleon, "a foeman worthy of his steel.
What change in the public estimation
Of Louis Napoleon has been achieved
within q few short years! 1t is but as
yesterday that he landed in France, a
bankrupt adventurer. To-day he is the
master, not only of France, but of all Eu-
rope, save Russis, which may yet succomb
to genius whose wiles have proved more
powerful than the arms of the first Napoleon.
But yesterday he was London policeman
aiding to put down Chartist insurrection
and preserve order in England; now, Great
Britain is acting the part of policeman I'M
der him, to preserve order in Europe. 1t is
useless to ascribe the entire success OF Louis
Napoleon to his illustrious name. He has
conquered ridicule; he has made the world
forget the biunders and absurdities OF his
early life; he has subdued himself; he has
made more skilful and prudent use of the
fortune of great name than was ever made
by its original possessor. 1t is idle, there
fore, to deny that Louis Napoleon is great
man.
The real quarrel which now agitates the
world is between him and Nicholas. The lat
ter is as great statesman as Louis, and, we
have no doubt, much purer man. 1t is
somewhat Notifying however, even to Anne
ricans, to see Mother England holding to the
coat tail of Louis Napoleon. We fear that
the New York Herald is right when it declares
'that England has lost all the great states
men that have hitherto guided her councils,
and is now governed by feeble and vacilla-
ting minds that are unequal to cope with the
difficulties of any great emergency, such as
that in which she is now placed. In the hands
of a crafty, ambitious, and daring ally like the
French Emperor, whose views soar far be-
yond the professed objects ofthe present war,
such men as the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord
John Russell are but unconscious instruments
of his designs. Men of that stamp can hard
ly be said to compose governmental least
such government as is capable of conduct
ing to successful results the policy of great
nation. 1t is government of endurance
rather than of choice-a sort of municipal
oligarchy like that of the Venice of former
times-powerful only for mischief. Who can
wonder then that, while flattering their vani-
ty, and appearing respectfully to accept their
advice, man of Machiavellian ability,
like the French Emperor, should succeed in
easily moulding them to his views, and in
binding them to the best interests of their
country
The French flag is at this moment flying
over Rome, Greece, and Constantinople it
will soon wave over the ports Of the Baltic.
England and the world at large have far more
reason to dread the crafty, self possessed, and
thoroughly unprincipled ruler of France than
they ever had to fear his impulsive and chival
rous uncle. Louis NapoIeon Is rne Oliver
Cromwell of France.