Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-11-23

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great dsgree Of suffering N
France. The wonder Of the matter Is how
Louis Napoleon manages to maintain MS
.reee.t oosition. His Oh ararter 10 not only
a enigma Of apparently impossible solu-
but he . fast becoming to be acknowi-
edged ss the master. spirit in European al
fairs. Yet. though there are no visible signs
Of hia INN cdiate downfall. those most con-
versant with the French character and best
acquainted with French affairs. do not hes
isats to express the opinion, that they would
not Re surprised to hear Of his overthrow al
any momeat.
We have no doubt that the alliance with
England was the cause Of great personal
advantage to the French Emperor, and u
the curiosities Of politics should be iurther
illus.rated BY marriage between the En-
slsh Princess and Louis Napoleon's cousin,
this latter event would beyond question
tend more than any other one fact to the
firm establishment of the Napoleonic dy.
nasty. The stability Of the English throne
would impart portion Of its own firmness
% the one with which it had connected IL
self; snd. apart from the advantage which
the new dynasty would derive from the ma
ternal feelings Of Victoria. the English peo-
PIE themselves would transfer portion Of
.aheir loyalty to the new house which had
become the home Of the daughter of their
sovereign.
We say that in the event Of the surmsed
union, the French throne would be bene-
6tsd greatly By the alliance. for they
who. specifically judging from tn. opera
tior of the present war, have hastily con.
cluded that the English needed the aid Of
the French, rather than the reverse Of the
proposition, have, in our opinion, mistaken
the fact. Since the accession of William
aud Mary, ne English monarch has had so
6rm ! foundation in the affections Of the
British people as Queen Victoria has to-day.
A celebrated writer long since said.-"loy'
atty, in the heart and understanding Of an
Epplishman, is q rational attachment to
the guardian Of the laws;'-the present SOW
ereign has more than the benefit of that
feeling, for her subjects not only respect
her a. the constitutional head of their gov
srnment, but, as we have seen it somewhere
expressed, they also cherish for her some
what Of that kind Of attachment with
which pious Catholic regards the Madon-
M. Whatever foreigners may imagine,
ne believe that a constitutional monarchy
u the choice of nine -tenths of the BIRTHS b
people Of all classes and conditions, and il
is therefore that an alliance with England
10 Of such advantage to the at least doub..
ful if not precar;ous tenure, by which the
French Emperor holds bis present Office,
But we commenced this article, which We
have extended in SO desultory manner,
for the pur pose Of making the following ex-
tract from the Paris correspondence of
tae N. Y. Evening Pos; AMI though they
may not be worth great deal more than
eur own hasty remarks, We give them as
part Of the current speculations upon impor-
tant events
"The present position OF affairs in France
10 exceedingly strange. The country new.
Of attained higher degree of glory or
greater preponderance in Europe. We
have taken Sebastopol; conquered Russia;
forced Naples to apologize; made King
tkn II
visited us a. . friend; the Duke OF Brabant
q hostage, and the King of Sardinia is
about to visit US as tributary; the Louvre
u almost finished; loan of fifteen hundred
millions voted with enthusiasm; our auto
cratic government has done more in four
years than q representative government did
in = century, and, notwithstanding, we suf-
fer and are anxious.
"Thc news from the provinces announce
q frightful amount of distress, and every
prospect of desperate struggle with desti-
tuition during the winter. The payments
Of the insisIments of the loan, which the
spectators seized hold of with such avidity,
proceed badly. Tae Savings banks are
paying more out than they are taking in.
In many departments the people are grumb-
ling, and throw the responsibility of the
scarcity and the high price of bread upon the
government, and. though the renewal Of the
insensate emeutes at Anglers is not to be
dreaded, it is impossible to see the end OF
these socisl troubles, which are calculated
% embitier the Disconnected, and turn the
veil inc ined from their allegiance.
sThe funds fall every day that no new
victory is announced. The last settling
day at the Exchange was rendered remarka.
bic by the suicide Of an NJ. Bino, an honor
sble man, of sixty years Of age, Of the old
school, who has gone deeply into shares OF
Credit Mbliier and OF the railways. How
ever, a settling-day at present, with only
one suicide, is sort of miracle.
..In the midst Of all this care and anxiety,
the Emperor is excessively reserved-doe,
not see any one, and grants no audiences
Personages Of high degree have sought an
interview in vain. 1t is said, but do no,
know with what truth that he wears cui-
Yass, and that il vas this very cuirass which
turned the ball of Pianori. 1t is further
stated that he has made bis understanding
TO which, ifthe child, whether boy or girl,
70 which the Empress will shortly give birth
should die, and II at the death OF Napoleon
III. be should have no direct heir, France il
again TO become Republic, the chief o.
which il be Prince Napoleon, who, for thin
reason, affects democratic tendencies.'