Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-05-16
The War,---Louis Napoleon, His


Few SUBJECTS, perhaps, atord greater lnuer
est to the mass of intelligent people of this
country, than the War, and the parties init
mately concerned in it. At present, affairs
look dubious on all Sides 1t is uncertain
which of the belligerent parties have the best
chance of saeeess-there must yet come some
hard fighting before much can be told with
truth. 1t has long been hoped that some
negotiations might be made, and that peace
would again be restored to the continent-but,
since the Cars death, all such hopes have
died away into chaos. His son is, if possible,
more infexible than the iron-hearted father,
and seems determined to accept no proposition,
no negotiation for peace, whatever In this
crisis, there is but one course left-that course
is for England and France to fight their way
through, trust in the God of battle, and resolve
to oonauer Or die
England has interested in her cause one,
who, like his blood-thirsty, ambitious prede-
cessor, is determined to gain his own end-this
he will do Louis NAPOLEON, the advocate of
despotism, who, nearly FIVE years ago, totally
destroyed the liberties of France and against
whom the arrows of public opinion have SO
justly been directed this NApoLEoN, who three
times has broken the most binding oaths-who
has shivered with scorn, pledges which the
most reckless and unprncipled of the human
race would have sacredly Observed this
degraded creature, who, but a few years ago.
in the city of New York, was many times
incareeSated in Jail for theft, and other crimes
against the laws of our land-this self same
man, upon whose forehead is stamped crinu
and infamg, is now linked with England in the
great warfane. Let US look at the character
which England has to dead with.
In 1874, we find him pennyless vababonc
roue, possessed Of no spirited beauty or lool
of commando Dutch Corscan creole, descen
dant of'foul antecedents- incarceration O
the bed and foul Of many races. Let us look
at him in 1851, when he was proclaimed by
reclamation, hereditary Emperor of the French
4 fit subject. truly And then, at his first
effort, in which he has been successful-the
eradication of every symptom, every remnant
of freedom, which SO polished nation as
France should enjoy-the great boon which,
sooner or later, there can be no question but
that it must enjoy. For this act he. drew
upon himself not only the severe criticism Of
the English press, but that Of this country, and
his conduct was universally denounced in both
kingdoms. by the public press, which condoled
with his subjects on the loss of the last yestige
OF their dearly purchased freedom, and ex-
pressed their conviction that he would not
always be able to govern that high-spirited
nation upon the brute-force principle on which
he has heretofore acted 1t is our conviction,
which is founded upon an impartial survey Of
the past as well as..upon q just appreciation Of
the present, that NAroLEoS, blinded by that
ambition peculiarly pertaining to the BoNA
PARrE family, is recklessly determined to endan.
ger not only the internal and external peace
OF his own country, but the whole of the civil
lied world. Asregards bis policy, ouropinion
as has been previously expressed, is, that while
the French Emperor appears so professedly
attached TO England and is endeavoring to
show his willingness to serve (g9 her in any