The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-06-16
| FRANCE AND HER EMPEROR.
~ HORACE GREELEY.

The Government OF Russia has beer dcfn-
ed a. "a d"sro'i>m tempered hv assassina.
ton. That Of France would rathor char.
actcr'xc as airsr"ti.m tempered by saIuta.
~ consciousness Of The instability of bower
IN this country. an! an earnest desire TO pro-
mote the material welfare OF its Subjects
Louis Napoleon. what ever his dement's. is no
h'ockhe.d. lie knows that the mode in
Which nc acquired power was most exceptions
able. and imposes on him double necessity
tor circumspection IN It's use and beneficence
IN ITS influence. liz knows that he rules bv
the might OF tayoncts. and that these are for
the moment all powerful in France but he
Knows also that this is an are in which bavo-
nets think. The army is his sccptre: he
leeds 1t, flattcrs it, teftrs to it: but he j. a.
ware that its ranks are constantly recruited
from the cottages and tirtSidcs Of France and
that we're he TO become decidedly odiouS in
these. his bavonc:s would no lorce- be relia-
able and might soon prove dangerous And
besides, since France has become his posses.
sion. his property. his OK. his ass. he must be
fool or demon if b" did not aspire and la
hor to render her as prosperous and happy
~ may be without subvcrting o. endanccr;nc
his throne. cannot ,ioub'. therefore. tina,
he anNiou''v cndravors not only TO reconcile
his 'utject' to the Imperial regime, but to i'm
prove their material and social condition.
could not name another living monarch who
would he likely to WELD such absolute power
over thirty-five millions Of people more ben
e6s ntlv than he does
Louis Napoleon is evidently master Of the
philosophy O. Instructions having hal large
experience in that line. While he no longer
recognizes in terms the Right to Labor he
rractlcaIl. conccl"s it. To keep the Labor
ins class Of mcrcu'ia Paris busy and fed is
one cardinal feature of his policy Hence
Improvements, gigantic in extent and cost.
are constantly in progress here Since 1851
the Huc de RivoIi. passing by the north side.
Of the Tuil!rric> eastward in the heart Of the
ri'y. has been Transformed into one of the
finest streets in Ill" civilized world, much as
IT WiIlIam-street. in our own City had been
wTlened to one hundred feet and cut straight
through from the harlor IL Tie r.onrrh-av.-
similar improvements are being male in ;,n-
Trading streets out Of Paris westward in the
neighborhool of the Champs E!yscc> and in
other quarters Of the city. Many If these
were urgently neelrI-for oM Paris has mar
rover and crooke'er streets. with higher
houses and worse air. than even Boston and
It Is said that these improvements J,,u The
Government has the adjacent property ap-
praised. take it AZ the valuation. makes the
required improvements and then sells ont.
am assured that merely as specuations these
enterprises have generally proved profitable.
while they have given constant employment
to many thousands ard greatly lcau ii d the
city. DcspOtism is bitter. but the hc>;,o,iSm
OF one shrcwd mar has it aicviations, such
- are unknown to the rule OF shoulder hit
tiers" or of tie Empire Club.
But will the Empire stand
! meet no one who believes it will survive
the present Emperor. but very many who
think it will last as Ion. as he does Will.
no one speaks o! his patriotism or ,!i,;n.erc>t
eine>s. even by way of a joke. there is very
general trust in his ability and confidence in
his indeia:isable energy. lie is probably Tn.
most active. untirinc ruler now living. and in
this respect at least reminds the French of
- Napoleon lie Grand" lie has besides the
nndoutted courage. inscru;able purpose and
faith in his "star," which beft
the heir Of the first Bonaparte lie is more
over lie e:ly focus around which al the an
H. RePssslicaa forces and Interests in France
can for the present le rallied. The Priests
10 not imas'ne him ,lesout. por sincerely AZ
tachetl to thei. fortunes, bet they saw What
matter. so long as he does our work ?" The
Legitimi IS and Orc mists. (the former COM
pri.inS nearly all that remains Of tLe wool
or land-Owning ari>torracv. TIE latter incu-
ding many Of the master manufacturers, con
tractors, thrifty traders. stock -jobicrs and
]u Ky paiventures generality say: This
e snnot last but while it toes last it protects
Us from Jacob:ni>m, from Socialism. irons
turbulence. anarchy anI the cuiilo,ine so
let it last 50 long as it will" The more in
T!liycnt wOrkmer. and skiilful arti er< the
the teachers the observing aspiring
youth who are almost to man Republicans
ssy: This evidently cannot last; then why
rsancc the Nation into intestine couyusion
ane bloolshed when it is already croaninr
under the load of distant, expensive and
sansuinarv foreign war ~ AMI thus the
general conviction that the Empire is but Il
state Of transition service :, protect it from
present assault and immediate DANCER
have been critiri ~d for writing in 1871
that Fraxce ia at heart Republican here
repeat that assertion. Temporarily. major
ity Of kcr People NAV prefer the quiet. or.
der. activity. prosperity secured (while it
Iasts) by the present despoti>m. but they are
none the less Republicans in conviction and
in aspiration. There is no mere Aristo,racv
here than in America: and monarch with
out privileged class in castle is the air.
Louis Napoleon. indeed says The Army is
the true Nobility" and he labors to render il;
rrae,:ca:l" what he has declared it, but a
Nobility saosisting on franc day per head
will not always bc satisfied with batteries from
the posses,ors. by tl.ir favor. of counties.
millions of francs. The terms of partnership
are toe 'n,.ctius. shd must tie n,odit fled or the
arrangements will not endure. To-day the
Imperial crown is borne i,:oudiy aloit on the
point Of sword: voa sec bayoncts every
where. faith in ideas apparently nowhere
The Atheist axiom that "G2d is on the eide
OF the heaviest artillery" appears to tie ac-
cepted as an unquestionablc truth but wait
and see.
AGALIANT CoNoEr>>MA>.-The, mus
se something in the lresen, political inhuen-
res 81 a sotteninc nature. against which no
body is rroot. and which even ronqucrcS
Go"gr+.snpn. The Hon. Dr. Walk. X. ~
Msnfi's- Of Congress from the l>t (Ncw
York district. on NE 9Th Of December at
at Flr'L,ng. aaxed upon S.."s. Mary P-nfoid,
and Jaw IA. sae was ,omcly. Forgetting.
therefore. ts,at be was Walk, ana an NJ e..
ard ~ n. d.. and thinking in the ar,or Of
the moment that he was the respectable and
lawful Penid. he went to the domi,il of
the lady. and without making any more ado
deliberately kissed the encIlantress Blush
ing and Trembling. she attempted to flee from