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LOUIS NAPOLEON IN ENGLAND.
r..r. is something humiliating to every
man Of Anglo Saxon blood In the excessive
honors paid by old England to LOUIS Napo'
49,. Were the ovation he has received =
.s,nn,s 70 hi. merit; were it demanded by
uu,n,l friendship and confidence OF long
.,.nd;ng. there would be something less re-
nuen.nt in 1t to manly pride and selfrespect.
But when We remember the public and pri-
vate career of the illustIous visitor. q
whose feet the British nation has fallen
down, and the general odium which was at
tsched to his name . few years ago by every
man, woman and child in Great Britain, We
lock with mingle 1 wonder and north cation
st the scenes which have recently taken place
in England. Among the virtues OF the brisisn
nature. we had supposed none were more
prominent than consistency Of sentiment ana
sturdy pride and stability Of character. bus
the weathercock French nation itself, which
responds to every breeze, and turns with ia
cility to every point in the compass. never
showed a more capricious spirit or less
steadfastness of principle. 7zg 80. g
Seven years ago Louis Napoleon was resi-
ding in England, habitue OF the ciuus'
to whose members his character snd habits
were well known. Probably there was NOT .
member Of those clubs whose moral features
were more marked and generally understood
He was roue of the lowest kind; man
devoid Of principle, both in his social inter.
course and his business transactions; iona
of strong drink and low pleasures, ana UNI.
versally despised by every gentleman OF
Great Britain. He was the nephew OF ma
poleon but his mean political Jugglefy'
when oontrasted with the majestic, heaven
ward flight of that eagle genius, but served
to cast darker shadow on the obscurlty oi
the reptile. which has creptat last, by 'ortu.
Gus and Shiny process, to the eagle nest !.
was in vain that he joined the anti Chartist
movement in London, and enrolling himseif
among the special constsbles of st. James
sought to propitiate the conservative ana
aristocratic classes, His name was never
mentioned, save with profound contempt and
disgust He was avoided by all virtuous so.
ciety as q moral leper, whilst the failure o.
his wretched tricks at Boulogne and Stras-
bourg, induced sagacious men to regard him
as q vulgar mountebank. 1t is said that
there was but one great man in England
except Louis Napoleon himself, who believ-
ed that the police constable was man of
extraordinary abilities, and that he often
prophesied that this nephew of Napoleon
would one day ascend the French throne-a
prophecy to which Louis also gave utterance
very often, even when in his lowest estate.
Sir. Robert Peel is unfortunately not now liv-
ing to enjoy the triumph of bis superior sa-
gacity. sz-
Louis Napoleon, upon the Inauguration Of
the French Republic, went to France, at d
by fawning, by flsttery, by the overshadowi.ng
influence of his great name, and the DIES per-
ate anxiety of the French nationto save Itself
from anarchy by a fixed governnne' it, no
matter of what kind, managed to muggle
himself into the Presidency. His sui ,sequeut
career. which in perfdy, perjury r md politi-
cal Machieyelism, has scarcely parallel in
history, Is still fresh in every mir ID. Nor can
any one forget the torrent of lbuse heaped
upon the author Of the coup detat by the
English press. The vile dec sits and horrible
butcheries which marked b is course to en-
pire, and the midnight orgi % which disgraced
his private life and surpa' xsed the widest ex-.
eesses of the Ssturnalia formed the constant
heme of every British pen. The journals of
England .ivalled eaci other in inventing and
.ppiy;..ag opprobrio as epithets to the man
W.ao was then reg .arded by every subject of
Great Britain as. politically and socially, "a
monster ofiniqu lily.
And now this demon is transformed into
an angel, and all England is at his feet -
The iournala which We'd with each other in
abusing him, vie with each other in praising
him. British freemen bawl themselves hoarse
in shouting welcome to the bloody usurper
Of France. The Queen of England buckles
the garter around the leg of the reform
ed rake. The nephew of Napoleon dates
q decree at "Windsor Castle" o.; .r.,,
We should as soon have expected to see
the fast anchored isle escape from its moor
ings, and 60 tripping and curtseying to the
French shore, as this shameful spectacle
But this is world of change and uncertain
ty. Even the sturdy British oak becomes as
plant as a willow when the strong breath |
of interest moves its limbs. Louis is the ally
of England in the Eastern war, and unless |
mutual jealousies sunder the unnatural con-
nection, they will remain the sweetest of
friends till the period arrives for dividing |
the spoils of victory. s
AN0LO.FRENCH CRUSADE AGAINsT AMER
ICA.
The New York Mirror, after expressing
the opinion that the United States is thorn
in the side ofthe allies, but that the country
Ii too powerful to be coerced into their
views. and to be cajoied by their treacherous
diplomacy, remarks:
I'VE know that Enslnnd and Franco calenl sfa