New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-02

France. The man who, with some sort OF res
son, thinks he is bound to be crest Captain, sp-
preaching, in some degree, the founder OF his
dynssty, turns out at the very beginning mere
presupptuous piece Of incspaci'y. VITA very
limited Information. be forms the plan OF the ex'
petition at some 3 900 miles from the spot, works
1t out 10 iss details and sends Ii of secretly aud
without consulting anybody, to his Genersl-tu-
Chief who, the ugh but few hundred miles from
the point of attack, 10 Jet equally ignorant as to
the nature Of the obstacles and the force Of re-
sistance likely to be encountered. The Elk 2edi-
ton once commenced, disaster folio ws disaster;
even victory is worse than sterile, and che oaly
re.ult obtained IL the destruction OF the expe.
dictionary army itself. Napoleon in bic best days,
would never have persisted 10 such an under
taking. Insuch case, he used tOfnd some fresh
device, to lead his troops on sudden to fresa
point Of attack, and by brilliant msneuver,
crowned with success, make even temporary de-
feat appear as but conttibutive to 6nsl victory.
What il be baf resisted to the last at Aspern
1t was only 10 tie time Of bis decline, when the
thuBderstroke of 1912 had shaken his confidence
in himself, that bis energy of will turned into
bliLd obstinacy, that, IS at Leipsic, no cluug to
the last to positions which his military jdds-
uent must have tcld him were completely false.
But here is just the difference between the two
Emperors; what Napoleon ended with, Louis
Napoleon begins with.
That Louis Bonspsrte has the firm intention TO
20 to the Crimes, and to take Ssvastopol himself
is very likely. He may delay bis departure, bu,
nothing short of peace viii shake his resolution.
Indeed, bis personal fate is bouad up with
this expedition, which is his first military effort
But, from the day he actually sets out the foarth
and greatest French revolution miy be said to
date its beginning. Everybody in Europe feels
this. Everybody dis.uades him A shudder ruaI
through the ranks of the French middIe-class
when this de 2srture to the Crimes IL mentioned.
But, the hero of Strasburg is inaexible A gam
bier all bis life, gambler sccus :Omed of late to
the very heaviest of stakes, be stakes his all
upon the one card of his star" against the
most fearful odds. Besides, he knows wellenough
that the hopes Of the bourgeOisie, to sscspe the
crisis by retaining him in Paris are entirely hol-
low. Whether be be there or not, il Is the fate
of the French Empire, the fate of the existing
social order of tbings which 10 still approaching
Its decision in the trenches before Sevsstopoi.
If successful there against hope, BY his presence
he will overstep the barrier between highway
man and hero, at least in the opinion Of Europe;
unsuccessful, his Empire is gone under all circam-
stances. That he calculates upon the possibility
of such an event, is sho wn by his taking wish him
bis rival and heir presumpsive, the young jerome
BOnaparte, in the livery Of Lieusebaat General.
For the moment this Crimean Expedition serves
nobody better than Austris. This slough which
drains off by army corps AFTER army corps the
struggle before SevsstopOl lasts a few months
longer, leave Austria the main arbiser Of che Con-
tinent, where her 600 Oo0 bsyonets remain dis
posAble, in compact mass to be case rs al over.
whelming weight into the scale. But, Fortunate
ly, there is counterpeise against this Austrian
supremacy. The moment France 10 launched
ain in the revolutionary career, this Austrian
force dissolves itsef into its dscOrdant elements.
Germans, HunsaIians, Poles, Italians, Croats
are loo.ened from the forced bond which ties
them together and Instead of the undetermined
AT hap hszatd alliances and autag onisms OF TO-
day, Europe viii again be divided ito two great
camps with distinct banners and new issues.
Then the struggle will be only between the Demo-
cratic Revolution ON one side and the Monar ehical
Counter Revolution on the other.