The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-04-11

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lis position oly U beng consistent w sae 'n1 7
tatifpa 10 the end. re ADDED thai te coule
fulfil his destiny only by winning A military
as well as 4 civil reputation-by becoming
| soldier himself-by leading the eagles Of tht
French to yictory--by gaining the hearts 9
the soldiery as well as the allegiance OF tn
citizens. We ~prophecied even that ne shouie
90 to the Crimea and take the chief com
mand Of the besiegers-lhat at sebaStopol III
name and all that belonged to it should perisf
or become glorious forever.
We based our prediction on the antecedeni
of the empire from which he has not yarles
since the commencement of reign, and to WhIei
he must remain faithful, or fall. His strength
up to this, has depended on his being al ac.
eurate copyist of his lmmortal predecessor
When he ceases to be this-when he strives Is
be original, he will shock the popular tradl
lions Of the empire-he viii be viewed by hIs
subjects as Louis Napoleon, and no longer as
the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte-and II
does not require the insight of an Ezekiel te
perceive that his St. Helena will not be very
distant. Il is his fate to be an lmitator, and
his success must depend on the close nicely Of
the imitation. From such reasonlngs as these,
we concluded that he should leave France tic
place himself at the head of the army IN the
Crimea, and our news by the Africa confirms
the Justice Of our theory.
Louis Napoleon (says the dispatches has
resolved to 60 to the Crimea, but England and
Austria are endeayoring to dissuade him from
going. Their efforts will be vain; he cannot
be dissuaded; he understands bis destiny. The
death Of the car may delay his departure for
awhile, but in due time he will appear before
Sebastopol. and prove himself as capable a
soldier as he has been crafty as a statesman.
Many persons doubt his soldierly qualifca-
tons, but without Just reason; for it should be
remembered that the study of military affairs
occupied the greater portion Of his prison life,
that one Of the best works on artillery prac-
tice extant, is the result of his compulsory
leisure. The world need not be amazed, if be
proves himself the soldier, as he has been the
civilian of destiny. We believe the Delta was
the only paper in this or any other country
which ventured TO predict the partial fulfil
ment Of his fate, bya departure to the Crimea,
and the correctness OF our views on that sub
ject encourages us to add a few guesses as to
the future of the emperor.
In the first place the elder Napoleon marri-
ed a paryenu like himself; so did his nephew.
There was no issue Of the marriage Of the
first; there is none in the case of the second.
The empress Josephine was divorced; the en-
press Eugene mus. be divorced also. The an
tecedents of the emperor must be respected.
He has one unanswerable excuse for such a
eourse-the fact that be must fulfil his destiny.
The elder Napolean sought to ssabilitate the
empire by matrimonial connection with Aus
tria; the younger Napoleon will do precisely
the same. Before a year is out the alliance
will be effected, and the great parvenu take
his place beside the Oldest monarch of Europe,
a living proof of the triumph Of the reyolu-
tion-another example of the immutability Of
democracy significant instance Of the equal
ity of men.
After that, must come the war with Eng
land. Whether it terminate in a Waterloo, or
ID a victory over the Anglo-Norman power, We
cannot presume to say; but we beg to remind
our readers once more of Louis Napoleon's
own words: Il will die on the streets of Lon
don the conqueror of England" The man
believes in this future himself, and Mirabeau
has told US that he who believes will go far!
The departure to the Crimea-the Austrian
marrlage--tke invasion Of Eng
and these events-three in all-constitute
he programme OF Napoleon for the future.
Delta.