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QUEEN OF ENGLAND.
The arrangements for the visit Of the Rmperor = 4.
French and the Empress Eugene 70 this country ar ~
said to be complete aud The 10th Of April the mp
court Of France Is expected 70 arrive on wish ~
Majesty the Queen, either at Windsor Castle or ia -
Engaged rs the two nations Of France and Esglan1 ~
In intimate alliance and in the Joint pros,rpt
an arduoUs campaign no surprise can BE- felt that the s.
courtesy and confidence which have long been happlv
tablshed between the ministers the generals aad N
troops OF these two great powers should also mara ~
personal intercourse Of their sovereignS Such a J,
change Of civties Is consistent with proprety wi,b AZ
usage Of modern times and with good policy or he ma
hc VIII view with satisfaction every incident MA
strengthens the ties which success 10 war 80
our security in peace materially depend. But this ys,
TO England Is not the less extraordinary oeeurre,ea y
the life Of an extraordinary man.
Just years will hSve elapsed since AZ who ,aa
with great igor and ability the sceptfe and the sword
France took his place among the special eonstahes 81
Jamess and mounted guard with the population of "a
don 20 protect the property and order Of this metro
soon afterwards he quilted this country with Bez,
passport an uncertain destiny, and prccarG1s saisr
He returns TO Il uudcr the most opposite crps
sfances-the sovereign Of powerful nation allied an ~
terms 70 the Queen Of rhese misunderstanding po, Il
home and abroad which has not only subdued an a, r
bat annhilatea all resisaneeaccompanied hy h eaBs.s
ady whose beauty and whose talents shed 4 lustrs y
her private rank but whom his viii alone has placed n
the throne OF the Empress Josephine and received by N
people ct England who only SucrsSsTt,
mastered one Of the paroxysms Of the French reyopuo
but who has established the closest union between ts I'M
great empires OF the West and has drawn the sword \
conjunction With ourselves TO defend the permanent N
teress Of Europe In the eventual history OF those is
II has not fallen To lot 10 record more striking cb
trast an event suggesting more singular reflections
The government established by the eouu dfat al lss
has retained the support OF that national majority Ia Nh
il VIGOROUSLY appealed TO rafy its power; and from h
time 10 the present serious attempt has been made
alter The existing settlement Of the empire Under eas
circumstances IL would be imperneut III foreign ohsery
10 discuss the character OF which Is accepted
by those whom II particularly concerns ii would
moreover be disngenuous admit that the use mass
BY the Emperor Napoleon Of the absolute power vested
in his hands does him aa greater honor than The means
by which he obtained IT, lie assumed the reins Of eoy
ernment after catastrophe which had for season pro
trated the social energy aud almost exhausted The r.
sources of France Yet with marvellous rapiay the Grad
IT, the prosperity and the productive power OF the emp
revived and the experience of upwards OF three years has
shown that this astonishing development OF wealth and A.
tiyty is not due fictitious ephemera causes but Ia
the real progress of the nation,
Public works OF surprising nagnfceuce have been nat
only begun but completed in all parts OF France and mo
especially in the capital Reforms, sauary trade have
been accomplished in the commercial system OF The COM
try The French navy has been raised unprecedented
degree of power Loans Of great magnitude have been
subscribed with popular enthusiasm aud the financial op
rntons OF the French companies have extended 10 the mos
remote parts of Europe To these facts must be added te
considerations Immediately affecting ourselves and
the political interests OF foreign nations in 30 far we and
they are affected by the foreign policy Of The Emperor q
the French
When the Emperor Napoleon assembled the throne aal
found himself in possession OF uncontrolled authoriu
the political and military Of France he had
before him two OF action He might had he hen
inclined have revived the foreign policy of the hn
Emperor; he might have repudiated the treaties u
1915, attempted to extend the territories Of France
the Alps and the Rhine, sought NO ayenge the Daih
Of Waterloo on this country, broken up the existing
state Of Europe, and obtained without much difficulty
the alliance Of the late Emperor Of Russia in De
accomplishment OF these nofarious designs for Ia
the early part Of 1853 there be but little doubt
that Russia would have consented 60 purchase he
alliance of France at any price and that the empire
might have been inaugurated BY another Tst On De
other hand lay the alternative OF an intimate alliance with
Great Britain Louis Napoleon well knew the conditions
which alone such alliance could be formed and main
tanned. He well aware that in connecting his policy
with that Of this country he pledge tor the uhse
of existing treaties for the independence Of Belgium
Switzerland and Sardinia, for security for lR
maintenance Of The existing balance Of power and Cor h
adherence to disnteresed and pacific system Of govern
mcnt lie knew, also, that the only ground ol ha
alliance would be absolute good faith and strict ye@
in Ill the relations il might cali into existence soA
being the option which lay before him, say that dos
honor 70 his Judgment and to his character and thai
especially entities him to the respect and gratitude q M
people Of this country when appears that he unhesa
ngg and irrevocaby chose the last OF these two aterns
yes Ii not the course which appealed most direct
~ 10 the old associations OF imperial France 10 the aD
ton Of the people the enthusiasm Of the army but
was course dictated by prudence BY wisdom, by GOT
policy and the desire OF peace and that decision undon@
eddy saved this country well France and the rest
Europe from pers aud evils IN comparison with gh
the events Of the present subsde into insgnihcane
On grounds OF practical experience and Of rationale
erest shall ia common with the whole people Of Tbs
country welcome the Emperor OF the French To The CO.'S
of England. IL h conspicuous mark OF the STRENGTH a
energy Of thai alliance in which the honor our a
and the success OF our cause are so deeply %
gagged. It's fresh proof OF the confidence and regar
with which the Emperor Napoleon looks upon counH
which he has known well under different crcumaianm !.
and AZ other times. II sheltered him. fugitive from ID
fortress of Hamit win receive him. guest from the sE
dor Of the Tuileries But in either capacity be kaOW
chat he is no stranger among as, and that ege
sought and held him fast to the friendship Of this coua
in vain