The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-03-10
LOUIS NAPOLEON

This man alone of all the actors in the great
drama now being performed in Europe appears
to be equal to his part. Without noise, par
adc or apparent effort he has compelled the
proud and imperious aristocracy of England to
do homage to him, the cold blooded Hapsburg
to concliate his alliance !; the arch enemy Of IL
legitimate monarchical pretension, the truculent
Nicholas, to respect him. The nation which, we
were told, and believed without telling, loathcd
his rule, and execratcd the bloody and perfdiors
conduct which signalized his elevation to impe-
rial honors, has recently, with spontaneous una
nimity in response to his appeal not only pour
ed into the national eychequer the one hundred
millions Of dollars he asked for the necessities Of
the war in which he is engaged, but four fold
| that enormous amount, with cheertulness and
alacrity that have never been surpassed, il
equaled, even in countries, where the power Of
! the people is sovereign and supreme. From one
end Of Europe to the other, one individual alone
fills the popular mind, occupies the attention
and eNcites the ariXieties Of kings that man Is
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, styled in derislon
the :" Madman of Boulogne" !" - ts
! The desperate adventurer, the fugitive, the
debauchec3 The ex-policeman Of the shop keepers
Of London, is now the courted monarch OF Que
of the most civilized, populous and enlightened
nations OF globe; commands the resources and
/ the persons of thirty-fve millions of men an
army Of half a million, admirably appointed and
ably otlicered, responds to his wishes q fleet OF
over two hundred magnificent vessels ofwar are
moved by his will the most formidable of the
ancient enemies of his race crouch at his feet /;
the cruel and perfdious Austrian solicits hope
4 fully his acceptance Of his decorations Prussia
tremblcs as the roll Of his turbrils are borne to-
wards the Rhine and the Autocrat is reminded
of the Borodino, Moscow and the Cossacks by
the thunder OF his guns before Sebastopol,
BY the by, when the aristocr.cy Of Britain
shall have slaughtered another army or two, in
| perfidious support of the despotsm and tyranny
of which they have immemorially been the most
steadfast ally, Napoleon, with his army fully
organized and recruited to its full strength OF q
million Of men, will give law to Europe and
4 consummatc, in triumphant glory, the gigantic
plans and most cherished aspirations and am
bition of the illustrous founder of his family.
He witnesses, with bitter delight, no doubt, the
stupidity, brutality and trickery tof the British
aristocracy; the shallow devices and low knavery
by which they hope to advance the Muscovite
cause, even at the sacrifice of the armies and
honor OF their country, contented to permit
Canrobert feed and clothe the miserable frag-
ment of that army yet remaining, and to am
bulancei its sick and invalided hundreds from the
trenches they are no longer able to defend, well
d knowing meantime that his forces are in good
condition that ample reinforcements are being
pushed forward to Constantnope, to aid nnd
support them at the proper time, while anoth-
er army is preparing to sweep, with resistless
current, over Prussia, from the Rhine to 70
land. ,-+r r.,lf asa
Already warning has been given by the
French Minister in plain and intelliglbic Ian
: guage to friedrich William, of Prussia, OF what
he may be prepared to expect and that what
ever may betide, whatsoever Others may deter
mine, the Emperor of the French will never con
; sent to his sharing in negotiations for peace
. to the measures to bring which about he has
not contributed. II he has rights as a grca
monarch, the Prussian King is reminded thai
: he has also great duties as corre!atiye Of thost
: rights to perform, and that he, Napoleon, vii
see that the last are faithfully observed, before
: the first are recognized and regarded
We like talk Of this sort there is a plain, nm
7 mistakeable directness about it that is quit
: charming, and much us we dislike the mode p.
which Louis Napoleon accomplished the dies
truction of the constitution of his country, an'
/ his accession to imperial power on its ruins, w
! confess the future, which he is now giving tn
It world glimpses Of is glaldening, for there
s. something exceedingly cheering in the idea tina
IS the oldest monarches and the most invetcrat
e aristocracies are compelled to bend down in hu
mility md perform obeisance before mere at
It venturer upon whom, by singular freak (
II fortune, the imperial purple ofa great peoI,l
= has so marvelously descended. We hope h
l. may prove Il Samson to the kings and arlStt
: Gratis of Europe [l'rne Delta.