New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-15
NEMESIS.

wrong in the long or short run then was tero-
cious, and the theology being necessarily re-
fex Of the popular intelligence the gods did as
mortals But though the Grecan diginities have
disappeared Nemesis still lives, and her DEGREES
though they seem less violent than of old are not
the less terrible. In the worlds dramas she
still reigns at the fifth act. IN not jot will she
abate her settlements. They may come slowly,
but come they do. If not seen in the individual
experience they are patent in the general.
Nemesis has been at work lately in England.
Her temple rose in triumph on the late visit OF
Louis Bonaparte Waterloo was avenged.
Avenged more terribly than if the French army
had defled through Temple Bar and rang vie
tory chimes on the Bowbells. For only look at
the History of England from the time when
Danton threw the Kings head in the face of the
coalesced tyrants up to the hour when Napoleon
| escaped hopeless from his captured coach
after the carnage of the 18th Of June-and COM
pare this all with the late chapter when Cockney-
dom TUNED out to greet MS nephew and adorer,
who is Emperor No. III because his uncle was
Emperor No. |, and when Queen and Prince
Ccnsort Nobility and Church, buried their pride
and took the adysnturer by the hand as though
he were of hereditary blood anonted with the
sacred grease of Rheims. How complete was
here the triumph of compensatng the fate
The coarse spasm of an invasion would be but
commonplace in comparison with the heavy
hand of this Nemesis. The nation that lent It's
blood freely and its treasure with wild lavish
ness to put down mushroom Emperor, now
swallowing its faith and antecedents and well
coming with mean adulation the meanest ofshoot
of such fungus England is invaded and sue
cumbs.
This nephew of an Emperor, who fetters free
dom (eyen the Press as yilely as did his I'M
cl,-HhO makes war where he dare strke-who
assures the French people that the first Napo-
Icon is his model and guide-has invaded England
without striking blow. Government and people
grecthim Hereditary Lords and lIierarchs bend
before him; for the Press, even Punch, sprawls
before him, though the mighter Diogenes does
not. His ingratitude to friends, perjury to God,
and murder of mutitudes OF trusting fellOw-cit-
liens are all forgotten.
Waterloo is indeed avenged, and no other
humiliation would seem to be required to balance
the account save the -super-addition Of the
Emperor taking the command of the allied
armies in the East Shade of "the pilot who
- weathered the Storm" what an invasion of the
old British pyramid The stout yeOmen with
their bows whizzing victory at Greasy and Agin-
court; the Cromwellian men who in the Low
Countries performed "imposibilities;" the cen
taurs Of Quatre-Bras-all these forgotten TO
make way for this yagabond swell of expe-
diency-this loaier Of two continents-this fell
Ion of two jails-this Iscariot of the Nineteenth
Century, less the poetry Of the original who
had the good taste to hang himself.
In illustration of this new Gallo triumph aud
to form proper estimate of its value let us
look little at the national spirit shown by En-
gland at the time Of the threatened invasion by
Napoleon |. From a scrap-book collection of
the patriotic handbills which were scattered
through the kingdom at that time we will cite
a few, taken at random from hundreds. Number
One is a print of Bonaparte as a monkey in
meragerie with a Snowman, followed by this
letter-press:
"pDcocE's Grand NEsAGERiE,
with an Exact representation OF
BonupsTte
the COrs,can Monkey,
~ be probably appear al the above receptacle oors
Culi0'ities. on ~ before Christmas, IgA
Ladies ana Geamsn!
This surprising aainal was taken By Admin. Jogx BuLt -
he True BEon Of bis Majestys principal line q
slip he posess"s the Cunning u ne FOX the Rapefy
ths 0 the oOoanrfy mater 0i the Hyena tie tender
irfs - ne ArcDdLe The Olsnfcy As he