The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-05
NApOLEON'S REVENGE.

Queen Victoria's recent visit TO Louis Nopo-
Icon, at Paris, in the New Orleans Picayunc:
The Corscan vendetta is nearly accomplish.
ed, for the humiliation of England approach
Cd its contamination when Queen Victoria
flood rcvcrcntially before the tomb of her
{ &untry's mortal enemy in the wirrd torch
light which ilickercd along the walls of the
Invalidcs She stood there MS the dependent
of his nephew suppiant TO the mercy of
the Napolconic race, which knows no mercy
for its ioc-a Queen in name beside an En-
pcror in fact. Did the spirit Of Sir Hudson
Lowe hover around the scene! Did the laugh
of the sold guard" which, according to the
German leg nd, attends, the nightly reviews
of ie pctjt corJordi nn the drclry shore Of
st. Helena, ring scornlu,ly through the
sombrc wall,l Mo- it was but fancy, but
the vengeance OF the Napocons was Il ie
atty.
The visit Of Queen Victoria TO Paris was
little more than conqucror's pageant, in
which she acted the part of Il distinguished
captive. which could not be endured by her
for Il moment. il siaglc drop of Bnadiccas
blood remained in the vcins OF modern royal.
ty. She WAS received with II maguilicvnce
which threw her eluits at display on the nc.
casion of Napo!ron's visit to London into the
shade and showed, us Stcrnc says. that "thcy
do these things better in France" but the
cheers with which the Emperor was greeted
in London were not bestowed upon the
Queen in Paris, and she passed Ito 81.
Cloud, spectacle TO be gazed ut aud not
guest 10 be honortd.
Some years ago this sam" Victoria refused
to permit dis.ing uished English "clrrss 10
appear at the private t!catrcaIS IN Windsor
Palace, because her character was not SanS
,enrocLe. and vet she was compelled to ne
cept the companionship during her ten days
soiourn in Paris Of the Emperor couain-thc
notorious Mathildc, who is the Nimon DIN
clos. the most brilliant and blazen courtcsan
of the present day. Mathilde is divorced
from her husband on account OF her lhhu'
mcrablp inlidciitirs, and is living III open adult
terry with "tust' Httuche OF the Court. IN
the same carriage with her the prudish Vic
toria rode TO the Grand Opera ana beheld AL
bert-somrwlat noted for his susceptibility
--exposcd to all her witchcry and Fascination,
while beside her sat her superior and her
1naster-the sandman al Bol"gne," VINO was
one of her special cunstablrs in As. who
saws that truth is not stranger than fiction!
Who hip,s, after this, that History is not II
rreatcr romance maker than Walter Scott or
Alexander Dumas!
81 noticed" saws Il correspondent OF The
London Press, "ihat while the Emperor con
verscd with the Queen in the Royal box NJ
the Opera, n sinister smile, hall of triumph
and half of sarcasm, parted his lips OCCASION.
ally and nirkerrd over his inscru.abIc coulite-
nance" What did that Smile mean! 1t WAS
II faint revelation OF the proud thoughts which
were swelling within his heart. 1t is said, 81.
Helena is avenged
The parvrnu is the muster of the hcrcdila-
nv Sovereign. The triumph of France is al
most complete. The housccss wandercr-
the mailman of former years-thc prisoner "i
llam-thr dependent Of Mrs. How"rd-ihc
special constable of London, is the ruler OF
France to day, and France is the ruler of
England. Graft has done the work of the
sword--but the final retrlbr,ion--the grand
tlenoucmem OF the drama has not arrived yet
not vet, Oh, Drstiny.-not yet. ltadvances,
however, darkly and steadily "Is the shadow
of the Gnomon. Gaze on, poor glIded pup.
pet at the pantoininc on the stage, and dream
not of the tragedy which awaits your cnun.
try and vourself So said that Smile Such
was the meaning of the faint revelation of
the secrets of that hitherto inscruabe coun.
tcnance.
Victoria has returned to England amid the
congratulations of the London press. But
what has she learned during her visit! That
France has II magnificent army On her own
soil, while England has scarcely single sol
dier; that the French people are aroused and
invigoraed by the Eastern war, while the
EnTIisb are crushed and depressed; that the
birlhright of genius is more potent than the
birthright of blood; that she is Il mere pawn
though bearing II royal crown, on the chess
board of European politics, in the hands
of the most skiIiul and mastery player OF
his time. Such is the bitter lesson she
must have learned, unless the imbcrili-
ty of George Ill. be Unbeatable with his
crown.