The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-12-12

Translated from the Bellisle Zeitung.l

Translated from the Bellisle Zetung.l
Ofno historical character Of modern
times have such various opinions beer
expressed and such manifold compsri
sons been made a. Of the man who hal
run the long and terrible gauntlet from
poverty to the Tuileries. When M
dc Cessna. the editor of La Patrie, OK
claimed on the morning after the coup
detat Of 1851: "Cesar may SLEEP
quitely beneath the dome of the Inva.
lides. for Augustus holds with strong
hands the rein Of bis empire" he threw
out comparison which the people
quickly took up, and which indeed was
not without foundation. Like that Of
Augustus, who took his popularity on
credit from bis uncle, the majesty Of
the little Napoleon stands upon anoth-
er's glory. It is not his own desert ;
it is borrowed splendor. And indeed
in character certain similarity cannot
be denied to exist between Augustus
Cesar and Louis Napoleon. The sly,
heartless, cold, calculating, intriguing
Augustus. who sacrificed his friends
to prescription. who had completely.
ruined himself by debaucheries in his
youth, and to whom every means Of
attaining an end was acceptable. has
certainly points Of similarity with the
hero Of the I'd December. Not until
he was old did Augustus become elem.
ent and in this respect Mr.. Napoleon
will probably carry out the plagiarism
to the end. On the whole,in Louis Ma.
poleon . certain Mephistophelean ele-
ment cannot be overlooked.
His very appearance-the dead,
cold face, with the great moustache,
which hides every smile, as did tho
Duke of Alba's-this face, which is at
most now and then moved by mali
cious compression ofthe lips. gives Mr..
Bonapart right to the name Of Me-
phistopheles, which be has earned by
bis conduct towards bis enemies, and
bis friends-the English aristocracy.
A man who for years and years has al.
lowed himself to be treated as a moon
calf, as an imbecile-who during cabi.
net councils draws figures Of horses
and men on the documents, and then
after all carries out his own villa
man who adopts any and every means,
even the most abhorrent, when it leads
him to his object-an actor who plays
his part so thoroughly-may we'll be
as the principle of evil
When after the coup d'etat the So
called parliamentary generals were ia.
ken to the prison at Ham, Mephisto-
pheles Napoleon took care that Bully
Chaugarnier should be bolted into the
,ame cell that Louis Napoleon had &C.
cupied years before. His marriage
With Senortija Montijo, bis bitter re-
marks in relation to the past connec-
lion of the French Emperor with
princesses and reigning houses, the
cold blooded revenge which he took,
On the Orleans family. and above all, |
bis conduct towards England, show a
purely Mephistophelean nature.
The aristocracy which would not
endure the bankrupt loafcr, Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte, in their parlors,
are now too happy to swell the train
Of the fortunate adventurer. The vir-
tuous Queen whose aristocratic tastes
are known throughout all Europe, is
compelled to submit to the kisses of
notorious roue. who wherever he lived
IN exile had the reputation of being
BY no means fastidious in his associa-
ions. Surely there is grand retribu-
ion in the late performances. in which
Louis Napoleon allowed the English,
nay even the Queen her
'clf to figure. as decoration. We will
DOT now point out the Mcphistophelean
service which he has done his dear
Allies in tho Crimea by exposing
heir military weakness. especially the
,owerlessness Of England. 1t must
,ften appear as though he had the
Intention of reducing them to depen.
lence. Add to that, the cold. blooded
which be ever manifests to-
wards all real Republicans, over whom
'e can in any way bring his power,
o bear, and in Louis Napoleon, one