New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-07
THE IMPERIAL BABY AND OTHER
GOSSIP.
From Our Own CoETsspoadeDi.

PARIS, Thursday, March 90 1856.
The Baby Prince Is the center of all interest.
About bis cradle circulate senators, Legislators,
diplomatic pleDipotentiaries, judges and generals,
lowing grsvely to the little, red. PUPPY Hishness,
Or gaping with an amiable visibility Of aspect-a
"medest cadence Of body-and q conciliating CO.
"operstion Of the whole man-which expresses IN
"sficious promptitude for bis service, and indl-
i" Gates that they look upon themselves as the sup
"pliant appendages Of his power, and the enlisted
"Swiss of his political fortune" Outside of this
FIRST dress circle. and not permitted to e0tor the
palase, are lesser officials, poets Of the second,
third and 20 on, down to tenth-ra.e, designing art
kts and ithographen, journalists and such other
xif-rsf, ell in en- extreme state Of genuaccton,
either from the naturally 1.-the and supple quality
Il their disposition, or in the hope Of rui'og their
fortunes, as Sir Pertinax McSycophant advises,
by boowing, by boowing" CongratulatOry ad-
dresses are pouring into the Palace from ell the
constituted bodies Of the Empire. Those offered
by the Senate, Legislature, Council OF State, and
diplomatic Congress, you viii fnd in the H0HaeST
Of yesterday. The imperial responses 10 these sd-
dresses are very noticeable. They are 10 the best
style Of that brief seDtcntous eloquence that dis
tngusbes most Of NapoeOR's speeches. IN them
Napoleon recognizes bis revolutionary origin, and
the duties and dangers Of his position arising from
such origin, with a drectness and b0ldness that
stand in singular contrast with tie spirit OF quiet.
Ism. blind conservatism and seryility Of many OF
his hatterers. While some are disappointed not
90 And more definite announcement OF the CON-
ing Peace In bis reply TO Walewski, every one con-
sders the illusions contained in that and his other
replies Of the day az proof that the completion
and promulgstion Of the defsitve treaty of peace
awaits only the speedy settlement Of secondary
e0llsteral question
The baby and mother are bulletined az doing
we'll The baby is-but bethink me that some
Of Your readers, IL they read az far as here, may
break out In democratic. rough impotence at 60
much talk over one baby. Let me set myself right
with them before 20 on.
In the first place, my dear democratic readers
h V my duty az reporter to talk Of whs, every
beds sa: :s Is talking c. s q you Lame any one
fDr overworking the baby, blame Frenshmen
But, in the second place, my dear democratic in-
pceents, do not blame Frenchmen too hastily for
bowling, decorating, praying, singing. ben-rlngng,
powder burning, TsDeHning, praisng, lsudsaRg.
esteeminR, adniring, eulogizing psnegyrizing, ap-
plauding, accaiming cheering, glorify ing. matni-
fine, exalting, dreaming, prophesying, vsticinit-
iag divinng inventing. devisiDg thinking, talking.
asd In general making endless pother over, al
ISepcCDIk, bpOut Ons upOu tbu ICgtINiuB hAAA
child and all unto him appertaining Let me pa
renthetcally intercalate here that tie event has
given rise a. well to scofhng, mooking jeering,
sneeripg foutipg, etc.-Dot always Of = sort cred
liable 70 the speakers and writers, but often witty
and too often excusabls and even justi6able.
IL strikes you az ridiculous that Master Nap.
Eugene, etceters, should be made Grand Cross Of
the Legion Of Honor at the age Of half day, and
that high magistrates should bow before his cradle
4bia from assOciatlaQ "a
Meas. Read John Locke on that head. You
ninsle in your thoughts Master NaPpy with little
jenkins Now, the cases are ss different Is pos-
sible. Nsppy did such . service 10 the world by
having the eoodnes 10 be born that for that alone
he merits the Grand Cross. lie ssves France.
France eets saved, BY the way, almost IS often a
eur own dear Republic. II has been saved semi.
annually at least for the last FIVE years. Nsppy,
1t this early age, works other mirscles. We hear
OF sources Of justice. fountains Of mercy wells Of
ruth. Nappy 10 all that, he n; scsturiginous Ia
an extent not dreamed Of by little Jenkins quite
privilege, Just IN himself. week ago there
were eiehs hundred men and women in the
guilty men and women. or they would
not have been there-to-dsy thcy are re-
leased, have ceased to be guilty because HAPPY
u born. Ifhe had not been born they would have
continued TO be guilty, and would have had to stay
out their time. Nay, il he had not had the good
sess 70 be little boy instead Of little girl 1t ia
lot probable that more than half Of them would
BOW DO innocent. A week ago there were acme
Thousands OF poor people in Paris as there Away.
are VINO were In debt to hired nurses who farm
the children "a working woman s.upot afford IA
snrse her own child, and who hsd articles q,
slsthing and bedding and kitchen furniture and
lsols lying In pledge sc the Moass de Pieff. for
sums Of three, four, Eve and six francs A wseb
ego these thousands were suffering sharply on thi,
seceunt-snd very properly, in accordance with
0s highly "saved," orderly, religious and not disor
ganised state Of present society. No sooner doe.
lappy get cleverly born than sum Of 200, O0(
francs something like the cost Of the cradl,
1sypy sleeps in-is devoted to the paying Of thes,