New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-23
PINCH AND BONAPARTE.

Purch is improving. We do not mean the In
sdious mixture Of that name, as 20 the variations
| q which We pretend to 40 personal knowledge;
| but good Mr. Punch. the tender husband OF
Judy the kind master Of Toby, and the enlishiener
OF mankind We lsmented to or readers, some
| time ago. the damage the Russian wsr aud the
FreIeh alliance had been TO him. The approach OF
the peace. and the secret dissatisfactiOns Of the
English people with the results of the Crimean
campaign, are making him himself again. slight
"squeeze Of the yellow" just thought more of
the favoIing lemon juice MAJ be detected IN the
last brewsee Of the weekly bowl be offers 10 his
frieuds, aud it adds much to it's toOthsomeness.
We hope TO see him entirely restored to the lively
7gor OF his first estate. now that the peace Is
fIs ally signed.
Louis Napoleon's nose hss grown long and big
again. He no longer wears the comely and gentle
mauhke air which has distinguished Mr. Punch :
later portraits He is sitting in last weeks car
toon with Liberty humbly approaching him and
sayirg, Please, may / be godmother - The
discontinue OF BOnspartes face is such "a he
tw,ches at his imperial, as it might have been
were il his New-York washerwoman presenting
her little bill Poor Liberty must take herself out
of the way. that v clear, or she may find herself
IN route for Cayenne. 1t has smack OF the old
hearty Punchy spirit Of the Brummagem
Bonspsrte out on ride, and the gdrcOn cutting
oren the goose that brought him the golden eggs,
and the other Illustrations OF NJ. BOnsparte's :
career ard prospects, in the days before England
dreamt Of seeing his banner hanging n ST Georges
Chapel or Of following him 10 war or to peace.
He is fair game for mighty hunter, like Mr.
Punch and We are glad that Toby has got scent Of
him sgain, and that the hunt is Ike 10 be up once
more.
The dscontents Of England with her present re-
lations with France have been showing n em;elyes
IS occasion served Of late. They have added an
urder.groHl TO the thunders Of TIE Times aud
have been seen in the greater ciyil.y shown TO
Me.srs Golden and Bright, and in the scarcely
concealed murmurs cf some Of TIE provincial
paIers. The .sct is, England begins to be con-
scous that all her prodigality of blood and treas
ure has been pouredout, not 80 much TO humble the
Russian tyraLt as TO exslt the French one that
VIXEN the lion went 10 war with the bear in COM
pany with the fox. il was that Reytsrd might
ou,wit bis ally aud mske terms with Bruin
such as will serve his turn by and by in 8
way that il would take Ls Fontaine rightly
to express. These are the proper topics for
Puneh 10 treat Of. The humbugs of various
degrees of transparency, to which hundreds
of thousands of brave men have been sacrificed
and thousands of millions OF money cast upon their
altar are precisely what comes within the sphere of
trenchsnt satile and piqusnt wit. We rejoice to
see that be is Ike to reassume his proper Office.
The tests of country are IS mighty perhaps,
as the ballads When it was said, Let me make
1.-THE songs OF nation and care not who makes
1.-The laws, the sovereignty of Wit had not been
recognized "A man who laughs will never be
dangerous was the reply of the Due de Choiseul
whom he gave the Reverend Mr.. Yorick his pass
ports as the lester Of the King of England. But
by bis E1cellency. leave, he did not show that sa-
gscity We might have expected OF him. AT that
very time set Of sceffers were laughing out Of
being the ancient rfgim. of which he was part
snd their bitter jests laid the whole in rlins Men
in France now know better the weight Of laugh,
and there sre none more rigidly put under surSel-
lance than the laughers. Ridicule is a weapon
BoLsparle breads more than the dagger rthe bullet
And with reason: for whether ridicule be the test
Of abs1 lutte truth or not i! is OF human Institutions
Those that cannot stand being laughed st must fall
Indeed. il seems that Punei has been seized in
Paris on account Of this buffet TO BOnaparte.
Excellent good. / faith We are mistaken if this
arrest Of our great friend does not put him on bis
mettle We trust 10 see bis baton flying about the
pate Of the Brummsgem Bonapar;e as Frisr Tuck's :
cusrterstaf did abou, Gur,hs. Ii shows, at least,
low lard be biz that time Aud We mistake the
constitution Of Mr. Pune if il viii make hi hold
bis hand. Bonaparte may find that he has made
an exchange for the worse in swapping the auto
cfat OF Russia for him OF Fleet street he is
Euch the more dangerous enemy Of tue two.
Fleet street stands for mighty empire; No. 20
is only il. capital Its subjects aIe all over the
world, ard il. monarch will prove an ugly customer
Il be gets hi. blood up. Napoleon the Little made
a great bunder in quarreling with him. He has
TOO many weak points to make it fafe for him 20
provoke conflict in which the Odds will be 80
fesrfully against him. We will back Emperor
Pvneh against Emperor Bonaparte any day. T'e
FEmPrsu
RRIDGEs TEAHROATS.