Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-04-07
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THE NEW BORN rRINCE.

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Tso thing. ~ make up the idea OF a dynasty,-the
pepetason Of the race aud the continuance OF power
the hands Of successive generations The good fortune
Of the Emperor OF the French has just iuhed for him
The hrst OF these conditions The Empress hiss been
sshey deiseredcf and the approach OF peace
has been Lcr.ded by still suspicious to the
eisting Government OF France than the proximate close
u hosl,iie- The good fortune which has raised
Loris Napoleon exile Sovereign has present
ed him with heir. whom may dcvolve his
quistions and Who will any rate have good claim
Is any other freuehman the throne OF the
OF the continent.
Joy and adulstion NAV, doubt induce many take
exaggerated view OF this that they will think
such congratulations and hopes have offer Tar be-
Low the importance and the happiness of the present
csson. But while hoping for the child that has just
tered into this world Of troubles and vcissitude less
checkered aud suspicious tate than has waited upon
his predecessors born in the purple cannot forget tie
teachings OF history particularly OF the history OF France
be blind to the chances which inttposc them
selves between cradle and the throne OF the baby I'm.
peror Not little remarkable it to observe that from
the accession Of Louis XIV. to the present time
n single King Governor OF France, though none
OF than, with the exception of Louis NVllI,
have eldess has been succeeded his demise L.,
his Louis XIV. survived his his grandson id
several Of his great grandchildren, and succeeded at
OF the Younger children of his grandson the
Duke OF Burgundy. Louis Nv, survived his and
succeeded by hislgrandson, Louis XVI Louis NVI
lett beliud him that persisted in the
filthy dungeon which the cruelty OF the
had confined him. The King OF Rome, To whouSNrpole
on foadly hoped bequeath the boundless empire he
had won died u Colonel in the Austrian service. Louis
XVIII was have said childess. The Duke de Berr
Tell by the hand OF assassin in the lifetime OF Charles
y and his son. the Duke de Bordeaux; is in exile Om
the land which his regarded their
The eldest of Louis Philippe persisted by untimey
accident and his grandson and heir does not sit upon the
throne his grandfather. Thus them it appears that
Tor upwards OF years in Of the dynastvs
which France been subjected has the Succeeded
the throne of the father. We have claim TO offer amy
opnion with regard to the internal government OF France.
as now established and with reference rcla
tons with that country have nothing better wish
than 6n establishment ct the dynasty of Louis Ma
poleon. We have found in the present Emperor true
and loya ally Prince thoroughly alive to the real inter
est of France aud England and anxious base his popu
larty not upon the miserable eNpedieut OF omentng
ancient dskes and dcods but upon the far dura
bic and reasonable basis OF mutual esteem and good u-
Outstanding. Whatever contributes TO his welfare,
firms power and tends to peipetae his rule must b.
regarded eess interesting to England than to Franc
If the certainty that he leaves behind him shall
discourage the repetition Of those attempts upon his hic
which the members OF baed and desperate factions
for ever renewing shall have the utmost reason to re-
;o;c. that the birth OF Prince has cut OH the
bnnas of those who sought 10y violence to intercept
che succession to the Crown. Such good effects n-
mediate aud tangible aud may be appreciated ani as
knowledgcd without trusting too lar To the slippery pro-
mse. of an unknown future. But when We get beyond
thes. immediate benefits compelled 20 admit that
many chances lie between the infant heir OF the Emperor
and the Empire itself Should the present Emperor hap
pily survive and perpetrate his power till his has
rived at those years which ene HIN TO take upon HIM.
self the duties of the government ons man dcnty would
undoubtedly overcome, but Others remain behind o all
equally forndably nature WeFo France an hereditary
monarchy like England, where the Sovereign i exempted
by the very terms the Constitution from responsibility
for s acts and isbound govern by tile advice oi his
Minister'S Whatever be the char OF the newborn child
We might confidently predict that he would ascend aud
occupy the throne oil his father Nayswere he de'potie
monarch like the Emperor OF Russia, who rules not only
by tile fears by the generation and anatcsm OF his
subjects might also probably succeed with no heavier
liability than that OF having his cut short should
he govern in \ to displease the most prominent
and powerful OF his subjects. But in France government
is neither founded pre- scrption, with Us, nor on
superstition in Russia. The qualities which secure
sonal and little is gained by birth unless It be
united with those qualities which consiate the respect
and compel the obedience Of mankind. IL IS not every
Philip that hope tn be succeeded by an Alexanicr
not every of good capacity who eau expect 10 bc npe
for the difficult situation the world III the hrs
years OF opening manhood. Amid the shpSrcck OF 80 many
dynases amid the overthrow of many hopes amid The
blasting OF many fair prospects OF success were PIE
sumptuoIs anticipate for this last child Of eigng
family that good fortune which has been denied to many
OF his predecessors. Who does remember the pro-
phetc poem which Beranger represents the sou OF tue
great Napoleon warning the youthful Duke de Bpr-
deaux the and difficulties that surround the path
Of the future heir OF the French diadem. "Puftunr,
writes the heir of the Empire to the heir OF the R-tnr
tiou, stretches you hand, and smiles upon your birth
''Ny first day also fair Kings adore me in my era
IDLE aud yet am at Vienna slept upon aurel-, aud
''you wrapt in purple; sceptres nay pnytmug,
'my head bound with crown, the Marshas sw"rr o
'me-sn oath which they have doubtless kept-and yet
am at Vienna"
The lessons OF history this subject SO exceedingly
striking and appropriate that it is impossible for impair
tal consider such the present without
abiding them Aud yet il permitted TO
dwell ia the land OF hope rather than In that Of reality,
how gladly would we believe that in the birth OF this ia
FAINT the very that gives renewed peace to Eu
rope find pledge for the termination Of those nees-
sAnt commissions which, from the assembly of the State.
General ulder Louis NN have. at longer shorter in
In he
of France Happy indeed will be the destiny OF Louis
Napoleon IL lie succeed, not ONLY in founding his own
power a secure basis but i'll transmitting it unimpair
ed who mag inherit the talents Of his father while
free from the difficulties and dangers which beset his early
path, and raised him only sitter long suffering aud
discipline position in which he has upheld the mate
rial interests France with one-hand and noby asserted
her dignity and preeminence among the nations OF Europe
With the other.