New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-03

~ 40 exaggerated view Of tbis event thar taey
will think such congratulations and noPtr ~ % " -
TO offer far below the mPorApse Hnu ~" s he child
thstha. iu.t entered into this world Of t'ouu'e9 %
yici.,itudee q less eheckered and more ausPoou a.
than has waited spon hs predecessor porn - -
nurre we cannot forget the teachings OF history l,
tculsry Of the history of France nor DC ohna 10 '"e
many chances which interpose themselves between
the cradle and the throne OF the baby EInpeIoIi "
A little remarkable Is It TO observe that, i"ih inc
cesrIop Of Louis XIV to the pre-ont time, not snee
Kirg or Governor of France, though none oi ui.I
with the exception Of Louis XVIII. have been child
les has been succeeded at hIs deIlise by AZ -oh.
Louis XIV survived hls son, his GRANDSON, suH -
ro Of his great grandchildren, and was succeeded q.
lat BY one of the younger children OF bis gran1s2o,
the Duke Of Burgundy. Lou. Nv. survivor u
-on and succeeded by LIS g,anISosli - G,
XVI Louis XVI left son behind hiA' OI'
that son persisted in the filthy dungeon To when
tbe crue ~ Of the Terrorists had confined him Inc
King of Rome 10 whom Napoleon fondiy hoped 10
bequeath the boundess empire he had WOO; aiet
Color Il in the Au,tTan service. LOUIS " III: Wss
os W. have said chdless. The Duke de Bern zen oy
the hand of an assassin in the lifetime OF ChareS ~
ana bis son the Duke de Bordeaux, Is IN exile IRON
the land which his ancestors regarded as ther own
estate The eldest SOD of Louis Philippe perIshed by
an untimely accident and his grandson snd heir does
not cit upon the throne of his grandfather mus
then il appears tina; for upward OF Two huhuIeo years
in no one Of tie dynases to which, France mas Oeeh
sbiectd has the son succeeded TO the hrgne OF the
father We have no claim 10 ofer any OPINION with
regard 10 the internal government OF france as no"
eetab-hed and, with reference to our own re!a''VF
with that country, have nothing better to Wish ior
than N, firm establishment Of the dynasty OF LOUIS
NAPOLEON We have found in the present emperor
true and LOYAL ay prince thoroughly shve TO the rea
interest IF France and England, ana ahXlons 10 01se
his 70 pulary not upon the miserable eXped!eht OF 10
meting ancient d likes and discords but upon the lar
more durable and reasonable basis OF mutua! esteem
and good understanding. hateYer contributes 10
his welfare confirms his power and TENDS 10 perpet
nate bis rule must be rega ded az little less interest
ing to Ergland than to France. IL inc certainty tha
Ie laves successor behind him shall discourage the
repetition Of those attempts upon hs lie whica Tue
Numbers of bafled and desperate factions are Ioi
eve, renewing we shall have the utmost reason 10 re-
ioice Il at the birth of Prince has cut on the hopes
of those sought by violence to intercept the sue
esson 10 the Crown. Such good effects are inintdI-
ate and tangible and may be appreciated and &C.
knowledged without trusting too Tar 10 the Snppeiy
promises of an unknown future. But "hen we Set
beyond these immediate benefits we are cOupeAei 10
admit that many chances lie between the infant heu
of the Enperor and the Empire itself. Should the
pr,sert Eupe ror happily survive and perpetrate MS
mower till bis son has arrived AT those wears which en-
title him to take upon himself the duties OF me Coy
a,nnart one main difficulty would undoubtedly be
overcome hut Others remain behind OF an equally Tor
midable nature. Were France An hereditary monarchy
ike England, where the Sovereign u exempted
Iv the very terms of the CONSTITUTION IRON
resrop.bity for his acts and i bound to govern by
the advice Of his Ministers whatever De the character
of the newborn child, we might confidently prenct
that he would ascend and occupy the throne OF ms
fatMr Nav were he a despotIc monarch, IKE the
Emperor of Russia who rules not only by the fears,
but by the veneston and fenatic-m OF his subjects,
he might also probably succeed with no heavier la
bty than that of having bis career cut short, shOuld
he govern in manner to dspease the most promi-
mont and powerful of his subjects. But IN France gov
enmt nj il neither founded on prescription, as with Us,
nor on superstition, i'll Russia The qualities which
secure obedience in France seem now 10 De purely per
sonal and little Is gained by BIRTH unless II be united
with those qualities which concliate the respect and
compel the obedience Of mankind. II Is not every
Philip that can hope to be succeeded ny an AeAahuer-
not every man of good capacity who can expect to be
rpe for the most difficult situation in the world IN the
first wears Of opening manhood Amid the shpwreck OF
so many dynasties, amid the overthrow OF so many
hopes amid the blasting of 10 many far prospects OF
success il were presumptuous 10 anticipate for this
last child Of reignng family that good fortune which
has been denied to many OF his predecessor who
does not remember the prophetic poem IN wi n, ~,
warning the youthful Duke de Bordeaux Of the snares
and difficulties that surround the path of the future
heir Of the French diadem Fortune, writes the
heir If the Empire TO the HEN of the Restoration,
stretches 10 you hand, and smiles upon your birth
" NJ first Csy also fair. Kings adored me IN my
cradle and yet | am at Vienna slept upon
lauiels, and you are vapt in purple scepters were
my paythings, my head was bound with crown,
~ the Marshas sYOre fidelity TO mean oath which
they have doubtless kept-and yet am at Vienna
The lessons Of history this subject are 80 exceed
ingy striking and appropriate that 1t Is impossible Tor
an impartial writer to consider such an event as the
present without alludiDg to them. And yet, if We
were permtted to dwell in the land Of hope rather
than in that of reality how gladly would we believe
that in the birth OF this infant at the very moment
that gives renewed peace TO Europe, md pledge
for the termination of those incessant conyuLlonS
which. from the assembly of the StateG General under
Louis XVI have, at longer or shorter intervals,
never failed to cgtate the Government and people OF
France Happy, indeed, will be the destiny OF LOUIS
Napoleon if be succeed not only in founding his own
power on secure BASH, but in transmitting ii unim-
paired to a son who may inherit the talents OF his
iaher, while free from the difficulties ana dangers
which beet his early path and raised him, only after
lorg suffering and severe discipline to position in
which he has upheld the material interests of France
with ore hand and noby asserted her dignity and pre-
emiuence among the nations Of Europe with the
other
From, tn. Daay Nees, ifa1d H.,