Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-05-05
The French Empire


Couu, de Buo. Prince Napoleon sat opposite
the Emperor. having Count orlotf on bis right.
and All pacha on his left. Towards the enl OF
the dinner. the Emperor in firm and emphatic
voice .sad II give as tossi: the Union so happi-
| " re-established among the sovereigns May 1t
he durable: and it will be 80 fit is always found
| cd on right. Justice and IN the true and hgn-
innate interests Of the peoples" These words
were hailed by unanimous cries of "NiveF I'm
pereur!"
We take the foregoing from the London Times
Of the Goth ult. These are proud days for Louis
| Napoleon. Whatever may be his future expert
ence IL is hardly possible that he should ever
again bevsited by such train Of exalting events
rs those that have combined to give eolat to his
recen, history The once poor, despised, deri
ded adventurer Of Boulogne and Strasbourg. the
sum total If whose followers were some a" hun
dred and fifty tattered prodigals lately come from
eating draft and husks," has within the last
twelve months. welcomed To his own imperial soil
tho queen Of the proudest empire Of tho world.
and kissed her fraternally on both royal checks.
His soldiers have. within that period. oonsum
mated one of the greatest achievements in mill
| tary annals, and added new lustro to martial
glory that already peerless. To his capital
he has convoked plenpotentiares from the prin-
oipal governments Of Europe. and shaped for
them the conditions Of future pence. And to
crown the pyramid If his pride and fortune. an
imperial scion Of his own body has come, as n
promise of perpetuation to his Lineage and name
on the throne of Franco. What more does he
need to Gil the cup of his ambition and his hap.
pinessl At that splendid banquet was there
any Banquos ghost, invisible 10 other eyes,
whispering sepulchral words in the of the
royal host In some secret chamber Of his
superb palace does there not hang CHASTITY
skeleton whose remembered image haunts him
in the festive hail. as well as in the solitary cab
met where he revoives his schemes If empire
1t is His noblest guests the ooca-
sion of this great State dinner those who
had solcmnly resolved that when death should
wrench the sceptrc from his hand mo son aud
heir Of his" should take it up. They. rs he
could not have failed to remember while he feast-
ed them, had entered into compact with ench
other to restrict tho empire within tho limits of
his own life, and bound themselves to each other
to prevent his posterity ascending tho throne
which he had won by perjury and violence
Russia. Austria and Prussia are firmly and sol
EMMY pledged against hereditary government
by tho Bonapartes in treaty signed at War
in 1852 This treaty declared the principle
of hereditary light rs tho law of succession to
the thrones and the basis of all order in Europe:
that the right of sovereignty in France is EN-.
bodied in the person Of the Count do Chambord.
AS tho head of the House of Bourbon and the
imperial dignity when assumed by Louis Napo.
leon. being negation Of this principle, the three
powers undertook to lay down precisely. the
rules of action by which they would be guided
in the following contingencies
If Prince Louis Banaparte. President of
the French Republic, should be named Emperor
for lfe by the voice Of universal suffrage, the
powers will only recognize ihsnew form Of elnc
tive empire after having demanded of Prince
Louis Bonaparte explanations of the Specification
Of this new ,tle-atter having drawn from him
the pledge first that he will respect existing trea-
ties; second that he will not seek any increase
of the territory; and third that he will iorbear any
pretension to found dynasty.
In case Prince Louis Bonaparte should declare
himself hereditary Emperor the powers will not
recognize the new Emperor; but will send to
the French and all the other Governments pro
testation, grounded upon the principles of public
right, and the literal Interpretation of trea'ies.-
They will then,uccordng to circumstances, CON
suit upon new measures.
In case that tho rising of the people army
shall overthrow the Government of Prince Louis
Bnnapnrto, or in case he should die, the powers
pledge themselves to favor the restoration of the
heir of the legitimate throne by al means in their
power, and 10 recognize in future no dynasty but
that of the Bourbons.
This treaty is now in force. binding Russia,
Prussia and Austria to maintain the preten sions
of the Count do Chambord (the Bourbon Henry
W as lawful inberitor of tho throne of France,
| xvh hall a ar ha yarth
by revolution intrigue or force. The young King
of Algeria whose birth has been recently hail.
ed by the riuas ofu whole nation, and whose right
of succes sion none dare in France to dispute,
stands repudiated at his birth by the three strong
est powers OF continental Europe, incapable
OF inheritng the throne of his father with with
out the consent Of the French nation. And this is
the skeleton which hangs in a closet of the Tue
ries, and brings frightfu dreams to him who to gain
the throne Of France has devoted his life to danger
intrigue and toll. Now that the long cherished
dream is realized he finds another want quite <.
acting in its intensity and still more difficult of at.
tanment--a passionate desire to perpetuate in his
own name and blood the honors he has won That
and again, and as long he lives. must he sur
render himself to anxious scheming, to tolls and
plottings doubts and fears to suspicious and jea.
ousies, to all the whole harpy host of carkng
cares and brooding disquietudes. Uneasy lies
the head that wears crown is an adage whose
truth has perhaps never been felt with more force
than by Louis Napoleon.
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| Mr. Buchanan.
A writer in the New Orleans Delta reviews