New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-03


The COurier and Enquirer sees ftto assert-upon
what evidence doth not sppear-that the authors Of
the recent attempt to assassinate Louis Napoleon
were "Italan Republicans properly speaking
" BrarOS), headed by the wretch Mazzini, and
bounded on to their work of murder and rapine
:" by his associates Ledru Roln, Kossuth, and their
confreres." OF course, after such liberality OF
accusation, we not surprised at being told in the
next breath that those Italians who thus attacked
Louis Napoleon are taught from their infancy
that the end justifes the means, and in their
Ignorance firmly persuaded that priesty absolu-
tioD, granted IN adrancc will screen the murderer
L" from all future punishment" 1t is none of our
business to defend the Roman Catholic Church
against this grave impeachment though we do not
believe it we'll grounded; but we most positively
assert, in behalf of the italian Republicans, that
they hold no such faith, and rely no such priesty
absolution," rs is here asserted. If the POpe's
- very dear son in Jesus Christ" Louis Napoleon,
shall live and reign until they solicit and receive
" priestly absouton in advance for killing him,
then his lifewould be capital basis for an insurance
policy.
The Courier proceeds TO make great many rash
and unsupported assertions like those already quoted,
such as the following:
"IIorrble a. is the dastardly crime of assassination
in the estimation Of every American i is doubly start
ling TO the sensblties Of the civilized world, when at
tempted against the person OF the Emperor OF the
French, Occupying the position he does in regard 10
the rest Of the world
We beg leave to assure The Courier that the
above is a mstake-that there is very large share
of "thc civilized world" who, while they do not
Justify assassination, yet regard the assassination
cf Nations Liberties rs far more heinous than
that or i~a:"dnAi and if anybody is to be sssas
sinated, regard the perfdOus mscreant who took
the oath of fidelity to the French Republic only to
enable him the more surely and speedily to betray
and overthrow that Republic, as the very man for
that destiny. Who shouH be killed. if not the man
who plotted with the chiefs of debauched soldiery
the midnight seizure of despotic power-who stole
like thief upon the slumbers of the Peoples Rep
resentstiyes and consigned them without even the
semblance of a trial to dungeons or to exile, for
their presumed repugnance to his usurpation-who
bsnished the nOblest and most ilustrious Of French
men for no other crime than fidelity to the oahs he
had resolved to break-and who swept the streets
of Paris with grape, and filled the deadly marshes
of Cayenne with proscripts. whose sole oiense was
the love OF Liberty for All
That The Courier should speak of the electiOn Of
Louis Napoleon to the throne, is not so astound-
ing, in view of the foregoing. With gagged
Press, corrupted Soldiery "a locust horde of Place
men, all holding by the tenure of Imperial favor,
the absolute destruction of the right to canvass as
Opposition candidates or even 10 hold meetings to
select them and with the unchecked control of the
ballot boxes, Soulouque must be poor tool if he
could not elect himself Emperor Of France as easily
and surely as Louis Napoleon did. Regent Cal
houn could beat him at the game, after giving him
start of a million votes.
The simple fact is that those who hold that
IAN men are created equal, and endowed by their
" Creator with certain nalienable rights among
which LIBERTY is included, must hold Louis Ma.
poleon an Adyenturer, Usurper and Murderer,
beside having perjured himself in & manner which
it amazes us to find a military man excusing.
Those who believe that men were made to be ruled
by Kings and Emperors can, of course take diff
ferent view of the matter-they may even assert
that 1.-the Almighty, for His own inscrutsble pur.
'poses has placed Louis Napoleon on the throne
(" of France"-just as He, for purposes equally
inscrutable elevated successfully Tiberius, Nero
Caligula, Comnodus, IIeliogabaus, to that of the
Roman world. How far such elevation may be
cited TO excuse the crimes of despots, We leave to
another tribunal