St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16
The Napoleon of Peace.


On the completion of the gigantic
works at Cherbourg, which were COM
menced by Louis XIV. and continued
by Napoleon l., we find the nephew
of my uncle" entertaining the niece
of that same Guelph under whom Wa
terloo and st. Helena became words
of hate and execration when uttered
by Frenchmen-not only having her
as an honored guest, but taking or
making an opportunity of assuring
her Majesty, her husband, her minis
ters, her mobiles, and her people, that
he, Louis Napoleon, to wit, was not
the Observation-Disclosures which
aflrighted England believed him to be
that he had no idea of invading Eng
land, that he believed the alliance of
France and England to be very
good thing for France, and did not de-
sire to disturb it.
Nothing can be more absurd than
England's constant dread of French
invasion. If her wooden walls )"
were what they used to be, she need
have no fear OH that point. A few
mcn-ofwar in the English Channel
would be sufficient to defeat French
invading expedition as surely as the
Spanish Armada was annihilated in
the reign of Elizabeth. England's APP
prehcnsion of invasion is ut once weak,
mean, and cowardly. If the dreaded
evil came, we dare say England would
right manfully encounter it.
Here is what Napoleon. said at the
festival on board the Bretagnc at
Cherbourg in proposing the health of
his guest, Queen Victoria
81 drink to the health of the Queen
of England, to that of the Prince who
shares her throne, and to that of the
royal family. In proposing this toast
in their presence, on board the French
admirars vessel, in the port of Cher
bourg, am happy to show the feel
ing which l entertain towards them.
Indeed, facts speak for themselves,
and prove that the hostile passions
excited by some unfortunate incidents
have not, in any way, changed either
the friendship between the two crowns,
or the desire of the people to remain
in peace. have, therefore, the strong
est hope that, if any attempt should
be made to revive the rancors and
passions of a bygone age, the attempt
would be as completely crushed by
the good sense of the two people as
the waves are now broken by that
break water which at this moment pro-
tects the fleets of the two empires"
Again, two days later, after the
English visitors had returned home,
the Emperor witnessed the Inaugural
ton of the statue of Napoleon !, and
expressed himself in the following
words
at seems, he said, to be a part of
my destiny to accomplish by peace,
the great designs Of the Emperor con.
ceived by him during war. His prin-
ciples obtain their triumph at the pres
ent day by the force of reason. 1t is
thus, for instance that the question of
the freedom of the seas has in our
time been solved. Postcrity, indeed,
will always be found to realize the
ideas of great man. But, whilst we
refer these great results to the design
of Napoleon I, we must also do JUS
tice to the efforts which had been
made by proceeding Governments,
not only by that of Louis XVI, but as
far back as Louis XIV. The present
Government, relying OH the support
of the will of the great masses of the
nation, does not wage war except
when it is forced to defend the nation
al honor and the great interests Of the
people Let us continue in this course
without distraction let us continue
to develop in peace the resources of
our country; let us invite foreigners
to visit us as friends, and not as rivals;
and let us show that France is a
nation in which confidence and unity
reign, and that maintaining such in
ternal union as resists all the passion
at impulses of the day, she abidcs
mistress of herself, obedient only to
the dictates of honor and reason"
Napolcon's great difficulty, it is APP
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army, who are wearied of inaction
and DESTROYS Of realizing the traditions
of the first Empire, when every drum
mer-boy INDUCED in the gratifying
belief that there might be Marshais
baton in the bottom Of his little KNAPP
sack.
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