The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-05-25
A TERRIBLE CONDITION.

A Paris correspondent of Manchester Eng.)
paper states very positively that there has beeA
another plan organized to assassinate the Emperor
of France. 1t was to have been carried out dur
ing the recent grand ceremony of opening the
Boulevard de Sebastopol. That was to be princi-
pally a civic ceremony. When the plot was dis
covered, it was made entirely military. The street
was lined on each side with troops as the Emperor
and Empress with their attendants passed along it.
In an account of the fete we observe that the
riage Of the Empress followed at good distance
behind the Emperor, who was mounted on horse
back
The writer we alluded to gives the following in
substantiation Of his statement:
Connected with this, / can relate to you a curl
Gus circumstance that has just occurred and for
which / can vouch Last week. Of the very
highest placed functiOnarics here, and of the
| nearest if not the nearest, in habitual confidence
to the Emperor Napoleon Ill, called upon lady
friend of mine, with whom and with whose hus-
band, he has been upon intimate friendship for
the last fourteen years Both this lady and her
| husband are foreigners, settled in Paris. The
parsonage | speak Of made the visit in question
purpose to ask these friends Of his what property
thev had preserved in their own country, and how
far they had identified their fortunes with those Of
France and the language he held was textualy
| this
with all that my position obges me to know, /
cannot reconcile it to my long standing friendship
for you and yours not to enlighten you upon the
reality Of the situation we are, all of US, now living
| in France. The EmperOr's existence is an all but
| impossible one he is surrounded by plots that
every day brings to light compelled now to sns-
pect the very individuals who him in the in
terror of the palace, that it is next to Il positive
miracle that he should escape. His own faith in
his preservation is shaken; and from day to day,
from hour to hour, anything may happen in Paris,
! and Paris become place where no one who Is not
forced to live should be desirous Of prolongng his
STAY. III this may not Occur-it is possible that
nothing of it at all may happen, but it is just as
possible that it may all occur any day; and that
bein2 the real state Of affairs here, cannot
Gle it to myself not to warn You.
If could to you the that uttered
these words yOu would at once see that, unless
they were pronounced by Louis NopoIcon himself,
they could not be so by any one important
| confess my own impression is, not that the plots
for assassination will succeed in their direct and
present form, but firmly believe they have
other danger, which is evident to some few Of
those who live In Louis Napoean intimacy. The
notion Of an incessant and horrible danger hanging
over his head, has possessed the Emperor, that,
in spite Of all his resolves to the contrary, his
nervous system is shaken to the roots, and he is in
that cuar state Of mind that prevents
from seeing straight OF moving straight. He
longer enjoys his liberty Of action or thought, and
his own mistaken acts it will be that will probably
one day bring a fatal crisis ON.
This is interesting, whether true or not. But
the writer is not prepossessed In favor OF the itm-
peror. How terrible is the condition of this ele-
waited mon;rch-the sword of Damocles over his
head constantly, suspended by nothing stronger
than bair. Humble men may weH wonder what
in all this world could compensate them for this
, terrible and enduring condition of Suspense.
That there is a secret organization to kill the
, Emperor seems to be probable. The attempts
already made on his life seem to be proof enough
of it, but besides this hare the reiterated state
nents of it from all sides.