New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-03
FRANCE.
From Our Own Correspondent.

PARIS, Feb II, 1858.
Excepting, perhaps, fond parents and young lovers
of both sexes there is no large mertorious class
much bamboozled as the general-reader " class.
There IL, fear, class, unless it be the medical
class so addicted to bamboozng the class of
which your correspondent is humble member.
There are few classes 80 addicted as this last
named class to selfbamboozlement. Why, gen.
eral reader, but otherwise highly intelligent man
and true genius as an artist, a friend of mine,
assured me the other day that the correspondent
of the was in the way Of receiving direct com.
municaton from the Minister of Foreign Affairs
He believes it And it is to be feared that the
correspondent believes it also!
Louis Napoleon, Emperor of the French, is not
one of a class lie is singular in many respects, of
native talent and fortunate circumstances specially
does he stand alone, outOppug by head all classes
as a bamboozler. 1t is is hardtO find the other man
who has mised and disappointed so many friends and
enemies so often, and, it must be admitted, often
so wisely, if not well. Consider the exodus from
Ham the re signstion of bis seat in the Constituent
Assembly, in June, 1913, his acceptance of it in
September following, his inaugural speech and
other eeches as President of the Republic, the
com d'ftdt of 1851. Everybody was expecting
eoup dftat-certainy; but he took everybody by
surprise with it. Diplomatic and other Wel.nNorn-
ed circles were gyrating about its author ia tlc
rooms Of the Elysee Natonale (ci-derdnt El!see
Bourbon actual Ely see Napoleon), till midnight OF
Monday then went unauspecting to their beds from
which their servants reused them next morning with
news that the coup was made. From that da! |
this, he has not failed 20 frequently practice his arr
on all of US, giving us opportunity 70 practice ours
on ourselves and the general reader. as may be seen
passim, by consulting the files OF any ably conducted
foreign newspaper long ago expressed the opinion,
nog more confirmed than ever, that his Majesty Ia
sense OF humor and loves to indulge ii.
Striking instances in proof of all the above prop0-
sitions are furnished by this weeks history. Last
SUNDAY. General Espinasse, aide camp Of the
Emperor, was appointed Minister OF the Interior
and Of Gentr0l Safetg," in place of Nj. Blsult.
Tie decree was published on Monday Every.
body was suIprised; really; everybody this
t1ne-i.c. e., everybody say one in twenty OF the
Parisians, Who knew or cared anything about 1t.
Among the surprised was General ESpinssse him.
self who il is said had no reason 10 suspect his
promotion 10 the Ministry twelve hours before II
Ook place. II is certain that none OF the outsiders,
none Of the inside outsiders suspected 1t. NJ Bill
ault's retreat, as your reader, Know, was among
the anticipated possibilities ten days ago, and has
Two reasons we're given Tor his withdrawal.
While England was taken 10 task for permitting
political refugees, who might be plotting against
Napocons life 10 reside within her borders,
nothing was more natural thant blame the french
Protect OF Police for not preventing Italian a.sas'
sins from residing within rit1e-shOt OF the Iuil-
| cries. and promcnading under the Imperial nose IN
| the Bois de Bouocne. as OrsiDi had been doing.
| Hence plan for dismisSing Project Petrl, orsd
| iZng the prefecture as an independent Ministry,
ard attributing to It's head certain of the functions
hitherto exercised by the Minister OF the Interior.
Hence an offensc to the dignity OF Bilault, and his
| resignation. Or again: NJ. Blllaults acrld zeal
| CutrunniiIg the Napolconsm OF his master, he III
l >lstct upon a stlnCency 0f repreSslyc measures,
| which was opposed as .mpolitic by his colleagues,
| ard finally rejected by the Emperor. Hence
| wounded susceptlbtes and resignation. Allwel-
| informed correspondents, therefore, sent to their
respective journals list Ot names of his successors
| some repre- enng one, some another, on the list
| as the most probable of four candidates, but sll
agree ing that some one OF the four must be the right
| one EspinaSSe was never dreamed OF Ia this
| connection by any One-eycept the Emperor.
! BE is a military msn-still a young nan-the
| Youngest Dyison.Genera in france. y devoted
| partisan of Napoleon when he was u Colonel aud
| NapO,eon was Prince President, he was sent into
he most disturbed, that is the most republican, de
p.1tnthts after the copp d'et0t, at the head ot u
/
that IL, to put down republcsuism by Furnishing the
refractory and suspected, after summary trial On
which very little legality was mixed with great
| deal OF rigor) b! death, imprisonment and exile.
lie performed this office with a thoroughness aud
rapidlty altogether satisfactory 10 his employer.
NJ the outbreak of the with Russia he was SEN
| 10 the East. tie led some thoussnds of men into
the unhealthy parts OF the Dobru.lia. where most
OF them, their bones, remain 10 this day. Although,
thanks to English free speech and free press. all the
world were told all the details of the suferugs Of
English troops during that war this fearful suffer
Jog and loss of lie hardly known in France
All the French general reader ever learned about il
was to be read IN ten lines Of the Moniteur inform
ing him mat Espinassc had been sent for to Paris
had satisfactorily explained that the affair was a
misfortune, not his i4ult, and that he, Espnassr
MAS sent back 10 the wars. We next hear of him
4. Diyision-Gener,il, Adc-de-C amp of ihe Emperor
aud consequently in close, frequent personal rrla.
,ous with lis master. That hc should b. -uis.nl,
installed without any previous civh apprenticeship
Ak th. head Of the most important CNi' Ministry. j.
thc uiuc-days' wonder, absorbing talk ald njca.-t
to tLe exclusion Of other poGtlcal themcs.
The public quite forget hat this ~ not The tr'
sur,r;,e which Napoleon has treated them 20. Ia
u.,if men who have been successful IN any business
Nat r,onires collaboration, he bas the iacH'ty 81 So
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