The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-18


for the mxt Presidency. And 40 it Il that the
EXTREMIST concession to the South which will be
satisfactory to the Northern factionists of Con-
er~s will most probably b, scou cd by the
Southern ultras, aud rice ,ersa. In view. there
fore, Of the failure of the desperate alternative
OF this committee of conference, where will
he responsibility belong for THIS failure aud
the failure of all other efforts to remove this
Kausas nuisance out OF Washington aud from
The party politics of the day?
We perceive that some OF our black republican
contemporaries. probably per order from Mr.
Seward hiu self, are charging this responsibility
upon the a6miuistratioc. But this will DOT do
The responsibility belongs to the sectional and
factjcus depagogues aud cliques Of this Con
cress. WHO have right or wrong. resolved, upon
this question. to crush the adDinstr alton If they
can To accomplish this purpose toe who'll
blsck republican camp. the Don. las r. nagade-
and the Southern Know Nothing dough faces
have s,uItif,d Themselves by swallowing the
Lcc0DptOn constitution with the little su gar
coating OF the Crittcnden Montgomery bill.
For Nil practical purposes they might ju-t
we'll have consented to let the people Of Kansas
rject the Lecompton constitution after their
odmjseion as before their acmissioo; but this.
unfortunately, was the policy of the administra-
tion, Which they must crush or cripple and
de~ora''ze before they can perfect their plaas
for the succession.
We await the final issue Of the game Of these
fuot .r;u xx.,tb viz ty
only in regard to the settlement of this Kansas
agitation \ The administration, having secured
The recognition from all parties Of the only great
principle at stake, has nothing to fear.
he T~U NarOsecos--W What Next In Cur .pe!
Those attentive readers Of history who ar
also close observers of passing eveuts cannot
hut be struck with the many coinc'denc g
observable in The career of tue first Napoleon
and the third. From the start, the nephew
seems to have kept in view the policy aud
system of his uncle, and to have been full
o. those NaiOleonic ideas" which elevated a
Corsican aous lieutenant to an imperial throne
Ever in histbort career the present Emperor
has encountered many difficulties, and ion tated
many actions recorded in III. life of the Cdpo-
raj Violet, and in the roeress Of events the CO.
medicines may continue TO be as curious. Both
while s.,ziDg by force on absolute power have
always svowed themselves the friends of liberty
and the champions Of the people, and both have
received large msjorities whenever they have
bad occasion to appeal to the French electors
There are three of these Condolences worthy Of
note ia the frequent attempts at assassination,
the interference with the freedom of foreign ma
tons, and the efforts to detach Russia from any
system that might endanger the imperial dynas-
tea In 1900 Napoleon came very near being
assassinated at the Opera house by band of
Jacobin conspirstors, at the head of whom was
Arena, an ex-member of the Council of Five
Hundred and deputy from Corsica; Ceracchi
and Diana, two Italian refugees, the former
a sculptor, who, under pretence of model.
ing the bust Of the First Cousul pro-
posed to drive dagger through his heart.
Another OF the confederates wa Topino Lebrun,
an historical painter aud pupil Of David aud
tn re were several other " enthusiasts of low
condition" engaged in the scheme. Tue plan
failed through the vigilance of the police, but
the circumstances o. the plot were DOT revealed
to the pubic until the subsequent more remark
able attempt of the royalists, with ~hat was
termed the Internal machine. This destructive
engine, the invention, according to Fouche Of
person banned Chevslier, was exploded on the
evening Of the oath of December in the same
year, in she street St Nicaise, IA Bonapsrte was
driving TO the Opera with Lsnnes and Bessieres.
While slumbering in his carriage an explosion
took place. ave are blown up y said the Con-
sui, ss be awoke amidst thunder and fame
Two or three bouses we're badly injured, twenty
persons we're killed aud fifty three wounded.
The intended victim WAS saved from death by
being two seconds Of time beyond the moment
Of the explosion. The next memorable attempt
wss that Of General Mallet, who, during Napo-
Icons absence in bis Russian campaign, pro-
jec,ed and partially succeeded in overturuing
his government While under the restraint Of
the police for former political offences, and an
actual occupant Of a maison de sdrat. he procured
. forged decree Of the Senate aunounc-
ing the death Of the Emperor, the
abolition Of the imperial authority, and the
establishment Of a provisional government; the
document apparently sttested 10 an official
mapDer. Escaping from bis confinement, dres-
ing himself in full uniform, and accompanied
by corporal In the guise Of an aid de camp, he
obtained the control Of the troops seized Sa-
vary. the then Minister Of Police, ordered the
tocsin to be sounded and bad nearly established
bis quarters in the Hotel de Vile. While on
his wsy to the Place vendome, however. be
was suddenly encountered by General Hullin,
recognized by the Chief Of the MiitarpPolcc,
captured, and in week afterwards wa. shot
with twepty-four of bis associates In the plain
OF Grepelle. This affair gave the Emperor more
uneasiness than any other attempt ever made
against his life or authority, and led him to
separate himself from his retreating army and
hurrv bsrE In par;a