Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-17
Tie Late imperial Manifesto,

Tie Late Imperial Manifesto. ''r'S
The habit of expressing his views semiz
officially tlrough ghthomedium of anonymous
pamphlets, is peculiar to his Majestyctho
/, Emperor Napoleon, dust previous to the
comp Getat, he felt the public pulse by
means of an anonymous pamphlet, and du-
ring the war with Russia the European
mind was thrown into commissions BY a
similar engine. The pamphlet which we
| translate elsewhere; is an elaborate history
of the relations existing between England
and France since the alliance. 1t is there
/ while France has most Loyalty and religious
| ly performed her share Of the bafgaiIf, aud
has oven sacrificed her own interest to aid
4 that of Great Britain, the latter nation has
] displayed singular neglect of her duties
| towards ollor neigbor, and even now treats
her rights with something very like con-
tempt. II goes .iptoa long account of the
| diplomatic proceedings Which have grown
! out,of the attempt of the Rue Lenalleticr,
Nindicatcs the Emperor and Count Walew-
ski from the charge brought against tllem.
! by the English orators, of wishing toinsultl
| England, and. pictures France as playing
throughout tho affair, the part of the meek,
| injured, inoffcnsiye aud forgiving ally.
while England is drawn as a hcctoring,
| reckless, andeven quarrclsomebully These
few words give the gist of the whole pam
phlet, which was evidently intended for
British consnmption4-and which, to do itl
j~4tiea. is ads9sssebly vHivulelvd 10, sosthe
any irritation which the addresses of the
| French Colouels may have caused in Eag-
land, '~' ~ s7N'''Sf n,'' -" 'i'~ Nas{
eWc regard the publication of this PAIN.
phlet as the graHest error the Emperor
| Napoleon has made. since his. accessionsto
power. The very exeellencos of the. peri
follpance-7those on which it will rely for
| its SUCCESS in Enslqndzrrender it, the most
| powerful electioueering document against
the Napoleon dynasty in France that has
been published during the present reign.
\ For every Enslislrman' whose hatred Of the
| JohhnS Grapauds may be 4ucnchcd by the
l,ernsal of this document, ten Frenchmen
| will be eSnsperated by it. It represents
France inEthe6very last attitude IN which
the French masses want to see her repre-
scented. They could, without much COM
punctiop, see .her depicted as ambitious,
unjust fcroci9ps, aggrapdizipg, eonqueripg,
ipndnr;no sG@bts 1T liz hands Of her na;g5,
:b65Ts lanJ n6f seel,ino. n ayehoe' 'then5.1thot
ID h g,;oj3,ro ,.lr o6 ,,,or,se fF,oncb,I,an
can contemplate without his blood boiling
over. Especially will. the Hotspurs of the
army the Colonies who wanted to hunt
\ down the exiles IN .EnglandE-thc, comrades
1 of the Generals who offered to take, the
,ibFowcr'o of London With fifty thousand men
.Be fftirious and frantic AZ this official con.
fession, yhat, fof the pase three or four
iivears Eyance has nlavcd second fiddle 70
.IgEnyIond Ind tLot tLe oov6rnmcnt has ma
.I,t;estly' snhmitted 10 ;nd;gb;t;es wbicb
IIouabf ~ sny9cost ~ have 5een resented
I; rho exteSt of The ea';n ';niiny which tbis I'll
M Nv; y;;sed nomnblct mSv do to tha Emnraerror
'I.oaS hest he measdred by 4 'ffetfosoectiyc
Eglan6e at history. Louis the Eighteenth
Enthusiastically Engluhd.i aIhatsinglc flaw
.iaahis title would. have ruined him and his
lsuecessor oyen,if they had been ten times
bas. able .monarchs as they were. They are
known to this, day among the people as
; % the. English Kings" Louis Philippe
had no taint of Anglicism about him when
Fhe became King. But when he and Gui-
zot came to the conclusion that Che only
sound policy forSBratice wos.fo,naintain'il il
the English 5allianeeaat all, costs, aud to
submit to anything .-rhttittpp than falheut
with England, the people soon discovered
tho policy and both King and Siinistel
were irretrieSably ruined. ~ In'ali probabil-
ity France never had a better Minister than
Gdi2ot55'ra a man of larger views, more thor
oughlS patriotic feelings greater mind o.