Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-08
THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE EN-.
PEROR'S ADDRESS.

PEROR'S ADDRESS.
In our latest news by the Kangaroo we re.
ceived telegraphic report of the speech of the
Emperor Napoleon to the great dignitaries of
the state giving his explanations of the con-
clusion of peace. The matter is of such i'm
portance that we give literal translation Of
his remarks as they sppear in the official coll
| umns of the Moniteur
'.Gentlemen: Finding myself again in the
| midst Of you, who during my absence have
| shown so much devotion to the Empress and
my son, feel first of all the desire to thank
you, and then to explain to you the motives of
my conduct
"W hen, after a successful campaign of two
months, the French and Sandman armies
pitched their camp before the walls of Verona
the struggle was evidently on the point of un-
dergoing change in n military as well as in
political point Of view, was fatally obliged to
| attack in front an enemy intrenched behind
great fortresses, protected against any diversion
on his fanks by the neutrality Of the territories
which surrounded him. and in commencing the
long and sterile war of sieges found in
presence of me Europe in arms, ready either to
dispute our success or aggravate our reverses
. Nevertheless, the difficulty of the enter
prise would neither have shaken my resolution
nor stopped the enthusiasm of my army had
not the means been out Of proportion with tho
results to be expected. 1t was necessary to
resolve boldly to break through the barriers
raised by neutral territories and then to accent
the struggle on the Rhine as well as on the
Adlge. 1t came to this: to accept everywheI
the support of revolution. More precious blood
must have been shed, and enough has been
shed already; in a word, to succeed it was
necessary to stake what no sovereign ought to
stake, unless the independence Of his country
is in danger.
" If, then, stopped short, it was no. from
weariness or exhaustion. nor from abandonment
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cause louder voice spoke within my heart
The Interests of France.
:" DO you imagine 1T cost me nothing 10 put
brake upon the ardor of my soldiers, who, ex.
cited by victory, wished to advance,
DO you suppose it cost me nothing publicly
In the face Of Europe to curtail from my pro-
gramme the territory which extends from the
Mincio to the Adriatic!
:" Do you imagine that II cost me nothing to
behold noble illusions destroyed in honest
hearts, patriotic hopes extinguished!
10 serve Italian independence | waged war
against the wish Of Europe. As soon as the
destlnies OF my country were imperilled L con-
cluded peace.
And can it now be said that our efforts and
our sacrifices are pure loss! No. As said in
my farewell address to my soldiers, we have a
right to be proud of this short campaign. In
four combats and two battles powerful army,
inferior TO none in organization and bravery,
nus oSou Velcalcu lne Ming OF Piedmont,
once styled the Guardian of the Alps has seen
his country delivered from invasion, and the
frontier line of his states extended from the
Ticino to the Mincio. The idea of italian
nationality is admitted by its warmest oppo-
nents. All the sovereigns Of the Italian penin-
sula understand at last the imperious necessity
of salutary reforms.
Thus, after having given new proof of the
military power of France the peace which
have concluded will be fruitful of happy results:
the future will reveal them daily more aud
more for the happiness of Italy, the influence
OF France, the quiet of Europe"
How TO CURE Fruit STEALERs-One great
hindrance to fruit growing in the neighborhood
OF towns, and one of the rgeatest hindrances to
perseverance in its culture. is its exposure to
be stolen. One may send to a distant nursery
for rare and expensive kind of fruit NAV
watch over and nurse it for several years and
then, when his eyes are gladdened by its first
productions, some ragged loafer may enter his
grounds by night and devour them Nay some
loafers not ragged, but professedly genteeI,
may rob him of his treasures, and then chuckl g
over their success as frst-rate Joke
Why should not our Legislature give us law
Furnishing fruit-robbing with heavy penalties?
Better that thief enter our barns and carry
Of oats or corn, than enter our gardens and
strip our pear trees and grape vines of their de-
licious burden. We wish, too, that public SEN
timent visited the robber with greater reproba-
tion and disgrace. But until such good time
comes, every man must guard his own castle in
the best way he can. A neighbor of ours treats
his pilfering visitors TO dose they don't relish
For example: when his early Sweet Bough ap-
pies are being nightly stolen, he takes several
fine specimens and immerses them in q weak
| solution of ipocacuanha, and scatters them
again on the ground first marking them so
that his own family shall not eat them by mis-
take. He treats few Of the outside hills of
his straw berry patch in the same way IL af-
fords him no little amusement to learn priyate-
ly, that the doses take effect where they were
designated to do 50, his father IA doctOr) being
soon sent for by suspected persons to prescribe
for their disordered stOmachs and unaccounta-
bic nausea This gentlemsn's fruit garden
lies on the bank OF a canal, and the iudigesti-
bHity Of his fruit is we'll known to the canal
drivers all along that atroute.-RnraL AB.srica,t,
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