The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-18


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Louis Napoleon the Propagandist of Ep-
rops-OpenIng OF the Great Drama Of the
Age.
The address of Louis Napoleon to the French
Legislature places him in the first position as a
revolutionary propaganda in Europe. 1t is
true, his words refer only to Italy, but they will
60 through every country Of continental Europe
as the slogan of the nationalities in their war
against the dynasties.
austria must rule up to the Alps, or Italy
must be free to the shores of the Adriatic, >
says he. II boldly avow my sympathies for
| people whose history is mingled with our own
and who groan under foreign oppression
when France draws the sword it is not to donli-
nate, but to liberate." Such language as this
from the lips of man at the head OF six hundred
thousand armed men, and absolute controller of
the vast energies Of France, must have sent an
electric thrill through Italy, and fallen upon
the ears of every European dynasty like the
sound of the tocsin of war Already, before they
were uttered Tuscany, Modena, Parma and Massa
had fallen from the Austrian sceptre, and almost
under the very guns Of Piacenza and An
coma established the popular rule Before
this time they must have swept through the
Papal States, leaving the Pope nothing but the
hollow semblance of power, and on to the gates
Of Naples carrying dread to the Bourbous of
the Two Sicilies, if indeed they have not already
fed before them.
Following these words, France has drawn the
sword, and no one can believe that the war of
the rulers or the aspirations of the people, will
be confined to Italy and the Italians. The events
Of 1s4s, when the popular heart had no leader
among the nations to support it, tell us what we
may now look for from one end of Europe to
the other 1t will be said that Louis Napoleon
is not sincere; that lie does not mean to liberate
any people; that he is really actuatcd by
blind ambition Of conquest; that he only seeks
to found his own dynasty upon the cheated hopes
Of men. 1t little matters whether he is sincere
or not. Ills words will apply the torch to the
slumbering mine of Europe's hopes for political
regeneration, and rouse the oppressed masses
everywhere. Already they are in motion.
Whoever applies his ear to the ground will hear
the tread Of the coming millions. Austria
has heard it, and has thrown herself into
the fight, calling upon the conservative
bands to bring their bayonets and follow
her lead The Bourbons of Spain have heard it,
and ask the Cortes to give them hundred
thousand more bayonets at home "to protect
the neutrality Of the country during the coming
war in Italy, The conservative interests of
England have heard it, and fastened to the
polls to sustain the selfpreservation policy of
Lord Derby. The house Of Brandenberg has
heard it, and has placed the corps d'0nte of
Prussia on war footing.
These are but signs of the times-the initatory
events of.thc grand drama that is just beginning
to be acted on the stage Of Europe But they
foreshadow the plot that is to be developed, and
the events that are to pass before our eyes and
before the eyes ofall men. Mazzini, Kossutb,
Louis Blanc, and all the senseless plotters and
mountebanks who have been endeavoring for
ten years to rouse Italy, Hungary and France,
are swept away by the imperial and imperious
words of Louis Napoleon. He has started on
his march as liberator, and he must continue
On or be trod down by the millions behind him.
The events that will unroll in Italy will spread
to Germany and Hungary, and react on France,
Spain and the whole Of Northern Europe The
treaties of Vienna will be torn to shreds,
and their unful6lled promises of constitutional
governments to the nations will now be
carried out. The cheating assurances of 1915
and the mockeries Of 1880 and 1913 have
opened the eyes Of the world, and The nationali
ties can no more be aroused by deceptive offers
to fight against their own cause and defend the
dynasties that have 50 long oppressed them and
kept them down by three millions of bayonets
interlaced across the face of Europe. From the
I'd of May Louis Napoleon has entered upon bis
new career as the frebrand for the worn out
thrones of Europe and France, not weakened By
prelude Of anarchy and bloodshcd, but girded
In all her strength, has changed front and now
leads The Mathematics Of Europe in the ss4usxis
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