New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-05
NAPoLEoN,s POLICY.

Louis Napoleon is very well abused gentleman
about this time, the papers generally pitching into
him with vim more vigorous than their recent
sudation. he is denounced the betrayer of Italy
and all that and there is no lack Of any sort Of ac-
cusation against him. All sorts Of motives and de-
dgns are ascrbed to him by ingenious Journalists.
who interpret the Napoleonic policy in manner
doubtless very satisfactory to themselves It ia an.
nounced that be has covenanted with his late Aus
trian adversary, promising to trouble that power no
more if she will cut loose from her Germanic coned-
Grafton alliance and enter into offensive and defensive
alliance with France and Russia for the purpose of
giving the coup de grace to the sick man Of the Bos.
phofus, and making postmortem dismemberment
Of his carcass for their own advantage each to get
the portions already agreed upon. Having accom-
pshed this little job in the East the interpreters of
Napoleonic policy say that the three giant Allies
will turn their attention to Western Europe and pro-
coed to oyerrnn all the smaller sovereignties and
close the business Of the firm by rubbing out the
island kingdom Of Great Britain.
This 10 q very magnificent programme, and its
grand operations are doubtless quite worthy of the
llnstrous actors who deputed to carry them out
interpreters aforesaid Perhaps they will be- for
we candidy confess that we do not know much about
It, and that we are not in the confidence of Louis
Napoleon, as many of our contemporaries seem to be
by the positive manner in which they announce his
designs. That we ore not we esteem to be no dis
grace to though he may feel somewhat mortified by
the GOODNESS Of the relations which subsist between
u.s. The fact is we have never given him encourage
ment to seek our acquaintance and countenance and
10 has not dared to attempt to conclate our favor
by sending over fabulous amounts of French gold as
the New York Herald charges he did to Chevalier
Webb, Of the Courier and Enquirer. The relations
between us are those Of the strictest neutrality In
fact, We have no mutual relations-not even a con-
nection We do not NEEDLE with his affairs, and
Napoleon does not NEEDLE with ours We are free
to acknowledge that we do not know what that
gentlemans intentions are.
i We are willing to allow that be agreed to peace
from the best motives knowing that if he pursued
the Austrians much farther be would act his inyad
ing feet upon the soil Of Austria proper that BY the
terms Of confederation the .Germanic States would
then have to take part and all Europe would be EN-
broiled in war. We are willing to allow that Nspo.
leon was man enough to consider such dreadful CON
sequences and strive to avoid them particularly when
he had such an excellent opportunity Of winding up
the grand entertainment he has been purveying for
/ the lo0kingOn world in the tremendous blaze oil
/ glory coruscating from the field of Solferino We
are willing to allow that do not understand his
intentions with regard to Italy and that he may yet
do the proper thing by that much aggreved country
startling Developments may yet make it apparent
that people have been mistaken in this instance as
they have been in others and that the ssgacious EN-
y exeFcsing discreet delay for the surer ac-
complishment Of his promises to Italy. His case
iooks very bad now, We acknowledge, bat time may
clear Up the circumstance 50 much against him. 60
mat me most prominent in the world will stand
before il INDICATED in this matter,