The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-31

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Che Imperial Fote At PATis-Napoleon's
Strength IN France.
1t has been often asserted, and large portion
If the European press continue to assert, that
bis course 10 Italian affairs Louis Napoleon
mas lost ground In the hearts of the French PEG.
ole.
The events of the 14th of August In Paris have
gwen the strongest possible contradiction to this
statement. In msgDifcence they surpassed any
thing that has been seen In modern times, aud
be expressions of popular feeling that accompa.
lied them were far deeper and far more heartfelt
han any Other living monarch on the Old Cont
aent has ever been able to draw from The lips
.ud bosoms of bis leiges- From every section of
roe land France poured her thousands into the
capital to greet the return of the victorious Em.
peror and bis army, and on that eventful day one
million of Freacbmen were added to the popula-
lion Of Paris. Standing at the base of the Napo.
eoDic column in the Place Vendome, Louis Ma
poleon listened to the welcoming shouts of hun
dreds Of thousands from every part of his
empire, while at bis feet was laid, with the
sattered and battle-torn banners of the armies of
France, the unbounded homage of her whole
people. This of itself would be sufficient to dis
prove the idea that his power was waning; but
ne himself has given stronger proof still Of
the existence OF the contrary fact.
Fresh from the field where his enemies have
asserted he was traitor to the cause of Italy,
we find him refusing to lend his aid to the return
Of the italian dukes to the government of 40
unwilling people, taking off the restrictions that
have so long muzzled the press of Paris, opening
the prison doors to every political prisoner, pro-
claiming general amnesty to all classes of DO
,itical refugees, inviting every Frenchman to re-
| turn to the land of his birth, and extending
through the press his need of approval to Carl
badi and Kossuth, the idols of the revolutionary
sentiment nf Enrnnn rAis no could not au0
would not do were he not certain of bis strength
in the popular heart The course he has pursued
towards Kossuth, Louis Blanc Ledru Rollip
and many others, shows how completely he
has bridged the abyss of revolution for
France, and how consonaut with the peace.
full progress Of the age has been the
advance Of his government and its policy.
Less than eight years ago the pop1lar
revolutionary leaders of France were forced to
seek safety in fight, and Kossuth was prohibited
from landing from the United States frigate Mis
sissippi in the harbor Of Marseilles. Now Kos
suth may pass through France, and with imperial
francs organise free Hungarian corps on the
shores Of Italy; his praises are sounded by the
imperial press, and the whole host of political
refugees and deportees may freely return. A
more unbounded proof Of selfcont1dence in his
position could not be given by q ruler
These palpable denials of the assertions of
large portion of the European press lead rs to
doubt in no small degree its statements in re-
regard to the peace of Villafranca and it's con
sequents The world is continually told that
the treaty Of that now celebrated place is hoi
low and sham; that the conferences at Zurich
have come to deadlock; that every one doubts
the honesty of Louis Napoleon in his pacific in
timations and utterances; that red republic
had been proclaimed at Parma, and other SINH.
lar stories, many Of which are disproved
almost as soon as uttered. Now, the story
Of the red revolution at Parma is known
to be false, the conferences at Zurich 20
on in profound secrecy; aud nothing is known
Of their results, and Italy seems to be In q fair
way Of entering upon that career of peaceful self
reform which only can be permanent. The ffty
thousand troops which Louis Napoleon has left
in Northern Italy are evidently merely intended
to preserve the public order and to guarantee
the free expression of popular opinion by the ItaL
ian people, without coercion by fierce republican
partisanism on our side, or restraint by the era
ven fears of conservatism on the other. The
true fruits of the peace of Villafranca are to be
seen in the orderly impulse that Italy has receiv.
ed towards self-government, and the confusion
and conflict that has sprung up among tue by
dra-headed rulers Of the German Confederation
Here it is that the shoe pinches the class sus
tanned press Of Europe. The Coburgs of
England and Germany, the Hspsburgs of Aus
ria, the Guelphs Of Hanover, and the Braodeu.
burgs Of Prussia, already see in the satisfied nd.
ionality of Italy the sagacity of the Napoleouic
policy and the germ Of their own overthrow
Ere long they may have to follow the flight OF
the Dukes of Tuscany and Psrua, and they now
know that Louis Napoleon will not extend biz
protecting hand to the discarded squatter sove
reiens in Europe.
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GENERAL HoUsT0N ON THE HEAD OF THE
LIsr.-The Cbevalier Forney is convinced that
General Sam Houston is the candidate of Mr.
Buchanan for the Charleston Convention. Il
this be so, we may set down General Houston at
the bead Of the democratic list He has just Won
bis greatest political triumph in Texas as a sup