New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-18
LOUIS NAPOLEON'S POSITION.
Issn an Occasional Correspondent.

Occasional Corrttpondent
PARIS, Jan. 26, 1859.
You will certainly have been alresdy informed of
he secret connection between Louis Bonapsrtes
recent Italisu policy and his inyeterate dread Of
Italian sssassns. Some days ago you might have
read in the France Cenraie, provincial paper that
unfortunately never crosses the Atlantic, the fol-
lsvips tale: I" We alluded to the ball Of last Mon
"dsy at the Tuileres. Letters from Paris inform
"us of an incident that caused no small disturb
"st that fete. The crowd was great; lady
" tainted, we believe or from some cause OF SIM
"lar nature, confusion ensned, and the 1000 or
-, 600 guests present fancied an accident he'd
happened. tumult Was Occasoned sew
"eral persons hurried towsrd the throne, and
the Emperor, in order 10 calm the agitation,
"walked through the Salons" Now, there were,
ON the occasion alluded TO-, about 200 or 500 per-
cons present in the Sale da T6ne witnessing scene
very different from what the France Centrate has
been allowed to describe. by some accident or other,
there had in fact, taken place sudden rush OF the
quests throughout the different salons, and the
thrOng was pressing against the Sale da 1roHe,
when Louis Bonaparte and Eugene fled at once
from the throne, and cut their way as preclptatey
N possible across the salon, the Empress gathering
up her petticOats with her hands as best she might,
"wss death-hke TO look at"
These cruel tribuations, which the usurper and
his friends have been t0rmented by ever since Or
sinis attempt almost remind one of the celebrated
passage in Plato's Republic:
mot even his end OF being ruler 10 attained by
the tyrant. Whatever he may appear To be, the ty-
rant Is slave. His heart will be always filled with
fears, always tortured by terror and pangs From
DAY 10 day he viii become more and more what he
was from the beginning enyied and detested, sus-
picous, fr1endless, unjust, enemy 10 everything
divine and protector and fos.crer of all that is infs
pous Thus he is hInself the most unfortunate OF men,
Bonaparte's hostile attitude against Austria, while
il certainly intended holding out 10 the grumbllng
army some prospect of active employment other
than its present police service, is still mainly aimed
at dsarming the Italian dagger, and giving the
Italian patriots an earnest of the Emperors ad-
bercDce to his old Carbonari oath. The Liar fiase
Of Prince Napoeon-or Gen. Plon Plon, IS the
Parisans call him--with Princess Clotilde of Sar-
Jins was to irretrevsbly identify. in the eyes Of
the world, France with Italy, thus paying the
frat instalment, as the Tuileres people affect to
think, Of the debts due BY the Bonapartes to the
Italians. But you know the hero of S,rtOry.
Obstinate rs he has always shown himself in the
pursuit Of purpose once settled, his ways
are tortuous, bis advances are made by con-
Nnuous retreats, and supreme perpexities seem
TO paralyze him whenever he has crswlcd up to the
crisis. In such moments, a. at Bculogne ut
6trasbourg, and during the night OF the LIST OF De
cember, ISL it is always by some bold, sanguine,
impetuous desperadoes standing behird hun,
that he is no longer allowed to put of the exc
cution Of his long-batched plans and is torciby
plunged into the Rubicon. Having once passed
Il safely he again begins to wind his way IN his
own plotting, designing, conspiriDg, irresoute aud
Iympkatic manner. The very falsehocd OF his mind
fempts him to play double game with his own
plans. This Sandman marriage, for instance, was
1esired eight months ago, on the pretext of an
Italian crusade, to be led by France. After SO
many bafled attempts at intruding into the royal
families, would il not be fine stroke of policy to
ousnarc, on false pretenses, the daughter of the
eldest European dynasty into the BonaPartist nett
Bat Louis BODaparte had more urgent reasons TO