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LOUIS NAPOLEON AND THE cARBoNAR1.

1t has been suggest ed as n plausible eXplana-
ton of the Italian policy of the French EN-
peror that in order to aprensc the vengeance
of the Carbonnri. aud to put end to their
repeated attempts at assassination, lie hns
pledged himself to the cause Of italian indr-
pcndcncc. And this opinion receives confrma
tion from the fact that these attempts have
ceased since the conn mcnccmcnt of the Italian
War. The Society of the Cnrbonari have been
active participants i'll every movement in be-
half Of freedom in Italy during the last
tu,y. The name, meaning coal burner, was
originally applied to band of Free Masons. in
the forests of G crmany, and afc wards t" sim
liar associations in Italy which are supposed t"
have existed rs early rs the sixteenth century.
The great object of the Society. has all along
been, the drliverance of Italy from its foreign
! rulers. In 1920, when the revolution broke
out in the peninsular. The Carbonari numbered
| 642, 900 members, and nearly 100 lodges, but
with that unsuccessful attempt they were
forced into obscurily until 1850, when the
Emperor became member Of the Order. and
| took part in the Italian instruction of the fol-
lowing year. His conduct since his accession
to the French throne has been in flnwrant 10.
laton Of his pledges TO the fraternity, and
now III order to make ntonrm"nt and avert
; their threatened Vengeance, Il. is said to have
undertaken The r..u.r ": Italian in'l.rrndcnrc.
In confirmation "f these views We make ioI-
| lowing cNtruc, from ali exchange:
We have not space T." copy any Of the cerc-
| monies and rrgu!a, ,inus asrriLc,l to the Carbo.
nani. But it. will b" sufficiently seen by the
above that the comp dca aud the whole sub
scIurtt career of Louis Napoleon have been
in llagranl violation of his pledges as II member
OF the Carhonari Hence, il is said. the
pcaird attempts ut his assassination, in all of
which it, is singular fact that Italians have
been the chief participants But i, is equally
singular that since the death Of Orsiui these
attempts have not been renewed. In cNplnnn-
ti"n of this fact have had statements from
Paris to the effect that the Emperor had q Sc
crct Interview with Or-in between his
dcnlnntion and dcnth, in which the prisoner
predicted the absolute certainty Of the Enpc-
ror's death by n>saSs!na'ion. rs a penalty of
his rcrinrcd oaths in behalf of Italian indie
pendence. We learn That intelligent Dos.
,onian. now resident in Paris. says that this
alleged interview is generally credited in we'll
informed circles and also the further sluternrnt
that Louis Napoleon III tn: most solemn man
n"r assured OIs:ui that he would ,hcnccfnr-
ward devote himself to the work of deliver.
ing Italy from f"r.i gn masters and begged the
dying cunsUIrat"r TO communicate the resolve
to his cond tutors in Italy. Whatever truth
there may he i'll this report, it is certainly rct-
dercl probah'e by the remarkable absence Of
c"nspiracies against the Enprrors life since
that time, and by the whole progress thus far
of the lta"n war. If there bc substantial
reality in the accounts, it assures the iml">>i-
billy of Louis Nar"lr"n's aggrandzing him
self ut the expense of the Italian people a
thousand keen eyes are now upon every step
he takes, and thousand hnnds at his sides to
apply the dagger at the least sign of rccrraucv
or thitcrlng III the great Can bonari now
probation. Ii he succeeds, the influence of
gratitude and the utmost extent of moral in
tlnence will be conceded TO him hy the Italian
people. hut the bnlges of actual government
over the peninsula never press his brow
except to mark him US the sure victim Of sworn
revenge.