The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-01
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Nanelsan,s speech.

49,
Nspeleon's speech
Commentins upon the common expee's''o' -
Napoleon III. would def ne his positioa' ""
eide the question Of peace or war, 10 "a" "a, |
the opening Of the French legislature ." -" AZ,
met, the Washington Triton JassS '''"
n the reader OF the imperial maa"es'" "o
enthusiastic opti.ast, he eaa p"'"' |
s~osenees which would warrant Tue pe'e' '""'
the EMPEROR was beat on peace. s"a u ne 90 no
slarmist, he can sddaca abundant proof mat the
rsth OF right justice, and national honor, shieh
ME Majesty says he is resolved TO pnrsue SO stead
iiy, will ultimately lead toa war on the piAina OF
Lombardy. To the iDquiring aud anxious public
who have been waiting for aa answer to tue
question, sc Il Peace War" the Emperor
seems to have adopted the campiaceat but ambig-
uoas language OF the showman-"~hioh yon
please, my little dears, you've paid your money,
and you takes your choice"
The Immediate effect of the pacifyibg speech
upon the fonds was depressing, for the h'utse
fell the moment its terms we're known. 1t no"
said, however, that Napoleon is ass'duousiy attea-
tive to the Austrian Ambassador, aod soiic'toes
70 ailay the panic that his covert insult to Aus-
trta hss aroused, We observe in various leading
newspaper able dissert ations upon the probabli-
ties OF European war; bat they are almost as
full Of antiquities and generalitics as his NaJes
tys speech. Indeed, IL Is disicuit to imagine how
40 enlightened opinion Is to be formed on that
subject, on this side the water, unless the public
are furnished with some reliable date, such rs we
look Ia vain for Ia the letters Of European CORES.
pondents.
Just on the eve OF the C,imean var, ono Of the
most eminent statesmen of our country, who hal
long resided abroad, was asked his opinion as 70
the probability OF rupture between the contend
ing parties, and be gave i. decidedly ia the mega
tive. There were Thousands Of men, 10 both Ia
rope and America, well informed, ssgacioas and
OF sound judgment, who inclined to the same con.
ciusion. We therefore pay little attention to the
orscular columns Of the leading journals Of E1g.
land and America and feel still less inclination to
array ourselves among the prophets. The cor
siderstions on the side Of peace are undecided
~ such would prevent war in Europe for the
next quarter of a centnry, if We could suppose
men to be always controlled by reason aud even
an intelligent sense of their own interests.
We can readily believe the London corrsspon-
dent Of the Charleston Mercury, whea DO says
that "the people of France not, in the
MACS, favorable to a war which would be one 81
personal ambition. or personal interest, on tbs
part of the Emperor. The spirit of the France OF
the frat revelation does rot exist; the territory
IN NOT threatened from without as in the Niueties;
nor do the people feel any mission upon them
TO carry liberty, equality, fraternity, aud the
rights Of man, over he world again. The is.t
crusade In that did not end well ia the long
run; It smashed up Europe, for time, but left
the French heavy bill Of damages; aud they had
to pay Ii with the allied armies in Paris. TIE
people are, also, though ia less degree than our.
selves, bound over to keep the peace, by material
interests that had not begun to exist till within
the last thirty years There is no clear reason
made out why France England either should
pass through the fire for the sake Of Italy. l..
dependence is one of the things people must
gain aud keep for themselves There are thirty
five niIlions of Itssns-sDough in ELL conscience
to strike good blow gu their own bshat if they
had the trHe stuff in them. But they are divided
by mutual hatred, it is said; 50 much the worse
for them; it is their vice. folly crime they lost
the game by 1t in 1919 and till they cast ont
the seven devil. of national discord that possess
them, they will never win it, whatever chances
In their favor circumstances and events may give
them. So divided, the ouly chance possible to
them. by external help, will be &c have one foreign
master instead Of another; and il YOU Id be diff
cult to show that French Prefect in Milan would
be any improvement on an Austrian Command
ant All the highest aud best minds of Italy have
for ages been calling on the people TO unite unite
and every crisis has fund such unity impossible.
The cry is as old as DAME: the m0dern revulu-
ZIONIST MazzryI, but repea's in vain the exhor'a-
tions that were current in tbs politics of four
centuries ago. The French Emperor is now the
Hercules invoked to lift the Italian uationa:tiaa
out of their depression. If Hercules does lend his
shoulder, he will pay himself pretty handsomely
for the work. As for political freedom, to so to
France for it, at present, is about as rational
diving into Vesuvius for ce.'
Another aud powerful inducoment to peace, is
the fact that the three principal disputsnts
out of funds; France having been borrower ever
aimee the establishment Of the Empire, aud AUS
tria and Sardinia both coming upon tie market
for loan. Money is .aid TO be abundant in Ions
don, and to be had cheap on anything like god
security, but speculators, it is reported shy,
and good deal of money has been lost in London
by foreign loans. On the other hand, seems
necessary to consolidate the power Of BoHAPARTE,
and the army must have employment. If the En-
peror;be the wise aud cautious man he is pronoun
ced by those who have had the best opportunities
OF observing bis mysterious character, would he
deal iD empty demonstrations, the effect OF which
upon the funds has been about as ruuous as au
actual war, and would he increase the armameuts
Of France at rate which shakes the repose of an
Christendom! Unnecessary and costly agtatiols
of this kind cannot strength lis own bold upon
the public confidence of France, OF Europe; |
cannot make his own people nor auy people desire
the permanence of a dynasty which keeps the reg
wards of labor and the peace Of the world in a
state of chronic insecurity.