Gazette and sentinel., 1860-05-19
The CHARACTER OF LOUIS NAPOLEON

bany IN. " Argus and Atlas draws
the following portraiture of Louis Ma
polcon
But what a volume in the worlds his
tory will the life of the great Napoleon
III. make when written. As politician,
Jurist, %financier, diplomat and warrior,
he has never been excellcd, if equalled.
His achievements in 50 short a period
partake of the marvellous, and when his
private as well as his public history
shall be written the world will stand
awe-Struck with admiration Of his
greatness and at his genius. VIII you
pardon me if | glance at u few Of the
title pages in his history: An exile in
England; an insurGent advcnturer at
C%herbourg; again at Strasburg; a pris-
oner student at Ham, storing his mind
for his great destiny; al escaped con-
Wet, seeking refuge in America; again
an exile in England; snubbed by tn. no.
bility; tlouted by the Court; yet under
each and all these adverse and irving
circumstances, with an eye single to the
Imperial purple of France, and u faith
unheard of, in the belief that he was to
seek out for her a glorious destiny
Strange ~infatuation; to any but himself
a silly dream; but within that cool, far
brain was faith-faith that would
mountains, and has removed
them. The revolution: the flight of
Louis Philippe: the Republic: his return
10 France and expulsion by the commit
zee; his recall as a member of the c0rps
.egislatJ; his nva for tie Presiden-
y; his election; the ooHp d'etGt; the En-
'Irc; the con enpt Of the English people
nd their abuse-"fool, dOtard, idiot.
amber aud drunkard.7
The refusal of Russia to ACKNOWLEDGED
The Parvsnu in the Imperial circle: his
announcing t. the world that he
vas Parreau Emperor: that he came from
ne people, and would leave France free. !
.ntrammelcd by an alliance with II /
ther Court; his visit to England: the ,
Enthusiasm of the English people. who ,
ad so freely abused him; highlands !
kisses him; tie Queen returns his i
lsit; the birth OF the Prince Imperial; j
war Of the Crimea: the superiority L
his army over the English; the victo- v
Des; the peace; the meetiugo of the Rus I
Emperor at Studt%ard: the Franco II
.Essiah alliance: the war OK ICaly: he "
lhcs the field in person: the rapidly OF n
IS movements, rivaling the fist Empe- "
'r; the peace, c%onquering himself lor e,
rance. l.
TIE consolidation q Italy in n En-
re; the reduction Of the Imperial pow
OF the Pope; the annexation of SAVOY tr
Nice, securing to France these is
'eat passes to the Alps; the CONNER K
treaty with England; the war of is
orOcco; the war in China-these form 81
E outer acts. But turn your eye in o1
ard to France, and see at the same n,
her wealth increase; her commerce CO
stored and extended; her manufacto- al
IS all teeming with life; her ports en- to
rged, improved and fortified. Each Sc
" growing i'll beauty; each church ca
paired; Paris transformed from a gar a
n TO al Eden, the like Of which mas a,
ver been seen since the fall of Baby at
a. The poor cared for, labor provi- ar
d, instruction given; asylums for the W
dow and orphan, the aged and infrm; IN
for the sick of all condition: or
me punished with an e~ven-handed am
'tlce, rich and poor alike; good deeds sw
varded. In all these, he, the great av