Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-19
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We think sha2 Eapoleon III. has ReTsE
Riyez greater proof of has courage thau be
il ziTiaE nov he Is defyiaE the PoEer %
esemies Who are IN many respects more
foEaidable than the AuStrians or Russians
hare been He Is insagursting changes
whizh touch millions Of his subjects II
E,o5ntI vhs.e lkey are most sensitive he
&c i bringing down Epo1 his head Tie
wrath 81 al the Wealthy manufacturer,
Eto are 2ecau1IHi5nE riches uaSer those
isR= which prohibit foreign eomPetst0Es
from bringing their goods INTO fFench
narke4s He Icuekts. o. they faEr! he
touches their purse snditi5 easy 10 imagine
What are their feeiia e toward him
Bat II there Is = man in the world more
sensitive thGs millionaire who believes
that his business Is 70 be ruined II Il =
Roman Catholic priest Eho thinks that bis
church o. his spiritual father ~ Rome :
IN Danger Now, the great ban! OF TIE
eiergv. ETeidfDz. As they DO. an almost IN
measurable Influence over large portion
of the Erenrh p7oPle, are hostile to fhst
restriction Of the Pope's temporal power
rhieh il urged by the Emperor Il Is :
yrest mistake 20 suppose that the Roman
Catholic faith and the occupant Of the
HOLY See are rot regarded With the deep
est interest BY large part OF the Freneh
nstfor. Nanr OF them make no more dis
elimination th2n PIo So0o himself does.
between .he temporal snd the spiritual
power of the Pope. The Pge!udieed eieT-
~;TI not help their docks 70 see the diff
ference. The bishops zre esgerly engaged
in proclsiuirE. As forcib!y as they dare,
that The seve-5aE Of the Ronagas from the
States OF tie Church Is = sac=ilegioGs in
frinEeasa. Of the rights of the Holy
Father n: Rome. We are told also that
the members Of affiliated societies are
secretly 1ro1sing throughout France
feeling of opposition 10 the policy OF the
Emperor, an opposition which viii PFooA-
bly be marked BY the pEoTsEbIAl bitterness
of faraticsi hate
I, reouires 40 E.tie 6cnness, confidence
and brarerr in the Emperor, to defy the
combined power OF such foes A. those
whom be has now provoked TO setiviiy
against him Among them are some oil
the 2b!est writer's and speakers IN the
empire. 70. this opposition becomes the
nucleus around which all the hostile
elemsaLs in the land EoE gather The
Orleauist, the Legitimists, and other dis
contented parties, are not soETy TO take
advantage OF such al opportunity as this
to annoy. and, If possible, 10 oTeTthro"
the present sovereign One can hardly
have much Solicituie about his being over
come br all the forces which can AZ present
be brought against him He Is stronger
than they all. But We believe that, if we
we're 10 = position TO observe s!l the seeth-
ing and comInotion no~ going on beneath
the surface Of Affairs il France, ~e skould
see that the Emperor "a obliged 70 hold
the reius with extraordinary frmneSs at
home, As well IS TO act with zaEAcitI and
caution in his relations 20 foreign powers.
II he cAn defy the wealth, and the Tsligi-
ous and the political prejudice which are
now all iesgaed agains; him, be will give
oae of the strongest proofs Of his immense
power IL France.