Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20
John nritoheps Lecture on Ionis Napoleon.

New YORK, before an audience OF tnOuSanu,
a lecture on Louis Napoleon. He said that
he did not deem IL necessary to deny any of
those Quxotic enterprises which had been
attributed to him in his late visit TO Paris.
The Duke Of Wellington he said was no con-
Juror or witch. Yet, when he heard of the
revolution of '4S, he exclaimed: "lt is Bona
parte come back" The Duke then said, in
the House of Lords, that the English could
not maintain their ground for month after
a declaration of war. This feeling had ex-
tended and increased since then. The ma
tional bad conscience was aroused and terri
fed. Even in the midst of peace solemn and
anxious warnings were heard. This was one
theory of the Emperor, that he had arisen as
an avenger, to punish the English for the
crimes which they had committed upon his
uncle. There was another theory, that of
Mr.. Golden, the great high priest of cotton
goods--a man who was infallable upon but
tons and the patterns of calicoes. Eleven
years ago, when the gallant Hungarians were
beating back the Austrians across the Dam
ube, at n London banquet Mr.. Golden assured
the company that the Car would not go to
war, and that he could not go to war. He
would do nothing against the expressed opin-
ion of enlightened England, and the capital
lists of Lombard-street held him in their
hands, That very night deep masses of Rus
slams were crossing the Carpathians, and
within two weeks Hungary was crushed. So
much for Mr. Cobden's views of the power
and possibilities of Emperors. E
Lately he had taken Louis Napoleon in
hand, having gone over with thirteen tuns of
baggage, consisting of samples of Birmingham
and Manchester wares. The Emperor went
into statistics and accounts made few tri-
fling objections, which were victoriousy
answered, and Mr.. Golden returned, having
persuaded himself that the old feud between
France and England should give place to a
generous rivalry in the arms Of peace. And
Mr.. Golden was partly right. Louis Napo-
leon meant no wrong to the people of Eng
land; and yet his presence in France did bode
i'll to the present aristocracy of England. No
great and conspicuous figure in history had
ever been more plainly intelligible than Louis
! Napoleon. His idea Of life was not original;
it was continuation of the life and ideas of
the first Napoleon. His idea ofhis life was not
original; it was continuation of the life and
ideas of the first Napoleon. The great idea Of
the old Napoleon was that France had the right
to be the greatest, most potent, most benef-
cent nation in the world, and that she had been
| checked in this only by the oligarchy OF
England. France was first to project great
schemes of colonization, but in America and
India England had reaped where France had
sown. The gold of England met Napoleon
at every step of his path, and finally over
whelmed him and in his person the Grea
Revolution. Louis Napoleon ruled by thu
grace of God and the ,oiU Of the people; tina
was the reason why the Oliarchy of England
could not allow him permanent peace. Eng
land and France were with terrible activity
preparing for war; both felt that they woul(
soon be at war; Louis Napoleon did notwisl
this, but England would declare war agains
him. The living Napoleon was but lieuten
ant of the dead; his course was shaded by tht
dying declarations of his uncle. But a fa,s
! days before his death lie spoke of the rule o
the Duke of Orleans and the return of his
family; he then declared in favor of the res.
toration of nationalities.
France was the only nation which had eveI
aided a struggling, suffering people to gain
their liberty. And now, whenever the sword
of a Bonaparte was drawn, every downtrod-
den nationality felt thrill, from the Bospho-
rus to the Shannon. The French and the
Austrian Empire were antagonistic and
would never be at permanent peace. One
bitter mistake the elder Napoleon committed,
in marrying an Austrian princess. By his
marriage, Louis Napoleon had weeded out
| English influence from Spain, a thing which
his uncle had never been able to do. 1t was
a firm article of English faith, that France
had no business to have navy. Bnt Queen
Victoria, who had previously dropped a po-
lite tear over the hero in the Invalides, came
over to participate in the Inauguration Of
this, the finest military port in the world
Every true Englishman looked at it to sec
how it could best be destreyed-as it had beer
by the English just one hundred years be.
fore--and every Frenchman knew what
every Englishman was thinking of. Either
Portsmouth and Plymouth must destroy oi
be destroyed by Cherbourg.
Still there was no quarrel between
the people of the two countries. Mr.. Mitche
quoted at length from Les Idees Napoleon.
iennes, reading from the book, page after page
The eager revolutionists complained of Ma
poleon, that he did not at once rush into O
support of enslaved nationalities. But he
went so far as he could, without banding
against him every sovereign in Europe. Ire
land did not count for much on his plans
The upper and middle classes were too thor
oughly Britonized, too thoroughly corrupted
to do much Still there were 500, 900 tall men
in Ireland who would ask no better holiday
than fair field, and the whole British army
within point-blank range.