The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-13
Nirtnlunh 4ispattt.
Leu,s Napoleon.


The position Of France Ia the thickening
complication of European Affairs, il becoming
every day an object Of greater attention. Az the
London Tones says; "At present France 10 an
object of painful interest TO ALL Shets cause
of endless expense TO ourselves" Her i'm
mense strength and splendid genius, the brill
liant and vigorous style In which she propa-
rates her ideas by pen and sword, BY the at
fractions Of manners and the finesse of in.
,riree. the curious combination which she
,,rasen Is OF the most restless of steeds and the
mos, irapassive of riders, Of a German head
on French shoulders, fills all Europe with Gu
riosity, wonder and alarm. The cockneys of
Great Britain can never lock across the chan
mel at thaistrange. cold, silent man, who holds
IN his leash halt q million OF bloodhounds,
without shaking in their boots at the Idea OF
what may be passing Ia that mysterious aeao,
whose ieaden eyes never betray the secfe's Oh
the brain, who seems to have no tongue ana
only makes known his purposes In sudden and
Irresistible action.
a. children whistle TO keep up their cour-
ara IN the dark, the London press has Of late
amused itself with the idea that NAPOLEON
,nus, be ready to keep his subjects continually
amused, aud that gap has occurred in his
exploits which lets in Ger tain murmnrs OF dis
content. They have delighted to compare him
n a theatrical manager, and Aattered them
selves that he was begin ming to want nov
ely. The season of 1859 was brilliant; but
1860 had produced nothing, and Paris was
copseq uentIy becoming political. They re-
pea,ed certain witticisms of the saions, the
covert sedition OF the eabnrsfs, and the cutting
speeeh OF NJ JULES FAvRE on the Bndget.-
Rat ,sSa has not yet closed, and the French
were willing to wait till the season had CLOSED
b.eore they denounced the manager who has
always hitherto been up to time. And even
the harsh and hasty London censors now per-
ceiye that they were somewhat premature In
their criticism. Brilliant as was 1859, II was
but the prelude to the grand performance thai
Is now opening upou the stage OF Europe. 10
saw nothing of the war in China, or OF the
new crusade to the Holy Lsnd, there Is INC
vast coming tempest which threatens 10
shake Europe to its centre, ana winch ID
enough TO engage. as it does engage, not oniy
the attention of France, but of the wnoie civil
lizsd world. Here is q sensation which may
last for years to come, and leave france gao
enough. for years afterwards, to dispense Win
sensa,ions, and then, when her appetite for
excitement is again aroused, the great man.
aser has always one card left, the prospect OF
dreds Of years-vengeance for Waterloo
On the whole, however, we are inclined TO
think that the French Emperor is neither a
devil. as his eremies would represent him, nor
acemi. god, as he seems to be considered by his
friends, nor q stage manager, as 1t is the
fashion of the London press to represent him.
but a statesman OF great common sense and
Of eminently practical mind. AS TO his course
hitherto in the European complication, we in
cline to the opinion Of one Of his liberal po-
Iitical enemies, that he has done his PRACTICAL
utmost successfully to restore the Dukes, pre-
vent the annexation OF the Duchies, prevent
GARIBALDI from going to Sicily and to Ma
pies. and prevent Piedmontese invasion OF the
Roman States; that, like any other French
statesman, he wanted TO substitute French for
Austrian predomnauce in Italy, and most
empha.ically did not want united Italian
kingdom to dispute with France The suprema-
CIV in the Mediterranean; but, nevertheless, he
has brains enough to accept fixed facts, and
temporarily to accept facts that may, or may
not in the long run, be fixed. The writer con-
siders this the simple key to his sufficiently
plain Italian policy, and that he will protect
fae Pope and keep him from leaving Rome,
unless he would like to come to Avignon
chateau; but as to making his home In Aus
1ria or Bavaria, certainly not Fate and Time
will decide whether Italy shall be annexed TO
Piedlnonta AS NJ. CAvoUR beneyelently designs,
or Piedmont ombined with Italy, Ia GAEI-
BaLDI; sand, meantime, let us watt says l..
n Il land see how things are TO turn"