New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25

Of the. 9Th year Of the Republic, wa
elaborated under tho direction Of the Frs
Consul. The armies of the Republic were de-
moralized and disorganized, its enemies were VIC
torious at various points, the treasury empty,
taxes uDcollected. Immense deficits, assignats,
and the most shameless stockjobbing constituted
the government, and everywhere prevailed; socie-
ty was in o stste Of rapid decomposition. The
genius of Bonsparte was equal to the salvation
Of France, but he had the aid also of favorable
circumstances. That genius would have proved
of no avail in 1879, when society, rotten to the
core, crumbled TO pieces. The revolution created
new elements, purified and Refrigerated those
who could be saved and preserved. Up 70 inc
18th of Brumaire these elements were in the con-
fusion of chaos, but the atoms demanded organic
combination, they were ready for reorgan'za-
ton under Bonapartes hand. His genius com
maDded confidence. inspired BY his succeesii'
career.
The work of the First Consul was to reorgan'
ize the finances introduce order, and exterminate
the Unsuitable leeches hanging around the admins
tration. He created credit, the sinking fund, and
the Bank of France, regulated the pubic debt ana
the rent, divided France into procedures, ana
sub.prefectures, and other new communal au'
thorities. organized the civil courts and the courts
OF appeal, began the elaboration of the immor'
tai French Code, of which the first book was
published 10 1901, softened the rigors against
the .acobins prosecuted by the directorate, opened
the prisons Of the nOn-assermented priests, pa
cited the yendee and its most bloody massacres,
gave permission to royalst emigrants to reenter
France, celebrated with great pOmp the tune-
raj of Washington, crossed the Alps, inaugurated
the Consular epoch by the battle of Marengo,
created at the same time an army Of $4,000
men for Moreau, and thus prepared Mo-
reau's victories at Tim, Hochstetten, and
Hobenlinden; pacifed Europe by the treaties Of
Luneyi!le and Of Amiens with England; con-
cluded concordst with the Pope, restored the
affairs in France, expelled swarms Of highway.
men; constructed roads in the interior and over
the Alps, builded canals, organized the Cis-
alpine republic, pacified Switzerland and laid
there those foundations on which its political
structure today reposes. BY the energy Us well
as By the moderation Of the First Consul, and
under his direct influence, the first step was made
in 1908 at the Diet OF Ratsbonne, to recast Ger
many and 10 rescue her from the old medieval sub
division BY that act Of secularization about one
sixth Of the whole German population, with an
income of about O,OO0, 900, held hitherto by
bishops and abbots, passed under the rule and
administration of civil governments. During this
short but eventful period his labors and asplra-
tons were directed 10 the establishment aud
security Of q peaceful activity.
The conspiracy of Cadoudal, Pichegru, and
Moreau TO murder the First Consul, concocted in
England, and still more, the refusal Of the En-
glish Ministry to fulfill the stipulstions of the
tr,aty Of Amens were the turning points in the
policy of Bonaparte. At this period is foreshad
owed the terrible and bloody destiny of the Eu.
ropean world The First Consul foretold and
attempted TO avert the inevitable result, in the
conversation held with Lord With
worth the English ambassador in France. He
portrayed the terrible realities VI future war,
which, as he said would be war TO the knife;
and he appealed to the honor and good faith Of
England, asserting that both nations united in
pence would influence the whole globe for the
highest purposes Of humanity. Pitt and the En-.
gE,h Tories wished for a struggle for life and
death with the French Revolution, incarnated in
Bonopartc. The rupture was accomplished. The
passionate soul Of Napoleon underwent sudden
change. From the peace-loying benefactor Of
France and of the world which he srdenty
wished to be, he determined now to astonish and
terrify both.
NJ. Theirs attributes the rupture Of the treaty
Of Amiens not so much TO the old nobility, but
to the commercial aristocracy Of England e1-
ssperated, leagued with the ambitious leaders OF
the Tory party, aided and stimulated by the IN
corrigible emigrsts. On these he repeatedly
inyokss the nalcdiction Of men and Of history,
appealing TO an impartial posterity to confirm
his judgment On the political parties Of England.
In the struggle thus inaugurated and which
lasted for twelve years, Napoleon showed his
ne1baustible and almost superhuman power. In
the far-sighted strategic combinations, embracing
at times Europe, from one end to the other,
in the organization Of armies, in the raising OF
means, and in overcoming obstacles such, per-
haps, az no other man ever encountered, his
energy and ability never failed him. In 1903,
the First Consul--now Consul for life-foresaw
that at least ten years were necessary to form
navy able To match that of England. Ten
years Of inactivity were TO him altogether i'm.
possible. He decided ON O coup de main, where
the French Navy vas TO act only as an aux
iiary and in 1903 the camp of Bouloene, pre-
pnratory to IN invasion, was decided upon.
The conspiracy of Cadoudal, ETC., preciPitated
the establishment Of the Empire. The historian