The New York herald., 1862-12-31
NEW YORK HERALD WEDNESDAY DEUKAfBER 81 1854

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winters military operations win in al probabi-
lity crown his administration a. . most glori-
ous success or sink ii a. q most inglorious and
disastrous failure. His means for success are
overwhelming. Let him take the road indioar
ted by loyal public opinion, and he cannot
possibly fail.
Louis Napoleon and the New York
Herald.
A Paris correspondent asserh that late num-
bers of the HERALD have been Stopped by the
authorities in France ON account Of its articles
upon Mexican affairs. We are incSued to
doubt this statement, coming from such so,rce,
and attribute no Importance to the fact. bet
ever SO true, as we know that the Emperor re-
ceives his HERALDs regularly and cons them
over with great assiduity. Napoleon is too
wise man not to understand that, to be well
informed as regards affairs on this continent
person should read the HERALD. No other
journal in the world has so numerous
staff of correspondents, such extended
means Of acquiring reliable information or
such varied telegraphic communication
With every expedition every army corps,
and in ever State, county, township, the
HERALD has correspondents, all reliable
and intelligent; and then the HERAID--so
say our contemporaries-ca wars On
stops them. In fact, according to the wiseacres
just referred to, the HERALD is the centre
around which revolve the crowding events Of
the epoch: it is the real hub Of the universe.
The HERALD is blamed praised, its circula-
tiOu ant 1ou nuv IN or
to fabulous figure; it is white, black, brown or
gray at one and the same time. 1t is the support
of the administration, some say, while Others
boldly assert that we are rebels In fact, we
puzzle the people, And why? Because, unlike
all other journals in this country, we are free,
untrammelled by party or policy, represent the
people and the constitution, and have larger
circulation in consequence than all the other
New York journals put together We support
an individual in Office while we observe him
doing his duty and endeavoring to serve his
country with a singleness of purpose. When
he falls short of these our requirements in
public officer, we censure and blame where be-
fore we praised; and this fact astonishes and
annoys our contemporaries, bound as they are,
one and all, to party or person. It is our free
dom they envy.
All these things Louis Napoleon knows
full we'll, and he appreciates that the
HERALD represents the views Of the Ame-
rican public, and that, SO doing, we
are an authority not to be overlook
ed. At all councils of ministers held at
the Tuileries the HERALD figures regularly, and
has more influence therein than many Of the
individual members. Our advice not being
always palatable, we having q way Of saying
what we think, quite irrespective of crowns or
thrones, we are oftentimes abused ct these
councils; but our advice has its effect neverthe-
less, and each succeeding week Napoleon de-
mands his bundle Of HERALDs with the same
eagerness. We are old acquaintance, and have
been quite friendly to the Emperor, when feel
ing he merited that friendship; but when he un-
dsrtakes course we deem erroneous or unjust
We blame him with severity. Napoleon has had
with which we arrive at conclusions. In 1s48,
just before the outbreak of the Revolution
which drove Louis Philippe from the throne of
France, Prince Louis Napoleon, then in Eng
land, asked US what we thought of affairs in
France. We answered that, as there were
twenty-five journals published in Paris, all Of
which, save three, were in opposition to the
King, he would be overthrown. But few
months had passed ere our assertion was vsri-
fed, and Napoleon as President was ruling in
France.
OF what use would it be for the Paris au-
thorities to stop the HERALD? That proceeding
would not invalidate the effect to be produced
by our articles Are we not irrepressible?
Napoleon has the French press in his hand,
and he always receives the HERALD; so we may
safely assert that the Editor-in-Chief of the
French journals diligently reads our articles,
and that he profits thereby. The effect to be
produced is thus as certainly attained as though
France were flooded with HERALps. The peo-
pie do not understand us; but Napoleon does;
and, as it is Napoleon alone who acts, our OBJ
ject is attained when our articles have been, as
they always are, read by him. Save the incon-
venience to our numerous subscribers in
France, the stopping of the journal in that
country is q matter Of no consequence to us.
matter is of paramount importance; but as re-
CARDS the attainment of our purpose it is as.
sured beforehand. Napoleon receives the He
RAID, reads therein that we consider Mexico
likely to be his Moscow; and, az he knows we
are always correct, he ponders upon the matter,
and if let alone by fatality will follow our ad-
vice. Iffate is to prove too strong for him, and
he be driven to certain ruin, he will remember
that we predicted his disgrace.
"stop the HERALD" The very idea makes us
laugh. The HnRALD can't be STOPPED. The sx-
preston makes us reflect upon what would
the world at large come to we're the HERALD
to appear no more. AZ an instance Of the
direful results to humanity, we refer one and