The New York herald., 1862-12-04
Nspeleon Nh. Averss 20 ths Shedding ~
Blood.

AoSous CiICuIur tO vn0 IaDlnctS VI Oh S0au0o 0nu
ST. Petersburg, asserts that his imperial master
Napoleon III. wishes to intervene In the strug-
gle going on between the Northern and South
| ern States of America on the score of humanity,
and for the express purpose of putting stop
TO the shedding of blood" We confess to
great astonshment at this desire on the part of
Louis Napoleon, and conclude that we must
have been greatly in error in forming our
estimate Of his Majesty's character. The
| journals which relate the events of the
revolution that bore in its bloody arms the
princely adventurer to the Presidency of
France tell horrible tales of the shedding Of
blood done at his instigation. We read Of
squadrons Of heavy cavalry charging through
| crowded thoroughfares, crushing to lfeless
masses men, women and children; awful details
| Of hand to hand encounters at the barricades
cause us TO chill with horror. In those days
| Paris was rife with murder, her cutters were
filed with blood. Louis Napoleon did not then
call for mediation to prevent its shedding
Every Frenchman viii gravely tell you I" he
would have seen every soul in France perish
rather than balk his ambition" Later came
| tho coup d'etat-the stroke Of genius which was
to raise him to tie pinnacle of glory, to en-
! dow him with the crown which adversely and
| treacecIy tore from the brow of the first Ma
| poieon.
| His measures were taken to prevent all oppo-
sition, or at any rate to drown il in blood--the
blood of al France, were it necessary. No
scruples were felt when The orders for
| general massacre were issued "Put down all
opposition" were the words used by Napoleon
on that occasion, addressed to the officers in his
secret; put down all opposition at once;
strike your blow surely, quickly; our success
depends upon instantaneous and energetic
movements. If the people rise, crush them"
| Here we find no traces Of the present desire to
avoid the shedding of blood.
Once firmly seated upon that coveted throne,
Napoleon loudly asserted, "Lemp;re c'est la
poi1"-the empire ispeace. Yet we find him,
aided by England, carrying on that long and
arduous struggle with Russia, and shedding
oceans of blood He did not at that period de-
sire any mediation or Intervention to cause
cessation Of so "sad state of affairs" The
Crimean war terminated, it was supposed the
era of peace for France had arrived A short
season passed, during which she was making
| gigantic warlike preparations, and all Europe
trembled. Then, upon one bright, clear New
Years morn, Napoleon allowed an equivocal ex-
preston to escape him while in converse with the
Austrian Ambassador, and Europe knew that
| her fears were real, and that blood would be
shed. And blood was shed, as the rank grass
upon the plains of Lombardy will attest this
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luging those beautiful valleys and hilltops;
and yet even then Napoleon called for no
mediation desired no Intervention to stop the
dreadful shedding Of blood" In Cochin
| China, for years, the French troops have been
| shedding blood, and yet this Emperor, 80 sens-
tive to the shedding Of American blood, has not
seen fit to order cessation of the campaign
against the Amanites. Perhaps he has greater
regard for American gore-deems it, perhaps
Of superior quality.
In Mexico some sixty thousand Zouaves.
Chasseurs de vincennes voltigeurs de la
Garde and Chssseurs d'Afrique, to say nothing
Of the Artillsurs, with their rifed cannon, are
preparing to shed blood; but, then, that is Mcxi-
can blood, and here, as in Cochin China, the
quality Of the article may be deemed inferior
by the Emperor Napoleon, who evinces so
| much regard for American blood and such dis
taste for its shedding. We have surely cited
instances enough to prove the hypocrisy Of the
| plea made by Napoleon for a coalition against
us on the score Of humanity, and now we may
| fairly ask how this man can dare to present it
| for the acceptance OF Europe, he whose name
was built up in blood, stamped upon the pages
of history in bloody, indeliblc characters, sur
rounded by want, famine and misery; by
| crushed nationalties and sacked capitals, by
hecatombs of corses-what right has this
| offspring of battle and blood to dictate 10
us that our struggle, one for all that man
deems holy and just-liberty and indepen-
dence-must cease, forsooth, because blood is
spilled?
Ere he takes upon himself the task Of humane
interference in the affairs Of the world, let him
set his own house in ORDER recall his troopa
from Rome, Mexico, Cochin China, disband his
hundreds of thousands Of soldiery, lay by his
immense fleets of iron-clads, destroy his huge
military transports-lct him disarm, and then
with a show Of plausbility, he may seek to put
down war here or elsewhere upon the score or
his horror Of the shedding of blood. Until be has
done all these things his mediation is farce, his
Interference an insult we should promptly and
terribly resent. When NJ. de Lhuys sends
forth another circular upon mediation we
hope hs will say nothing about bloodshed-
ding. The subject is . sore one for his imperial
master.
Mock PHILANTHROPY OF THE EURoPEAN Go
vERNxHNTs.-The English and French journals
in the interest of the rebels have been in the