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these Investigations the public will continde '"
look upon them as great humbugs. Surely the
time has arrived when we may expect the de-
spoilers of the government to be punished.

time has arrived when we may expect the de-
spoilers u the government to be punished.
Useful Reading for President Lincoln.
The Count Adonis Gurowski tells us in his
curious "Diary" that President Lincoln reads the
HERALD, and no other newspaper but the
HERALD. In this the President shows his usual
excellent common sense; bat he must be aware
that there is other reading besides that in a
newspaper, which is eminently worthy of his
attention For example, we recently recon-
mended him to seriously study she Count
Gurowski's book, and see for himself tho dia-
bolcal nature Of the plots of the radical negro
worshippew. BY this time, we trust, be has
been sufficiently instructed from the Counts
book how not to govern this country, and now
VIC propose to refer him to a work which will
teach him how to govern US. The book in ques-
ton is called the Napoleon Correspondence
and consists Of the letters Of Napoleon the
First, published by order of the Emperor Nspo-
leon the Third
The eleventh volume Of this most interesting
work has just appeared in Paris. II contains
nearly thousand letters, written by the great
Napoleon, between the months of July. 1906,
and February, 1906, and addressed to all sorts
Of personages-kings, vicer0ys, generals, ad-
mrals, relatives chiefs of police and diploma
fists. These letters treat of every possible sub
ject, from war to religion, and from the case Of
drunken baker to matters involving the ex-
pendture of millions of francs. The copious-
ness of this correspondence surpasses even that
of Secretary Seward, and in careful elaboration
and minute details the letters are fully equal
to those of our industrious Secretary of
State. The moral of the work is that
which we have constantly endeavored to i'm
press upon the President--viz: that the head of
great people should attend to his business for
himself, and not trust important affairs to the
judgment or want Of judgment, of his subordi-
mates. Napoleon carried out this maxim to the
very letter. We find him rebuking the Prince
Eugene for extravagant expenditures; ordering
that drunken baker, who insulted q sentinel,
should be severely punished; rebuking the ex-
cessive zeal of meddling and ofacious subor9i-
mates; arranging the affairs Of the press, and
planning the invasion of England, and in all
cases giving his directions plainly and clearly
that II the slightest error were made he could
know instantly who made it and how to rectify
it. This is the true science of government, and
we advise President Lincoln to procure copies
of this work Immediately for himself and for the
heads of all his departments. The services OF
some good French scholar, who does not pass
his time in experimenting the Mcdowell Court
of Inquiry, and who will not bungle the transla-
ton, should also be secured; and then the
President and his Secretaries can take few
lessons from Napoleon, and learn how to avoid
any future trouble about pontoons and how to
reward generals and officials according to their
merit or demerit.
A couple of the letters in this eleventh volume
are particularly apropos Of our own present at:
fairs. Thus, on the 10th Of August, 1906, Nspo-
leon writes to M. Talleyrand:-"Th despatch
from Washington has fixed my attention.
You will tell the American Minister
that it is time all this should end; that
be supplying provisions to the brigands, :
and that can no longer see with Indifference
the ornaments, evidently directed against
France, which the American government allow
to be prepared in their ports" Napoleon, tho
great master of war, ought to know something
Of TIE rights q Isgtrals and if he condemned
us for doing for his enemies what England is
now doing for the rebels, would not President
Lincoln be perfectly justified in informing the
English ambassador that it is time such "scan-
dalous" proceedings az the fitting out Of pirates
to devastats our commerce and the supplying
our enemies with provisions and arms should
also end. But Napoleon also gives President
Lincoln hint in regard to home afsirs: To
M. Fouehe he wri:::ss..-"I am assured that the
Captain Of the Forest Of Compiegne, Saaa Vas 4
poor man and in debt some few years back,
has now eight horses in his stable, and has just
bought house worth twenty-five thousand to
thirty thousand francs. Hold secret inquiry
into these matters, in order to ascertain If this
mans fortune has not been acquired at the ex-
pense Of the public" There is an example for
President Lincoln TO follow. How many Of
our officials aud contractors were poor and
in debt two years ago, aud are now
rolling in their carriages prematurely rich
How many such men does President Lincoln
know Here, in this city are individuals who
before this war broke out. were not worth q
dollar, and who can now afford coaches and
coupes, and villas and brown stone houses, and
all the appliances Of wealth. Suppose Presi-
dent Lincoln should cause an inquiry to be
made " whether these mems fortunes have not
been acquired at the expense of the public,
what would be the result Of the inquiry :
Every one knows as well as he knows day from
night. The extravagant OUTLAWS of this war.
the immense debt which has accumulated, the
heavy taxes which are imposed, show that the
nation has been most grossly robbed. Apply
Napoleon's rule, and the robbers may be easily
discovered. OF all the Napoleonic ideas. none
better deserves the attention Of President Lin
coin.
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