The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-01-26

TIE EArlRoH af FeANeE A
visit 10 Fmuct has thoroughly sal..-
8eI mt th6 uo dang Whatever cx.
ists 81 Souhefu et euilma o be
past 81 the French Gowumen and.
Il may rely upop Whi bas ataria-
bly, beea told nc Id persons qpsi6ed
70 speas upoa such 4 1hise, tbeu
never has been aHy fear a. hsnee 81
such recognition. travelling uom ons
aae Of lbe country 70 ihe other tr8m
Deppe, b Normally, 10 M0.hopse
near tbe SRis. irnner--ilis was hc
universal opinion, and Solid reasons
were advanced for the belief. My
associations were mainly with memb.
ers and representatives OF the Repub.
lieaa party, Or, as they uow Term
them elves. ibe Liberals Of france.
Politics there now recognize but two
parties Liberal and Jliamontnist
--aud Republicans even assure us
that the Emperor Is IL the head Of
tle former, and tie Empress Of The
latter; declaring. 'lI further, that
ihe only danger Napoleon russ is
from CONS tracy 10 lhe palaes under
Papa! auspices liis strength lies
with the people, with the joatgeeisic
and working-men throughout ihe en-
pire, and this portion ol the p0pu3
tion is too much interested IN favor of
the maintenance OF the American
Union, to consent TO his doug anghI
agtus il.
II strangers a. q distance ihe En-
perofs power may seem autoctatc
bat, q | WAS very properly reminded,
be IS bound down and confined by
iAat universal suffrage which placed
lin where he Is, and which alWa}
possesses The power to destroy what
il has chosen 10 create. can assure
you, from actual knowledge and OBJ
seryaiion, that Napoeon's security Is
insured by The very men who upset
TIE Orleans dynasty aud established
J the republic Of 1913, and several Of
tbe leaders oi that growngly powerful
party assured me Of their regret that
the Emperor is not twenty-five years
younger, so as TO guarantee their safe
Ity from the assault Of the clergy
! Under his strong rule they are en-
labIed 10 devote all thcir energies 10
/ the education aud enlightenment Of
/ the people, ia which France has hith-
eno been So deficient and they look
with the utmost fear to his death,
knowing th.u the regency Of the Em-
press woald bring about state Of
things similar 70 the reign Of Charles
the Tenth and subsequently, confusion
worse eonloundel The Emperor
must, of COURSE, know where his real
strength is to be found in France, and
will not Do any Thing 10 impair il.
have seen many proofs Of this,
I which are likely 10 escape strangers,
unless pointed out 10 thom by Frcnch-
men; and yet, outside appearances
would 20 10 prove that the Emperor
is supreme in the country, and only
acts from his own yolition He is on
/ the very bes; Of terms, nevertheless,
( with the leading men Of the Republis
can party, aud they talk with him be-
hind the scenes and il you want a
better proof Of this than my mere as
sertion, you have only TO watch the
course Of such journals as the Opin-
ion Nationale and The Steele. True
| il is, the censorship exists but. while
The censorship deals With what The
press should nol say, il never presumes
10 Jictate what the organs Of public
opinion shall say. From al tins do
not wish you to suppose ms 70 assert
/ that the Emperor Napoleon has any
IDEAS" favorable to RcpubIicah liber
lty. Ny impression is that Be knows
lfuil well the strength Of thai growing
and that growingIy reasonable party,
and that be courts i as an offset to
tie enormous strength d tie clergy,
the one main purpose Of hi policy be-
ing the consolidation and perpctuatiou
Of his dynasty CIR NJ j. Post