The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-06-04

most intelligent and capable Engliah-
man 81 the Liberal school, who has recent
II twice traversed Europe from London to
Stamhoul. in private letter to the editor
Of the Tribune, thus epitomises the situa-
"iEsve made a most attentive investigs-
ton Of the state of public feeling in Tur-
KEY, Greece, Italy, France, and Switzer-
land. and viii give you brief resume on
which you may depend:
"The Turks, Arabs, and all the Moham-
medSn tribes, hate the Emperor of the
French; and NO doubt serious war may be
expecsed in Algeria and along the whole
of Northern Africa.
"Dhe Greeks hate the Emperor of the
French; let, because he supports the Pope.
whom the Greeks think the greatest enc
my OF their religion; ID, because the EN-
peroe has bullied them, and they have ia
ken entirely to the British Alliance.
1.-THE Italians hate the Emperor CT he
French, with such hatred as only italians
perhaps can feel: ...l4 sa
"First, Because, they say, he gave money
brigands, dressed as soldiers, paid with
French gold, did the act Of assassination.
Il an myself fully persuaded that they
are right in that 80 =
''Second, Because he keeps their Capital
tRonAA) away fgm them, and has done all
he could 70 keep up confusion and brigan-
dage; 70 disunite and enslave them, instead
Of uniting and Gberating them.
"Third, Because, breaking his solemn
promise, he betrayed them after the victo-
ries Of ,Aontebell0, Magenta and Eolferino.
Fourth, Because the Italians are repub-
Leans, and the Emperor is the perjured de-
stroYef Of European Republicanism. THE
man 10 doing his best to be now the de-
stroyer also Of American Republicanism,
THE Swiss hate Napoleon, because they
are Republicans, and good ones, and know
him TO be the treacherous enemy of Lib.
erty;.
rest, and is, by the blessing Of the Great
Being, perfectly true.
1.-The French people and the French ar.
my are heartily sick Of Napoleon.
From long practices l speak French
nearly the same rs Engliah, and had excel.
ton, both going through France, return
ing, and again on my late visit.
II am astounded at the state of things;
never could have believed it. On my say.
ing word about the Emperor and Mexico
peasants, farmers, bourgeois, private sol
diers and officers, 60 of into torrents o
inveetive egainst the Emperor, such as
the presence of an Englishman. Sucl
days % those Of Louis XVI. and Marie
Antoinette may not be 80 distant as peopl,
suppose. The French are 4 fierce, fiery
and naughty race, and can only look OF
the Emperor as sitting on the peak Of {
volcanein imminent danger of eruption.
You will naturally want to know wha
the French themselves put forward - thei
principal grievances:
/: For each Of the last three years th
ConscriptiOn has been lOO, 900 q year, tn
previous maximum having been onl,
III. sOnei hundred thousand havin,
been sent to Mexico land tho French bat
veysgss,l Of which only 5000 at most
"II1. That the regiments sent to Mexic
were salected rs being the most Republica,
the most Legitimist, or the most Orleanis,
and the 6onapaftiet regiments kept 9
home. sasat.t s. 90. }as IL, \
NV. That Republican, Legitinist, an
Orteanist officers, were unfairly exchange
into the doomed regiments.
~. Thatthe luxury, vice, and extray
aganre Of the court are beyond measure
and the finarceso Of the country are serious
" suffering theTe rom.
wi. That The turbulent policy Of til
lmpoCor is resusc,tSting the Holy All
ace, viz: Prussia, Austria and Russi,
against France. (1beie is no doubt this
quite txpe) The French don. like to b
nFuRht without cause, INTO war Wit
threa nations ct q time, and they think
believe with justice--if with three, the
with 0ur-teartul odds Alko Italy th,
makee five. Then the whole MahGmnee
an popOlasion Of Africa, with Turkey, 81
"a very poor look .out."-N Y. Iribnne.
sa---A p
Ms 6hanks, of the New York Herde,
who was reported killed at the battle
Resaca; butsdll lives, gives the followin
account Of hot place he got in during th
engagements fei 0sUifo s ,g73s ~ ~ 10
A CONFUSED RrrBEAr WORSE coSrou1ypr,
From thfs hin vh;oh a., o.4..l,.