The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-03-13
THE GATE CITY,
MONDAY, MARCH Il.


The 1mHeKoksS speech
Bsyssd u dosbt the Enpesor Napo-
leon 4 tho wisess polisieian b Europe.
He is 20 By virtue Of The fiet that he i
the most practical. And tho evidence
thereof i furnished BY the success which
has attended him in achieving bis present
position, and in rendering that position
che most Influential one in Europe. And
in the further fact that to oil human sp-
pearance his position is % secure for him.
self, and his immediate heir ct least, -
that Of any potentate in any country.
His popularity is attributable not only
to the dynasty he represents but to the
ideas be enunciates and the principles and
measures he pursues for the benefit Of the
French people. He has wonderful fac
nifty of en- uuciating practical and popular
ideas in most striking and attractive phra-
ses. He excites the admiration and
arouses the enthusiasm of the French
people by the apt terms in which he ex-
presses his interes! in their welfare and
magnifes the rrowess Of their arms and
the glory Of the nation.
And however his policy may vary from
his principles, and his practice from his
profession, his public declarations ever
commend themselves to the judgment and
win the admiration Of mankind. His re-
cent speech to the Chambers afforded am
pie scope for such declarations and he ha.
made bis usual admirable imp rovement Of
the occasion. Like President Lincoln he
has disappointed public expectation by
failing to allude to existing relations be-
tween France and the United States, bat
like him too he omi.s any mention of 60
many other foreign Governments that the
omission is shorn of any significance
which it might have possessed had it been
exceptional.
He opens his speech BY an allusion to
the failure of his project for European
Congress, which he regrets because "the
sword often cuts questions without set.
ting them" Speaking Of the Conference
Of European Sovereigns in regard to the
troubles between Denmark and the Ger.
man States Of the Baltic, he saws the
French government confined itself ito up.
holding the principle Of Nationalities and
the right of populations to be consulted
In regard to their fate" He oongratu-
lates the Chambers on the success in
securing the. permanent establishment
OF the new Kingdom Of Italy, and the in.
dependence Of the Holy sse," which he
thinks is now sufficiently safe to admit Of
his Withdrawing the French army from
Rome. He closes the review of military
operations in the following stirring mag.
niloquent graduation to the glori6c atiop
of the "Grand Nation
"Our land troops have evacuated Chi.
ma; the fleet sufices to maintain our a.
adjustments in Cochin China our armx
IN Africa is reduced +; that of Mexico Is
already returning to France; the garrison
at Rome will soon be withdraw and
closing the Temple of War, we NAV with
pride inscribe upon new triumphal arch
these words: TO the glory of the French
armies, Tor the victories achieved in Eu.
rope IN Asia, in Africa. in Spain and 10
America -
10 the following paragraph the Eupe.
for gives gentle hint to the Pope who
Is indebted to the French army not on
iy for the temporal possessions which be
stIll retains, but for his own personal safe.
ty:
"Lat Us, then, examine together thu
measures suited TO increase the prosper;.
ty 1.-THE Empire. Religion and the public
instruction are the constant objects Of NV
thoughts. All confessions eniov ths
same liberty. The Catholic clergy eyer.
clses. even beyond its ministry. 8 lar;t;-
mate Influence. By the laws on Tnat1nc
ton it assists in the education Of youth
81 the electoral law it may take mart II
the public councils; by the Constitution
1t sits In the Senate. But the more %
surround It with respect and Difference
the more do We reckon that it will res.
poet the fundamental laws of the State
IL 10 my duty to maintain intact the
rights Of the civil power, which since the
days Of st. Louis no SOVEREIGN in Frnos
has ever abandoned"
Ane concluding paragraph. indicating
new guarantees in favor of ind;v;au.l
liberty, abolishing imprisonment for debt
promoting education and fosterino ind;
vidual enterprise and municin.l reform.
are in the right direction, and viii avent
ually bear fruit:
New bills viii be laid befor. ~, -
another direction, with the ob;so. - ~ :. ~
creasing the guarantee Of ;nd;v;dn ~ ~
erty. The FIRST authorizes provisional r..
lease, With or without bail, evan ia Grim.
inal Gases; the second suppresses ner s1
arrest in civil and commercial mlt,sr.
On innovation, however, which j. nosh;..