The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-06-15
France and the United States.
Speech ofPrinco Napoleon,

The following is the speech of Prince
Napoleon, cousin OF the Emperor, with
which, Il is understood the French Gov.
crumcnt are much dis2lcascd;
To develop q State with which we Gun
have no dispute either with regard to from.
| tiers or supremacy ol influence, which cun
aud ought TO be our natural ally, carrying
on an extensive trade, producing raw
mnterials which we cannot raise in OIL
climate, purchasing our manutac ctrrcs,
which its incipicnt civilization does moi
allow 1t TO produce, powerful By It's navy,
and unable to be other than tho ally oi
France all these considerations decided
Napoleon TO make the friendship Of the
United States an iXiom of his policy. lie
well kncv that Democrats are cspec.
inlly sensible to respectful attentions,
and that to gain their friendship il is not
enough 10 consider their interests, but
that an appeal must also be made to their
generous sentiments. On receiving in
tclligencc Of ushington's death, Oh the
18th Of December, l7o9, Napoleon not
only went into. mourning himself, but
cadsed the whole army to 10 the same by
issuing the following order of, the day:
Washington is dead. That great man
fought against tyranny; he consolidated
The. Liberties of his country. His memory
win ever be dear o.thc French nation, as
to all freedmen in both the old aud now
worlds, and especially to the so diers ol
France, who. Ike him.And the American
soldiers, fight for equality and liberty.
lie even went further, when, in 1903,
hocedcd Louisiana. To ccde French
territory for money, TO furl the tri.color =
ed flag, thus to abandon an entire terri.
torial possession Of France in tho New
World, might appear to. aarrow minds
immense co1ccssi1ns to the Uni Cd
States. Bat here again we observe that
eagle glance, that ptompt intelligence
which does not hesitate over details, but
goes straight TO It's aim. This question
of Louisnn1 raised some clouds of dissnt
islaction between England and France.
Napoleon solved it in the sense of mod
Grafton, wisdom, and the true interests OF
France; and he whose foreign policy
none can accuse of woOkhcssi sold our
territory to the United States FOR eighty
millions Of france. Napoleon thus cx.
planned this act before tic Council OF
State in 1904:
fOreseo that France win be compelled
to abandon her colonels in the Atlantic
ocean. All those in America will, in lcss
than so years, be added to tho territory o
the United States ltwas this consider
alton which determined me to cejc Louis
idno.
The fact appears to me important, and
by singular coincidence, the cxiraordin
AIRY ambassador who, in concert with Mt
| Livingston, representative OF the United
| States at Paris, treated for the purchase
| of New Orleans and the Floridus, and
signed the treaty less than twenty DAYS
after his arrival, was Mr.. Monroe, the
celebrated statesman who has given hi,
name to the doctrine propounding the
\ principal that the Governments of Europe
must hold possessions in Nurth Amer
leo. The life of Napoeonls full OF these
coincidcnccs,s so Instructive aud 20 curious
Let us ardedtly desire the pacifcntion o
the American Union, and not suffer our.
selves to be influenced by those fallacl-
Gus arsu ncnts which would transform The
Character Of a revolt condsmned by right
by reason, and by interests, supported
with courage, but which IS only the un-
lusl'iluole 'norto oi uii aristocraey Of somt
lGw lhousao1s OF Shareholders against
lhe constitution oil the most liberal ant
me most respected power oil any III The
woriu'
Inc 'ouowlng 10 ietier ol the Emper
or napoleon TO ms cousin;
MoaS'e ur and Dear CoHsia-l can
not rotra'n rem inloEmlng you OF th'
po" eriui impression have e%pe lcnce'
on reading your speech at hJicio. IL
leaving you curing my absence with thu
Empress ana my soo,l as wee Presldep
oil tle PrlVy Council lmeant to give 20,
proof ol my friendship and my conf
dence, our conduct, and your language
would testify to the man which reigns il
our iamiiy' but the pollical programme
which yea ace under the ages OF tn
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