, 1865-06-20
From tie Weekly Dispatch, May 49,
FRANCE.

AAS 'ANA N@N 80 AA~S - 500"
not given the address delivered by Prince
Napoleon at the ceremony of uncovering
the monument to the first Napoleon at
Ajaccio. The first day the Moniteur omit
ted all notice Of those tGtes the day fol-
lowing it contained a short summary of
them. 1t mentioned, indeed, how the
Prince, with head bare, mounted the plat
form and walked round the statue; how
at that "solemn moment salutes were
fired how the features Of his Imperial
Highness betrayed the deepest emotion;
how he spoke q little on everything-but
Ofthe speech itself, which was the great
feature of the ceremony, not a word. The
little M0niteWr, indeed, reproduced the
telegram announcing that an GRAFTON had
been pronounced, but it contained only
the first two lines, and did not notice the
following :-FThe Prince gave an excel
lent biography Of the B~onapartes. He
described the life and acts Of Napoleon
T., and traced a complete programme Of
Liberal policy The Government jour
nails, the Constitutional and Pays, pub
lished the speech after it had been submit
ted to the censorship, from which it issu-
ed mutilated. The first passage sup
pressed related to the marriage of Napo-
leon with Maria Louisa, which the Prince
severely condemned, concluding thus =
San Austrian alliance shall never be he
policy OF France" The second passage
set aside contained an euIogy of American
Democracy and the American Constitu-
ton. After saying that "tho foundation
of a great Republican State beyond the
Atlantic, encouraged by the support of
France, was d glorious legacy %bequeath-
ed by the Government of Louis XVI"
his Imperial Highness eulogised Monroe,
1.-The celebrated statesman who gave his
name to the doctrine which laid down the
principle that the Governments of Europe
ought to have no possessions in North
America" The third paragraph efaced
referred to the Roman question. In this
the Prince declared himself favourable to
the suppression of the Pope's temporal
power, and based his opinion on the au-
thority of the first Napoleon, though it is
probable that, had the Roman Govern
ment entered into the Imperial "system,"
Napoleon would have maintained its
power. The fourth change which the
Constitutional and the Pays made IN the
speech was in that part which alluded to
the liberty of the press. Neither is there
any mention of the political maxim Of the
Prince relative "to those subaltern agents
who are so eager to preserve the Govern
ment from every species of attack, but
who, in their false devotedness and their
interested exaggerations, only seek to
hide from the Sovereign their insufficient
cy and their faults" This was doubtless
considered a personal reflection on the
Government journals, and would account
for the suppression. 1t is certain that
the speech of his Imperial Highness has
caused the utmost displeasure to the Co
vernment. The Ministers strongly press
ed the Empress to authorize the insertion
of a paragraph in the Moniteur %dlsavowing,
if not positively censuring, the Prince;
but the Empress, though very willing,
did not venture to do so. The Opinion
Rationale has narrowly escaped suppress
sion for an article speaking in high terms
of the Prince and the speech.
It appears, however, that Prince Napo-
Icons discourse has not produced on the