The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-08-12

sIteIy combed head with his little finger. After the
water was brought to the right temper. he took G
paper in imitation Of his uncle. and stepped into il
Evidently he had been reading an account Of the
assassination Of President Lincoln. for h. tossed
the paper aside and resumed his mu.terings
q" What = hullybui!oo over that rai!-spliting. raft
steering boor from Illinois. This is 4 little mys.
ferrous. the Americans are intelligent, more intelli-
gent than the French. I kao,r, yet they love him
their heads are bowed in grief, and there come up
sharp words, as if in earnest. which BODIES no good
to my very dear Ally across the channel and that
promising protege of mine in the halls of the Mon
tezumas- Ugh! had it been me, instead of Lincoln.
there would be now q jubilee in France-Booth
apOtheosized and his statue elevated TO the niche
Of Brutus-Jules Favre e~ulogi-;ng me at the grave.
and TIE Deums sung! Democracy! Democracy! l
have talked more democracy than ever Lincoln
did, yet the French people will not believe one
word Of it-must be a little different from Ameri-
can democracy! Then the standard bearer there
of aristocratic Europe, and champion of its valor.
elegance and chivalry. JEFF. Davis. found skulking
IN the last ditch arrayed in a woman's petticoat
and crowned with 4 wench's hood too truly. the
representative of the ruling class by divine right.
Well, the battle of liberty is fought in America.
and how it ended, 1ce knoJc-the end. in Europe. is
not yet!'
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not frightened. for -Neeian Hume, or Home. has
initiated him into the mysteries of unearthly noises.
and turning his eyes towards a small grotto located
within the apartment and fancifully engarlanded
at the entrance though il leads to unknown
depths into the bowels of Africa-he deserted q
parti-colOred vapOr emerging from it. He saw or
f.ncied he saw moving battalions, banners. horses
and pomp Of war figured on the face of the wreath
ing vapOr, and heard from its depths sound of
tramp. regular tramp of feet and rumbling of pass
ing artillery, but all soon passed away and in its
place stood the inevitable :. Chapeau and Surtout.,
.Qui ctes vOus?; said brusquely the pale visitor.
u am Emperor of France and nephew of Napo-
leon le Grand"
"You!' said the shadow, with q frown on its
brow and lip curling with contempt. France
grew tired Of me and welcomed the Allies 10 Pa
ris-now I'm avenged! Events are thickening.
1 sought you at the Tuileries but found there only
a ,ronan inditing a proclamation annulling DEGREES
of avertisseme she did right. observed due
forms. 1 declared the press free, that became nv
policy on returning from Elba, it ought not to have
been forgotten, you aped my mistake in that too
far. The Empress saw and has needed my wishes. !
she is worthy the imperial legacy l bcqueathed
France-and what have you done?'
Been faithful to les Idees Napoleenne.'"
Been faithful TO the letter but not to the spirit.
Ideas progress, what was right in 1915 is wrong in
1865. That was the political Evanrcl of the Em-
pire. you have failed to comprehend it. Been
faithful to my ideasr BAH you Numbered through
a coup detat in imitation of me, delayed Paris in
the blood of its murdered citizens that you might
set your seal on France. | quoted Alkoran to
Arabs in Africa. You come here to do the same.
ape! and apostrOphe Time sitting on Mount
Atlas, as l did forty centuries 10 witness French
yalor from the summit of the Pyramids. Two
Arabs cannot resist forty millions French
men-posterity will feel proud Of that braggado-
L sought TO aggrandize my family and estab-
llsh IL dynasty contrary TO the spirit OF the Repub-
lie and fate defeated the design. | only succeeded
in establishing a name which nor rules France. |
Are you not a Bonaparte?' Im not here to reveal
marital secrets. or thrust a hawk from an eagles
nest. WAS your mother not married? p yes. and
your father too, but the less said about that matter
the better. your destiny Is 10 continue the drama of
Mon Oncle, or perish. [ read Cesar and was add
United a member of the Institute. Won write his
life and are refused that honor-you employ all
the resources OF an Emperor and four hundred
Swans TO write one book. which has DESTROYED
your health, while DUMAS. alone, writes four hun
books and grows fat. Turn Caesar over to
Dumas or the 'PrOscrit at Hauteville House. who
understand such matters, and remember that the
empire was ordained to teach tools TO those who
an use them Providence and | decreed progress
law of nature and directed the eyes of France
Ipon the future, and now you conjure the carcass
# Caesar from the grave OF twenty centuries, dress
i'm like a harlequin and desire France to turn and
the spectacle and derive lessons for the
uture-a mushroom You have failed. The eyes
f France are turned towards Washington, not
tome, and Plon-Plou is this moment uttering Il
peech 1T Ajaccio that will not be forgotten. |
nade mistakes-all men make mistakes. but a great
mind will acknowledge and correct them. / aimed
consolidate the Empire with arms, when | ought ,
D have left it to the Notwithstanding events in
America prove that. | exhausted the resources of
rance in maintaining a paper blockade, when |
ught 10 have declared commerce free. You point
Ow TO the increased manufactures of France as
ne result Of my blockade, it is not so. True, ne !
essity gave the impulse, but n fraction of the !
leans expended in enforcing the blockade, applied
encouraging artisans. would have accomplished
lore. | marched 400. 600 men into Russia and left 4
lem there. when L should have marched them to l
.ngland-had | done that, the decree of Berlin
Ould have been enforced and Waterloo would
Ida, you do the same and initiate my error by {
to Egypt. You send LessepS to unite the Z
lie with the Red Sea. He is digging the grave of
ANY F~Tenchmen. hope it will be the grave of all
'ch fOllies. The route TO India lies not up the
lie, ii is up the Thames. Remember that, and L
Mess soon accomplished. the patience of France =
i'll be exhausted and will seek a leader to do it. /
Allies Of France? yes, and Crimea proved their Z
late alliance with Denmark proved the
rength Of her friendship aud courage. Comments
ould be cruel. England is not a military power.
was. she could never cope, alone, with other Y
an third-rate powers. or barbarians. Money and
erhdy constitute her military power. Mistress -
the seas? Carthage was mistress Of the seas =
1t Rome raised, equipped and disciplined a naval
rec in twelve months that wrested il from her. -
'ance was mistress of the sea under Louis Qua
but. because forty French ships. fighting b
Om sunrise till shutdown, could not vanquiSh one o.
inbred English and Dutch ships combined. French il
proves declined and English rose! Discour-
ement then was a mistake Louis le Grand should
t have permitted it had he loved strumpets less
ii France more. it never would have happened. fr
Cast your eyes outre-mer and behold the naval
.racle performed there. You escaped embroiling