, 1866-05-26
NAPOLEON At AUXERRE,

SrcCcH 04 kuc EMPEROR"
lkemint>cenccs-I1e Dcte~lA the lrcu.
lie. VI 1Sl5-G 1Ftet Of 1hc Speech In
Paris.
lpzris (May s,correspoudencc ofthe London Times.1
The Eempcror and Empress visit to Aux
crre will be remembered as long as his New
Years Day compliment to the Austrian Am
bassador in 1859. Their Mnjestles lelt PARIS
panied by Gencral Fleury. Grand Equcrry;
II. Frenzy, Deputy Of the Yonne the Ladies'
Of honor and officers Of the household On SER
vice. The impeF,al party arrived at their
destination at a quarter to one, masses Of the
statione, receiving their siajesties in the most
enthusiastic ulanuer. They were received at
the station Of Auxerre hy 81. Challe, the
Mayor; the Municipal Council, n. Larabit,
Senator, n. Lecsmle, one oil the deputies uf
the department, and several persons OF note
connected with the Own,
The Mayor addressed the Emperor md En-
press In the following
SPEECH
StEE-Fi{ty.oue years .1ncc tho Emperor Sapo-
leon /. Va. rsc.lsrd IN tnis town ~h such proo.s
Of dEyo:cslCcet md jog thl be ret ineu vivid
coltcliou Of them, which he expressed On his
III ,lc Memorable .ir $aMfe htteaf four Maits!y
ka Just hcsId the zane Cnthu.la.ttc ncrl9unlloEe
h: s,ss IRON .ns nepth o IT, hf IN Of
sunr Majesty we'll kuoxs, mas no more bccn found
wanting days of trial ana adversity Than in those
" ANU ASt tAS
io,u permit nc 10 pre-cns him the Key OF th,s
fat hu Town. in ahleh the sacred 1rs OF attachment
to 'lc Empire has aiNass hccn Kept burning. even
in ttE IaEke-t 1ltHft.
| HA1AAL-t on,e ind receive the ardent blessings
Of our popnlasion, "ko yene rate. admire anu love
you aud, tf1rir reward utirn tell the young
P,ucc Imperial TINT, like nls grcaL uncle anil h4
father, nsy nj, on The affection OF his old and
lo.sl ,tWn OF AuarrEe.
! The Emperor replied In the following
ApDukss.
nrn hanny tn ses Thar INC reu,sn,sr,nrps Of ftn
First Elnpsrc nave not pcen cEaccI from your mem
ory. be ccrtsin thns. on my -adc, have inherited
eresgsiic aud palriolc pouulatioas ,sho sarporlsd
| the EmpeEo1 in good ~ In evil fortune. have,
NOR. oss, 9:nt VI srasltadc 70 Psy v 70 the ae,ar
n.c It's suffrage In 1s's becau,c 1t knew, hse the
maturity vi III. Frnch nation. that ia iateFttks
III 1sas, % sfh,e M :s,ae @ 1n1f;ts IF is aay rtsS %
E,4k- At tote 1gsis Gf our Jorrrln i'o!:cy.
thank you Tor your ssnts,ncns1. In me midst Of
yon brtate at ease for II Is among the labor,ous
iop,la,on Of the town: ana rural districts that
ilnu the 1rue genius Of France"
II IS qnftc true. us the Emperor says, that
it was Auxtrre, in the department of fonne,
that tirst elected him representative Of the
propie in ISIS. lie was tilen in London. and
when the news ot bis nomination as candi-
date reached him, lie wrpte to his uncle, Je-
rome Eo1aparte, who was then In Paris, as
follows:
II heheve with yon. ms der uncle. that It n,S
becomes MY du'y to accept !hc mission conadcd to
by my fellow citizcue tthey honor nj with lneit
ioneess ess,s IT a nut hssI1a;c 10 proons Pp %y exile
ralbcr ill.n allow my naint TO etrse Ut psetc1t
for ,!%ehievous agt1atlon. Now that order ts re-
uet me ,rem .iato:sng Is T. representative Of .be
people towards the coLe' ndaslon. the happiness
aud The glory Of The Keuah!is"
fTa1ie May s. Correspondence Of the Lorlor
The words spoken by the Emperor on Sun
!. day IN his speech to the Mayor oi Auxerft
viii have reached you by the telegraph be
> ! you is the effect produced BY those words IL
. Paris. How they will be Interpreted in Eng
land do not know, but it would be difficult
, | indeed to cSaCgerale the disnlay, and musl
. add. the Indignation they hare roused here
: That indignation was yesterday 50 strong q:
: to throw tile most cautious. the most timld, of
their guard. People who have been ruined
people who are desperately struggling tc
) Escape tile ruin Which Is hanging
e OosF tes5 1;s7aea and psopae s9 bs|sf wne tt L
5 the pacific intentions Of the Government, and
did not scan too nicely what appeared atn.
| bisuous in them. are IN CONSERVATION. 1t is
I'll reply 10 NJ. Tliers' speech, and to the Gu
t thusiastic reception it met With in the Legis-
laive body that the Emperor c .t. trnmpets %
! Of 1915, which 1t is desired now to make the
i basis Of our foreign policy.'' These words
c stiike unon the car like the first nntes Of de
= f1ancs to Europe. They are the reyenge takeI
: uItn the Commercial, the bourgeois classes
whose hopes Of pcacc arc so crnellY dissl
9 pated. They ore the answer to the educated
a;.d intc]!igs Mt populations Of thu great town
= lcr their opposition to official nominees Ii
q the last e}ecfIcns. They sound like \ decla
o ra1ien vi war a=ains: the enlightened ciasscs
!, | TOR It is not among them, the Emperor says
:. he can 'bzeathe freely y and 1t Is uot anon!
t them, but amorg the working men and tn
;, peasants. that he finds the true genins O
J. france. All who are enlightened au'
$ independent feel themselves now brandc'
d as unworthy the maine OF freneatlen
b AID viriuc aud patriotism must hence
n forth be looked to! only among the loves
d in the social scale aud the most ignorant
These are civen to understand that their ID
crcsts and those OF the toarJe5isie ere IA
l. from identical, md what Il declaration OF IN
C kind coming from such authority Elay event
= ua1iy lead TO they he>ita.e 10 defino. Ther
: are rrmors Of designations Of Ministers
q whether true or false does not. perhaps, mue
y Ministers had not any knowledge Of what th
II Emperor was going to CAV to M- laooreTs {
+ Auxer1c, and that they nre IS much taken b
). surprise rs the pubic at large. Twice 0
!, i Thursday evening the Emperor had m a.
&c count given to him bY confidential perso
: Of the manner in which Mr.. Theirs speec
d was received in the Legislative CuEpsi an
8 thtEc who app1audcd were the majority. II
d could 1nrdly believe 1t when assured repea
d | edly that the House was unanimous IN Its al
J. probation. He remained Silent for soE
b minutes rs il In reycrie, and then abrupt
d dismissed bis attendant with the word
le Riasou de plus. rdisom de Plus" He spel
the rest OF the night in Walking up and ooM 40