The New York herald., 1866-02-09

his Views win equal uankneee ana viBor %
delegations nom both .olasseA The black
delegations do not appear 70 be perfectly satis-
ned with him, bal the white mon are. In regard
to Congress The oass b just reversed
FAe EnpsFer NaDelsen's Last Best Stroke
of Policy.
The Emperor Napoleon, IN his address to the
French LegiSlature, uses this language:-"The
emotion produced in the United States BY the
presence Of our troops on the Mexican soil win
be pacifed by the ffankness of our deolarar
tons" This sentence contains the gist of the
whole matter a. regards the motive Of the EN-
psror's changed policy relative to Mexicoi
and though II Is qualihed BY statements and
expressions We may not agrce with, It h oil we
could expect under the circumstances, and 30
far ought to be satisfactory. The Emperor
changes his policy out Of regard TO the senti-
ment Of the people Of athe great American re-
public" That Is the whole Of II; and for the
same reason we may believe be WIN carry ont
fully and In good faith his proposed abandon
ment Of the Mexican intervention.
We have In this another exaprss,s Of the
seSaoity and stasssmanship Of the extraor-
dinsry man who rules France. he never loses
an opportunity to sggrandizs that country, to
increase It's commercial prosperity, to add 70
its weight 4 the affairs Of the world or coun-
cils Of nations, to make himself the prominent
figure In the movements Of the age, and, If we
may say 80, to fortify the monarchioal or the
imperial principle Of government In all Of
which. while we give him credit for wishing to
promote the well being Of mankind and Of
France in particular, the ruling motive. doubt
less, may be found In personal and dynastic
ambition and in the desire for fame. But he
has the wonderful tact never to advance be-
yond his depth, and to stop short in whatever
course he takes at the right time. We saw this
in the war with Russia, and again in the war
with Austria. The object Of the war against
Russia was primarily to check the continually
advancing and overshadowing power OF the Czar
in the East and next to mike France again,
under the second Napoleon's rSgime oon-
trolling Power in Europe. The Emperor was
skilful enough to use England as an ally In the
work. But as soon as this was accomplished
in the Crimea he made peace, without pushing
the war to extremities from an insane thirst for
military glory. The war in Italy was for the
purpose Of crippling the power Of Austria
there, and by that means to prevent the revo-
lutions that might be dangerous to himsolf and
the established order Of things In Europe, to
increase his own power In that country, and to
aggrandise the French name. This he was able
to do without the alliance Of any other Power,
and he did It Here, too, ~ In the case Of Rus
sia, he made poace Immediately he had at-
tanned his object, apparently tempering victory
with magnanimity. The basis Of his policy in
all cases is to advance a. far a. hc can, safely
or prudently, in oarrying out the idsss Napo-
Heunss, and 10 stop or withdraw ~ soon - il =
prudent to do 90. He won the admiration Of
the world in the cssss OF Russia and Austria,
and now be will increase It In tho oass Of Mex
loo. Able ~ hs \, hs Il mot infAllible. Tho
greatest ef msn are nsk He made mistake
IN the Mexican intervention, and his position
hsss shecous untsnable. He sees Il 10 be 90,
ana RhSly Sdls sooerdlnO3y. Tks nsxE bsst
Thing 10 success y to frankly and gracefully
stop whom suousss Il not pssetioabls, or whsn
Il cannot be attained without sacrihoes vastly
disproportionatv 70 the value q the objoct de-
sired. We regard, therefore, tn declaration Of
his purpose to withdraw from Mexioo a. his
last and best stro,s Of policy. II win rensw
the old and long hiendship between France
and Hthe great American rspublis," II will
greatly weaken opposition ct home, and 1t win
Increase his credit ss D great statesman among
AL nations.