The New York herald., 1866-09-04
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OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.

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OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.
PARIS, August 81, 1866
| UNEASY yEn1EG REIATvE
There is a very strong and very uneasy feeling in
France not only governmental circles but among the
people regarding the bold and defiant which
Prussia Is, pursuing Without the slightest regard to
the Imperial doctrine Of nationaes" and consultation
OF tho wishes Of the people, PrAssa alleging other
right than that which conquest gives the conqueror
and making no other than that her interests de-
mand t. takes to herself at one swoop kingdom,
electorate grand duchy and republic, blottng them
out from the map Of Europe and without consulting
them and even, as Count Bismarck acknowledges
against their WILL denatonaizes between four and five
| mllions OF people. This certainly never
| in accordance with tho programme Of the
| Emperor, and when, as has been seen, he
| has been obliged, within the past few days.
to completely abandon the idea of receiving from Prussia
any territorial compensation, which shall tend to main.
tain in It's equilibrium the balance Of power. 1t may
we'll imagined that he and France begin TO feel that
this new nation which they have permitted to grow up
on the ruins Of tho German States may yet prove to
them trouble and annoyance great did the mon
| ster which Frankensten created to him.
rHg LATE DEMAND.
Nobody puts any faith in the theory to which the gov
ernment organs give color, that the demand recently
made upon Prussia for cesson Of territory-a demand
abandoned because Prussia firmly and decidedly refused
to consider twas simply made in order to get record
| the desire OF France to return to her boundaries
| Of 1914 The fact undoubtedly is that in the
struggle advantage between excessively clever
men, Bismarck has proved himself the cleverer It Is
by no probable that the long and frequent inter-
views which he and Napoleon had together at Biarritz
summer devoted entirely to discussions upon
the virtues Of baths in general and their value to
Majesty in particular, or to sentimental nonsense
about the effect of moonlight upon the sea- the music
of the waves, which come dashing up against that
| splendid beach.
When such men Napoleon and Bismarck meet they
talk business; and in view Of what has since occurred
there can be no doubt that the business they discussed
last summer the bloody work which has desolated
the fields OF Bohemia and Bavaria, and made slaughter
house Of the Quadrlateral That they have both been
disappointed in the result there also be no doubt
the agreeably and the other quite as dsagreeaby
BIsMARcK's DIsAPPoTSTMENrs.
Bismarck never dreamed In his most ambitious or san
guine hours that after eeks fighting he would have
ing upon the varying chances OF war, hoped to show
hmself friend OF Prussia when her hour OF need
should come and derive from her there for substantial
That not merely the small demands which Napoleon
has been refused granted in advance but that the
whole Of Westphala, with the Rhine as the "natural
boundary Of France promised the Emperor, for
| his good services have myself no doubt l do not
claim to be nfalble but know that in well informed
quarters thus was perfectly understood be the pro-
gramme long before tho war commenced. Now, that
Bismarck by the aid OF the has
found he has need Of France he breaks faith
with the Emperor, and places the Emperor in position
where he not disposed to charge him with violation
| Of his promises.
| 4 GRAND STRUGGLE FOR FAME
II these two men live ten years longer the race be-
They belong 10 the same school Of diplomacy are both
ambitious, bold and unscrupulous ready and willing to
sence anything ana everything 70 the o.
himself the less inscriptions of the two aud the Empe
will have to make big strike to gct evcn' with his
| pupil
THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE FRENCH POINT OF VIEW
The Paris papers, some Of those which have
always been very friendly America not all pleased
with the evidence Of close and friendly alliance between
Russia and the United States, exhibited by the recen
proceedings at Cronstadt and ST Petersburg
The OPINION Ndion1ie, journal which originally
brought into existence the organ OF Prince Napoleon
but which is now to all intents and purpose.
government paper Is particularly upon America
and Russia for the evidence Of friendship afforded by
the recent fs Calling attention in its leading article
Of yesterday TO an article In the NEw YORK HERAD en-
titled ''The Great Powers OF the Future-the United
States and Russia" 1t republishes as an evidence
from the journal OF s. Petersburg, which says:-"Th,
sympathy which exists between the Americans and us
natural and consequently durable Il Is not merely
squadron the port Of Cronsadt does not resemble fol
example, the meeting Of the English and French fleets
| at Cherboure, during which the French papers alon
s.spread tn, ,mselves'' in Official compliments. We
in mutually shaking the right hand do not hold
concealed dagger in the left In America an,
in Asia, there is land enough to prevent the tw,
| peoples in a thousand years from being crowded
Even in their exterior arrangements there is strikini
resemblance between the Russians and the Americans
Neither they nor are the friends OF the old Western
Europe and the uncivzed peoples OF the other psrts
| the world We have no hatred against our western
| neighbors and would willingly live peace with then
they themselves would not provoke US at each favor
sire we divide this cupabili,y with the growth which
follows upon years OF strength and power II is by h'
natural tendency Of the young for the young and b.
the not less natural indifference OF youth for age which
loses all hope Of the future that Is frankly explained
our friendship for America, well the dnicultio.
Powers
So much for the expression of opinion Now for tn,
French None Of the French papers ike II none tn,
French people at all enthusiastic about this alliance
between the two young powers OF the West and OF thu
| East.
about it:-'This monsrous alliance Of the most ndivid
ual democracy with the most concentrated despotism
the West OF Europe has arranged IT, the West OF Europe
has prepared H. IT. instead OF following up the chimeri
cal dreams about the resurrection OF the Latin race on
tue American continent, we had remained IN us dars
days the faithful friend OF the United States, which
counted Lafayette among the number OF It's founders
We would not have been obliged now to have bad such
Misunderstanding. In presence OF such lesson, vii
they believe il policy TO make enemies Of powers which
are growing.
ON the whole this journal comes TO the conclusion that
the best thing France do at present s TO remain
quiet and do nothing This indeed, seems to be the
opinion Of official aud nonofficiai journals, and thai
France for the time being has really nothing TO DO
| NAPOLEON HAVE sorTtSISG OF rifK nRAiS
The most alarming reports in circulation about the
Emperor health. II Is said that the cxcitemcnts and
disappontmens 10 which he and his policy have been
subjected during the past few months have developed
disease Of the brain, either paralysis or softenng Of
that organ, which renders him utterly untitled for any
intellectual labor The Emperors health has been the
subject Of many false statements and absurd specula
tons during the past few years, during which time his
Majesty has been charged with almost every known and
some unknown diseases, that should he disposed "a
place the present In the same category we're
not Informed from source in which place great conf
dsnce that there something more than mere specula
on in them. and that the Emperors nervous and intel
lectual system u in a really dangerous condition.
saw him DAY before yesterday when be made his first
visit 10 the Empress Charlotte OF Mexico at the
Grand Hotel aud IL seemed to me that he looked much
more careworn and IN than had before seen him
THE TNiREss NrxIco
| He remained nearly an hour with the Empress. she
| uni md her inanpniIn