New-York tribune., 1867-06-11
rHr R0YAL HOLIDfY

r. the wo-sticicd devil who figures IN the
old novel be- still cxtant, there viii be- roya.
peepns for hm presently In Paris. He need
not unroof the palaces To have his squlnt 40
Gods anointed. for they viii be canterlng NJ
md down the streets common as water
rrrrIcrs. and with little more dignity than so
many laced and braided Dragons. lt D. TIA
di.ional tricI, of the Bonapartc family 10 hGddr
mouarchs together like 70 flock of silly sheep,
,oluntafily as Ny Uncic did upon morc than
one brilliant occasion. or nyountarily. as t hap
pencd when thc spoiled child of Fortune hao
orr-uearied hcr fondncss. and one ny one. SIN
lad taken from HIM all has gilded toys. Bui
tne luck of hs Successor is like the luck OF al
orient fable The rcigning Emperor has thp
crace without the guilt. and 90 no more waste
o. blood than spattors the brief but pregnan
chronicle of the COUP n efat Whatever els,
may bc said of the first Bonaparte, it canno.
fairly bc denied thai hc worked well for wha
he won and earned has broad dominlons b.,
lhc recognized rules OF conquest. lt was ONLY
after hard and practical fighting that he could
write to Taima. Come o. me, and you ,hai.
play 90 a pit-ful of kings" The Napoieol
of to-day indebted In the Hrst place To Tho
.hrrwducs, and foresight OF hls gOd-iathcrs.
carries bis points Of policy as couu-
rv lawyer wins his httlc causes, anC
piays good game of chess. for which
h.s uncle had neither genius nor patience.
moving like lightning and almost to0is-mated
by MaelZprs machine with man M Its bowels.
For the life of u.s. m spite Of the pomp ano
circumstance of war we cannot help regarding
thr nephew as IN Improvement. II mankind ls
to be- wheeded how much better DO Is % have
,Le play 20 on without fire, famine and slaugh-
teri War with old Napoleon, was the business
OF life. but with the new. 10 j. merely am occa-
sional recreation. One Waterloo is quite enough
ln the family annals. No dynasty m the world
could stand up against two 81. Heleuas. lll-
Dutch phlegm however he may have come los
iU Is qmte a fortune To His French Majesty.
Credit 10 whom credit is due. II the Kings
of Russia OF PRUSSIA, OF Portugal, and OF Bel
GUM 90 say nothing of Sultans and Tycoons.
are gathered together IN a friendly mob m Paris,
10 was the matr0n Queen OF England who set the
example and gave the successful adventure
his first official kisses. Englands liberation OF
this prosperous gentleman wasi and Is a matter
of day-books and ledgers. BOYS in the colleges
and here and there some lonesome man OF the
Bull and Brutus stamp, protested against H.
but the money makers said nothing, for they
saw their account IN II. Nj. kinglakes history
was voted 10 be q libel but, fortunately, 10
remains aud. unfortunately, II has never been
refuted. Poor Mr.. Tennyson piped up his
little martial lyrics with soft rub-a-dub and
metrical tantara, but the mass of his
countrymen still preferred shop-keepIug 10 sol
diering and yard-sticks 70 muskets Wars for
the sake of trade were still comprehensive, but
wars for right, tor justice, for the advance
melt of fhnian liberty WI simply Quixotic
crusades When Mr. Bull found out that his
neighbor did not live entirely upon frogs. but
had two cloaks and everything comfortable
about him. and was. in fact developing very
respectable acquisitiveness, his animosity van
ished. As the Briton paid his taxes he began
70 suspect that Nj. Pitt had rather than else
made fool OF himself, and that the Yelling
ton and Nelson monuments were no more
than costly whistles. France was not
behind ia the work of repentance and retorma-
tion, until tine old banker became in Paris
of far more Importance than the boldest Mar
shal of the Empire. There are different kinds
of glory, and the Bourse has pleasanter and
more profitable victories than those of the en-
sanguined battle field. When the British Lion
saw his ancient foe settling down TO sensible
money speculations, he conceived for hun
sudden respect, and the rag-tag and bob-tail
of European sovereigntes followed the leonlne |
example
Peace Is always pleasant and desirable IL IL
does not cost mankind something better and |
nobler. The peace which IL maintained by
mutual fears or by a devotion 10 materal IN |
terests, may, alter al, prove pothing but |