New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-12
MAMMALIAN AND NAPOLEON.


1t is impossible to read without emotions
the proclamation of the exEmperor Maxi
milan that we published yesterday morn
ing. We never had and never can have any
sympathy for this fallen man al a usurper
or a ruler-but the misfortunes that. have
now fallen upon him are heavy enough to
awaken our pity. The crown which has
just been torn from his head was dearly
purchased. To obtain it he renowned his
claims to the right of eventual succession
to the throne of Austria, ard gave up his
portion of the family estates in that king
dom, valued at twenty millions OF HORNS.
He abandoned a career in which ne had
already won honor and distinction and in
pursuit of which he was happy He sacri-
feed brilliant positions and still more bril-
liant prospects. II the three years during
which he has worn the crown thus dearly
bought he has seen rivers of blood shed in
its defense; he has beheld his wife whom
he tenderly loved bereft .of her reason; he
has endured all the torture of uncertainty,
fear, distrust, and remorse.
Finally, all is lost. Conquered, not by
by the valor of his antagonists, but by the
| treachery of one Of his own officers, whom
| he had loaded with favors and in whom he
trusted, he was stripped of all his power
| and confronted by death. And then, in
words not without dignity and power, he
vindicates the purity of his own intentions,
| perhaps with sincerity and truth, and hurls
at the man who lured him on and then
abandoned, him to his fate denunciation
that will ring throughout Europe and shake
the throne of Louis Napoleon.
Tue terrible words that Macmillan ad.
dresses to the French emperor will fall like
a thunderbolt among the crowned heads
now assembled at Paris. The fates appear
to have selected the moment for this grand
denouenaent il. 1.-THE Mexican tragedy with an
especial eye toward its dramatic effect.
For the first time in fifty.two years the SOW
ereigns of Europe have congregated in the
French capital.
There has not been such an assemblage
there since 1915, when Alexander of Rus
STA, Frederick William of Prussia, and
Francis Of Austria the uncle of Macmillan,
met there with Wellington, Butcher,
Schwarzenberg, and Metternich, to con-
graduate each other on the fall of Napoleon
l. Now the sovereigns of almost every Eu'
ropean kingdom are congregated there to
do honor to his heir and nephew, Napoleon
Ill. 1t is probable that by the time
these solemn and terrible words of Maxi.
milan, uttered as he stands on the brink OF
his grave, reach Paris, his brother will be
among the guests in Louis Napoleons
palaces. viii he turn to that man of desti-
ny and ask him, "What have You done with
my brother?n and will Napoleon reply in
the words of the first murderer "Am I
your brothers keeper?n
1t is not difficult to imagine the consterna-
ton that the receipt of this appeal from the
betrayed Macmillan will create at Paris 1t
is cry for vengeance that will not fall
upon dull or unwilling ears. All the
monarchs of Charlemagnes country will
demand of the Napoleon dynasty an &C.
count of my blood, and Of the German,
Belgian, and French blood shed in Mexico, y
exclaims the fallen Macmillan. " Then
wiu be he end Soon, before the whole
world, Napoleon the Third will be covered
with shame from head to FOOT
1t is, indeed, almost certain that events OF
a very grave character will result in Europe
from the downfall of Macmillan. There is
not wanting some reason to believe that
Louis Napoleon has foreseen the storms OF
indignation that would arise against him SO
soon as 1t was known that his abandonment
OF Maximilian had resulted in his death.
Notwithstanding the peaceable settlement
of the Luxembourg imbroglio, Napoleon
has not ceased his preparations for war.
Secretly, but not SO secretly that indications
OF the fact have not been plainly visible, he
has continued his concentration of military
supplies, his manufactures of arms, his in
yentions of new artillery. The friendship
that is manifested toward him by his fellow
sovereigns he knows is artificial. hollow.
and insincere. They distrust, hate and fear
him, and secretly regard him as an upstart
and an usurper.
1t may be that the appeal for vengeance
which Maximilian, one Of their own class,
has sent across the seas, will be seized
upon as the pretext for forming another
holy alliance against the present Napo.
leon. as there was one established against
his uncle. The next news from Paris will
be Of grave Importance. If Louis Napoleon
can subdue and control the storms of pas.
sion that WILSON burst about his throne
he will achieve triumph more wonderful
than any of his former successes.