The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-26

Considering all that they have done for Mr..
Abbott, the Franklin-square people have a
reasonable right to complain that the Iivy of
their pages did not send the narrative directly
to them; and there is a pleasure in thinking
that he has more elaborate effort (with cuts)
in reserve.
The first thing which his Imperial Majesty
did after receiving Mr.. Abbott Gin one of the
interior parors OF the palace" was to thank
him for writing the Life of Napoleon |, and
for the justice done by my pen to the EN-
peror." That great man should be
obliged to wait for historical justice until the
advent of so small one, will remind the
reader of the lion who was caught in a net
and of the mouse who liberated the mighty
prisoner. A large number of Frenchmen
have eXpatiated upon the glory of the Empe-
ror, but Mr.. Abbott has been the first to raise
him to the rank of moral and religions char
acter and it is this which makes the perusal
of the "Life' perpetual and amusing sur
prise. The apologies of Mr.. Abbott have the
relish of comedy. We are always looking
forward to the modification of murder, and
are constantly curious to know by what fine
name the next villany will be dignifed.
We revel in the metamorphosis of fasehood,
and, after the execution of the Due d'Enghein
has received Mr.. Abbott's extenuations we
have perfect confidence in his Old Bailey
capacity, We do not remember that Mr..
Abbott has occasion to mention the fondness
OF MS nero Tor cheating at cards; but if it had
Deen necessary, he is just the writer to prove
conclusively that his Majesty revoked to the
glory food, and made misdeals for the honor
OF France. Mr.. Abbott is not one of the
greatest, but he is one of the most unscrupu-
Ious OF the new school of historical white
washers, who start with the presumption that
the world has been all wrong, and who show
their skill and ingenuity by setting it right,
1T is to be regretted that professional delicacv
mas prevented him from trying his hand upon
the devil There are yet neat things To- he
SAID in behalf of that sable parsonage whose
deeds, 1t is true, were evil, but whose talents
We're OF the highest order. He met one dark
day with his Waterloo-pray how long must
he wait for sympathetic historian?
Mr.. Abbott, being face to face with the En-
peror, made long Speech of which he in
serts report in his letter. The subject of
this speech was the life and adventures of
Louis Napoleon. "When | reflect" said Mr..
Abbott, upon the birth of your Majesty in
Paris," etc. etc. The historian must have
gone ON rejecting for about half an hour He
reflected upon Strasbourg and Boulogne, upon
the Castle OF Ham, upon the Mexican ques-
ton, and upon number of other disagreeable
SUBJECTS but the imperial host stood it ALL
apparently without irritation and submitted
10 be soaped with the best possible grace; nor
does he appear to have WINGED even when Mr.
Abbott most unnecessarily lugged in the coup
d'Gtdt by the head and shoulders, and pro-
tested that it was beautiful. But this was not
all. Being i'll for it, this Christian minister
determined to go the entire animal. As he
had swallowed so much he made no bones of
Mexico, vowed that it was a shame that the
MeXlcans would not submit to MaXmilian,
declared that his own Government ''had made
great mistake" in not lending moral support
to the Empire, and then, being seized by a
spirit OF prophecy he predicted "a state of
chronic anarchy" into which these most un-
reasonable MeXcans must be plunged. I'M
perial Majesty listened and Expressed his
assent" which was very handsome thing to
do We wonder what he was thinking of
when he expressed it.
For sixty minutes, as he informs us, did
Mr.. Abbott remain closted with the monarch,
and during that time he made the following
sagacious discOvery:-"The Emperor looked
decidedly older than when | saw him fourteen
years ago." This is very singular. Pray,
did Mr.. Abbott expect to find him looking
younger? However, it is a comfort to know
that his Majesty does not grow stingy as he
grows old, for he presented to Mr.. Abbott "a
copy of all his published works, " which we
trust Congress will allow the donee to bring
home without paying any duty. "The En-
peror," says Mr.. Abbott, sis, intellectually,
one of the most highly cultivated men in Eu-
rope. IL takes one man OF genius 10 unu out
another.
But we must bring our sketch of this pleas
ing event. so tattering to our national pride,
to a conclusion. Mr.. Abbott has since been to
a public reception, and the Emperor shook
hands with him in the presence of four thou
sand spectators. Every one of them no doubt,
halfmad with envy, "for," says Mr.. Abbott,
''this was an honor which was not conferred
upon any one else" Three thousand nine
hundred and ninety mine courtiers, brave or
beautiful, went to bed disgusted with life and
the cOdness of their sovereign, while Mr..
Abbott with the much-favored right hand,
which we suppose he will never wash again),
sat down to write the record of his lofty luck
for the delectatiOn of New Haven. 1t must
have been a severe trial fthe humility which
we naturally look for in a Congregational
clergyman. Mr.. Abbott must remember that
he is but man
DepreciatinR the Dead.