The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-04
NAPoLEoN,s HEILTH.
state Innuencc OF the Empress.

The Paris correspondent OF the London
News, writing on the 18th Ilt., says:
Your readers may perhaps remember tha, was
the first person who, even ut the end OF last win.
ter, distinctly affirmed that Louis Napoleon would
never venture To resist the onward movement
that was then beginning. Almost all the press of
the Continent took The Opposite view OF tue stu.
alton, and affected to believe TOR du bellcvc) that
tile Emperor would consent TO no notifications
OF the constitution In liberal sense. My estimate
or the excessive iimdty and uncertainty of the
EmI eror's character lC,l me to the opinion en-
pressed, and you see HAT | have not been
wrong lie began ny Ely, gf"g e. IN d 10 I pGpgGp an cPi.
has ended by naturalHng all MS hrsl iheu-
retlcnl concessions from the same motive
fear; tho fear Of yielding 100 much. But lO
not think that even ut this moment, after so
much has occurred TO prove the impossibhy OF
oven now You are aware Of whut the strength Of
the anti-dynaSic sentiment here has grown 10.
A. no period vi modern French history has the
public feeling Of The country been SO unanimous
or SO powerful. u was nothing approaching to
s present ssa,G IN ,S 3 1 Ms , wno m mS[e actors ao, III
had n chance Of success had the government had
beforehand the slightest suspicion OF the impress
sion likely to he produced by the fatal oFf0f-
alanceS. The movement Of 1889 was n very cir
eumscribcd one compared TO that which agi;atcs
the country now, and If yon rcad one after the
other the famous articles OF the Journal lies l,c
bats, ending "Malhcnreusc France MnlleurcuX
Rol f' and any leader OF the Rappcl or other adj
vanccd newspaper or the present day, you will see
how immcasuraby preferable WINS the position OF
aS a"os S s Srss 10 hi anas 0f sooc e eS
ouSea 81 the aEmS wn SeR st Victor Hugo alone
inc Chicr Of the State has virtually subjected him
TO the energy nnd dictntorinl spirit OF his wife,
brated as second Maria Theresa. Tile Empress
ts very inferior person, with, as ] have more
hss oS yo IVY VIII cp Of 81 S ee
with powcr-with real strength. The principal
object OF her recent efforts has been the de IctO
banshmcnt Of all her spouses Old friends and as-
seciatcs. She has always dislikeu them intensely,
and for more than one reason, and she has never
forgiven any one of them the attempts they one
and all made to prevent her marriage with Louis
Napoleon. hut She has most perfectly disguised
her sentiments, and until the hour when circuni-
stances gave her prcpOndcrancc In the govern
ment the Empress was friendly with everybndy--
With NJ dc Persigny rs with Count Walewski; with
Fould and with Al. Rouler. fIcr first act Of real au
thorty has been the getting rid OF General Flcury
that one argument used by the Empress Ia II very
strong one = the notorious absence Of moral
Louis Napoleon's private friends and out .antl.o
adherents. She puts this forward now OH all Oc-
sasionsi and there is now no defending the per
in their stead Men politically worse, because
they are utterly wanting In any faith In that
which they are required to uphold. Men like
General Feury, who remember the early days OF
the February Revolution, and wha, the temper Of
the country then was, know what the present
movement means, and what 1t may come to; he.
sides which, having been raised from nothing to
rank and wealth, they are disposed to do what
and their sight is proportionatcly sharncncd.
There would be 10 reason Why the man who
mainly helped to commit the crimes OF the otp
detat twithont whom Louis Napoleon never " ouid
have @ yentured TO commit it might not become
Me inaugurator OF all freedom III France;
all no is aiming ut Is not losing the advantages
he possesses, and once prove 10 him that the
country Will have its old liberties, or throw
on those who refuse them, and General FIcury
would indubitably, were he minister do every.
thing that his own interests demanded. I,ut tile
Empress ideas OF government tend In thorough
ly different directions. In the first place II IL, in
her mind, O humiliation for a sovereign to be die
tated to by the people, and she looks upon what
Is called "1rmncssn as q cardinal virtnc ION the
eve Of 4s N. tiuizoi, too, said that resistance
Mas the only form Of progress';) and, added to
this, the first duty that the Empress holds 10 bc
incumbent on France iB that OF forcing The yoke
OF tile Papacy more and more upon the pOpula-
tion. Now, In all these attempts she meets with
she resistance Of the so-calcd ent0trG1e, who
are by no means Papstcul. She has been for the
last two years trying to get rid Of General Fcury;
but, after the many deaths that have deprived
The Emperor OF his old companions PersiSHy and
Fleury are about the only remaining Ones, and
the Grand Ecuper endured.
Before leaving for her Eastern journey, how
ever, the Empress achieved the virtual exile OF
her adversary. The General pctiloned for Flor
ence; but the Empress insisted OH NJ. dc Malarct's
remaining there. To his perfect annoyance, then,
Fleury Is dispatched 10 Russia and the Empress
has succeeded.