The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-04-28

tricts. 1t is from them that the sup
port of the Government has mainly
come. The emperor has done every
thing he could to secure the good will
of the citizens of Paris and of the
large towns His European exhibit
ton, or Worlds Fair, in 1867. was a
godsend to the tradesmen in Paris. 1t
caused the expenditure OF tens of mil
lions of dollars in that metropolis. To
the Emperor, as the great Snowman of
the kings who visited Paris, all this
was owing. The Empress is the lead
er of the fashions, and by their fire.
quent changes, and by the introduce
ton of expensive materials in dress,
the Imperial Court has secured the
good will of the great manufacturers.
But all their acts of popularity may
not suffice. The different parties in
France-the Republicans and the
Royalists-of every kind and branch,
may coalesce against the present Gov
eminent. They may unite to destroy,
as they have done BEFORE. trusting to
luck for the Inauguration O that which
is to succeed it. But the result of no
elections can overthrow the present
dynasty. That rests upon physical
power, alone can it be superseded.
The elections to the French Cham
.bers, to take place in a few weeks,
may be against the Government.
That body may be hostile to the En-
peror. But, in the mean time, he is
intrenched at the Tuileries. That
palace is now no longer what it was
in the reign of Louis XVI, when its
only real defense against the mob of
the capital was a thousand Swiss
Guards. 1t is now one of the strong
est tortresses of Europe, and is guard
ed by fifty thousand regular troops,
with fifty thousand more in easy call.
But these troops may be seduced-
they NAV go over to an instruction.
1t was this contingency which over
threw the Government of Louis Phil
lippe in 1913. The soldiers fraterniz-
ed with the people.
But, under the present system of
pavements introduced into Paris by
Napoleon, it is difficult, if not impos-
sible, for the citizens to erect barri-
cades. The worst streets of the capt
tai, too, have been widened, and the
inhabitants removed beyond the Dor
ders of the city. The throne of the
Emperor, therefore, is more secure
t ian that of Louis Philippe or any
former Government but it rests, at
ter all, upon the military. A mutiny
among the soldiers, a dissatisfaction.
with the Government, might prove
fatal. To avoid such a result has ev-
er been the policy of the Emperor,
who has employed special means to
court and conciliate the army.
He is now sixty-one years old. He
is passing Into the sere and yellow
leaf of life" The instruments whom
ne used when he grasped supreme
power, such as peMorny, St. Arnaud,
Count Walewski and others, are al!
lead. He is talone amid n new gen
Grafton who know him not-who are
not bound to him by any bonds of at
iachment or association. He has but
enc son thirteen years old), and his
health is feeble. Yet upon such Il
precautions tenure depends all the
hopes of his dynasty.
France, therefore, is upon the edge,
or is not far removed, from a ''crisis."
1t will be most probably postponed
untiI the death of the Emperor which,
in the order Of mature. is not far dis
tapt. When he passes from the stage,
no mortal man Fan tell what phase
French, much less European, matters
Will assume.-ERquIrer.