The New York herald., 1870-09-05
France than tre really more formlaable Oolossus Of

France than the really moro formidable Colossus OF
| II Prussia mad an ally in Spain or Italy she might
| greatly annoy France. The Honenzollern candida.
for war; Napoleon would have gone TO war even II
Hohenzollern WAS never mentioned. Let us con
| Third, from the beginning and whether he has
| been undergoing development or obscuratlon
In year so s mA aSe mon BoaoSne
and after performing In vain with the eagle before
an unappreclatlve audience he was locked Up by the
ponce ana ordered to be imprisoned for life IN the
fortress OF Ham, Hts friend DIR. Conneau, there got
ngure OF wood carved. with Nspoeonic nose,
an" rn ei. tn IN the bed Of Lou while he escaped
he resiaed IN England afterwards. and while In
America, until he obtained the French Presidency
In 1S4S and the empire by the coup detat OF the "a
December ls62-the anniversary OF tho coronation
ceedngs Napoleon the Third claimed to be a repub-
llcan. He still processes to represent the principles
hs ss awsys Of @ sd 0 Of
| empire and 70 see all Europe, not Cossaok, but
REPUBLICAN, AND BONArARTIsr,
and this at the same time. 'CGsar'' thus would not
be an emperor so much as the perpetual dictator OF
q republic. This was the dream or Napoleon the
heated intellect OF the revolution. He lived ON
Ideas ideas,he % died oy ideas All Europe France IN.
ana tried to cope single handed against ali Europe
But he had his Idea. and It was not wholly worth
see no Isa mas ms nS ny
Two years possession Of tho supreme power IN
France 10 hatch them.
BoNAPARTIsM UNvEILED
There Il q book called "NapOle0nkm Unveiled"
giving Drief description Of the features In which
the shrd Napoleon corresponds To the Antichris OF
Daniel and Saint john The bookseller, however,
himself wise az serpent,n instantly hides the
Prusslans. On the first turn Of the tide for the
| french out came "Napoleonlsm Unveiled" again.
This fact can be- Az varv
words In his address to the French nation upon his
OF war against Prussia, he plainly told
| q lnUtr and
bloody war" Now how did he know thiss Why did
ne ne not rather say@''rhe Prussans VIII fly at the
wounded" No; he believes In his own destiny.
supernatural foresight He did foolish
thing; however, in being 50 explicit in his
governed the world for centuries ana incited or
postponed wars according rs It gave encouragement
or not 60 tho contemplated enterprises used ex-
pressed itself in such ambiguous language to defy
| any fmputatiOn OF error Ia It's calculations Dr.
Cumming, or London. was great prophet until he
forctOld that the end Of the world be on tho
9th OF October. 1852 Since date he has natu-
| rally Iallen inlo disrepute Napoleon the Tnrd
however, however; seems to have had good reason for be-
| WAR WOULD DE "LoNG AND BLooDYu
He rushed into the field unprepared. the events
cure the necessary supplies OF men and money ut "a
moments notice. But why dd he thus rush. like
dineas INTO the midst OF superior host Now, the
| fact Is that the
FRENCH NATION WAS ANXIOUS FOR WAR,
antipatby exhibited To the empire throughout the
French cities and towns during the last two years.
and their marked opposition TO him IN the voting on
the pleosscte, all show some ranking with Napoleon
the Third. The CGSnS beHt between the Emperor
real cause OF the OF the French nation
with BOnaparte was not his despotlc and personal
goyernment but his acaulesc,ence In the growing
know chow the other naf lve," 80 neither do
kings and emperors know what their subjects really
| think OF them. Besides, for refined French
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front, was thing not 10 be expected. Napoleon:
therefore. has been for long time at his Wits end
| to know what was the matter with the French peO
| pie, and whether himself and Dr. Conneau could not
prescribe something nice and wholesome for them.
Hence he thus began to put the s0-called cOnstitu
ton into the crucibe. He tried the experiment
| Of recastng 1t so often that few Frenchmcn or
ike the model SET by Jethro or by Napoleon l. The
| English and American newspapers, OF course, con.
editors contradicted another aud themselves In
| each alternate sentence.
Then came the voting on the pIeotsctte Now. q
| In questioning Its constituents a. to whether It
should remain In private lie q visitor should at
| 0uce accept
he does not walk out he Will next be kicked out.
But in politics and offices OF emoIumcnt pOliteness
Is out OF place. The party In possession should ap-
pear TO consider everything as coutt de rose. and.
above all things, avoid raising the discussion or any
exciting question. Let those who out OF O1ice
shuie the cards; those In ONCE had better do
80, but as little as possible. Napoleon, however be-
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France, put that throne to the vote, and the vote
| confirmed his expectation.
THE FRENCH WANTED SOMETHING
more than u ptebtScite, and an appeal intlmating
that they were the ultimate repositories Of power:
| They wanted a war with Prussia; and Napoleon,
after having at last discovered the seat OF the French
Irritation, at once rushed headlong into war, lest
his tenure Of the empire might become further nse
cure.
Now, Napoleon may he fatalist but am not and
believe that his rushing IN 80 unprcpared man
into the field was the work of person little
better than maniac. At the same time let no one
suppose that the other great Powers OF Europe
| escape being caught in It's whlr. France since tile
accession OF Louis XiV.,-e G7ande Monarque-has
been, as 1t was In the time OF Shakespeare 1.-THE die
tator Of Europe IN fashions as In power', ''rhe
mistress court OF mighty Europe" as the bard OF
Avon termed It, has since lost OF its prestige,
except during the tnmults consequent upon the
OF Waterloo to about 1850 onlthe establishment OF
Napoleon IN The supreme power.
Now France, during the first republic and the
| consulate and empire. almost a match for all
Europe united. AS all Europe was not united, she
posed her. But the population OF France has since
increased from thirty-tw0 to iorty-fve millions; her
wealth has Increased IN proportion, and her mill
tary ard0r Is as great as 1t was when Cesar de-
scrlbed her 'sIngular chfvalry."
Prussia, then, has many war consequences on her
hands.
The honors OF the campaign belong to the Prus-
SLAMS. They have been able 60 have the war carried
on in the enemy's territory and this alone rs a six
| nal advantage to the Prussian nation. But their
losses have been very great nor Is 1t possible for
| them to rule or make rule In Paris
Napoleon /. bivOuacked IN all the leading cities OF
| EurOpe-LOndOn alone excepted. Vienna Milan aud
Berlin were all occupied by his cgions, but they did
not dare to enter any OF these towns until all show
OF opposition was completely extnguisned An army
advancing To besegc city While there is pur-
suing force Its rear is the most ridiculous idea
that could enter military or no military mind
The occupation OF Paris would not he followed by
the sack OF the city, The Inhabitants would be sure
TO capitulae If once straitened and England,
though OF course thoroughly Prussan III sympathy,
docs not exactly hate France England would insist
upon the city being treated with humanity America
would also be opposed TO the ACKNOWLEDGMENT or
France. Russia s threatening India In the East,
and It's huge shadow has been long upon the Black
ana Caspian seas. England Is afraid or Russia and
not OF France. Prussia, therefore, would more
men In taking Paris than 1t would be worth. The
Prusians would be compelled by united Europe TO
cvacuate Paris.
No blame, OF course, can be attached TO persons
engaged In for prosecuting IL with the utmost
vigOr. still the Prussians have gained such splen-