Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-15
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| AbCi III SuaE aCltL are OCCuEIlug'
France is to-day far the most
prominent among the Cis-Atlantic
nations.
Rarely a sovereign ever yielded
so gracefully to the demands Of
the age and Of his people, as has
Napoleon Ill. The shadow Of
Liberty had been cast athwart the
land of France, but now Ler noble
form stands upon the soil. He
who was the autocrat, said to
the people, mot ], but zoe will
rule" The reigns Of government
have been rendered TO and shared
by the people. Says the New
York Herald;
1t now appears that the En-
peror really means TO reduce his
promised reforms to practice, and
that II the ediilce is not crowned
with liberty the fault will not be
his. His former Ministers re.
signed, and the resignation has
been accepted, NJ. Olivier las
been requested to undertake the
formation of q Ministry. The
Emperor desires him to name per-
sons who, associated with him,
would form q homogeneous Cabi.
net, faithfully representing the
legislative majority, and resolved
to carry out to the letter and
spirit the SenatWs CoRsaltum Of
September last. According to
liberal journals personal govern
ment is at an end. and tue Em-
peroF's letter is the "arst chapter
in the history of the liberal EN-.
pire."
Note that closing paragraph.
According TO liberal journals
personal government is at an end
and the Emperor's letter is the
"arst chapter in the history Of the
liberal empire
Whether Liberty shall make her
home in France remains to be
seen but her people are marshaled
with their faces toward the rising
sun of progress-of political en-
iranchisement-and are led by
Napoleon himself.
He is no longer the Caesar. tue
autocrat, the government. Be-
tween him and France there is 10
be a responsible Ministry With
some slight notifications the
government of France will be con-
Quoted substantially as is the gov
ernmenl of Great Britain. The
Ministers will be responsible to
the Corps Legislatitf and the mem
bers Of the Corps Lcgislatitf will
be responsible TO the people. If
the new plan works we'll France
will have reason to be proud for
the government machine will be
one of the most perfect in exist
ence. Nominally an empire, with
truly great man at its head,
France will in point Of fact be a
republic.
Where is the American outside
Of Radical Office holders, present
and prosp ctivc, who would not
be a citizen OF France? There
life, property and political rights
will be safe. Here they are at the
mercy Of political hucksters, gam
blers, thieves, There they have
a political edilice within which
they can and do live.
Here the people are wildly
roaming beneath clouds of disas.
ter in a political Sahara. There
the representatives of the people
soy to the ruler, "thou shalt or
shalt not do this thing and the
ruler submits. Here the repre-.
sent0tiyes OF - say to the
peopIe," ye must or must not do
this thing" aud the people sub
nit, Herein are presented the
two principles. Deeper than ever
is Napoleon's name engraved on
the page Of history, and nobler
than ever is his record. If the
First Napoleon must in all time to
come be spoken Of as the Julius
Caesar of France, the Third Napo.
leon will undoubtedly be remem-
bered as the Augustus.
If the First Washington must in
all time to come be spoken Of as
the Father OF his country, the
Second Washington" will un-
doubtedly be remembered as the
Parricide thereof.
From the days of Clovis, Pepin
and Charlemagne adowR the