The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-05-18
The attempted Assassination ofNa-
poIeon.

There IS not the least doubt. from
| the testimony which has been pub.
lished, that there was Il formidable,
organized conspiracy on foot by the
European revolutionary radicals to as
sassinate the Emperor Napoleon =
His demise and the struggle which it
was supposed it would Immediately
give rise to in France, between the
Imperial and revolutionary clements,
would have extended to all the
countries in Europe. The bomb-shell
of the revolution IN Paris, which, on
the 22d and 23d of February, 1913,
overturned the Government Of Louis
Philippe, and subverted 4 dynasty,
was more severely felt in Germany
AMI Ioaly and other European DEM
Gratis regard France as the poin. from
which they are to launch their pctards
over the world. The first and great
Object is to get rid Of the bold, able
and ambitious man who is now its
ruler, Louis Napoleon All other
means having failed, or5vcry likely to
fail, the desperate and bloody expert
mcnt of personal assassination was to
be resorted to. TO this there has
been an ignominious end, and for 4
very Obvious reason. 1t is astonish-
ing that the European revolutionists,
who are familiar with history, have
not noticed the fact that, in modern
times, no ruler of q State has been Ia
ken off by personal mnrder, through
an organized and deliberately con-
sidered political conspiracy. They
have ANONYMOUSLY failed. Look, for
instance, at the internal machine at
tempt to destroy Napoleon /, when
he was First Consul of France. See
the miserable failure of a similar con
trivancc in the cases of both Louis
Philippe and Napoleon III. Before
these, contemplate the termiuaton of
the fAmous g%unpowder plot, in Great
Britain, in the early part Of the sew
cnth century, by which Kings, Lords
ard Commons were all 10 be blown
out of this life together. Too many
men in all these plots were trusted
and the secret leaked out to the agents
of the Government. The assassina-
tion of Abraham Lincoln is another
case in point. There had been 4 con
spiracy for a year to abdnct him and
fake him to the Southern confederacy.
But nothing effective had been done
until tie very day the assassination
took place. j. Wilkes Booth, acci
dentally learning that he was to visit
Ford's Theater, of his own accord and
will, changed the abduction consp:r-
acy, known to- many, to ON act of
murder. that was within his own or
one or two other breasts. Hence
its success. Was like the murder of
Henry III in France by the Monk
CIerment, or of Heury ", his sue
ccssor. by the Monk Ravaillac. 1t
the European revolutionists, regarding
the death of the Emperor Napoleon
as essential to their cause, and enter
tanning no conscientious scruples up
OH the subject, are determined to eff
feet if by murder, the less they have
TO do with general conspiracies for
that purpose the better. They will
plways in nine times out Of ten, be
defeated, and bring upon those enga-
gcd in them the perils of the law
There is betrayal in them. Saying
nothing of its morality, we do not de-
sire Il stronger evideuce of the iuca-
pacity of Napoleon's enemies than is
apparent by their conspiracy to muir
der.-Enguifer.