, 1873-01-19

tui, Independent, md resisting. Tho Capital OF
Franco, efter tho downfall of Na:,o'eeh is re-
moved ia Versailles, which ia CITY nearly ct
:qaal population with Washington, and three
hoa-s march from Paris.
THE zMPnEss' MORAL ISFL7EscE.
The a5c Of Napoleon when Ls became Irepi-
ccE. wss a little short Of H. lie served nearly
one American te..n, or tl,:ce ycara barring .
mouth, and. sfta- lis usur1a.ion, enjoyed tie
purple nearly nineteen yeals, or more than two
more tlan Louis XVI, aud nine years more than
Napoleon I. It has boon charged that he was
ilegitimate lie DO aIorny, Lin half-brother,
and Without aay Of The blood Of Louis Donnparto
Of Holland; hut this rests upon no more tlan 9
Partisan scaad&l, and, It true would
alleged uncle lis providence and guide,
sacrificed to hA memory, ard wore all lis togs.
Even in his marriage Napoleon initiated General
Uonaparta, taking wife amongst the noblesSe.
Empire and that OF some Of the spanisl,-Amel-
icau Presidents. Old Santa Anna is faint re-
lnindc1 Of the man and as tho greatest pro-
duct Of Santa Anna's reign was the liberation OF
Texas and California aud their settlement by a
rational reo?so. 70 tile greatest advantages at
and Italy from constrained proyincialiGul. He
could not stay tho work ho started in Italy, and
his silly Interference with Germany OIL tho
Spauleh proto1t maf3o powerful Protestant
Kingdom On tho Continent, repaired tie larce-
nies Of the past, gavo Spain . tolerant Hing
and reduced tho paral State to secular
correction. Some people like some Of these
things. a gooa many do. Lonia N.pocon's
reign reduced tho prowcss Of France by over
tanting, go that i WAS unable to prevent tile
rearrangement Of Europe. Tho Trench En-
roror is thus like the painted woman in the
tableau, central and spansled; but the real
actors are distributed around in plain clothes.
They 9re m Cnvonr, nie!narek. Juarez, Seward.
t1,u1I -,f
Napoleon 10 tho world may he moasured-t,y the
fact that, at his surrender, tho credit Of his
country suffered nothing. egen with the East
obligations Of his failure henped upon it !;
while The Christian Church in ali its branches
tool took courage, aud Socialism and con'mqn-
pYrc. Tho German cannoncers in the
eight Of Paris waited till tho Republic
had bombartcd the Commune and since thea,
France, struggling will, debts. has been hap
Glory Ind the counter~iuusions OF Socialism.
n. Thic,A is too old to insure stable Govern
ment to France. aad too much infatuated with
tho First Napoleons genius to 50 very wide Of
debt will sober france, as it WAS aobored after
1914, when an nnmistakable despotism, wearing
no illusions, Eut all the dis,nalness Of Bourbon
i'm. provoked National spirit, patriotic liter
aturc, aud tolerance amongst Tarti=ans, That
Was the period OF Lafayette. OF Lamertine, Of
Beraneer, Arago, and Manuel. Political France
nrdor Louis Philippe VAS corrupt as the Amer
lcan senate = but it material, SOBER and in
d1,srous, and it achieved nearly all the great in
ternal works which should haye made liberty
eosY after the Revolution Of 1915.
FRANCES MATERIAL INCREASE.
Much has becn said OF the spleudor Of tho
architectural revival Of Paris aud tho French
cities under tho Empire; but this went on con-
tendon. New York, London. and the cities Of
interior Aulorica and Australia developed rela-
lively like Paris; for the mines Of the world
were opened, exchange aud travel wero general.
md the elder Continents tolled for Europe, that
Europeans at leisuro nlade France their MnbitLs.
Life in the cities was made inneasurably more
complete, while tho Provinces, which were tho
political bulwars OF the Imperial politicians, lay
in the easy tolls Of Ignorance e,-uninquiEitiy
boozy, and truly loyal. The gruat material
tho suez Canal, and the rehabilitation of the
roEts aud docks; but the commerce Of Franco
WAS subsidized il, vain, and the great navy, and
the several schemes Of colonization in Cochin
China, Earbary, and Polynesia, were barren Of re-
suit
IMpER1AL PoL1or.
The Emperor's Life Of Cesar but proved tho
restless conscience and chlldiEh assumption Of
its author, who resemblod his prototype chiefly
in that la had conquered Ganl. AS soldier he
victory, and the peace at Villefrauca was made
with the haste Of one whose heart waa Set on
hearing the pnans Of Paris rather than tho full
gratulations OF bleeding country redeemed.
The campaign Of the Cl;mea seems, oven at our
distance, like fasl1 in the pan, whose bcneti-
cent cGccts require book to explain them,
And then comes Mexico, where Napoleon played
Burr md Maximllian Blonherhsssett, and the
Mexican loan at home dissatisfied even the sor-
did 1ourg5oisa. At last, tie crazy advance Oh
fraudulent rolls, weapons whose efficacy np-
peared chiefly i1a tho bluster about them, and
Generals and Marshalz aebauched by luxury!
It is with wonder that Wo remember how such |
/ Theatre-Mng as this had nearly had it in his |
power to interfere iu the American contest, and |
n favor of Slavery, Of course. But he would
layo made no impression, with only France to |
back him, upon tho coaEts Of the United States.
His navy had not tho material, and his people /
aad not the disposition, to do us serious injury.
bills France must have settled at lent; but our
merchant n4atlEe was doomed clcoauy,-not by |
he corsair, but by political economy
As 4 SNOWMAN. !
The lifo and reign OF Louis Napoleon abound |
4 revelations Of tho parvcnue: His farce OF q !
'lebscitum in Venice, Lombariv, and Tnscany; /
lis coming OF phrases to set the vulgar to gap
rs "The Empire ia peace;". his |
pasmodic appearances in public, and speeches
. throw Europe back On its launches; Lis
ryalion, tempered by surprises his 7
iscovery ct Kings fer other people; his fond
!ess for adyenturers and big operators, ,-thcso
hings he never ceased to do until he sprung
he quarrel upon Prussia on a foolish prete1t, |
nd garo up his sword "Einco he could not dio
IN the field Of battle"
In his period, the morals OF France grew go
md that it's drama and literature Tere the pest
4 civilization. French dcbauchcry passed ASH
tic excesses, end French atheism and French
'igotry divided the population between them,
living neither conservatism nor progress q
pace to staed upon.
It ia to the honor Of France that the naterial
J left to rebuild upon after this 6howman's
.npiro. GATH.
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