National Republican., 1873-01-30

we see in the career now closed forever was q
composition Of all these things, each In measure
and alloy Hardly snythsl1g s n sNTna wanting 70 tnai
ludes which either friend might clam or enemy
aHcrbe.r
The Saturday Reuic,e thinks that one Of
the straugest careers known to the memory
Of man has been brought TO q close by his
DEATH and sees a resemblance between his
character and the incongruites and insquali-
ties Of his fortune No doubt the formation
Of his character was greatly affected by his
early fortunes, and mush Of the want Of
prompt decision exhibited in his later life
was probably due to this cause. II says that
Napoleon believed in himself and in his
star as II he had divine mission, and yet
spent many Of his years Of power in taking
minute precautions against minute dangers.
lie could think aud do great things, but he
never thought or acted them out. lie won
greatness by excessive temerity, and lost II
BY excessive caution. Bitterly as he disap-
pointed many whose cause he adopted only
to rellnqulsh them he probably disappointed
no one so bitterly "a himself for he must
have been conscious that he was constantly
aiming OF more than he accomplished, and
that the lnnrinitics Of his intellect and char
acter were the real secret Of his failure. That
he should have succeeded so much and so
little must have been an enigma TO himself m
well az to the world"
The Standard thinks that another rcsur-
rection Of the Napoloonio dynasty would
serve more than any other Incident to roha-
bllitato the name OF the late Emperor, but In
case ho proves 10 be the last Of tho line I'M
partial history will not be affected by smart
pamphlstsers much less by professod lam
poons." Uuquestionably Napoleon Ill was
man Of great ideas. lie was the sponsor,
II not the parent, Of the fruitful doctrine OF
nationality; and II he had listened only TO his
own Inspirations, and not been led away by
the selfish considerations which sway over
strongly the people he had to govern, he
would have left more exalted name. AS II
Is, Italian nationality and German nationality
have been realized; but 1t was his misfortune
rather than his fault that the one seemed to
dad In him only a partial patron and the
other bootlsss opponent.
Ths opinions Of the French press on the
death Of Napoleon, as might have been ex-
pectcd, are governed by the political views
entertained by the various Journals. The
leading Bonapartist paper, 'Ordre contains
an article, In very large type, above the
names OF NJ. Gramer de Cassagnac and NJ.
Dague dc la Faucouncrio. The eulogy con-
cludcs;
'The cause Of the re-establlshment Of the
Empire loses man, but II loses neither chance
nor nope; IL is no, 6y y,0 " %plIsuons, nor even l
itself future; Il Il by the necessity for Its ex-
istence. Now, the Empire is necessary to public
order and 20 me interests o. me nation, France
| established on nrm, popular basis. She has
| need Of II that she may be strengthened against
| the porils, more Imminent than ever, TO which
| demagOgism and socialism are exposing her.
Itself"
These be bravo words from a journal in q
new republic.
NJ. Paul dc Cassagnac, In Le Pays, calls upon
its readers to frst think Of the dynasty and
afterwards to WEEP should the nisfortuuCs Of
France afford the leisure. lie concludes;
"The Emperor Ia dead Well, what them In
| what respect should we be discouraged Why
should We lose our hope, our certainty OF the re-
turn Of the empiref II IL well known that we
laye never either asked for or desired the Impe-
glAl restoration before the complete liberation OF
| he territory. About that epoch, then, the
and 1t appears to us that at an age when one can
be q soldier In France he can also be an emperor.
Nothing Is changed; there Ia but man the less. "
Le Journal des Ds6dis secs a chastisement
In the suddenness Of the death. The Journal
says
"This man was the great illusion Of our eoun-
| try, and the mass OF the nation dreamed with
| him. The awakening was terrible: but history,
/ In judging the event, may take into account his
sad end. The empire is now dead and buried,
and now at least the empire Is peaoe-the peace
| Of the tomb"
This Is decidedly the harshest commentary
to be found among the French papers Of any
| prominence. The Republican journals speak
rather in sorrow than anger, and temper their
criticisms with mercy.
The extremes Of tho public opinion Of Ger.
many may best be represented by their two
leading journals-the Tdgebldn and the
Speuer 'sohe ZeitunJ.
The former thinks that had Louis Napoleon
lived, his followers upon whom he weighed
'like 4 mountain" and among whom he had
forever lost all credit wsuld never have
offered him again to the nation as emperor
It is Of the opinion that they will have q
greater chance with his young son, who pos
sesses an advantage In being free from com
promising antecedents. The peace Of Frame,
now depends on two eyes, and II those two
eyes should close, chaos would come again.
"A new Frensh empire 10 now more
probable than 1t was during Napolcons life.
The Speuer 'sche zeitung, on the other hand
regards the denouement as an irroparablo loss
to the Bonapartist cause. II thinks the pres
tige Of the Emperor kept his party together
and asks what new remains. "A half-growr
lad, the wrctched heir to a great name;
II klfrnta1 tVA In h. d. ~ lnN IL
priests, and n couple Of cousins Us ambItioul
as they are incompetent. France for the fu
ture counts one family OF pretenders tn,
less"
Widely diverse opinions are the certain 70
suits Of an effort to form correct or char
table opinion Of q life SO full OF contradic
tions and lncongruitles as Louis Napoleon's
They are barriers from which the future his
torian will encounter great difficulty In estl
mating the sx-Empsror's character.
There are many REASONS for believing tha
like his great uncle, with whom we uncon
sciously and unjustly compare him, the lat,
Emperor was under the spell Of destiny
that Idea was part Of his inheritance. II mus
have been some passion like this that induced
him to decline the crown Of Poland wheT
rendered by the revolutionists, as well as th,
crown Of Portugal when that was offered Il
him. lie must have thought or Jeh that h,
would one day rule France. II 1t be admitted
that he was possessed by this idea we car
readily see how such a man, TO increase hi,
greatness, or, In other words, TO fulfill hil
destiny, would calmly disregard the most sol
emn obligations, and freely shed the most in
noeent blood. To this idea Of fatallsm, then
Ills numerous errors and crimes may, in i
great degree, be attributable. Personally h,
was generous and grateful, in his creates
distress, liberal and in his greatest power
unmindful Of past favor. The evil that b,
did will certainly live; much Of the good /,
buried with him.
| PERSONAL.
Apathy is the name Of the Memphis chief o
police.