The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-09
committee with vengeance VIII they dare

committee with vengeance! VIII they dare
to decline it2 N
Pinchback, it would seem, thinks ft to add
that General Grant has no desire to be an
emperor. He only wishes to rival Washing
ton. If this modest desire of the Presidents
had been brought forward in apology for any
other act of his career there might be some
chance of the blindest partisan in the Union
taking it seriously. To illustrate mans
purity of acts and intentions by proving him
malicious, lawless and INSCRIPTIONS is too
much for gravity.
The Condition Of the Ex-Emperor Ma
pOlcOn.
Our latest news from Chiselhurst seems to
justify the belief that the condition Of the
ex-Emperor is in high degree critical Our
news of Tuesday was more encouraging, and
we were not unwilling to believe that the con-
dition of the imperial patient was favorable.
1t is quite possible that the reports are little
exaggerated. II is most natural, however, for
the friends of the family and for the public
generally to consider the situation grave, and
we are not at all surprised to learn that the
Bonapartists are to hold meeting at Chisel-
hurst without delay for the purpose Of delib-
Grating on the course to be pursued in the
event Of the death Of the ex-Emperor.
1t is not to be forgotten that the Emperor is
now in his sixty-ffth year; that the malady
from which he is suffering is one
which is difficult of cure even in
the case of persons who are young
and full of health; that in his case the malady
is, in all likelihood. of long standing, and
that the tear and wear of mind and body for
the last few years must have greatly reduced
his powers Of endurance. As we have said
before, when commenting on this case, it is
but seldom that man at the advanced age to
which the Emperor has attained finally recov-
ers from such an illness. So few are the
cases of ultimate recovery that there are many
who question the wisdom which induced the
Emperor to submit to the series Of operations
which, though intended to cure, have to oil
appearance, for the present at least, imperilled
his life In the peculiar and trying circum-
stances in which the Emperor now finds him.
self cool head and strong will will stand
him in good stead, and during a life which
has been more than usually full of critical
situations GOODNESS and resolution have seldom
been wanting to him. The Emperor, while
he has many friends, has also many and bitter
enemies; but we can hardly conceive that
even his most bitter enemies will refuse to
join with his friends in the wish
that his present sickness should not be
unto death. With all his faults he has been,
if not one of the greatest, at least one of the
most prominent men of his time; and his
death, although it could not be called public
calamity, would prove at least great public
sensation.
It is well for the friends of the Emperor to
consider the situation serious, and to make
arrangements in time for the future. Sedan
did not make an end of all the hopes Of the
Bonapartes 1t was great blow to France.
It was almost worse than Waterloo to the
House of Bonaparte. But just as France
recovered from Waterloo and remembered the
Bonapartes, SO France is certain to recover
from Sedan and think with kind remembrances
of the heir of the 'Little Corporal and of
the prosperous twenty years Of the Second
Empire. The death of Louis Napoleon will
not obliterate from the memories of the French
people the great deeds of glorious past
Nay, it is more likely that, should his death
occur at present, the French people, who
always yield to generous impulses, will forget
his faults and remember only his virtues
will overlook Sedan and think of
Solferino and Magenta will connect
the glorious memories of the past with his
youthful son and heir and will sigh for the
restoration of the Empire. The Republic
cannot be said to be established in France;
the monarchy must be pronounced impossible
SO long as its friends are divided by the con-
ficting claims of the legitimist and Orleanist
chiefs, and the restoration of the Empire, with
the Empress for Regent is rendered the less
improbable by the fact that the Prince I'm
perial is advancing towards his seventeenth
year. The regency would not be of long
duration, and the young Emperor, if at all
equal to the situation, would have many adj
vantages not enjoyed by his father OF the illus
trious founder of his family. Such thoughts
are not unnatural at the present moment; but
we shall be glad to learn that speculation has
been rendered unnecessary by the more hope
full condition of the imperial sufferer.
Affairs ut Albany.
The unanimous nomination of Senator
Roscoe Conkling for reelection to the Senate