The Portland daily press., 1873-02-20
Nannlean Nv.

A Partisan politician writes to the London
Daily Necs a long review of fhe claims and
prospects of the young prince imperial. He
intimates that the Bonapartists are not united
in favor of claims of the prince, some think
ing that Prince Napoleon, the son of King
Jerome Bonaparte, should be the coming
man, while others have different views. Four
Bonaparte princes were at the funeral, each
with his own opinions. The writer adds: o.
Moreover, most Of the pretenders whose
rivalries and contentious render all good gov
ernnent in France impossible, have note
worthy advantages over the blue-eyed youth
now studying the part of gunnery in Great
Britain. The Count de Chambord, though
not precisely rich, is well supplied with ttflds
and credit. Ii he were disposed to make
push for power, the clergy and the mobiles
would find funds for all necessities. The Or
leans princes are rich; the Due d Aumale is
very rich, and the Comte de Paris IS heir to
the immense accumulations of the Bourbon
succession. Prince Napoleon has received so
much, and spent SO little, that he has large
fortune. But the young prince imperial has
not so large an income as an average English
squire. This is an important DO mt in sum-
ming up his chances of sovereignty. There
is no profession more expensive, in the pres
| enL state Oh the WOrlu. In m fnof ~ f%~sctto-
On 90 cruwn. newspapers must be main
tanned, adherents must be rewarded, subsciip-
tions must be made to public charities, and
costly household must be kept up for the sake
OF dignified appearances. When the ii ne of
action comes money must flow like water
from a stream. The late emperor, indeed,
had no money; but there were capitalists
who would have supplied him with any
amount he could have required Tor an emer-
gency, because he was known as a bold and
successful conspirator. He was as welcome
on the stock exchange a. Mercadet, or Mr..
Affable Hawk. There was a familiar magic
in his name; there is no magic in the name
| of his son. The little known of him in
| France has tended to encourage extrayagant
hopes in him. Still, it cannon be denied that
| with such tremendous help as General Fleury
| might give. under favorable circumstances,
| lucky hour may some day strike tor bin; but
| many years and many events must pass away
before then. Napoleon III. was twenty-eight
years old when he was first heard Of at Stras-
bourg, He was thirty-two years cd before
he failed to make good his cause at Boulogne.
He was forty years of age before he was elect
ed president. Likewise, Napoleon /. left
splendid memories behind him, and soldiers
by the hundred thousand, who were ready TO
follow the imperial eagle, had there been a
chief to lead them on. Chattering fat Louis
XVIII. was on the French throne, and he
was despised by his subjects. Charles X, a
poor creature, succeeded him, and then the
citizen king; yet the Due de Reichstadt never
found single opportunity. He was youth
OF graceful person, not without some courage
and spirit, though reared in an elfeminate
manner; but he Gi ed in the palace of Schon-
brunn, in Austria 1882, making no sign.
II the Bonapartists, therefore, attach any
weight to historical precedents, they will per-
ceive that, according to the most favorable
calculation, they are now reduced to impo-
tence for some ten years or mo. e, in so far as
their hopes depend upon the prince imperial
and Napoleon Nv. to be made out of him.