The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-20


support tho Empire Bp., at tho Same time. was
for tho Empire against socialism. disorder and
radicalsm; for tl politics am above all conserva
ave. ana inasmach a. Napoleon I'LL was the con-
serVssoJ 81 order supported him."
ran HMrEROR AZ JOURNALIST.
The venerable statesman here paused moment
az though In deep thought He rested his head on
his hand, and. suddenly looking up. with 4 half
smite, said :-"zenes, Mons,euri Tho Emperor was
all his life one Of three things-a prisoner Jour
nalist Carbcnaro. You see, he had been imprs.
oned for six years In Ham. Imprisonment had
upon the Emperor an enect that II has upon all
but the very strongest minds. It turned mis- eyes
upon himself and made him gloomy ana self.
searching. imprisonment narr0ws man; and
when II came TO this man. ardent dreamy, con.
irving given to converse with the stars a. though
they expressed his destiny, 1t narrowed ana dark-
ened his mind Depend upon II. hts two imprison.
ments-the brief one after Strasburg and the
long one after Boulogne-had morbid ef
feet upon the imperial character. Nor Was
this all. Exile Is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I'M
pris0nment-n0t the less oppressive because
tho sun shines freely and you can drink
wine To the Emperor bis English life was vrtu-
ally imprisonment. His dreams and hopes were
In France ASH said. he was also journalist-"a
crtticlsm," said NJ. Guizot with q bow and smile,
"that make with all respect, remembering that
nave the honor to address Journalist. But. as
may have occurred to you, journalist advancing
the same proposition day after day, and sustaining
1t by the same arguments. tCerating and reiterat-
ing day after day as his duty commando even as the
days themselves come and 60 with the rising and
the setting of the sun. Is apt to have his mind in
groove or rut. so the danger arises that Jour-
nailsts as we'll as politicians are prone to express
commonplaces with an air OF conviction. as though
WA viz
ing vague and well-known ideas that contribute
nothing to the sum Of human knowledge We'll,
the Emperor had been a journalist ana In that
calling his mind had taken the bent which de-
SCRIBE"
NAPOLEON III. AS A CoNsPIRATOR.
"Again." said M. Gulzot, "the Emperor was
conspirat0r. You know, of course. in his young
days he had actually been q member OF the Italian
Revolutionary Society OF the Carb0nari. In their
councils he learned the trade Of conspiracy. The
famous Count Cavour, who was good Judge Of
this calling is reported to have said that Napoleon
III. could excel any man In Europe in conspiring-
himself included. This was frank admission,
for Count Cav0ur was not an apprentice simply in
the craft AS young man in Italy Napoleon learned
how to conspire for others. During his twenty
years of rule he applied the knowledge to his own
purposes until at last this habit, like habits gen.
orally according to the nature Of man, 80 grew
upon him that he really seemed to conspire for the
sake Of conspiring and because his mind, warped
and crooked by misfortune. and misadventure,
loved devious ways. have no doubt he fancied
up to the END Of his career that he was conspirng
against Prince Bismarck"
THE FUTURE OF IMPERIALISM IN FRANCE.
Your correspondent asked how would the death
OF the Emperor AFFECT France NJ. Guizot said
81 have given that subject much thought Since
the death Of the Emperor 1 have seen several Of
the leaders OF the BOnaparte party, and my con.
clusion Is that NapoeOn's death will be an IRE.
parable disaster to Imperialism. OF course you
Will not find this opinion in the tmperialst jour.
nals. No party organ ever plays its own dirges.
These hopeful journals see light where all Is dark.
ness, and will tell you their cause is now more
hopeful than ever But there are men in France
like myself removed from active, passionate partci.
patton in politics-behind the scenes, as 1t were
who know better. recall an illustration. few
days before Napoleon died I had visit from M.
FORBADE la 10quette. You know him as a sincere
imperalist He said If the Emperor were taken
away the imperial cause would be lost and all but
few fanatics would rally to the conservative party
as the party OF France and care nothing for this or
that dynasty think this expresses the views OF the
ablest and most patriotic B0napartists Since the
death Of the Emperor have seen others of the
same party. They all admit that they are com.
pletely down.
COMPLEMENT ABATTUS-
by the magnitude Of the calamity involved In the
Emperor's death. This is natural and logical. The
Empire could only return through disaster. How
else' We should have added msfortunes, and the
country in Danger Of another Commune. To make
such disaster impossible to crush 1t should it
come, Is o work that cannot be confded to boy.
And the Prince Imperial, no matter how amiable
and worthy, Is only boy. To bring back the En-.
pire, under the only conditions In which 1t would be
possible, Is the work Of stern, strong mana
man who VIII not grow pale at the shedding Of
blood, but who has purpose and the will to seek
1t to the end, come what may. The Prince Imperial
may have oil manner Of good qualities ! have no
doubt he Is Intelligent, spirited, well bred but he
has net, as we say. "made his prOOfs.m Now, his
father showed on three occasions In his life
that he could show resolution; that he could
take his life in his hand and risk 1t
TO carry his aim. This he did at Stras burg,
BoulOgne and In the coup detot. He failed, 1t is
true, on two occasions and failure brought con-
timely and ridicule upon him. Still they showed
that serene, high, almost spiritual courage which
enables man TO embark In ventures apparently
hopeless. The result was that in my time, when
Louis Philippe was king, Napoleon was source Of
constant uneasiness to the government We we're
never for q moment at rest. There was no antici-
pating what an adventurer 80 desperate and .
dreamer 30 romantic would not dare. The pos
session Of this very quality unusual as 1t Is and
undesirable as it may be, which the Emperor alone
Of his family seemed to possess-a quality now so
essential to SUGGESTS one reason why the i'm
perial death is so deadly q blow to the imperial
party. There is another reason. Napoleon ILL.,
was, in the eyes Of a vast number OF Frenchmen
the Empire. They knew nothing OF an imperial
system. They knew Napoleon and what he would
do should he regain power. He was imperialism In
living symbol. Stl another reason ls found in the
question Of the gency, and this is indeed very
grave. Who is to direct the conduct and studies OF
the Prince Imperial until he Is Of agef There are
but two persons really in apositon to act guard
ians Of the Prnce-the Empress and Prince Napo