The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-10

/ once established by decree, -anuE LocIS
N.yosros. under another decree, was elect.
cd President for ten years. Ia 1852 the
National Guard was revived, new orders OF
nobility were issued, md tu the same year
the people were asked to vote upon p'eots-
cfaa rerlving imperial dignity In the per-
son OF Loczs NAPOLEON. The votes were
counted largely In bis favor, and be was de-
ciared Emperor under the title OF NAPOLEON
III. As Emperor he reiSncd until the lst OF
September, 1870, when the surrender OF the
French army at Sedan to King WILLIAM, OF
Germany, by LOUIS NAroLEoN in person
opened the way for the establishment of the
present Republic Of France. He was for a
While a prisoner "a Wilheln,sh'c, near
Kassel, and after II aloso oftse Fr9so.
German Xar went ia sa'selbarst, Enslanes
where he sisees,
In january 1sS5sEoU1s NAPOLEON married
EuoEN1E, Countess degSha, Spanish lady of
great beauty and accomplhs SbNNAons
he had one child, born NarcA6, 1856. This
child "a sony yet lives, and with his mother,
the ex-Empress, has shared NAroLEoN's re-
ttrement at Chiselhufst since the downfall of
the Empho. Tho sorrowing widow and
brpbs, have tbe'sympathy Of the world In
their bereavement.
LOUIS NAPOLEON is one ~. the great enig;
gas that the |iie<pf mdn hM fresAated. Mis-
first exhibitions dt>. strasbourg anF at Bog
lcgne we're most discreditable to bis iudg-
mcgs. The firstQnly excited the pity Of the
French King, and the second consigned him
to prison-not so much from any serion;
fear of one doomed so lght-headed MS sim.
ply to keep him quiet. But Biz career just
after LoUIs PHrLLIPE's expulsion fronlE rance
showed shrewdness and tact never be-
fore ascribed to him. His coup d'etat o!
the I'd of December, 1851, was his brightest
achievement, he tiadSs himself Emperor by
force with the most Unprecedented economy
of esertion and blood. The French peo-
pie bad very little sympathy with him.
France was US much surprised. we suppose,
by his kicking over tbs Republic and his
self-eleyation to arbitrary power as was any
other country.
The greater part of his reign was one of
peace and thrift in France. He showed Sd
gacity, good taste, und energy& many things,
especially in identifying Paris. He acquit-
ted himself with excellent judgment in he
war between Italy and Austria, and 10 the
Crimean war. He took the leadSiHssboth.
The King of Italy was nothing without him,
and by address &took tho inuesp track from
England in the Crlmea. N
That he had talents, GOODNESS, ald shrewd.
ness cannot be dcnisSAand his complete and
sudden break-down&he war with Ger
rlany was fate so strange that Il is still IN
accountable. That Han so visAnt as lie
bad been, and with 20 niueh experience,
should have gone to war with such Power
80 wholly uuprepred. has boen and lisa wol-
der of the times. His ,nprepared condition
OF course brought upon him hopeless aud IA
tai disasters, terminating In the ignominiouS
surrender at Sedan. France did more for
him thun she did for the Great EApcLEoN
and In return be inflicted Upon France the
heaviest dIsastcls, II not The deepest sorrows,
she ever knew.
His life began III folly, was prosecuted
with peItinlcity, pialsiDiIity, and wcil-ten
percd ambition, aid closed in commonplace
retirement. Few monarchs have over lived
whose death caused lewer regrets and fewer
tears. Franco Hill REMAINDER him more
for the evils he entailcd upon her than
the good he did her. &c found her
one Of the first civilized Powers, and lie lett
her covered With the ruin, dust, aud blood
Of war, foreign and civil, and reduced to the
seeond rank in tho grade oE nations. Poor
France Time and forlilude alone Can heal
her wounIs und restore her dignity.