Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-02-12
NAPOLEON.
The Effect of His Death ON France
Opinions Of Distinguished Men.
What President Theirs Thinks Of the
Emperor He Has Succeeded.
4 Death Blow to Imperialism-Th Boy
Prince Imperial-Prince Napoleon.

From the Paris Correspondent of the New
York Herald
! Said President Thiers, further:-tThe
Emperor prided himself in having the
working classes on his side. But the
workingmen laughed at him, because he
corrupted them ,and in reality, did noth-
| ing to improve their condition" Then
| NJ. Thiers gave some of his own views
on the question in the following strain
My views in regard to the working
classes are that they must be governed
by justice, supported by authority.
will explain my views by an ex-
ample. l am the director Of and
| the principal shareholder in the coal
mines of Amin, | ordered that when
| ever the profits were large the wages of
| the men should be raised without their
asking. ] had noticed, however, that
whenever the stock Of coal above ground
was large the men worked well and un-
mplainingly. But as soon as the
heaps began to decrease they faneied
that the company was reaping rich prof
its, and at once struck for an increase of
wages. | ordered that whenever the
profits could hear it their pay should be
advanced, as | said, without their ask
! ing, but that no favor should be shown
IL NeaEC Va u olA4hNs Ivy cNA hNh WIN
under the influence of Belgian agita-
tors, and assembled on the hignroads
and assumed threatening attitude. 1
caused it to be declared to the men that
they were at liberty to strike if they
wished, but that they had no right to
make riots and to assemble on the high
road, which belonged to me, and
that unless they dispersed l would
have the military called to
my protection. They took no notice of
the warning. l then ordered the Pre-
feet to dispatch troops. The end was
that three men were killed on the spot
and the strike was concluded. Yes" I"
said the President, "pOlicy is needed in
the case of the wOrkingmen Just as it is
in international relations. Without well
defined political system you cannot man
age human society. The Emperor petted
the working classes, but found he could
not govern them. Once | remember
some twenty-five wOrkingmen, with
great prOpriety, were sentenced to some
heavy penalties. The Emperor heard of
it, and Immediately telegraphed that
they should be pardoned. He thus
weakened the power Of the magistracy,
and at the same time his own, though
he did not think so."
While President Thiers, who is evil
IDENTIFY unable to distinguish between
his character as the head of the Govern
ment and as the head of a private COM
pany-was thus eXpounding his views
on the government of the working
classes, a friend whispered to me: "That
is Nj. Thiers's favorite theme. He refers
to his management Of these mines as the
ideal of the manner in which working
men should be governed. And one of
the most curious things about the min
ing is that he sits in the Board of Di-
rectors with one Of his most determined
political oppouents-the Due d'Andif-
fret t-Pasquier-and that this mining
business seems to be the only point upon
which they can possibly agree"
FAMILY MATTERS.
Passing from the consideration of poll
ties, pure and simple, President Thiers
made some remarks on the position of
the family of the deceased Emperor.
''The character of the young Prince, f" he
said, tis not yet formed. He seems to
be nice boy, and is not lacking in in
telligence. He is very studiOus, and the
loss of his father will certainly be a
very hard blow to him. The Emperor
was passionately fond of the boy, and,
in return, the son was passionately at
tached to his father-all the more, per-
haps, because the Emperor was rather
harsh, or at least, severe, toward him.
do not know what the family intend
to do in regard to the future
of the Prince" said NJ. Thiers.
''It is certain, however, that Prince
Napoleon will have no shaIe in the
future direction of the Princes train
ing. The President was at this moment
interrupted by some one asking why he
thought so. The Prince,u answered
NJ. Thiers, laughing, "Ha! ha! ha!
Well, he is the worst enemy to the
imperial family. He would set fire
to everything he would come in
contact with" The conversation was
here directed into other channels.
Among other subjects broached was
that of the late diplomatic unpleasant
LESS with the Roman See. He mentioned
the fact that be had just signed the de-
cree appointing NJ. Corcelles as Ambas-
sador to Rome, which would be pub
lished in the official journal of the fol-
lowing day. He believed that this
nomination would satisfy both the Pope
and the Right of the Assembly.
1.-THE death of the Emperor y said NJ.
Thiers, " is a mortal blow to the Imperi-
alist party, and we shall presently see
some changes in their politics. You
must remember that NJ. Rouher was
always at variance in his mode of ac-
tion with the Emperor, but he is now
likely to take the course which his de-
ceased master pursued oflate-that is, to
act on thenotion ofmy preparing the way
for him. The Emperor said repeatedly
that he could not do anything at pres