Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-28
One OF Louis NapoIeon's BIuuders

One OF Louis sapoIeon's Eluuders
| lhe death OF NJ. d .OuYn de Lhuys, reported
by cable few days ego, fcc.iIs ID Incident 10
| t6e career OF that statesua1, who, thous b be
was SO Impressed with the Justice of he Nj ouroe
| dcctfoe as ,xpoulded by Mr.. Seward that he
couoselIed the withdrawal of the Frar ch army
| from the sup Jort OF Max milan 10 Mexico, was
asute enough to see how Bisusrck's desg,
to form the Garman Empire oou!! have bee
irusrsted. Every oue kuows Low 10 1865
Louis Napoleon. on! of eatiuient or soma OIL her
IN tive IN xpl'!sble to his ministers, D cared
to tbluk N IRE of the eutrauchi,emebt rt Venjc.
lhao be did OF the importalc, of Frsrc, in
Europeau affairs. Bismarck, after those tan.
our lntrrvlew. at Barrz 10 Oc,ober, 1865
When Nsposoo would pinch M,r!nee's arm
aod Wh -per, He is crazy" clesly s:w what
was 10 Napoleon's miod IS 10 Italy BiimsIck
at once set hluselt 10 pick quarrel With Aus
trls and beat her before the Fretca we're sw.ke
to the sltua lon, knowing iull we'll that the
French thought that the Austrian veterans
would easily defeat the untried troops of Prus-
sla. Napoleon Hnconsolousy rendered him
cmoeDt services during toe preliminary period,
wheD be fsd so mu,h to d, to force Austria
toto the war aod 10 make king liam aod
The people tske kindly to the ide, of & atipp
10 his speech at Auxsrre, May 6. 1866. tbe
Enoeror d. csred his dete.tatlon of the
tr ttes OF 1915 aod tboush he proposed
congress few days later. Ger sob skoff RS
cnld Prussia from the Congress" 10 u4e NJ
u U:edoms happy Ubrss, b. The die VERY
thai snch bterenc' uId lead to uohiug
prac &c WHO tn reservations Austria wished
TO btbg TO il. o, the ll,h CT Juue Napolgon
sro.c N. DiCuyo d, Lhu that slogulsr letter,
10 Which he oectsrtd thst the "gealrapbc.l
p.s' loa OF Prussia Is badly de6oed," and sug-
gestei strnuger and more hunogeneou: PrI,
Ella 10 the North 10 balance Russia. Calholic
Austria maloslolpg its great position 10 G r
| many and Oh alulog SIlesls 10 ex!aauge for We
Qenetla. given TO ltaly-iu fact 10 which
DE proposed TO plesse eVtrSbody ard establish
the sscendancy of Fraoce by N r.l force only
aoo "ihoot denaLdlpg sOy material advantages.
Every one kooRs how Bismarck wsot pio
the war trus'log TO the 'caprciousoess of he
sU'pcWetlui u d. | clog the c>nuogenoY that
be might NEE second D nu z and resolved
10 return 10 Berlin vis VIenoa or Mulch, or
clie 10 charge With the last q ladron which will
uev.r return at sll." He had his grouud for
api he uslon, for the war wss not por uIsr srh
the public or t. srmy. bo' four days later Sa-
doWs had been WOO. and N.pVleon was sadly
| aroused from bis long bum.uitsri.n dream.
| Even 10 this crisis, however, NJ. Druuyn de
| Lcuy5 saw clearly bat could be d0oe Ga
she moTolug Of toe b OF July h! warned the
| I'm 'ror that the c0nsCquetc.s II Oh, be fatal
! ~ ttauce, and that the Corps Lagslatlf
should at Nnc1 De summoned. 40 army o. obssr,
vatioD Of 50 900 met W ich Marsnsl Raodon
Was rSady 10 hurry forwardl be collected on the
Rhine, AID NJ. B,nedeti be advised that
FfaLc' must crGsi it it Pr1sslas terms were
-uch as TO threateo the equilibrium Of Europe.
| The Emperor fell 10 With The suggestions, and
Inc tJtms Of the Moni:eur were kept open all
| light awaiting the imperial oct, but after NJ
| Dtuuyn de Lhuye had lett bm .he Emperor
was visited by NJ. d Ia ,ette and NJ Rousher,
who Induced / in 10 change his miod AID re
fuse 10 enter upon any role exc pit that of a
psc &c N d,tor. NJ, Rtuher's argumeur,
which proved eff c i've. WIS that sf,er the c1.
lapse OF The Mexican expedition France csuId
not depend upon her army, though he lsIe
Ddkc OF Grsmout then Mlas!er to Vienu..
wrote urgently, "Prus,s ia victorious. tu
xhsu,ted. b 'wecn the Rhiae and Berlin
| there ara not l5 900 men. I Ju Gao rule til /,
suuaIi)n BY simple military demonstration.
sod this 10 ell security, for Prussia is Incapable
DOW Of eDteriog 90 war with Franc. D. not
otf.r her more than she esks." Four years
later Bismarck said: 'In 1866 Nspoleuo hso
not the u:age 10 take what 10 bis position be
was enllClsd 10 take. He might hlve-at ths
lime he sbCu hsva-laid hold If VIVA, was be
suits matter Of the Benedetti proposal B l.
glum) aud he'd il professionally as guar.D'e=
or ahs, might happen. We cou'd not eu
have prevented him B1t he Was std Is Tie.
t"nhscher." And 10 his r sag spe CT OF
1874 Bnmirk .aid that Wuh small dy #
r,ops 90 the Rhine France could hsvs msde
Prussia absu loo An nris- and YER rlia ss
prime nee ssiiy-N 7 World.
SURAH SILKS Il is uew Syl, Silk ,st rut