New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-21

! hut tho "NIoniteur." Whatever did not cihaha'e
from his own brain disturbed and annoyed h'Ni
NJ Toinc enters at great length into the ahaiS-
sic of the internal government oil franoe ""''"s
and since the Empire and hiS opSer "'ioi' a.
.,.,.' ana nrofound The PHILOSOPHY oil 'he
.,,,o,,t, Il measures and changes when curing
fla ,,boIo of the present century have ihnuehceu
1,oob character and institutions is SET loI'h
with marvellous subtlciy and wealth OF li'"S'"
,ion The mischief done by Napoleon III suppress
inc snontaneous civil org'nlzafion rs III WV ''''
of societies for various useful ana h"Ii"'S pun
noses; the paralysis of popular tehueIc'o ~
Government which followed; the Su"s'i'''' ~
-;id oniciolism for free growth; the throwing OF
the whole State into purely hco"''' ''
.1 i,s consequences: all these questions are
treated with equal force and ore'u"' VI NV
II was the application of miIiarlsm TO thc o'"'e
,os,ior u,b,cb has since been followed
onIv TOO far. and with equally bad ana threaten
; rosrIts II must be said that VI. Iainc docs
10, contemplate the existing situation Win mop"
~ eatisf,ctjon ON the contrary " Is MS dc-
rboro,o Indictment that the vices OF Inc Ndpoieoho
e.s,o,, have NOT vet been fully exploited mat
,bcv they are still influencing his own county
and that when in combination win 'i'e o'''i
and fistiuct vices which he asorlpeS I" "'i''i'",
suirrooc they can only end In producing general
collapse. .,,. -,
so ,rcrcbant critical review and survey Of
r,et and present a this volume constitutes hds
NOT been seen the liqht .or maj y day WI '"'
il he alleged that NJ fame speaks wi'h"ut '"''oI-
itv. His positions strongly fortune" III every
imnor;aut instance: lis conclusions Wc .neS'
which proceed logically from tn" fhctS' an" MS
method of writing history IS pIillcSsl| an" ""oc-
,;o,inrIv scientific. Nevertheless. the book has
nrovcs Xapoleon Bonapartc 10 have been scourge
10 hi, country: while II strips him OF every Vli'u'
and fastcns upon him ;he characteristics OIL one
,r;gb, almost SAY. a mend It nevertheless raises
our est mate of him by emphasizing his S'np'hdouN
canocitips and mitigiltes our censure, at IN"
Same time I'm enforcing the evidence of his I'M
likeness 70 the race upon which he Experienced
with so mccarthy cod-boodecnoSs AlS"' IL
raises questions Of the most serious import 30
France and t. many other nations "i Eur"i" an"
in 80 doing il demonstrates the ialIacy oi the rI'a
that the eject OF Napoiconism disappeared wlth
the DYNASTY or that the Revolution survived me
Empire Whatever the defects Of That gigantic
Impcrial system. VI Tainc has made II clear That
il impressed itself mon France for veal or Tor
woe. with an emphasis characteristic oil ne ire
rcndous energy that conceived AID applied H.
The great machine, created 10 serve the m!gh'I'N'
cCOSfn the world ht~ ever SF'l, liIl'i "' I'''
o serve the purpose of IT., crcn.or but tic sinister
elements which entered into lis composition have
continued ~ opcrat'. and have caused II 10 pro
mote always a Capitalization more the less capa
bic Of abuse when tho instrument Of const'u-
tional government. and by its constitution "irr-
ing a ready agency for the cNicercies OF FACTION
and the demands OF dcmaGoGsm In the en-
suing volume il may be that the author Will
poiut ont the remedy for thcN, dangers. In III"
present one he tauseS upon the brink OF a descent
which may end in prccipicc; ana hc concludes
with q paSsa-e r"vlcwIu- the situation. IN which
lc predicts aS Tho result OF rec Ilc>S expenditure
stimulated hv IN" necessity II catering 70 The vote
of the most ignorant some great financial disaster.
if not national bankruptcy The picture may
hr ovcrdrawn. Outside Of France tho knowledge
necessary 70 q judgment on that head probably
doe, not exist. BIT whether or not II ~ over
drawn. it is a powerful though .omhre picture
and instinct with sincerity and life