Year: 1865

Tissr Triumph Of Pep~I<S Gevsr~mcnt-


Tho Influence OF ue<ess in Fra nee.


Tide results of the war are rot 10 be confined


TO tflis side the Atlantic. The. questions scttcd


by it have universal interest They are az


vital IN England and France ashere Wherever


the people have reason enough to inquire why


they should be crushed beneath the heel of a


dominant class they are living; earnest qucs-


tiona And in every part Of the world where


men are dissatisfied with aristocracy and sigh


for change-for the elevation and better con-


dition Of the people-there will be felt the


influence Of the great settlement that those
questions have had in our great war. And
this influence will be felt so strongly that il
will originate an intellectual revolution. This
influence will be felt on every political ques-
ton and in the whole social life Of the people.
The entire -upheaval of Europe in the thirty
years war, the changes brought sbout by the
French Revolution, were not moro great and
positive than will be the intellectual, world
wide revolution due to this struggle.


Already the keener spirits arc preparing TO
take this tide in the affairs of men In the hope
to rise with it. They feel that the old ques-.
tions are done with and that there ere new.
ideas In mems minds. Candidates for popular.
favor are excellent barometsrs Of popular,
thought, and their conduct will tell to a nicely
the exact feeling on any given topic. Ono efthe
most remarkable of these just now Is the Prince
Napoleon. The influence on this gentleman
of the settlement of the questions involved in
the war threatens to cause schism in the i'm
pcrial dynasty. Some time ago monument
was erected at Ajaccio; in Corsica, to- the first
Napoleon. It was uncovered with some oere-
monies and the Prince Napoleon was the ora
tor of the occasion. His address was appro-
pirate, dealing with the career and achieve
ments Of the great founder of the family. He
naturally alluded to the sale of Louisiana to
the United States and this induced the con-
sideration of American questions, and the rela-
tions between the two countries. He repre-
sented the first Napoleon-a man OF the great
est political wisdOm-as ready to make immense
concessions, and even sacrifices, to preserve
the friendship of the United States, and de-
clared that they were marrow minds" who did
not see the wisdom of such course. BY this
means he contrasted the greatness Of one Ma
poleon in relation to Louisiana with the short
sighted blunders of another Napoleon in rela-
ton to Mexico; and though the contrast was
only implied, it was none the less clear. He
referred to the fact that one Of the commission
ers for the purchase of Louisiana was ''Mr.
Monroe, the celebrated statesman who has given
his name to the doctrine propounding the prin-
ciple that the governments Of Europe must
hold no possessions in North America" and
be closed by reference to the United States
as ''the most liberal and the most respected
Power of any in the world" For all this he was
censured by Napoleon, and on the receipt
of the letter of censure Immediately resigned
his position rs president Of the council of
regency appointed 10 govern France in The
absence OF the Emperor


He resigned with the alacrty of a man who
thinks less Of what goes than Of what comes.
He gave up some empty honors, and seized at
once the leadership of all that is enlightened.
liberal and progressive in France. He gave
up tradition and seized a reality. He is per-
secuted for few words spoken in favor Of a
people who have fought for popular govern
ment, and he becomes the leader of people
who sympathize with that cause. He will head
them in q crusade against the government on
the American question; and thus we see re-
peated once more in France q singular fact, that
has been seen in more than one popular strug-
gle. The position that Prince Napoleon now
holds is historical. From the Gracch TO Mira
beau the leaders Of the people have come from
the ranks of their enemies. Philip Egalite held
this position before the Prince Napoleon. He
threw himself on the popular side and opposed
the throne for the sake of the succession; and
since Prince Napoleon does the same now
we may accept The fact as his deliberate judg
ment that the influence of our triumph will be
80 great in France that there may be change
of rulers, and 80 chance for ambitious aspi-
rants.


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