Descriptive portraiture of Europe in storm and calm; twenty years' experiences and reminiscences of an American journalist, sketches and records of noted events, celebrated persons and places, national and international affairs in France, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Turkey-in-Europe, Switzerland and Italy . were such men as VictorHugo, Edouard La])oulaye,Nadaud, Bancel, Pelletier,Schoelcher, andGambon. Tiealso sentenced to temporaryexile Changaruier, Thiers, deRemusat, and many other dis-tinguished Republicans. Thismonth of January was a fruit-f
Descriptive portraiture of Europe in storm and calm; twenty years' experiences and reminiscences of an American journalist, sketches and records of noted events, celebrated persons and places, national and international affairs in France, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Turkey-in-Europe, Switzerland and Italy . were such men as VictorHugo, Edouard La])oulaye,Nadaud, Bancel, Pelletier,Schoelcher, andGambon. Tiealso sentenced to temporaryexile Changaruier, Thiers, deRemusat, and many other dis-tinguished Republicans. Thismonth of January was a fruit-ful working time with promulgated the new Con-stitution, of which he was theauthor, and in which he at-tributed to himself the initia-tive of the laws, the appoint-ing of the members of theSenate, and defined the fewrights which were left to the lowerhouse of the Legislature. Next, hecreated a Minister of Police and confis-cated the estates of the Orleans family ;but it was not until September of thissame year that, while inaugurating theequestrian statue of Napoleon I., atLyons, he hinted his intention of re- establishing the Empire ; and in October,at Bordeaux, he made a speech, in whichhe used the celebrated phrase, UEm-pire cest la paix. It is peace becauseFrance desires it; and when France issatisfied the rest of the world is EPISODE OF THE COUP DETAT. On his return to Paris cries of ViveVEmperenr ! were raised by the officialchorus always in his train ; but the PrincePresident was Hkc Richard IIL, — heliked to be urged; and, according toliim, it was only in obedience to publicoi)inion that he consented to consult theSenate. This servile bodv voted the 48 EUROPE IN STORM AND CALM. establishment of the Empire, almostunanimously, iu November of 1852, anda new plebiscite gave 7,824,129 votesfor the Empire and 253,149 against it. Exactly one year after the coup dEtat,on the 1st of December, 1852, at eightoclock iu the evening, Louis Bonapartewas solemnly pro
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