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the common sentiment of national glory----The Paris correspondent of the
London _Times_ reports that a correspondence of general interest has
taken place between the governments of France and Russia. It is said
that the Czar wrote to his minister in Paris, expressing dissatisfaction
at the adoption by the President of the emblems of the Empire, stating
that he saw in all these movements the preliminaries of the
re-establishment of the Imperial era. While he approved of the _coup
d'état_ which had put an end to republicanism in France, he could only
regard Louis Napoleon as the temporary chief, and could not approve any
attempt to give another and more important character to his authority.
It is said that Louis Napoleon replied to this note, when it was read to
him, by complaining that his intentions had been misunderstood and
misrepresented;--that, in re-establishing the emblems of the Empire, and
in reverting to the constitution of the year VIII., he only meant to
establish a strong authority in his hands; that the recollections of the
Empire constituted his strength, and invested him with popularity among
the masses; that there was nothing astonishing in the fact of his
seeking in the institutions of the Empire what was certain to
re-establish authority in France; that he had no intention of
re-establishing the Empire, or of making himself Emperor; that he did
not want either, for the accomplishment of the mission to which he had
been called; that his title of President sufficed for him; that he had
no reason to trouble himself about an Imperial dynasty which has no
existence; and that there was no reason for the Emperor Nicholas
troubling himself about it.
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