Show I 1 tralice Tr aiice alioe at the opener opening of the french kench legislature oa on monday the ath of february the emperor delivered the following C speech calr messieurs lei IKI lei leg les DEPUTEs Fr france arice atice you are aware has bia hua hub seen for six years her welfare advance its ita riches increase her internal dissentious dissent ions exten gui shed its prestige raised 3 let jet et ibel e arises at intervals in in the midst of the general calm and prosperity a vague quietude inquietude iq an a n agitation tion which 1 wi I houi hout any well weil debbi defined i ed ause cause carries awai awal away F certain spirits spirita and anecia public confidence I 1 deplore these periodical dis courage ments without being astonished at them in a society which has been convulsed by so many revolutions as ours has been absen 11 time alone can strengthen convictions invigorate character and create political faith falth fd th the emotion which has been produced without any appearance of imminent dangers might naturally cause surprise for it te tefiela ofies at once to too much this mistrust anci auti ait to toj toi 0 much fear doubts would beom bebi to have been entertained not only of the of which I 1 have hava given PO much proof but bitt also of the ibe real power of F ance happily the mabs mass of the people 11 is 1 far from submitting to such impressions ilg ild yo 4 day it is my duty to eh chow 0 w to ou again that aich which seems to have been forgotten what has bas constantly bem my police s tore to re assure europe to give france franie its true rank to cement closely our alliance with england and to 10 regulate reg plate the degre of my fri friendship ende hip with th the e contine continental utai po powers viers in conformity with our own views and of their proceedings towards france it is thus tho that on the eve camy coliny third election I 1 made at bordeaux this declaration LEmpi lempkie ie clest clesi la paix 1 wishing to prove thereby that if the heir of the emperor napoleon ascended ascenc ed the throne he did not commence an era cra of conque conquests but inaugurated a system of peace which would not be disturbed dis Jis but for the felico defence de of great national interests As to the alliance of france and En england gand I 1 exerted all my perseverance ta to consolidate it arld and I 1 have found on the other side of the channel a happy reciprocity of sentiment on the part of the queen of great britain as well as on in the part of statesmen of all opi qiong moreover to attain this object BO ao favorable to the peace of the world I 1 put under andr my feet on every occasion the irritating recollections recollect ioas ct of the past the he attack calumny even eyen the national prejudices of my couil country try this alliance has haa borne its ita fruita dot not ordy only oa 00 page pase 32 conti Con tinned linned ed from grom first page pg j i have we acquired tog together etheri a the ibe elst last but even at the extremity ity of 0 the world we have been opening an ii immense imIn ense empire to the progress of civilization and th the e christian religion since the conclusion of peace my tny relations with the emperor of russia have assumed the th character of the fral frai kest cordiality be oe cause we have been in accord upon all the points in in dispute I 1 have also to congratulate myself upon my relations wilh with prussia which have e not ceased ceased to be anicat ed by mutual goodwill the cabinet of venna and wid mine on the contrary I 1 sault bay say it wa with ith regret have often been found at variance vana vari varl alce aice ice upon the principal questions and it hast ha required a great spirit of conciliation cil cli lation to erect th hin hir thir h ir solution for example of the of the Di D nubian principalities could only be terminated after many difficulties which have prevented the full satisfaction of their most moat legitimate ite desires and if it ill ili should rould be ased asked abed of me what nhat interest france franco had in those distant countries washed by the danube I 1 should reply that the interest of france is wherever there is a just and c civilized cause to promote in this stare state or things it was not all ali arkall extraordinary tra ordinary that france should drav draw more closely to piedmont which had bad been bo 0 devoted during the war so faithful to our oun policy I 1 during the peace i the happy union ot of my beloved cousin prince napoleon with the daughter of king victor emanael emanuel Km annel is is not then one of those unusual facts for which w bich it is necessary to seek a hidden reason but naturally arises from that community of inhere interest 8 t of the two countries and the friendship of the two sovereigns for eor some time past the state of italy and its abnormal situation which makes it impossible to maintain order except with the aid of foreign troops has juskiv alarmed diplomacy it is la not however a sufficient motive for believing in war ice I ce hyest pas nn un motif suffisant Buff gumm sant nant de croine a Id while some call for it with all their hearts without legitimate reason and others ot tiers tiera in the exaggeration of their fears like to show france the dangers of a nev new aliton coaliron co I 1 shall remain firmly in the path of law of justice and of national honor ana my government will neither permit itself to be led away or intimidated because myrol my pol yol icy will never be either quarrelsome or pusillanimous lani far from us then be these false alarms these un unjust i list mistrusts this internal weakness peace I 1 hope will not be trou brou troubled resume then with calmness the babi babl habitual course of your our labors I 1 haye have explained toj tog 0 you frankly the state of our external rela reia relation tion tw and this expose agrees with what I 1 have en deavo red to tomake maile malle maice known for the pa past at two months alike at home and abroad louwill you will find 1 I wish to believe that my policy has not ceased for an instant to be the same same firm but conciliatory conciliator thus I 1 rely always alwa 9 with confidence upon your concurrence as w ell as upon the support of the nation which has confided to me its destinies it knows that personal interest or a mean ambition will never direct my actions when sti stained sustained by popular will one mounts the step of a throne he he is raised by the gravest responsibilities above the infamy j region wherein vulgar inter interests ests estt ar are gliniS glim glin and he has for his first motives as well as 9 for his last judges go god conscience and posterity |