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Show NAPOLEON S PROCLAMATION. Napoleon has issued a proclamation to France. As his sovereignty was confirmed by an overwhelming majority . through the plebiscite of last summer, and as the people have never as a people peo-ple expressed themselves on any othei government, he is still tie jure fheii sovereign. If the Empire failed to make headway against Prussia the government of defense has done no more, only to prolong the straggle and impose heavier and more humiliating terms upon France. Xapoleoa has strong grounds for addressing France as he does. lie gave her peace, and prosperity for years; and it is very questionable if she will find a ruler or government that will more wisely sway the national power and do more for the advancement and prosperity of the country. Bewildering. It is perfectly bewildering be-wildering to read the effusions of some of those newspaper correspondents who " undertake to enlighten the public for a limited a'nount of currency per column. col-umn. Who could think of accusing such nice and intelligent gentlemen ot "slopping over," or of writing around the truth so far from it that it couldn't be seen with a Ilosse's telescpe! Yet. they do bewilder one terribly. Here, in reading a late Xuw York paper's correspondence, we had almost come to the conclusion that Governor Hidden, Hid-den, of North Carolina, was a huge martyr to the evil doings of Ivi K'ux. while Kirk and Bjrgen w-re the pinks of perfection; and that Holden's impeachment im-peachment was a monstrous wrong Jn-t when settling down into this conviction con-viction we take up another piper, and turning to its It tleigh correspondence we find out that Kirk and Bergen are hum m demons and Ilo'd-n the master !i :in; and that hurling him from office is the Iea-t that justice can demand. Lifting still another New York paper, pa-per, we find a correspondence from Salt Lake, from which we learn that certain Federal ofiiia'.s of this Territory, Terri-tory, bef jre-time viewed as rather poor sp -ciinens of men, are only angels in disgui-e 1 They are so immaculatelj pure! So disinterested! So full ol zeal for the public welfare ! And so anxious to do right by everybody. We would never have known it if i.his New Yo-k Herald correspondent hadn't told us so. The wonder is, how they have managed to conceal their virtues so long'. But when we are told by a newspaper correspondent that m'tn aie good and great we mint believe it; for newspaper correspondents never lie ney ! If they did, we would be inclined to thiuk that this one did most consumedly. |