And then, below all, there was this fatal fact, that Napoleon could not venture to be unpopular.

He knew the folly of the course into which he was being driven, but he did not dare to face the mob of Paris, or to defy the Chamber of Deputies.

He owed his throne to universal suffrage, and he knew that the people who had set him up could quickly overthrow him.

No man can ever govern who fears unpopularity.
Bismarck did not, Napoleon did.
Before the campaign began, two events took place which we must record.
The first was the publication in the _Times_ of the text of the treaty with France regarding Belgium.

We need not add anything further to what we have said regarding it; published at this moment it had a great effect on English public opinion.