The Arkansas advocate., 1830-12-15
ASHES OF NAPOLEON

1 4s-. IA the French Chamber of Depart'ss r'ase n n the 4th of October last On the o,, pro,osi ea ton for the removal of the reraains rOsls Napoleon from St. Helena to the nl.s VI de Vendome: f'"0e
 Gen. Lemarqqe rose and said--eep. tlemen, as q soldier of AusterGtz aa, " A ii have Is.g listened with deen e ,,a tion to the report just made to a inaa;. trate who can feel and deeply apnrse; ate true glory. If Iwere in canao sns rounded by my companions in arms T would exclaim, without hesitation. q os ns hasten to claim him who so lo@s led us on toyietory-a victim to treason he sunk amongst us-a victim 10 bi5 own confidence, instead of the= as4lnm he sought among strangers, he Io6nd prison and a grave. If we have boon unable to tear him from the rock ta which he was exclaimed by lie terror of his enemies, let us not at ali events leave his ashes in captivity" But ass legislator, do not feel at liberty to eiye way to the emotions of my heart gith. out consideration, and suffer myself to be carried away by my recollectiops of past glory, National policy ought to be our guide, and the general interests onr only end and aim. Let us then consia. CT, whether in our present position. the measure proposed. tends to the estab. lIshment of public danger. Every thing that relates to Napoleon is of serious import; his name is a power in=itself- his memory 8=orship--esend death can. mot cool his ashcs-Bat short lime ago,if bFoughtbaek to the soil of France, they would have suAlced to destroy the l dYnasty imposed upof us by foreigners. Now all Is ckaaged--tile Figid divine and right of the sword, have equally disappeared before the rights ot the peeple-the electoral urn has broken into pieces the holy ampulla, and, bf the same shoc!ss destroyed impressions less iancieHt. Raised to the throne, not bya body Of soldiers, but by the united voice ot the Hhele nation. rev dyhasty reigsis oFer us; planted but yesierda1at the call of liberty, il has already spread
 deep and imperishable roots. Hound. ing It's legitimacy upon our rights;it cannot be attached without disputiBg 1 that which we are all ready to defend with our lives. We may, therefore. claim the ashes of Napoleon Bonaparte, and accomplish his death-bed request. Let Paris, like new Thcseus, CT a rev Sicyron, receive the ashes of a new Iheseus, CT new Aratus-escored by his old companions iB arms. let him be brought back in lis coffin, who so of. ten returned amongst Us ii triumphal Car, amidst the acclamations oi all france; but let us at the same time. re. member well, that it's life great Gap tam whom Europe, sia aad AGlea be- held covering our standard with im- mortal glory, We are thus hoaorIne, aud not the monarch, who, while seizing the sceptrc, oi Gharlemagne, and the crown of i5ider, did not sufficiently feel that liberty is the most precious oE our rights, as being the most iadispen- sable of our possessions. l therefore vote for referring the petition to the Minister of the interior.
 M. De Aameth opposed the propo- sltion of the General. He declared tilat he had no wish to detract from the glory of the great Captain of modern times; but this Captain had enslaved the Nation-he had violated the Char. ter-(here ayoicc exclaimed, the Char ter9-and every one of the national rights; he was the cause of the invasion of France--he sacrificed every thing to maintain his Imperial CroNn--he even committed the ridiculous excess of marrying himself to Royal Princess. sNapoleon,' continued the lion. Depu- ty, 'ls dead, let lis ashes rest inspeace. for iamapprehensiye that ifthey should be at this period brought into France, they might give birth to fresh troubles therefore move the Order ofthe Day.0
 M. Jacqueminot said, that after the speech of Gen. 1amarque he should have absiaiHcd from delivering his sen- timents, had not M. de Lameth moved the Order of the Day. The Chartes. had been mentioned, but Napoleon could not have violated that which was not in existenee-(The Constitution-. the Censtitntiess. Napoleon had had ifees siolated the Gonstitution.--iIe re-ess tablished order, restored religion-reils. dered France the.frst among nations, as much by her civilization as by her