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MARSHAL RERrpANp.


There 10 glory connected with this distin- |
gulshed chieflan--soon, IL rumor proves true, to
be our guest-that towers far above that which he
has won on the battle fields immoralized by the |
genius Of Napoleon. We allude TO the fidelity |
with which MarshalSBer,rand served his grea,
friend In adversely; that touching faithfulness |
that prompted him to cling to his benefac-
tor In misfortnnes, when (would for the hon.
or Of human nature it were not SOY nearly all
the unworthy men who had basked in the avn
! shine OF the emperor's smile so basely forsook |
him. The scene that transpired at Fontaippleau,
in April 1914, when Napoleon signed his abSlca.
ton, was a disgrace to humanity. He had, al
ready been driven to this step by the base defec
ton OF his generals; and when the treaty of alb
dication was going on, hundreds of those who
owed to Napoleon their all, FASTENED to throw
themselves at the feet Of the imbecle Bour5ons,
without even honoring their great benefactor with
a parting adieu. At that time Paris was in pos
session of the troops Of the ''alles"-tbat league
OF foreign despots who had conspired against the
rights Of the French nation. .;Why said these
swift apostates openly, ."why should we remain
at Fontanblcau when favors are showering down
at Paris!" LIVERY hour''-writes Caulaincourt,
one of the faithful few-''was marked by fresh
vods in the emperor's household. The universal
object was TO get first to Paris. All the persons
IN office quilted their posts without leave or ask
ing permission; one after another they all slipped
away, totally forgetting him to whom they owed
every thing, but who had no longer any thing TO
!. give" And the foremost o: the miscreant men
who acted this black ngra,itude were those who
had been raised to the dignity of marshals of the
! empire! And some like Augereau at Vaence,
could even make their disgrace more hideous by
discharge OF Parthian arrows this marshal who
: was the youthful participant of the glory of the
Italian campaigns-whom Napoleon even then
loved as brother-stigmatizes his companion at
Lodi, in proclamation to his troops, as one who
had sacrificed millions to his cruel ambition, yet,
G ''hdd moi knotcn hotc to die a soldier" Shame
!; iui story! Well did the emperor say-"I feel
y mortified that men whom have raised so high in
the eyes Of Europe should sink so low" Among
the feW, would that it could be written MANY, that
stand out in honorable contrast 70 such baseness is
r the gallant veteran. Gen. Bertrand was with his
S great friend through the painful scenes of Fon-
g talnbleau-was with him when he took his dipni.
nihed, yet affecting farewell Of his sold guard 81
e with him at his exile at Elba--with him to the
! closing scene at ST. Helena. And what a reward
c meets this noble hearted old soldier The civil
l. zed world condemns Great Britain for it's treat.
y ment OF the man they so much dreaded and Ber-
e trand has seen France receive, with nations
# tears, the ashes of the hero whom foreign bayo-
g nets drove from his country. He knows, too tina,
y his own name will be indissoluby connected
: with the greatest name that modern times have
L, produced: man who sacrificed throne, because
{ las he somewhere says-he would not DEGRADE
e the French nation himself by subscribing de-
v grading conditions.
I Gen. Berrand's parents were of the middle
ranks in France. He entered the military sevice
early, and first distinguished himself in the engi-
neer corps. lie then rose TO the rank of general
OF Brigade. 1t was at Boulogne. in 1904, tina.
Napoleon first knew his worth; after this Ber-
trand was with him in all his great campaigns-
lie was an ad-de-camp at Austerlitz; disin.
gulshed himself at Spandau in 1906; at Fried
land In 1907; at Aspern in 1909; in 1919 and
1913 at Lutzen and Bautzen, and the memorable
battle of Leipsic He also was fighting at Ma
poleon's side in 1914, when foreign bayonets i'm.
posed an obnoxious king on France. After Ma
Poleon's death in 1921, he returned 10 France
from st. Naturalization Post.
MARSHAL BERTRAND, the distinguished compa-
mon in arms of Napoleon, has visited Gen. Jack
con, Az oI,y irII. an Duren. lie has been
politely and feengy received by the civil and
military authorities and the people of New York.
He will visit Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington, and we learn from the Courier des Etats
Un's, (the French paper in New York; and from
private sources, that he may be expected shortly
10 visit Richmond and orktown, "the theatre of
one of the first victories Of the War Of Indepen-
dence, where the French legions, in whose ranks
relation of Gen. Bertrand served, took gallant
part Shall we suffer this brave and renowned
soldier of nation. endeared to us by so many
associations, to come among us without some evil
| dence Of our kind feeling and national hospital-
ty! Let the reception be as simple as possible
we owe some compliment to a gallant officer, and
| through him, TO enlightened and liberia! France.
We throw out these hints TO civil authorities
and volunteer companies. They will know what
are the proper steps to be taken to do most honor
10 the distinguished foreigner. To them we conf
mend the subject, and leave it in their able
hands.-Iifchmond Enquirer.
| From the Richmond Enquirer