The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-01-30
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Joseph Bsnspsris, NJ ssks Vas known
imong %. courl Srrriliers. passed 80
many yrsn sn sx,le in our espnsry.
and won during ihnse Years. go q Bch
iespeet and kindly &c, ling BY his enn-
dvei, thss se have thopshl 10 might No,
be sniniere,ting 20 or rssdsrs, 80 i
seems In some measure doe 10 tie memo
~ Of enc sho 10 freshly remembered by
many wsrm friends smorg 10. 10 haze >
brief notice Of he life and desih.
Josfps, The elder brotheruf Napoleon.
and through life his most intimate friend.
wss born IN couics in 1868. lie wss.
ingsihfr sIlh Nap.lfon. ee1csish Al An-
iun. shsre The tendency &C their tsp'c-
i've ,ssiss and ehar.cIsr d vrlnped itself.
BY their preference II. or exceIl.nce In.
: ariieGlsr slud'es--Ja.eph, the nan Of lee
hrs and nf peace, doing for bis s.ldler-
brother he Latin and l;.es K vrise.: NJ lie
The future sonqusror st1d,ed Caesar and
Alexander, and helped bis bro:h,r in The
ma,hematlcs.
Eecied cup"iy from Al cello 10 the
Cursiesn Assembly in 1890, he srdrr,ly
embraced The i-inriI las Of lie Fteneh re.
solu i'm, whithhe cheIi-htd 10 his death.
lie was. sptcsls,ively. always q friend
Of fleedom. end though the crown u
iwo nations had eIaced bic brow, and
two hers iendered 10 hiG-ene IN this
our nev wmlt--Rf,e set aside BY him;
lie daoi. in power forget, 50 fsr - be Vas
free IN &C, his early rltdges.
His rauer IN Frame Was rapid and
.b,iII.ari. In 1906. he as- lie F,tnch
Ambassador a Rnme-snhsol nenily .
member Of the Council Of Fire Puidred,
and IN lS00a Council Tor Of Sale, in y hich
rapacily he, together wilh Roederer,
concluded . commercial treaty between
Frsnre and The United States. lie was
the Plelipnieniisry no signed the ires-
y Of Lnnev,lle which gave peace 20 The
continent in ls0l--and the uaiy Of
pt are uilh England q Amisrs in 1902.
When iFie Empire arose, Nspn!e, n, b.
ing w.thuut mslp ISSUE, Joseph and h's
t50ked me disss, desc n dfn's; were
Tor; ami then il was il.ai Napoleon BIZ
required that JOSEF b. so Distinguished in
civil and diplomatic life, should put or
the harness Of the soldier. lie INSISTED
tia, one 90 whom the snccessiun might
fall. shunld he ,rrsed in military. as vel
as in civil ronduci. aud accordingly Jnsep'
became Gulontl Of a regiment IN the Ia
nous camp Of Baul gn".
Wlrle there the c,own nj l.nnibardy
VAS offered 10 him. but he rtfn.ed il be-
cause ,he EN-; eror made il condition o
acceptance, u.at he shruld renounce hi'
claim 10 4 e succession oi ,he empire, ant
moreover. that he should pay an aHnna
uibu,e 10 France.
In 1906, at the head of an army o
40. COO men. hs as commissioned ,ooser
throw lie English and Russian dom'ns
uon in Naples. and the throne o! Queer
/. Caroline. He ea.'ly and rapidly eferts'
! the conquest. ant, liis own BIO. bore th
! crown which he had tnnqnere:.. Hi
brieI reign of two years vac y successio
of benefits 10 people no bad b. en- I'm
drgrsdtd By a most oppressive despot'sm
lie founded civil and military Schools
some of which yet exis,---ovar,hrew leu
tdsl pnsilsg,s--surpr' ssrd The convent
l-opentd new rcads--eaused The LazzA
Iron, OF Nspies TO work and be pad
dra ned marshr sand every where AMI
mated " iih new LIE and hope peopl
Hong sunk in ahject ssrvi:ude. J"sep
was here in his element, Tor he loved I
do good.
. From .bese Scenes, 80 congenial T. him
, Ihe va, csiled by the Emf error 10 1905
i,o BayonUe. end there the Crown Of pa,
was forced upon h,m. Ia lis new sphet
|, The strove TO adhere Ia his previous course
aud by m,ldns SIS and percussion and b'
lnefi s conferred, TO concilia,e the af1ecsio
iof SPAR. He even besrnght the Emr'
lror 10 withdrew all The French iraop'
: Itsus,irg by frank and lo,sl conduct &
wards The Spaniards. TO ohta q theif col
: t6dence snd support. HIS request VI
, mot acceded 10, and the hatred aud sal0l
, tsy Ct fme,gners. which ma,k,he SPANS
! lchafac'er, exsspeuased by the clergy an
encouraged by the presence 81 larry
English army, rendered ell Joseph's r.
lioris for . peaceful success. such ss he IA
: accomplished IN N aples. impossible. II
!. Twas obliged To be the s"l'lier. and sl.h"ue
!. sworstet in the event. begsve IN the sar,o'
]. ,,ha,tle-felds where he was present, .c's''
E !ind,cstlon of courage and conduc'. Wea'
E led with airui.less struggle. which pr"m'
E led no opportunity for the exercise :" u
h ikindly plans be alune desired 10 carry a
i in his new kingdom. he wrote to the 81
IL peror, on the 23i OF March. 1912. fr"
Madrid, earnestly a'king permission
resign the crown that inur years bel"
o had been imposed upon him. s
e In The letter he says: 81 lave done
good and have no hofe VI doing apy.