Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-16

XVI, at the bidding of frantic mob,, place
upon his head the red cap Of liberty; and
his proud lip curled, and his stern soul pit
led the weakness of such a King.
1t was with the. restless spirits which
ruled that revolution, he had to deal. 1t
was with the material that composed it, he
had to work out his own fortunes, and
mould the destinies of'France.
The powers of eloquence and declama-
ton have been exhausted in penciling the
bloody picture Of that revolution. The
pulpit and the press have been faithful CO.
adIutors in denouncing its excesses, and its
existence The nionstfous simplicity and
terrible waste Of hdman-life that marked it,
cannot be too strongly condemned. But
there ,Uas q necessity for its eristence.-
The people had been, for centuries, ground
down to the very dust, under the heel of
despotism. They rose in their might
in the might of ephrenzied madness, ,-and
revelled in the blood of their oppressors.
The spirit that raised, could not rule the
revolution, and they too went down under
its impetuous torrent.
But master spirit appears in the scene,
-one suited for any emergency-a man
dwarfed almost in physical stature, but in in
tellectaul strength. a.giant. With incredi-
bio energy and celebrity, he stilled the storm
brought the 'discordant materials together
in beautiful harnony-transformed chaotic
confusion into order, and made France the
envy and wonder of Europe: This man
was Napoleon Bonaparte. And yet Eng
Hsh historians would make their masters
and the world believe, that all that is mon-
strous and malignant in fallen human ma
ture, was concentrated in-the character of
Napoleon. No doubt he had faults, glar-
ing ones, too; but any man situated Us he
was, must have been more than human,
ded, energetic man. With him to will
was to do, and when he resolved to do, he
did it with his might. 1t would have been
we'll for England, had she never had a
worse friend than Oliver CROMWELL
France will bless the day, when another
man arises with soul as absorbed for her
interest, and happiness, and glory, as was
that of Napoleon. .e
The closing scene of his life presents
sad and melancholy picture, and the con-
duct of England towards him in the Island
Of St. Helena will ever remain, fostering
blot upon her escutcheon. II
90 For years he chafed in confinement
carassed and annoyed by the minions a
round him, until at last, nature refused to
do her work-his great heart broke, and
in the gloom of exile, the brightest spirit
the world ever saw expired. ..-.-->..
On a holy Sabbath morning, twenty-five
years after his death, minute guns are
heard reverberating around that "lone bar
rem isle;o and their sound dies away upon
the wave. The body of Napoleon is about
to be borne from the spot of his exile, to
the land he loved, and lost in life. They
who feared the lightning glance Of his eye,
when the spirit was there, dread it not
when glazed in death. The Belle Poule,
with the remains of Napoleon is on the
ing her to France.
| But few years have passed since the
spectacle Of his funeral was seen. A
grand and imposing sight it was. France
never saw richer pageant-the world
never saw. more hollow mockery. The
memory of Napoleon is embedded IN the
hearts fthe people Of France. They. love
his memory because they know that he
loved then.l .izH eaaE Hi.& ~
Let Bourbon Kings beware.-les titled
princes take heed, for there is witchery
around the tomb Of Napoleon in the Hotel
des Invalids, The spark that enkindled
the revolution and brought Napoleon into
being. is not dead, but buried. The de-
sire for freedom in its broadest sense; free
dom Of thong ght, ofspeech, of action, and OF
the press, sdeep seated in the hearts oi
Frenchmen. They will one day have it;
| if not peaceably, the battle drum will be
heard again, and the torch ofrevolution be
re.enkindledF ,-a -.s.7s....,sg ...-E So
! During the progress Of Napoleon from
obscurity to might, Kings felt their thrones
rocking beneath them. They sit uneasy
still. Thought if asserting its prerogative
and asking the reason of things. and the
discrimination. among the masses is uniyer
sal, to achieve for themselves ,-..
| --------ssthe fate of freeman; -
| In the full free exercise
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