The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-10-02

recall those times when B,ja,c, and
Charlemsgne. ro, knowing how to write
their names .. Gle bottom Of their impc-
rial sc,., dipped their hand, in ink or
blood. and applied them With all their
ar''cula'ions Impressed upon the parch.
men:. ], ~ss no, the signature ; it Va.
the hand itself Of the hero thus 6xed
-,ernally before the eyes and such
were the pages Of his campaigns dic,a.
ted BY N.poleon---the very soul Of
movement. Of ac,ion and Of combat.
This fame. which constituted hi, mo.
rali,y, hi. conscience, and his principle.
he meri,ea. Ly his ns,use and hi. tai.
ents, from war ard from glory and be
has covered il with the name Of France.
France, obliged to acer,ss'he odium Of
his tyranny and his crimes should also
accsp. his glory with serious gratitude.
She canno, srpcra,e her name from his,
without lessoning IL; for i, n equally
incrustated with his greatness as with
his faults. She wished for renown, and
he has given il to her; and wha, she
principally owes to him is the celebrity
che la. gained in the world.
ms PORTRAIT 1914
The empire had made him old before
his time. Gra,ifed ambition, sa,iated
pride. the delights Of a palace, . luxu.
ri,ns table, a volup,uous couch, youth.
ful wives, complaisant mattresses, long
vigils, sleepless nights, divided between
labor and festive pleasure. the habit Of
constant riding, which made him corpu.
lcnt,--all tended to weaken his ii,nbs
aud cnervste his faculties An early
| obesity overloaded lin with flesh. His
cheeks, formerly streaked with muscles
and followed by the workings Of genius.
we're full. broad and overhanging. like
those Of Otho in the Roman medals Of
the empire. An excess Of bile min.
Cling with the blood. gave yellow tint
to the skin, which at q distance looked
like varnish Of pale gold on his coun-
tenance. Ills solid, bouy chin, formed
All appropriate base for his features.
His nose was but line, thin and trans.
parent. The paleness Of his cheeks
gave greater briiiiancy to the blue Of
his eyes. His leuk WAS searching, un-
steady ~ wsvering Aame-an emblem
Of inqui, tude.-hiA forehead seemed
to have widened, from the scsniiness Of
his thin black hair. which was falling
from the moisture Of continual thought.
Il u,;nhs l,a ..;J sl,os IL, La.I ro,,..l
ly small, had increased in size 10 give
ample scope between bis temples for the
machinery and combinations Of mind
every, though. of which vas an enquire.
The map of tho world seemed to he in.
crustcd on the orb of that reflective head.
But it was beginning TO yield. and he
inclined it often on his breast, while
crossing bis arms like Frederic II.-an
attitude and gesture which he appeared
to affect. Unable any longer to seduce
his courtieis and soldiers by the ch,rm
of his youth, it Was evident he wished
to fascinate them by the rough, pensive
and disdainful character Of himself--ol
his model in his later days. lie mould
ed himself, - it were. into the statue Of
reflection. before his troops, who gave
him The nickname Of Father Thought
fA. lie assumed the pose Of destiny
Something rough, rude and savage ir
his movements, revealed his southern
and singular origin The man of the
Mediterranean broke out constant,
through the Frcnchman. Iii. nature
too great and too powerful for the par
he had to play, ovcrAVwed on all occa
sions. lie bore no resemblance TO an,
Of the men around him. Superior ant
altogether different, he was an offspring
Of the sun, the sea, and the battlefield
: out Of his element even in his Owr
palace, and q stranger in his own empire
Such was at this period the profile, th'
bust, and the external phys'ognomy o
Napoleon.
NEGLECTED WIFE.
, Maria Louise never loved Napoleon
+. How could she love him! lie la,
. grown old in camps, and amids, the toll
r Of ambition; she was only nineteen
= His soldiers hesrt was cold and inhex
: ible IS the spirit Of calculation whic
: accomplised his greatness. That Of tl
: fair German princes wss gentle, ,imid
Z and pensive as tho poetic dreams Of he
I native land. Sh. hsd fallen from !h
), Steps of an ancient throne 10 ha
. mounted upon his BY the force Of arm
: and by ,rsmplins hereditary rights un
der foot. Her early predudices and e
: uca,ion had taus,'. her 10 consider Ma
poleon IS . scourgs Of God. the Atlil
{ Of modern kingdoms, the oppressor {
e Germany, the murderer Of princ's, til
. rAvasrr Of nxtions, the incendixry .
. capi,ols in = word. the enemy asain'
n whom her prayers had been raised ,
Il heaven from her cradle ia the palace {
4 her ancestors. She regarded herself q
Il . hostage conceded through fear to tn
|. eonqoeror, after the ungrai.fui and 70
d Grated reputation Of a wife ~ho hs
e been the very instrument OF his fol
= tunes. She felt tina, he had been solt
d not given. Sh. looked upon herself .
II the cruel ransom OF her father and Ia
e country She had resigned TO her ia'
q. as an inmolaiiea. The srlehdori
ia an imperial throne were 10 l,-r as II
IS flowers decking o victim for sscri6c
10 CS-t alone, and without = friend, inl
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