The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-01-04

house which will prove pleasing to the eye and seeu,.
the health and comfort OF lis inmates,
The I1Psriai Guard Of Napoisoa. by J. EYAplKy PM
lished by cRARLEs soSlnSER, New York. (tor sale /,
X FARSHAM)
On the overthrow Of the National Conyentioo !,
France the troops which had been Organized for the ~
lection OF that body from the violence of the mob IL
came the guard Of the Executive Directory Il wa. -
posed OF one hundred and twenty foot soldiers and -
hundred and twenty cavalry. Napoleon, on being m,S
flrsl Consn announced that the guard OF the Dreco
would ~ future be the guard OF the Consuls and he h
ieua'eS ohanged ls Organization, and raised lis mr.
mencal force to 20S9 men. This was the nuceu. ofh
afiamed Imperial GuaTd--lhe "old Guard Of Nam
eon'-which became, as il were, part and paresl =
the masterspirt which called il into existence a.
whose history IRON lis bloody baptism" al Marepgo NJ
It's annlhllauon at Waterloo, is delineated in the work n
fore US with ygor and sprstirring reality for which
the author OF Napoleon and HIS Marshas ia So uniyo
sally admired.
The concluding chapter is devoted 10 the Considerable
oil The question: who is responsible for the wars which h.
SO many years desolated Europe pin which The autho
hxes The quit oil those wars not on Napoleon but OF ID.
governments which surrounded him, and maintains h,
Napoleon and the Old Guard were not s'mere warhS,I
nghung only for renown, bat men engaged the greas
part OF the time in the OF freedom" We COM
portion of his description OF the charge Of the Old GINA
at Waterloo:
"The Old Guard felt The pressure OF immense espoO.
by, and resolved not 10 prove unworthy of the gpa
trust committed TO rs care Nothing could be more IN
posing than its movement to the assault Ii had men,
recoed before human foe, and The allied forces beh
with lis firm and steady advance 10 the final char,
| For moment tho batteries stopped playing and I'M
firing ceased along the British line as without The hen
ing OF drum or bugenote to cheer their steady cou
age. they moved IN dead silence over the field Then
tread was Ike the sound OF mufled thunder while Ii.
Impf al fba al
/ OF light behind The dark and terrible mass that swtp
IN one strong wave along. The stern Drouo was then
amid ms guns, and on every brow written The ia
aterable resolution TO conquer or 10 die The ne xt ma
ment The artillery opened and the head OF that galan
column seemed 10 sink into the earth Rank after rank
went down yet they neither stopped nor falleed Dis
solving sgnadons and whole baaons, disappearing one
alter another IN the destructive fire, affected not their
steady courage The ranks closed up before and es5
lreadng Over his fallen comrade, pressed unfnchinES
on. The horse which Ney rode fell under him. apt
scarcely had he mounted another before il also sunk IA
the earth and another and another, till five in succs
sion had been shot under him then, with his drawn
sabre, he marched sterny at the head Of his column.
vain did the artillery hur lis storm OF fire and lead INTO
that living mass Up 10 the very muzzles they preset
and driving the arlleymen from their pieces, pushea on
through the English lines But Just the victory seem
won file OF soldiers who had lain fiat the ground
behind low ridge of earth suddenly and poured
volley in their very faces Another and another FOLLOWED
till broad sheet OF flame rolled their bosoms, an
in such fierce and unexpected flow that they saggedE
back before H. DSOIe tne UuaTu ndu lime 10 rally aga0
and advance, heavy column OF infantry fell on its lsI
flank in close and deadly volleys, causing II In its unset
tied state TO swerve TO the right AL that instant who
brigade OF cavalry Numbered on the right Hank, and pei
etraled where cavalry had never gone before Thai 10
epid Guard could have borne up against the unexpe
fire from soldiers they did not and would also haR
rolled back the infantry that had boldly charged lis let
flank, but the cavalry finished the disorder INTO wbh
they had been momenary thrown, and broke the shaker
ranks before they had time 10 re-iorm and the eagles oil
that hitherto invincloe Guard were pushed backward
despair shrieked out. The Guard reootis The Guardrc
cois = and turned and fled in wild disnay To see Il
Guard in contusonwas sight they had never before
held, ami ftoZe every heart with terror. Su tos
veterans refused 10 fly Raylng from their disorder hey
formed into two immense squares OF eight hailalons,
and turned hercey on the enemy, and nobly sroN to
stem the reversed tide OF battle. For long tire they
stood and lei the balls plough through their ranks
disdaning their backs 10 the ioe Michel,
head OF those brave batalions, fought like lion iol
every command of the enemy 10 surrender he replied
Il The Guard dtesh neper Surfehdefs; and win ms las
breath bequeathins this glorious motto TO Inc ouaa
i fell witness TO lis truth Death traversed those eEh
balalions with such rapid toostep that they soon OWN
died two which turned IN hopeless daring on the oyet
whelmng numbers that pres ed their retiring FOOTSTEPS
Last OF all but single bal;aion-the debris OF the ,eo
umn OF granite" at Marengo-was lett Into ths
poleon fang himself. Cambroune its brave commaads
saw with terror the Emperor in It's irau Keeping ne
was not struggling Tor victory be was intent ohy on
| showing how The Guard should die. approaching ihe
Emperor, he cried ont. Rse DO you not see thai dsdp
has no need Of you And closing mournfuIy yet stern
~ around their expiring eagles those brave hears oaS
Napoleon an eternal adieB, and, hngng themselves on
the enemy, were soon piled with the dead at Their ieet
"Many OF the officers were seen to destroy lbemsees
rather than satyve defeat Thus greater IN lis only se
feat than any other corps OF men IN gaining vlcoY,
the Old Guard passed from The stage and ,he curan
dropped upon lis strange career IL haa ioueh' 10 a
battle. ,.
"No one can contemplate this termination OF It's MS or
without the profoundest emotion The greatness Oh y
deeds and The grandeur OF its character endear lo al
who love heroic action and roble achievements; ana
one runs back in Imagination over lis terrible campaigns
il is with the deepest sorrow he Is compeheu W ou
farewell on the fatal field OF Waterloo.
But there is one aspect in which the Old Guard IS no
generally viewed did much Tor human lloef'y sdn,
army from that OF Gustavus Adophus down. DO no'pe
tend 10 say how much the troops were governed W Wv
motive-how many or how few fought soely ior gloy
bnt tha Old Guard never made charge win the exec
lion az the last that did give an impulse 10 huma
b,riy Every time il broke the ranks OF the despols
Enro5e armed against the free principles WORKING
France, il wrenched letter from The human mnd.
short il carried the liberty OF Europe on the pot Oh
sabres The wild waking up during the las. M -
: = tke working OF the leayen OF French principles
rather should say OF Ameriedn princlP,es, sows
French hands All honor, then, TO me old uuafe :.
breakin IN the iron frame work Of teuuas, which ~
rused SO long in its place that nothing ou' suohe a.
should heaye and render everything asuhoef coulu au'
'o sad before do not ascrhe the same motives
A. "a Gnard that existed in The hearts OF the soldiers
,ns American army or Comwelfs troops. Still they
,noch who deriving their ideas from English h,s'o1
suppose that they had no dehnite Idea OF 'ne eIuts
sbsv were engaged in. The very fact that Napoleoh
cIosk ed his occupation of the Tueries by calling on DIV
Gnard 10 wear Grape for Washington, .who like then
se ves had fought against tyranny, shows how suosy
rooted republican principles were IN their hearts my
knew that hostiiilles were first commenced by The a
a r. AZ IL, xI,. IN