Weekly national intelligencer., 1852-10-30
NEW BOOK.

, q THE NAPOLEON DYNASTY Or 'Me Hs6ry ofMs BOND
parte Family the title Of new book recently publish
ed in the city of New York. by Messrs CoRsIsH, LAM
PORT Co. 1t purports to have been written by the
SSss.s-ysGS" The 2sGSiss.-s in their advertisement
say In its preparation brilliant and experienced pens
have been engaged and have spared no expense in
making the appearance Of the book worthy of the spendo
of the subject"
The history of the Bonapare family is traced back to
the middle ages il is shown to have been distinguished
family in Italy, several centuries since The wosk con-
tans biographies of Napoleon, of his father mother
Cardinal Fesch, (hs mothers brother) his two wives
Josephine and Maria Lousa) his four brothers three
sisters, the son and daughter Of the Empress jose
phine, Eugene and Hortense Beauharnais Murat This
brother-nlaw his son, (called the King Of Rome) and
his nephew Louis Napoleon, styled the Prince Pre-
slden OF France 1t is embelished with twenty por
traits, said to be correct kenesses The style Of the
work and the spirit in which is written as well as the
great characters the brilliant genius shining qualities,
wonderful activity and energy and splendid achievements
which are exhibited in it, all combine to make it exceed
ingly attractive The work shows that Napoleon owed
the talents the address, the ZEAL and energy Of
his brothers and other members Of the family and to the
TACT address, accomplishments, and influence Of his
mother and sisters, than has been generally supposed.
All contributed, with Josephine and her friends,
tend his reputation to increase his associations and
circle Of devoted friends TO elevate him power and
sustain him in every trying crisis, untlhe made En-
peror Napoleon owed his FIRST appointment command
ernchief Of the army Of Italy to the friends Of Jose
phine. The boodless revolution of 1899, and the esab
ishment of the Consular Government, could have
been effected without the aid and influence Of his brothers
Lucien and Joseph and the military aid Of Generals Mu
rat and LeClerc, who became his brothersinaw soon
afterwards After the marriage of Pauline and Caroline
Bonapare to LIE Cerc and Mura the circle of the Bona
parte family consisted of twenty persons, including the
uncle, afterwards Cardinal Fesch and excluding children
There is to doubt that it comprised talent
and capacity for government well for war; than any
family which was the stage Of action at the
time; more talent and capacity than possessed by
any three generations of Caesars, Scipios any other
great family, of either ancient modern times Every
of them had natural talents of high order Napo
leon had the quickest and cearest conceptions of the
force and effect of military combinations and movements
the most restless activity and untrng energy of both mind
and body and the greatest genius any whose
deeds have been recorded the pages of authentic
history
For many years all the family acted in concert in sup
port of the views and of Napoleon He
ished the Catholic Church. and made it instrument to
support his dynasty to consecrate 1t in the eyes Of the
people, and make it popular. As long he sus-
tanned by these Influences acting in harmony with him.
his achievements the most rapid the greatest in pro-
portion to the employed the most brilliant and
wonderful, which were ever performed by mortal man
Good fortune seemed to favor him uniformly
tended his efforts and his career seemed to indicate that
he was man of destiny, instrument Of Heaven to
complish great purposes As his power increased his
ambition and thirst for dominion increased also he be-
more and more imperious and despoc in his tenn
per and bearing towards his family and friends and oil
around him. He quarrelled with his brothers Lucien,
Louis and Jerome with his wife, with his sister Pauline
with his brother-n-aw Murat and with the Pope. BY
his mperious conduct he aenated many of his generals
and other officers in great measure lost the affections
of the people, and made nearly all Europe his enemies
and thus prepared the way for his fall
The circumstances of Louis Napoleon widely differ
ent from those of his uncle Though he has many cousins
and distant relatives to participate in his good fortunes
he has talented brothers and brohersnaw devoted
to him. to sustain him in times of trial With the excep
tion of his aged uncle Jerome all the Bonapare family
at the time of the revolution in lS48 destitute of
perience in both and government. Louis Napoleon
had experience himself, reputation of his own,
nothing to rely upon but the great of the Emperor
and the enthusiastic remembrance of his brilliant achieve
ments existing in the minds Of the military and Of ma
jority Of the people Every thing depended on himse
and upon the fidelity Of the army and the clergy Napo
leon overturned weak, dscordant and inefficient Gov
ernmen; effected boodless revoution established the
Consular Government after the model of ancient Rome
and following the example of Julius Cesar, he granted
general amnesty TO his enemies and to all Frenchmen
charged with political offences. Louis Napoleon con-
spred to overthrow the Legislative Assembly and the
Constitution Of Government which he had sup
port and he used the army, which under his
mand as an instrument to effect his unhaowed purposes
Great numbers butchered in carrying his
coup detat of December 2 1851 and since
plished instead Of pursuing the generous policy which
contributed TO make his uncle popular he has hunted
his enemies and opponents thrown them into prison. and
banished hundreds and thousands of the active and
| talented men of France.
Napoleons great campaigns and splendid achievements
before he made first Consul excited the admiration
the astonshment the ambition, the national pride and
vanity Of the people Of France They felt that his fame
belonged to them nation that they participants
in it and that his achievements and power elevated them
in the scale Of nations above oil other people the earth
Hence feelings Of gratitude, well Of enthusiasm,
PRIDE and ambition, very generally excited in his
favor and such feelings aroused and excited again
y every year. until he made his fatal campaign in Rus
STA in 1872. Louis Napoleon has performed great
achievement to excite the admiration pride ambition
gratitude Of the people, and is not likely perform any
His frequent military reviews in times of peace the pa
rade and ceremony attending his journeys and receptions
and his pompous harangues, will to the peo
pie monotonous, frivolous and nonsensical their infu
ence must necessarily decline, and he viii have
Of retaining the regard of the people by promoting
their industrial interests and welbeng His condition
is very critical and il he should lose the good win Of
either the people the army he could not long maintain
/ his power.
The whole subject of the work. the history Of nearly all
the Bonapare family, is the most romantic marvellous
and enchanting which be found upon the pages Of
history; much Of it sounds like high wrought
work Of the imagination romantic tale Of fiction than
sober reality Napoleon borrowed his system Of gov
ernment and Jurisprudence from the Romans from the
Imperial Government of the Caesars. His views opinions
and whole course Of policy greatly influenced by the
deeds examples and opinions Of the ancient Greek and
Roman conquerors, Alexander, Sya Cesar, and others.
His opinions rather ancient than modern, rather
Roman than French, better adapted military than
industrial age While he affected abhor monarchy
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