New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-13
AEROTT's NAPOLEON.


ard Recollections wherew.th every Frenchman who
bssked in the sunshine of the National demigods per-
sopal regard with several who only pretend to have
done So have essayed to glor, themselves aud turn
an honest m penny throu hou the last thirty forty
years The only novelty in this case appears to be
that whereas the originals generally cosent to
,srni.h over one Of another OF tie deSpots crimes,
leaving out such as only ostrich digestion coIld away
with our Reverend redactOr swallows the whole, aud
turns out Napoleon as meek sefsacrifcing saint WHO
had no craving for dominion, stomach for slaughter
and only Tough, because the wicked aris;o,rats
wouldn't let lin alone
But the one point in which this production seems 20
US worthy of further discussion or exposure is that of
its rood faith Some OF our former structures on this
point elected uurmurs of dissent, from some who
coucurred in our general estimate Of the merits Of Mr.
Abbotts performance They thought his view Of Ma
poeons character partial and unjust, but demurred to
our impeachment of its honesty. We ask such TO ac-
con psry w in look through the chapter last issued
lin H0ryr for Janusry-a chapter neither better nor
worse than the average-snd say whether arragn-
ment is or is not justified.
Abbotts special object in this Chapters 70 whitewash
Nspoeons invasion Of Russia and prove (ss usua that
il was undertaken in selEdeense The task IS moth
ing for our clerical cor6eT-aiter having ustded the
mountains of perjury which lured the sPani.h Bolr-
hons from their capital a1d kingdom iaio France, and
there imprisoned them while the!rkidnapper declared
item deihroned filed Spain With Lis armies and AZ
tempted 10 get Lis brother their throne, the ro-
mancer is Qsi riclt in rot bog5ling over the Russian
business The Russian cimplign, it appears was
undertaken il order to rocous itute Poland and WY
Tat lau6able enterprise not even attempted when
Napoleon had all Poland in bis hands we s1All doubt
less Lear in good time Had the goal Of this campaign
been Teheran or Pelin instead OF Moscow, should
doubtless have been assured by Abbott taas it was
necessary and all right But before opening his pas
sage Of history be resumes as follows
The principal charge. which have been brought against
Nay oeon are the of the prisoners at afs and
ibe osourg Of tie sick in the hospital there; the
ton sf the Duke EDghi'n the invasion of Spain the
divorce of Josephine, and the with Russia. He has
also generally been accused OF deuging Europe in blood
imteed BY his love of and to crafty his nSgf'a6k
anttiion We have thus far recorded, in reference to
thee cases the facts together with NapOe0ns e1pana
tiops and also the searching comments OF his foes.
Is this honest What has become of the gigantic
crime of crushing the Liberties of France beneath the
feet of Military despOtism, dssoyiDg by the bayOnet
the Legislative bodies be was sworn to protect,
hbt usui llIg suplShr pO"Ol <hDbott hh"hS iVi hO
has read DR.. Chanong's mastery summing up of Ma
poeons character aud csreer-that this s the black
gulf which separates the Corsic,n forever from the
syupatbies of all Republicans worthy of the name.
Wien he first intermeddled in her civil affairs, he
found France Republic purified by the Revolutionary
hurricane and enjoying large measure of lawguarded
Liberty. This he deliberately, peridiousy, sedshy,
bssey overthrow substituting for genuine Legislative
bodies mockery of National representation open
and arcicsl that he himself at St Helena condemned
this of his mistakes since his legislative bod
les being VIGOROUSLY without any real authority, were
necessarily devoid Of esponsblty or moral power To
tell the People, when new and CALLING levy Of SOL
deTs by conscriptiOn was ordered, or new war OF
aggression commenced that tie Senate had decrecd it,
would only have provoked esriDg laughter for every
body knew that the Senate decreed whatever the En-
peIor requred-nOt ota less more. Never
was nation completely surrendered to the con-
troll OF one man than France from 1904 to 1914 to
the sway of Napoleon. Liberty Of the Press or Of
Public Discussion there was none; even important
news was systematically suppressed; and France
not permitted to know, until many months after it's Oc
currence Of disaster so complete and overwhelming
as the battle Of Trafalgar. Il France were really
content Win Ill lnls some VI siOig
TO be thus ensaved and blinded that all shared alike
10 the degradation, what would that be worth What
is the Judgment worth of him who is permitted
10 hear but one side of the sdjudged' Recolect
Napoleon response to La Fayete, who pleaded for
Free Press: I" If Freedom of the Press were al
"lowed neither La Fayette nor | could remain in
France six months" and realize how guilty and cow
ardy thing Despotism reallyis.
Now as TO the alleged massacre OF prisoners at Jaia
We cspnet see why that, if established in it's utmost
enormity could materially backen NapOeOns charac-
ter What should elevate that massacre above the STAY
ing Of the thousands of Mamelukes, Arabs and Turks
butchered at the Pyramids at Mount Tabor, at Jean
dAcre and other conflicts melted by that atrocious
raid on Egypt and Syria Never was there hHious-
ter foray more utterly without excuse than was that
French invasion of Egypt in time Of profound peace
and in violation of solemn treates-an invasion where
of Napoleon was the nsprer, the author, the master
/ spirit All Mr. Abbott if you were not an apostate
from the teachings of Hin you profess to serve you
would realize and declare that al tAe fifty thousand
victims Of that Egyptian campaign were wckedly bereit
Of life. and that their blood lies at the door Of him
whom you falsely represent never making war ex-
cept in selfdefense
So in the case Of Spain. No pirate ever moro fouly
decoyed by the use of false flag merchantman into
his clutches than Napoleon possessed himself OF Spain
30 far as be ever did possess it. There was absolutely
10 French, no Bonapartean party among the Spanish
People from first to last-barey little handful Of
titled Office seekers and nothing more. The greatest
mistake of Napoleons career because the most agrani
x. ma. a. az which Transformed the Spanish Nation