The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-01-24

of usurpers appear rs the vcriest trash.
he Diony sian sycophant was poor
hungler, compared 10 an agent Of the
French secret police; and, be it well
remembered, this gigantic police sys.
tenn with the gcndarmcric, and all the
thousand ramiications, is essentially
Napoleonic. 1t was developed in all
its sitting grandeur under him, and is.
unfortunately, more truly his own,
than he code which bears his name.
Washington was strictly instlu.
tional in his character, and never
dreamed OF concentration of power
If Satan ever appeared to him showing
him the glory anG power Of il kingdom
on earth, it was buried in his noble
breast, and no act or word Of his has
ever shown even struggle to beat
down the tcmptcr. Napoleon, had no
instinct for institutional government
whatevcr,* and cons s,an,ly struck ont
new brilliancy to make him and his
people more glorious. Washington
| was citizen, and statesman, Il patriot
and also soldier; Napoleon was
soldier above all. lie acknowledges
1t, and is proud Of It. 10 be the
greatest captain was his greatest glory.
We Americans acknowledge lha,
Washington plainly served his coun
try, to which he bowed as the great
;hi"g above him and above all; the
greatest admirers of Napoleon say
that = soldiers, money, people, were
III his l,unds but means To cstablsl.
"n systemc gramliose."t Washington,
never was dictator, and never aimed
1T dictatorship; Napoleon claims the
title to explain or excuse his dcspnlism
and ccntralism. Washington never
compared himself to any one; Napolc
ola compares himself to him. ~ ash
'ngluns policy was strictly domestic.
and in leaving public life he urges th.
abstaning from foreign policy as II
most essential point in the whole
American State system. Napolcon's
policy became from year to year more
foreign, until it ended almost excin
s1vcly in conquest, and an absolute
supremacy of France, to which all else
was sacrafced. Washington was
modest man; Napoleon looked upon
himself as sort OF Fate. Washing
TON was one Of the beginners ofs'thes
tsRevolhtIOn; Napoleon steps in when
tho revolution of his country had
already developed immense powers
aud forces. Washington aimed ut no
elevation Of his family, and dies II
justice Of the peace; Napoleon writes
I" Joseph: want 4 family Of kings
(l ne .ia"t mnc .t;tmilie dc rois
Washington divcsts himself of the
chief magistracy, voluntarily and
gracefully, leaving to his people
document which after ayes honor like
a political gospel; Napoleon, in his las,
days, is occupied with the idea OF
family aggrandizemcnt, or with the
means by which his house may BE-
prevented from min@ling again with
common men. During his closing
illness he directs General Bertrand To-
advise, in his name. the members OF
his 'amily t" settle chiefly in Rome.
where their children ought to be
married to the princcly families Of
The Colonas, &c, and where some
l5"naparte would not fail to become
pope. Jerome ard Caroline ought to
reside in Switzerland. where, in Bcrnc.
they must establish themselves in the
Swiss " Oligalchy." and where II
landanman SHIRT would be certain to
fall to the family; aud the children of
Joseph, should he remain in America,
might marry into the great families Of
the Wnshingt"ns aud jcflersons, and IL
B"napartc would become President of
the United S,ates.S Washington was
all that his country at the time
required, and no more; he was thus,
and remains, a political blessing to our
country. Was Napoleon all that
France required, and no norc2 Did
the desires ofhis genius and his person.
al Srratn cSs not present themselves as
France to his enormous mind! Even
Louis Napoleon has said on his throne
that his uncle, it must be owned, had
loved war too much.
Both Washington and Napoleon
have been men of high action and
some points OF similarity undoubtedly
exist, but to find them is work of
ingenuity. rather than one that natu.
rally presents itself to an ingenious
mind.
TIE CASE OF YoUNG FElIx.--From
high official source at Havana, We
Learn that our Consul las well as all
other persons) has been denied per-
mission to visit Mr.. Felix in prison.
The othor prisoner, Lacostc, is confined
in cell described as q "hurrid dem"
and is to be tried by % military com
mission-rcsult, death most likely
MIR. Felix would have been rs severely
t"catcd but for the interest manifested
by our government and influential in.