The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-01-24
II. +. W. ALLSTON,
President Of the Senate.
JAMES SINlONS


President Of the Senate.
JAMES SlMONS,
Speaker Of the Xo"se Of Representatives.
We make the following extract from
IN article entitled Was Napoleon Il
Dic;a,or2' which we find in Pu,nam's 5
January Number. Tho whole article
is full Of interest, and if VIC are not
much mistaken comes from the pen OF
The present learned Professor of isto.
ry, in onr College. 1t looks very
much like the Doctor and the sfyle
and manner are certainly his. The
extract furnishes very striking par
aiici between Washington and the
French Empcror.-I'.Ds. BAN.
The emperor himself WAS deSirous
of having his reign considered as a
dictatorship. This was at least the
case in his exile, where, as it is well
known, and was natural. he occupied
himself much with his name and rcpu,
tation as they would appear ia postcri'
ty. On one occasion he observed -
Some people have said that ought to
have made myself Il French Washing
ton. All that was allowed to be Was
Il crowned Washnytnn For me to
initiate Washington would have been
II niuiSerie." He meant, undoubtedly.
that circumstances did not allow him
t" be Washington. This is true
but it is equally true that he could ncv.
rr have be. II il Washington, whatever
the circumstances might have been.
There are no two men in ;hc whole
breadth Of history more unlike to one
another. ashinytnn's fellow star Of
The binary constellation is William of
Nassau, the founder of the Netherlands
republic, not Bonapartc crowned or
uncrowncd.
Napole"ns and Washington's minds
and souls differed no less than their
bodies. The one was wholly Anyli
can, or Teutonic; the other a very
type Of the Celtic or Ibrr;,n. The one
great and noble rs II calm and pcrsc
vcring man of duty ; the other impaiu
"us. and OF ilashy brIiinncy. Wash
lngton has ever appeared to us rs the
historic model of sound common sense.
and sterling Judgment, coupled with
immaculate patriotism. There was
nothing brilliant in Washington, unless,
indeed, the Fabian genius Of unyicld
ing perseverance in Il high career. be
called brillia.t. Napoleon, on the
other hand is, possibly, tn most bril-.
Eant character of all ':.odc,n tines
Glory was his very idol. Washington
was ohedicnt to the law. a law abiding
man if ever there was one Napoleon
constantly broke down the law when
it appeared necessary to him, and it
appeared to him often so. Washing
Ton aided in creating a new empire :;
Napoleon created, or aimed ut creating
a new state Of things. Washington
arose out OF struggle Of independence
"A severance Of colonies from dis
tant mother country Napoleon arose
out of fearful internal revolution.
Washington is daily growing in the
affection of history, and there is the
most remarkable uniformity of opinion
regarding his character there is the
greatest difference of opinion re .arding
NapoIcon's, and however many may
admire him, no one loves him, except
some survivors, who have received
acts Of personal kindness at his hands
No man ever loves power merely rs
power. We could not even love God
were lie onI Iy almighty. Washington
never pcrscc"tcd he imprisoned no
opponent, banishcd no enemy, and
when he Gcd his hands were unstailcd
like Pcriclcs; Napoleon banshed
imprisoned, and prosecuted, ard dc
veloped q system Of police, which must
he called stupcndous, on account of it's
vaslness, completeness, perfection,
power, and penetrating refinement
u system pressing to this day on
France like an Alp, and which makes