The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-08-16
For the National Era.
NAPOLEON AT THE PLOUGH.


For the National Era.
NAPOLEON AT THE PLOUGH.
BY ISAAC II. JULIAN.
" During his captivity at St Helena, Napoleon, in
ndom excursion the island, found himself 6e
here some laborers were Engaged in ploughng. I
emed highly interested in the operation. He ahghtt
ON his horse seized the plough, and the great asto
hment OF the man who was holding it he himself trace
furrow of considerable length.
The hero of hundred fields,
Close prsond in his rocky isle,
Sought that delight which Nature yields,
Mans troubled spirit to beguile:
His schemes of boandless sway were foiled,
Gone was his dream of glory now
He turned where rustic labor toisd,
And held with sturdy grasp tho plough
All, had he known no other lot
Far happier had been his life
Secluded in some rural cot,
Aloof from tickle Fortunes strife.
What though unknown his peaceful name
Among the mighty ones of earth'
A guieless heart had been his fame,
Forth-heraded by deeds of worth.
lie might have lived beloved, revered,
The patriarch OF the rural vale,
BY every lawless villain feared,
Who makes the cheek of Beauty pale
High-priest of Justice and of Truth,
Dispensing good among his race
That were life divine, in sooih,
And worthy of celestial grace!
Or had that Roman virtue high,
Which fired the soul OF WASHINGTON,
Led him 10 nobly Z" do or die,n
Till France had glorious Freedom won
Then yielding up the helm of state,
With a whole nations blessings crown'd-
All nobler far had been his fate,
Tng with his own hands the ground
This proud and mighty of Earth
Was nursed in Perjury and Grief
Nor needed he of Rank or Birth
By Nature formed OF men the chief:
Wisdom from source like this hath sprung
Had Europes conqueror claim
For peaceful triumphs TO be sung,
More lasting than wars grandest fame?
Behold nj last the heros lot
The final end of lawless pride
His eyes closed on q desert spot
Lonely mid ocean. surges wide
And grief pursued him I'LL he died
Mid ,enpes,s dire he passed away,
"The everlasting hills deride
This mighty thing OF mortal clay!
The Pyramids, Marengo's day,
Imperial power, the worlds renown,
The triumphs of despotc sway,
Ofthrones and coronets cast down.
These never never can atone,
But for one tear of guiIeess worth
Forced in the conquest OF a throne,
Which withered myriads from Earth!
Down with Ambitions bloody wreath!
Accused may they still remain
Those laurels foul which scent of death
And carnage the battle plain!
All! would just men stand firmly forth,
With frowns of awe, and words of might
How would Wars prestige shrink from Earth,
Like darkness from days burning hight
Enshrined within the peoples hearts,
The truly great shall never die;
Fame, like the rainbow's hues departs,
But virtue comes from God on high:
And nober in HIS sight is he,
The humblest of the sons of Truth,
Than he who tasks his life TO be
Tyrant of men, DER Right and Ruth!
Thou honest son of rustic toll,
Thou art the truly noble one!
For bounteous Heaven, with gracious smile,
Approves thy race life well run:
Submit TO no foul passions sway,
With wreaths of knowledge deck thy brow
And Kings will cast their crowns away,
To seek srr,e glory at the plough!
NorE. The common admiration for kings and cor
errors is apt TO resrc; itself TO those traits which, il
agined, separate them from their On the conr,
the philosophic observer will be inclined look be
nd the effects of mere adventurous circumstances
csc characters, and will be interested the token
~ occasionally give, inadvertently it were Of thc
ing partakers OF the and sympathies wit
E humblest of their fellow men. Such a revelation
ven in the following passage, which find aloat in tn
wspapers, and which append as good illustration
e poem:
" What recoections,n said Bonaparte, "crowd upo
emory, when my thoughts are no longer here, TAT 8
elena. with political topics and local ysxation.
carried back my first mpre OF the lii. of
seemed TO me always, in these moments OF calm that
oud have been the happiest man in the world wit
llarsl year, living the father of a family with N,
lie and son. al our old house al Ajaccio.n
JENNY LIND GoLDsCHMIDT.-We have beer
Iown letter, says the Hamphire (Mass.) Ga
tie of July oath, from Madame Goldschmidt
dressed to gentleman in this town, date,
Ems, (Nassau,) I'd July, 1855" Private j,
character, the seal of confidence must no
, broken, and the public may not see ii
reathing noble and lofty sentiments, pure a
e soul of their gifted authoress, intoxicating
uly Christian spirit, and so childlike and un
udied in the sweet simplicity of its utterance
at letter is one which the recipient ma,
lerish forever.
The ISLANDERS some time since in circulation
lative to difficulties between herself and hus
md are most satisfactorily refuted by the tru,
I'd womanly affection which marks all he
lusions to him in the letter. They, or rattle
II husband, has been carrying out her PLAN
the establishment of schools in Sweden
alter, her first born, claims the loving eulog,
mother, at once touching for its beauty o
Ipresslon and depth of sentiment. Mr.. ant
RS. Goldschmidt, from a residence in thi
wn OF some months, are both remembered b,
If citizens with warm interest. They vii
'end the winter in Rome.
AN INDIAN CHIEF.-The Rochester paper
ate that Mr.. Ely S. Parker, a civil enginee
some note, who has recently been employe,
pom the canals of New York, has been Gale,
Norfolk, Va, on professional duties. Mr.
arker is the chief of all that remains of one O
e tribes of Indians who formed the Six Ma