Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-10-11

EAPoLEoE's ToMB.-
Could Waterloo's dead rise from tbe;,
warrior graves. and see the Queen 81
Great Britain a mourner at the tomb ii
England's most dreaded foe, weRmiOht
each of these slaughtered thousands
exclaim- .ta
"This is as strange q thing as eer ! looked
on"
In speaking of Victoria's visit to the
tomb of Napoleon, on the occasion Of
her late tour to Paris, correspondent
of the New York Commercial says:
This, from the Queen of England, is
the most remarkable circumstance Of
her visit. Jerome Bonaparte, guardian
of his brothers ashes, had, by an ex-
cess. almost by an affectation Of dehca-
cy. been sent away from Paris, that it
might not be imagined, from his pres
ence. that the Emperor in any way ex-
pected the Queen would visit the mau-
soleum of the enemy and the victim of
England. The Aonitexr this morning
has very conspicuous paragraph upon
the moral significance of this visit
Rumor has it that the two sovereigns,
on arriving at the crypt, threw them
solves into each others armsl
The reader, in looking back upon Eu-
ropean history for the last half century
cannot bat be struck by what, to mental
vision, looks like useless sacrifice Of
blood and treasure. What may be the
reflections of the oppressed masses Of
England's sons, whose native land lies
in the impenetrable shadow of huge
National debt created by the enormous
expenditure of money in fighting Ma.
poleon l, we do not know. Twenty
years ago England, by trick the stain
of which is not yet washed out, sent
Napoleon as prisoner to the Island of
st. Helena; there the chained Emperor
died and was buried. On the prison
ship which conveyed the royal prisoner
to living tomb, England's naval Off
GERS, in obedience to their Kings COM
mand, would not award Napoleon his
title of Emperor. Treated like an
usurper, hunted down like beast, con-
fined like brute, cheated like black
leg, that great warrior was imprisoned
on the ocean washed rock, and not until
England supposed the memory of the
man was well nigh forgotten, did she
even grant the poor privilege Of burial
in the soil of his loved France.
Now the Queen of England invests
the present French Emperor, who under
monarchial law is the veriest usurper
alive, with royal order; visits in state,
the French capital; and, stranger than
all, weeps over the ashes of England's
great foe. Such things are passing
strange. Napoleon l., asked an alliance
with England against Europe, and in
particular against Russia. 1t was not
only refused, but the bloodiest war on
record resulted in the overthrow,
through English power and influence,
of the so-called pretender to the French
Throne. Napoleon Ill, however re-
ceives the royal kiss, is hailed as Empe-
ror, and the very alliance refused the
Uncle is granted to the Nephew. All
this is forced upon the British crown,
but it is temporary expedient to up
hold what there is left of monarchy
Thinking men must see that the arts of
the demagogue could descend no lower
than does the Queen of England in this
recognition of Napoleon Ill, as Empe-
ror, and that the crowned head is as ca
silly turned by force of public opinion,
as is that Of any man whose place lies
in the gift of the masses. The English
people feel their power and hereafter
woe to their crowned head which dares
refuse their demands.