The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-07
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KIoms7e Propese 81 Lieu dispose .--Thi4
familisr French ptoverb, which the vicissi-
odes. VI lie induce even the moat unrefect.
ING go frequently TO apply and, which some
witty writer OF the same netion, no less phi
I0eoNhicaI tfan gallant, wishing to wonan's
inevitable Influence in 6l things, grea, and
small, hos modified into "Lhomme propose,
c! Ia femme dispose," is perhaps, nowhere
mere icrch!y impressed upon the mind than
10 the cheqpered career OF Napoleon and 10.
sePhine. Fsmiliar as every one is with the
liSss of these two pereonages, many, how.
ever. have never thought OF following Jose.
pbine through her descendants, ond are not
prepared to acknowledge how much more
closely the Beauhasnais are allied to the
roysl families Of Frsnce, than are the Bona.
parties. A few, probably, might prove as
incredulous, 10 the absence OF proof, as
would have been the Vscount Beauharnais,
had ony one revealed to him the fate of his
children and grandchildren when. 10 1894,
be laid his head under Robespierre's relent.
less guillotine, and left a widow behind him
destined to fascinate and marry the rising
general OF the republic. Equally surprised,
too, would the respectable planter of Mar,i.
niqus, Teacher do Ia Pagerie, have been il
told, while attending to his negroes on his
far away plantation, that from his loins
should spring race Of emperors and EN-.
presses, queens and viceroys, as powerful as
any the world had ever known and that TO
this end Two little islands, colonies of France
Corsica and Martinique-were to contri.
butte part.
After the treaty of TiIsit, Napoleon occu.
pied the lotliest position in the civilized
world. Enthroned amid the splendor of the
most magnificent court Of Europe, he was
virtually master OF an empire stretching over
the entire face Of the continent, with the
exception of Russia and Turkey, and with
those two powers he was on terms Of cordi.
al alliance. To himself, as every school
boy knows. he reserved the imperial throne
OF France, comprising the France of the
present day, Belgium, Savoy, Piedmont, end
at one time the whole Of Northern Itsly and
pert Of Germany. On his brothers and sis.
tiers be conferred respectively the diadems
Of Holland, Naples. Westphalia and Tusca.
ny; whilst his stsp-son, Eugene Beauharnsis,
he appointed viceroy Of Italy. Yet, with
unfivalled dominion, hs was dissatisfied
As long 40 be hsd no issue to transmit his
name to posterity, he fancied bis power i'll.
secured. To consolidate his throne, then,
and to crafty the ambitious yearniDgs Of his
heart, he formed project Of On alliance
with the imperial family of Austria. And
to accomPiinh this he discarded Josephine
his long devoted snd faithful wife. She re.
tired TO Malmsison, a powerlsss, weeping
woman, q cast OF fayorite, without political
friends or influence. And he continued to
rule, the very emblem of power, oil Europe
at his feet, nilions Of men rssdy to carry
out bis lightest caprice, and bis throne Gppa.
rentIy frmer than GibrsltsE Who .ben
would hsts dreamed OF the tstributicn that
time held In reserves ! Ssa 'a899 f'i'a'A 4