Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-10

Mr.. Marshall's last lecture on Satur.
was ell that his admirers could ask He 10 .
man Of immense vanity and sslf-estsem, ~
we'll as Of high oratorical powers. and although
applied to by the committee Of the Young
Mems Association 10 deliver course OF lectures
under their auspices. at first he indignantly de.
clined. After our structures in the DExocRAr, and
q lesson Of another character taught him, both Of
which he richly deserved he concludes to get
sober. aud to repeat q series Of discoursss here,
which had been frequently delivered by him at
other places, and that too under auspices a.
above. which he At frst declined. We have
before stated that We were glad Mr.. NJ has
taken the opportunity to redeem his character
from the odium which attached to his fret lee.
lures. We gave faithful synopsis Of the main
points (not minor points; error in the types
Of his former lectures, to do the speaker full
justice and have only space for faint outline
Of this lecture.
The speaker glanced very rapidly over the
history of the invasion Of Russia by Napoleon
the causes Of his change In the attack from
Petersburg to Moscow-the battle of Beridino.
the fall Of Moscow, and the unnecessary DELAY
Of one month by the French army in the fallen
city. and the consequent destruction Of the
army on their return. The speaker avoided
particulars as far IS consistent with his sub.
jects; said that in 1918 Napoleon al the head
ofs large army advanced into the very heart
Of Germany-attacked and beat successfully
| the Austrian, Prussian. and Swedish armies
and then retreated from Dresdin.
Alluded to the Resolutions of the French A.
| sembly, that Napoleon had forfeited the
| crown, and that in this year 1918 Napoleon
abdicated the throne in favor Of bis son, only
two years old
The disposition Of the armies ct Waterloo.
| the battle and its results. are too we'll known
| to require comment. The surrender Of Napo.
leon TO the English, his captivity. DC. The
lecturer argued from these facts. that as Napo,
leon had abandoned the high m;ssio~ for which
he was given the command Of the French army
| and made first consul. to wit The rsdempt>
| ion Of the French nation from monarchical and
clerical oppression; that thsrsfrom Heaven
had abandoned him.
The lecturer alluded to very many other
facts. Az "the one hundred days reign" the
congress Of Vienna, Napoleon at Elba. bis re-
turn to France and his reception by the French
army. reorganization Of the army Of France.
march upon Lipsie. battle with the French
army under old Bluchsr, and the last great
battle at Waterloo.
"Ihis last war" ssid he. twas Napoleon war,
not French war. but to place Napoleon on the
throne; but that he ou ght to have died then,
that no man ever had . more glorious field to
die 10, and it was his duty to have fallen
there, like an old Roman, mighty in his
fall"
The speaker then INDUCED in describing
some incidents in the life ofths present monarch
Of France, Louis Napoleon III, and deducing
come spssulations - to his future policy. He
closed BY thanking the audience for their in.
dulgencs and attention for four successive
nights, and argued thersirom, that whatever
might have besa said to the contrary, that this
fact declared Tom Aarshall .--1,sis.slh OF hia
=, we're bold enough to cav. ,tamc.d
Tom Aarshsll - very sslfeenesit.d ind,.
vidual.