Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-08-19

LUc1EN was the brother Of the great Napoleonfs fsnd
the only that ever eEinecd any Of the high quail.
ties Of the EmperoF.ssIle vas . devoted sepubAczn
and bitterly opposed to his brothers magnificent
schemes Of conquest and,dOminion. When the 1st
Consul was soout to overthrow the republic aud
longed to grasp the crown of the Caesars, Lucisa
had an interview with him, in which he uobraided
him bitterly for his ambition and treacbsry. He
told him that he great dynasty he was abJut,to
found, would be necessarily upheld by military
power, and that in the lapse of years. the great
fabric, however magnificent and enduring would
totter and fall, crushing him beneath it, a res" said
he, dashng from the mansel an alabaster vase and
stamping the fragments, land grind you to pow
der, thus" These words together with, the mar.
Eiage of Lucien greatly estranged the brothsrs--
In after years they had another interview at Man
tus. Europe was then at the feet Of Napoleon and
oEjy one power, Great Britain whose strength was
upoa the seas, dared oppose him. Napoleon had
tried his other brethren and found them all utterly
incapacittcd to WELD either the sceptre Of king or
the baton of a marshal of the Eupire-says Joseph.
and be was but poor apology-the pale reflex Of
the absent sun. For Lucien's abilitss Napoleon
entertained great respect He felt the smiltude of
his own genius in that of his brothers he knew him to
possess 6rmness, coolnsss aud great ssgactY. With
Lueien seated upon the throne of Austria PrussiS
he hoped to be able to maintain his own extended
empire intact. In the course Of the interview Ma
found him the same, unalterable republican In
order to tempt him to his support Napoleon then
seized map o. Europe lying on table near, and
raising it beiIra MS brother bIde him to choose alY
Kingdom thereon for his own. 81 VII give it yGu
and suSta.n you in it" said he Euc,en DECLINED.
Napoleon became exasperated. Lucien then told
hIm We're he to accept kingdom at his hands he
could not serve him as mere military Satrap, but
should govern his own people in his own way; that
he could trade in the blood of his chIdrsn snd
the subject was but the child of the king, meaning
thereby that he eould.not support Napoleon in his
wars of ambition and conquest Napoleon became
more enraged and threatened to force him to obey,
but Lucien calmly reu uinded him that be was no
subject of his, and once more mentioned their for
mer interview and rhe prapbesy hen expressed by
himself: The brothers however separated in kind.
ness LIcicn ret the ElaAeror more until the
day OF hIs adv gr&i:y How the saying Of the stern
republican, must have ruDg ia the memory Of, tie
Enp peror at thar hour. at will fall upon you Yes,
and grind you u powder, TINS /"
Luc:en must certainly have been q man of great
sagacity. He saw with the calm eye of reason tho
inevitable downfall of the French empire the utter
humiliation of his brother; his tender heart no,
doubt bitterly deplored that insane ambition upon
whose altar thousands upon thousands were sacri-
ced and he nobly rejected the offer of kingdom,
which ordinary minds would have grasped with
avidity, and only proposed to accept it upon such
humane and equitable terms that Napoleon, after
all his solicitations refused to give it. Though his
name IS scarcely mentioned in history he has left
anoble record and stands with Washington and, On-
cinnatus on the roll of patriots. He was too much
Of a republican to consent TO the ensavement of q
people for his own aggrandizement ahd the welfare
of brother, whose genius he was forced to admire
well as dePlore.