Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-12-11
NapoIsonS Troubles,


When Louis NapoIeo1 and hisco- con
spirators OF he Elysea struck Their first
blow on EheEacond of Decem bez75 the
arrest and imprisonment OF thesAsseu-
-bly, in q body, a few Of the members
escaped arrest through absence from
the meeting. These determined TO rally
the people II possible and make head
against the usurpation.@ sFor this pur-
pose they went to the Fau bOuFg ST..
Antoine and On the third. Of December,
with the assistance Of a few mem bers OF
the Democratic press thfeBFgUp p a barri-
cads st the corner ofthe Rue St. Mar
auerite A battalion of soldiers march
ed against the barricade. As they
came to halt the Deputies made last
effort to invoke the law before appeal
ing to arms against UsurpatiOn. They
clam bered over the barricade, put on
their official insi gnia, announced them
selves as Deputies. Among the num-
der was Charles Baudin, who stepped
in front of his colleagues with the book
OF the Constitution open in his hand.
Calling attention to the book, he pro-
ceeded to read from il the duties of the
military and the obligations Of the mil
itafy to the legislative power. The an
sWer was prompt and pertinent. Baudin
fell, riddied with balls. That was the
first blood of the coup a. etat. There
was enough Of blood shed within the
next Swenty-four hours,
The death of Baudin settled the ques-
ton of an appeal to law. The Deputies
scrambled back over the barricade and
commercial to fight. There was a des-
perate struggle for the body OF Bauden,
which was won and lost by his friends
four times. Eventually the soldiers won
both the body and the barricade, and
the Deputies with their friends,
were efther killed or dis
persed. The body of Baudin was ulti-
mately buried in the cemetery of Mont
martre, where it has lain unmarked
and seemingly forgotton.
There is q custom in France of decor
ating the graves ON the second of No
vember. This year the grave of Baudfn
was conspicuously decorated, and his
name and fate became suddenly known
to all Paris. Before the talk caused by
this incident had subsided, the leading
opposition paper, the Ave7ti7- National,
announced that a subscription had been
set on foot for a monument TO Baudin,
and few days later the list Of subscri-
bers was published. Napoleon's gov
ernment saw some thing significant IN
this sudden interest in the memory Of
the frst victim of the Second Empire.
The issues of the AUe7lf4' N1tiondL were
seized for three DAYS in succession,
Then the ReUeiE, the Tribune, and the
ReUea Polttiq5se published the list, and
were seized in turn, the editors of all
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perilhng the public safety" by publish
ing the lists. The Temps next PUBLISH
ed the list with a significant notice that
the erection ofsa monument to Baudin
was a strictly legal act, and so also was
the subscription towards its erection.
A number OF leading papers in Paris
and the provinces copied and applaud
ed the notice. Alarmed at this Napole-
on's government has left these papers
unmolested, but is still pushing the
suits against the editors of the four pa
pers first publishing the list, in spitelof
the published protest of the leading
members of the Paris bar.-CIeueLd9ad
Herald CLOS