The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-09-07
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prooaply end IL IN prison. he Goes NV
even have the glory of Mac Mahon, the grand
old Field Marshal Of France. freferrine
exile and disgrace to death, he has shown
to the world that he was no soioier, 10
brave man, but ralher the melancholy END
OF the Bonaparte Rule Prussian victories
have shaken this dead weight Oft the French |
people. and they now stand before the world |
a terribly defeated people, but not conquer /
ed. With the force of the new idea of the |
republic, they can yet stand the com bined |
armies OF Prussia. 1t was the insane lust
for power and the desire to perpetuste the |
Napoleonic dynasty that plunged two
mighty nations into war, and it was Napo.
Icons imbecility which has induced the
continued disasters which have 'decimated
the flower of the French army, and called
down upon his head the maledictions of the
French people. The weakened physique
and supersnnuated mental powers of the
worn out debsuchee, who has deceived all
who knew him by continuing alive SO long,
quite as much rs he has by continuing in
possession of the French throne, no longer
hampers France. This man, whose empty
surrender has been preceded by the slaugh-
ter of thousands of better men than himself
and whose mausoleum could be built of the
fostering corpses which he has caused to be
slain, was the youngest son of Louis, King
of Holland, and Horsense, daughter of the
Impress Josephine. He was born in Paris,
ntb an
with the Little Corporal, but after the sepa-
ration of his parents, he was educated by his
mother, who resided in Paris with the title
Of Queen of Holland. After the utter ruin
of his uncle at Waterloo, the family spent
their time alternately in Switzerland and
Rome. During the revolution of 1880, the
young prince solicited Louis PHILIPPE to
allow his return to Paris, but this was
denied. Mixing in the insurrectlon OF
Italy IN 1891, led to his banishment from
the Papa territories, and he spent short
time in England While there, he wrote
book to prove the necessity of an emperor
the true republican organization OF
France, and in Oct. 30th, 1886, he, in con
junction with Colonel Vandry and other Off
GERS at Strasbu.g, proclaimed revolution.
This was fzzls, and he was taken prisoner,
when Louis PHILIPPE, instead of beheading
him, at the earnest request of his mother,
merely banshed him to this country. The
illness OF his parent recalled
him in Switzerland in 1887, where
he remained for short period and then
receiving gentle hint that his proximity to
Paris unpalstabe he withdrew to Eng.
land. Here he spent his time in earning
enough to live upon a special policeman.
and also private tutor while he was
organizing a scheme for another revolution
AIRY expedition which he brought about in
August ls40, when he and Count Montho-
lon " ith fifty adventurous followers and
tame eagle steamed from Margste and
landed at Bauagne. The eagle did not
make the people enthuse sufficiently and
poor Nap was again taken prisoner, tried
for treason and sentenced to lifelong
Imprisonment in the fortress of Ham.
Here he devoted himself to literature for six
years when he succeeded in making his
escape in the dress of al orerier, and again
sought the hospitable shores of England.
When the revolution of l848 broke out he
repaired to Paris, and was chosen a deputy
to the national assembly. He professed to
be a republican and took his seat as such,
and On December 10th, 184S, was chosen
president by an overpowering majority. He
Immediately set about restoring imperial
rule, and on November 2lst and 22d, 1852,
by vote on g plebiscitum he was made
Emperor as Napoleon III. In January
1853 he married Eugenie, q Spanish beauty,
and the result of this union, it is said, was
a son. the prince imperial, whose recent
.'bloody baptism" and picking up bullets IN
the face of the enemy was his last theatrical
clap trap to catch the frivolous mind OF the
French people Since that period ne las
been busily employed in keeping the revo
lutionary spirit quiet by con
stantly enjoying the dangerous
classes in public works, and his improve
nents in Paris and other parts of the king
dom with the completion of the Cherbourg
fortihcations and navy yard have done very
much for the welfare of France, but thu
madly rushing into disastrous war has
entirely ruin him. OF his late conduc'it seem'
but merciful to say that the imbeciities o
age superadded to chronic disease OF aD OBJ
scure character have quite destroyed tina
shrewdness which he once proved he pos
sessed. His surrender has certeinly altereI
for the better the condition of things bu
whether it will produce cessation OF host
lites is highly problematical. The blood o
two nea. nations is thoroughly up and tn
end of the empire and the proclamation OF
Republic may not be able to quench the hire
of mighty conflict.