The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-08-04
LOUIS NAPOLEON.
From the Chicago Post,

From the Chicago Post.
The present Emperor of France was
son of Hortense, the royal milliner but
who his father was nobody on earth
knows. His mother bore children legiti-
mate and illigitimate. and. in a sort of
promiscuous way, Louis Napoleon was
deftly sandwiched in among them. Hor-
tense Beauharnsis, his mother. was French
and Louis Bonsparte, her husband, was
Corsican; but Charles Louis Napoleon,
so named, is not French either in features,
manner, or spirit and it is exceedingly
probable that he is now engaging in "a
war with his first cousins. No man was
so unpopular as her husband with Queen
Hortehse.
Louis Napoleon is emphatically self
made man, and, like most selfmade men,
he worships his creator. He is plegmat
ic, subtle, sly, stolid, selfish. Ever since
the, death of the puerile Napoleon II. in
Vienna in 1882, Louis Napoleon has kept
himself SYSTEMATICALLY before the public
eye-a political pedant-eager to take or
break any oath that promised to advance
his ambitious schemes.
He began by writing pretentious essays
on the art Of government and the art of
war, and by aggravating whatever dis
content sprang up against Louis Phil
lippe. AS early as 1886 he led band of
malcontents against the fortified city of
Strasbourg-the Rhenish stronghold that
he now makes his headquarters The as
sault was without dignity, and the fail
ure was supremely ridiculous. He was
caught by the soldiers and marched to
Paris, but instead of executing him for
treason, the King gave him free pass to
the United States He loafed in New
York and Baltimore for some time, living
a fast life, changing hotels frequently,and
spending all the money that he could Dor
row. His aunt asked him how he ex-
pected to govern the ungovernable peo-
pie of France ifthe attack had succeeded
/" NV dear aunt" Enthusiastically re-
piled the hopeful prince, "by giving
them war every three years"
This wild schemer was as theatrical as
he was INSCRIPTIONS as he was vain. In
1910, when the remains of Bonaparte
were brought to France with pomp he
tried coup de main in Boulogne. He
hired steamboat in England where he
was an exile, recruited fifty other tilabus-
tiers, bought tame eagle, and made de-
scent on the town. He took the tame ca
gle-it was Gerry tame-under his arm,
marched to the garrison at the head of
his squad, and demanded its immediate
surrender. He released the eagle and
poked it up with his sword-but the
bird squatted abjectly in the chips and
refused to perform. The soldiers of the
garrison laughed at him, and took him in
custody. He was tried, broke down
making speech in his own defense, and
was sentenced to perpetual Imprisonment
in the fortress of Ham. After an inca-
ceration of five years he escaped.
In '48. he saw his opportunity again.
The revolution broke out, and Louis
Philippe was expelled from the throne
for intriguing against popular liberty.
Louis Napoleon rushed to Paris and pro-
claimed himself an ardent Republican.
He was elected Deputy TO the National
Assembly. 1t was felt that he was
bankrupt plotter for power-a wretched
gambler in his reputed uncle's name
and t he provisional government ordered
him instantly to quit the country. He
protested his love for the liberty of his
people, his hatred of kingcraft; his ar
dor for republicanism- and the Danish
ment was suspended. By his notoriety
and his shrewdness he was elected to the
Presidency of the Republic for four years.
And he took the following oath:
SIN the presence of God, and before the
French nation. which is here represented by
the National Assembly, / swear to remain
faithful to the sole and lndivisible Republic,
ard TO fulfill all the duties i'm posed ON me by
the Constitution"
With crafty purpose, he followed it
with speech, reiterating and emphasiz-
ing his profession of repubIicanism.
Then he straightway went to work to vi
olate the oath and overthrow the repub.
lie He bribed his generals one by one.
For three years he plotted, drawing tight
er the reins aud undermining the peoples
love for a Republic. In the night of the
I'd of December, 1851, the perjurer, by
his hirel1ngs, wantonly destroyed the con-
and broke the peace. He de-
clared martial law in quiet Paris; dissolv
ed the National Assembly and denounced
it as body of conspirators seized the
newspapers; and before day had pass
ID the Assembly was dissolved by force,
md two hundred and thirty-fve of the
representatives. of the people were In dun
icons, including the most iiIustrious men