The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-11-04
NAPOLEON.

NAPOLEON.
SKETCHES OF Ills CAREER AS EMPEROR OF
FRANCE.
Incidents in HIS Life from Childhood
10 HIS Doaenfau.
The life of Charles Louis Napoleon
full of romance and ad-
venture, shows what man can ac-
by a concentration of oil his
powers upon one purpose. He was
born in Paris, April 20, 1908, and was
the youngest son of bouis Bonaparte,
the brother of Napoleon the Great,
and who was for time, King of Hol-
land, and Hortense, the daughter of
the Empress Josephine. A scandal
which has gained considerable Gre
dence, from the reputation which Hor-
tense, like other members of the
family bore, has attribut-
ed his paternal parentage to Count
with whom Hortense sns-
tanned rather doubtful relations. -
However, this may be, he was born in
the midst of unquestionable surround
ings, and his Legitimacy further estab-
lished by the Emperor and Empress
serving as sponsors at his baptism.-
An early favorite of his uncle upon
his return from Elba, he was taken
by him to the Camp de Mars, and
there, at the age of seven, presented
to the Deputies of the people and the
army. When Napoleon embraced
him for the last time at Malmaison,
previous to his departure for st. He
lena, both were much affected, the
child wishing to follow his uncle, and
being pacitied with great difficulty by
his mother.
CHILDHOOD.
After the battle of Waterloo had
decided the fate of the Napoleonic dy.
nasty, Louis, in company with his
mother, took up his residence ut Augs.
burg, where he learned the German
language. Subsequently they re.
moved to Switzerland, where they
passed their Summers, while in the
Winter they retired to Rome.
EDUCATION.
The education OF Louis Napoleon
during the continuance Of the first
Empire and the residence of the fami
ly in Paris was superintended by hi
mother, the Queen of Holland. Af
ter their retirement to Switzerland
the principal tutor of the youth was ,
II. Lebas. n. Lebas being a sterf
Republican, and Louis being of an ir
req ressible nature, his first convic
tons were those of Republicanism. -
How short-liyed they were, and how
readily he could adapt himself to cir
cumstances, his subsequent histor,
proves. For q time he was at th'
military academy of Thi6n, where b.
made some progress in the science o
gunnery, but was not distinguished
for his brilliancy as scholar.
HEIR TO THa EXPIRE.
The death of the Duke of Rcichstadt
in 1892. left him the successor of Ma
poleon l., not by legitimate descent
but by the Imperial edicts of 1904 ant
1905, which set aside the usual orde
of descent and fixed the succession il
the fourth brother of Napoleon-Loni
instead of that of the elder brother
Joseph. This was the beginning o
the ambitious career of Napoleon
which ended only at Sedan. It tiret
his soul with dreams of future power
to the realization of which he ever af
terward directed his best energies
His Rereries Polviques were written I,
demonstrate the necessity of IN En-
.peror to the TRUE republican organiza
ton of France. He afterward .cx
panded his work into the Idees Napo
leonennes, wherein the plans of th,
Emperor were extrolled and earnestl,
commended to France for adoption.
TAKEN PRISONER.
Not limiting himself to writin,
books, he put himself in active com
munication with officers of the Frencl
army, and in the early part of 1873
his design became evident, and, afte
maturing his plans, he left Ahernber,
in June, 1886, for Baden-Baden. L
August he paid a secret visit 70 Stras
bourg, which he regarded as the mos
vulnerable point for his attempt
and, after securing promised cooper
alton from fifteen of the officers of tn
garrison, proceeded to Switzerland
while his adherents were perfectin
the plot. The project, however, wa
miserable failure, and Louis was ia
ken prisoner, detained at Strasbour
from October 3Oth till November 9th
ard then conducted to Paris. Hi
life was spared on condition of his &C
ling to the Unised States. This b
did, under protest, but soon returne
to Europe to find his mother on he
death-bed in Switzerland.
In 1888, Lieut.. Laity, one of Nape
Icons adherents, published with hi
sanction favorable account of the ai
tempt on Strasbourg, which was we
received in France. For this Iait
was septentenced to a five years i'm
prisonment and to pay fine of tiv
thousand francs. These facts wer
looked upon by the French. elemer
as the commencement of a new Out
break from Ahrenberg, and they az
cordingly asked that Louis be drive
from Switzerland. Some of the car
tons being indisposed to thus trampl
upon the rights of one who had mad
himself a citizen of the country, Franc
sent an army to the frontier to sur
port her demands, if necessary, b
force. Louis quilted the country an
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