The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-09-09
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The New York Herald thus speculates

tno Ss 1 oTK Herald thus speculates
as to the.fate of Napoleon: Z;
"What will Prussia do with Napo-
ieonY This question is not easy to an
swer. In the person of the Emperor
King William has found magnifcent
prize. 1t is not to be denied, however,
that the prize may by and by prove q
big source Of trouble. To give him lib.
erty will certainly be dangerous. To
retain him in Prussian prison will be a
perpetual source of disquietude. We
know what Great Britain did with the
First Napoleon. We know too what
Charles the Fifth did with another
French monarch, Francis the First,
whose name is lastingly associated with
the "Field of the Cloth of Gold" The
First Napoleon died in captivity. Fran
els the First was magnanimously re-
stored to his liberty and to his throne.
Which fate is in store for Napoleon the
Third? It will be we'll to leave this
question unanswered for the present.
Much as we blanc Napoleon for this
war we would not heap abuse upon him
now that he has fallen from his high
estate. We cannot forget his many
merits. If, rs the result has proved,
the empire has been a hollow institution,
for twenty years has basked in prosperi-
ty for which Napoleon is mainly to be
credited. Ills star has gone down; but
we must not allow ourselves to be de-
ceived into the belief that the French
people will soon forget the House of
Boneparte. Death may soon relieve the
fallen Emperor Of his cures; but if his
unfortunate son is spared, distracted
France at some future time may rally
around him as q deliverer. The empire
is dear to the French people; it is ne
cessarily associated with the House of
Bonaparte; and although it may pass
away for the present it is not impossible
that it will re-appear in pride and splen-
dor under fourth Napoleon"
The Washington Chronicle says:
The lll-starred Emperor may find his
best friend in the old German monarch.
Better to be his prisoner than the victim
Of the infuriated Parisians. He was six
ty-two on the Goth of last April, ten years
older than his great uncle, who was lust
fifty-two when he was sent to st. Hele-
ne. The world will have no further fear
of the Napoleons. Their day has closed.
Louis the Last need be sent to no barren
rock to eat out his own heart. He is too
old to arouse enthusiasm. Never pos
sessed of the magnetic power, he can be
left free to ruminate over his miseries.
Men have no further use for kings. The
most triumphant one in the world to-
day, William of Germany, will consult
his own interests by avoiding any exces-
slve violence to Louis Napoleon, or any
despotic demonstrations Germany is
as full of republicans as France, and of q
sterner school, and they will tolerate no
letters on their limbs if sought to be
placed there by the men who proclaimed
their determination to strike off the
Frenchmen's chains. We look, there
fore, for magnanimity and moderation
from the German monarch.
TAE HOUSE OF ORLEANS. Now that
the present complications in France may
at any moment revive the Bourbon
dynasty, it is interesting to know who
and what are the present representatives
of that ancient family. The last King
of France was Louis Philippe. a de-
scendant of the Orleans branch of the
Bourbon family. His eldest son, the
Duke of Orleans, married Helena, of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. May 80, 1887.
During the reign of his father he was
killed by being thrown from his carriage.
He left two sons, Louis Philippe Albert.
Count of Paris, born August "a, 1880.
and Robert Philippe Louis Eugene
Ferdinand, Duke Of Chartres. born No
vember 8, 1910. The Count of Paris.
the head of the family, is now thirty
eight years of age. He has been
traveller and an author. He served for q
time with his younger brother, the
Duke of Chartres, on the staff of Gen.
Mcclellan on the Peninsula. The
brothers offered their services to Ma
poleon at the outbreak of the present
war, but there is no evidence thus far
that they have been accepted. The
surviving sons of Louis Philippe,
uncles to the Count of Paris and Duke
Of Chartres, are the Duke of Nemours,
t1tty-six years old; Prince de Joinville,
ffty-two years old; Duke of Aumal,
aged forty-two, who rose to be Marshal
OF France, and had the distinction of
receiving Abd-el-Kader's surrender; and
the Duke of Montpensier. They have
been fruitful and have multiplied. There
are enough Of the family to stock all the
thrones of Europe.