Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-09

Louis tayolcoG.
The public career Of the royal advgrtu7sr who
has occupied 50 much Of the attention If the
world fer the la.t twenty years, has doubtless
ended Heucef5rth a German Aug appoints
his residence. and he ceases 20 be Il much ac-
count in history, except 10 point moral.
Charles Louis Napoleon, WAS born Apu ~,
loa, He is ,he son Of Louis B5naparte, brother
Of the first Napoleon, sni Har,euse, iaughte- {
josephine by her first marriage lie was eiu ~
tel under the care Of bis mother in ssitssraui
To ISL. a, the sgs q o., he took part .n au .l-
-urrection In the Papa States. Tso years later.
.u l,sa. be headed 81 attempted instruction
ags'nst Louis Philippe, ST Strastourg, which
ntei, aa5 be vas bauisbei TO America. where
he lived aa unsettled life and it is sail served
for while as policemsa in New York. In
1885 be went 70 England In 1910. be l4u3ei
With fifty followers near B.ulogre. hoping o.
head a rising Of The French people The rf.r
failed. He was taken prisoner and sentenced o.
imqris1nmea; for life ia The fortress u Ham.
Ia May $50, he escaped from Ham, and await
Cd iu England the revolution which vas thea
brewing ia France !, broke ont in February.
1888 Louis Philippe dei TO England co tle
18th Of that month Tie French RerltH, sas
proclaimel from the steps the Hotel De Vileoa
tie 18th, snl four days after Louis Napoleon
again lanied a, B0a'o-ne. lie was elected mlu-
her q the Nations, Assembly 10 June; announced
himself candidate for the Presidency on the
uromulgstion Of the French Constitution. AMI
vas elected President in December by over
5000 200 votes, Gen Csvacuac receiving
l,40o,o In December. ISL, De Effected tie
famous coup l','lt which inside him practical
ly the dictator Of France The popular leaders.
Thiers, Chanrarnier. Ca7aignac, Berger AMI
over l-o members ofthe National Assembly were
arrested by HE orders Paris wss occupied b.
troops under officers wholly sutseryient TO ain. .
The streets were swept by fu-iii.ie. which k..-
ed hundreds OF citizens and oyerawel 81 re-.s-
lance By TIE form Of an election he vas De-
c.srei President FOR ten years, ard took up bis
residence in the Tuieries Hsoppoueuts we're
bsnishei the inscriptions Of Li5srts, Eya'ue
q FrdtsrHits were every where erased, through
out France. In October 1882, be proclaimed
the Empire is pesce. 50 in a speech at Bordeaux,
and 4 month later he announced the contempla-
tel restoration Of the Empire This was voted
by the people, and 10 December 1852, the Prince
President was declared Emperor, with the title
Of Napoleon H. In 1888 he married Eugene,
Countess Of Teba. In the years following
he escaped repeated attempts al assassination.
The Russo Turkish War, in sd. and the war
with Austria, in aid Of Sardinia, in 1853. in
which Louis Napoleon took the field in person,
strengthened his power with the French people,
as the failure Of his unfortunate attempt
TO establish an Empire under French auspices in
Mexico, weakened it Within the past year he
has made considerable concessions Of power to
the people and TO his ministry, without how
ever, increasing much his personal popularity
On the 10th Of las; July, he declared war
against Prussia, crowded to it. as some main
tain, by his Cabinet and people but in reality,
doubtless led by jealousy Of the influence Of
Prussia in Europe after the victory Of Saiowa,
and in the hope by brilliant military campaign {
to gain personal prestige for himself and the
young Prince, and to add permanence to his
iynssty But he miscalculstel the power of
MS adversary, the ability of his own generals.
md to some extent the temper Of the French {
people months campaign, the history Of I
which is record of disasters to. the French !
armies which have been outnumbered and out
generated at every point, leaves him captive to
King William. His real authority ended two or T
hree weeks since. His Empire has lasted seven
cen years and eight months. b
WHAT JOURNALISM SHOULD BE.-The editor d
f Michigan paper has been writing to some Of
he prominent editors in the country asking c
heir ideas of journalism. Some of the answers he
eceived are worth printing, as being more or
ess Characteristic of their authors. Horace !
ireeley says
In my conception. the best use Of journal is Il
D print the largest practicable amount Of in (
ortant truth-truth which tends to make man =
ind wiser AMI thus happier Other matters y
lust also be printed in order to obtain access to
Kinds that would otherwise be closed TO the C,
ruths thus commended E; but the aim should
e that first indicated.
The answer of Mr. Croly of the UIorld has ~
ne merit of brevity, at least -
The history of the world for one day =
Donald G. Mitchell of the Hearth and Home !,
,sponds; =
think the conductor of public journal ID
lght to have conscience and brains, and that
is aim should be to the fret reverently, and Ia
lie last as hard as he can. :;
A clear idea Of journalists work and pro- @.
nee is shown in the following form Mu- =,
It Halstesd, of the Cincinnati Commercial - n
My notion of the duty of public journalist NJ
that he should print, first of all, the news,
I'd next that he should regard himself as con- pi
letting private business, never seek office or
ace himself in the position of a tool Of poll
clans and the instrument Of rings /,
Mr. Hslstead has made himself one Of the ss
ost successful editors in the country in his tn
forts to put bis theory into practice. al
The census of Windham county shows a de- Ia
ease in population of between eight and nine 10
inbred. Brattleboro, however. has increased g.;
II population 1912 since 1860. be