, 1870-08-05

Ivuis Napoleon Bonaparte, by the blood
!, the French Republicans Emperor, tel
ts1aph, to the Empress that theiE infant
son Louis has received his baptism of !
fire. Louis and l." says the imperial |
s,uy,+liau with admirable molesty, 'twe1e
III front. where tue bullets fell about u.s.
Louis keeps halt he picked up. The sol-
l,rrs rl.t III his tranquility"
Tue 1l.ase - baptism of fire" is well
tls,s.n II is borrowed from the Canaan
i:r custom of parents passing their children
tl4s"ngh two pyres, or pillars, of fire, in or
.;.-r to place theta il the extended arms Of
M.loch. hollow 4ud hideous god of brass
AID clay. sur,uouutcd hy bulls head,
.,;swur.. and filled with FIRE. There, in the
;.1us Of the burning statue, they were
burned 10 death, while their shrieks Ut
agony were dcaleu-d by the loud noise
i.aie l,y tue priests upon various instru-
1uents- Sometimes, it is alleged, the lives
If the children we're spared, yet so as by
tire. aud they were let off viii, h4sty
singeing,' aud purified, it was
supposed by the ordeal Ihe Cauaanite
women II st,io lion ) harern introduced the
..hat.,i,,u of ii1r r" iuto Jerusalem The
etJvsl VAS piarsi>ed ty them in the Valley
Vt Hil,uln. which, from this custom and
,t.r r.s<. Of f,e i'll bnrniug dead bodies, gave
sa.e lu:h to tie Hebrew name of hell
G,h.nnd}, and 10 tac conception of it as
!. place VI burnin; the deal, the idea grad
.,.Ally Developing frain the fact Of burning
:.s tay 10 the conception Of burning soul
'i..;~ is the .1te, baptism of fire, which the
l;:.fe,lal C-nants,'. uf Ftancs has reinsti-
s>,.,l. and lhz,n,gh which he proposes to
l4s, LIS iufant sou to qualify hun to gov
.su the 1,.ot.ern Gauls.
1i.,. l,r,lzen gol, sith the bulls head
..rsntd, whom Napoleon worships, is am
l,nas,,. the lust s,f lnxes, the gol to whom
Luse,.ic prnys when she enters the chapel
IT N,ift itamf DIS lvict3irts. The fires in
which Louis the younger is passed
to this Muloch ARE those which turn the
garden Of Europe into vale of Hinuo1n-
tie paradise If earth into the type Of he'll.
How desperate the clmhce which the de.
vu,ee Of Moloch rlns to gain his end. The
whole way, with its coming holocaust Of life
and elcluge of agony, is fought solely thai
TIL, infunt Prince Imperial may reign in
Franco. The amy must know him, and
Ire taught, If possible, to iaolize him. Fo,
,hih, lie is brought to the fiery n.rns Of No.
1..ch, 80 near to tho seorching god that sol
diets, whose trade is death, shall pause
hold their breath in horror, and weep il
fear. lest the hearsless actor, like the Ca
naani.ish mothers, may sacrifice his of
spring 10 the hideous demon
Because little s.Louis looked on piny
fully nj the killing Of IAN officer and tel
men," and picked up the bullets that fe
around him as happy nementoes of th
Gay uf sport, bis imperial "Pa' telegraph
TO his majestic MIA that the soldier
s.went at his tranquility. Hs was adm
rab}y cool md but little impressed" WIZ
O lovely child. What excellent natesi:
for a future French monarch Nothin
wou!d lie needed to complete his educatio
1,,, to station the dear cherub in couman
If mitraillcus in rear of tbs army, an
let him fire 1T the French soldiers durID
hattie il thcy attempt to retreat His II
fautile education will lsc Ead1y ncglecte
il he does not learn to kill FEenchmen wit
his own hand as well as to see them di
with sang JroiH-