The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-01-24

lat Ham. Here he devoted himsel
: to- literary work, wiote seveTa
: books of q political and miIitar,
sfcharseter@ Alter six years con
4Rementa be managed TO escape, b,
esaistance, of his physician, il
ersesso OF q Werkman, and weni
again 70 Englapd.,
IL When the. revolution of f84s
broke out he returned to Paf5s
aad was chosen deputy to the
Nationaf Assembly from the de,
& paFtmeHt,o of the Seine and three
other departments. Lamartine,
opposing the Bonaparte Dynasty,
| endeayored TO effect his Danish
meat from France, but after a
stormy debate he, was admitted to
his seat. BE professed- to be q
Republican. and as such took the
ioa1t Of fidelity to the Republic,
and on the 10th ofDecember vas
elected President BY largo ma.
| J0rity Of votes. set ss S''a -,
His goyeFnment as President,
while nominoIly Republican, was,
steadily directed to the further
ance OF his personal schemes. In
the early port of 1851 Changarnier
Was dismissed from the .commaad
OF the army Of Paris, and the As
senbly refusing to pass certain
measures recommended, was de-
nouAced IS factions and refractory.
All 4hr0ugh the summer the breach
between the NPrfnce President'
Faad the Assembly -widened, until
ON the night of Decembsr Sd, the
President declared Paris in state
of seige, issued a decree, -dissolv-
ing the Assembly, one. hundred
and eighty members placed in ar
rest and sent to prison, and the
people who resisted were shot
down by the soldiers.
A decree was then issued order
ing the election Of q President for
ten years, by universal suffrage,
which of course resulted in his
election. AS soon as he found
himself firmly fixed in power, he
began to prepare for the empire.
In 1852 the national guard was re-
vived, a new constitution adopted,
and new orders of nobility estab-
lished. On the 21st of November
the people were asked TO vote upon
Q Qtebiscttanas reyiving the imperial
dignity in the person of Louis Ma
poleon, and the votes were largely
counted in his favor. He was
then declared Emperor, under the
title of Napoleon III-thus crown
ing his long pursuit with success.
: in January, 1862 he married
Eugene, Countess de Teba, Span
ish lady of remarkable beauty,
and accomplishments, and the re-
suit of this union was the birth of
a son, March 18th, 1856, tho pres
emit "Prince Imperial" a.
IN 1854, in conjunction with |
England, he declared war against |
Russia, which was conducted on /
all sizes With great vfgof, until af- |
ter the fall OF Sebastopol, in 1856,
when peaceiwas declared after
conference of the great powers at
Paris. This was. followed by his
intervention in Italy, and the bat
ties of Magenta and Solterino,
ending in dispossesslng Austria of
a part of her Italian possessions,
and The rise of the house of LON
hardy in thef person of Victor
Emanuel. - $50 q. = -
His last var with Germ any
Witnessed his downfall, and the |
most crushing defeat to French
arms in all history, and is sore
cent as to make comment nnnec- I
essary. His defeat at Sedan, his
surrender to the King Of Prussia,
his con ffnemeut to q German cas-,
-, ana hfs subsequently, joining1
the Empress In England, need not
here be REPEALED hssss Ee
His death. has cut of the return
to. France and power, which he
6rmIy believed would complete the
parallel between himself aud his
uncle. 1ts effect upon France is
yet to be seen.
Louis Napoleon was conceded |
10 be the ablest sovereign of his
time. His governments, while es-
sentially personal and despostic, |
vas IS a whole acceptable toll
France and under his reign she.
attained a power and prosperity
greater than any in her history.
Had he been content to follow the
policy Of peace he might yet have
been alive, and been able to trans
NIT his power to his son.
, The personal character of the
ex-Emperor cannot be extolled
with fidelity to truth. Morally it
was as hsd as to his personal con-
duct, while he praeticed. the true
medieval policy-that success
sanctified all crimes. His oath |
s<as of no consequence, and he
broke faith whenever by so doing
his ambition could be gratified.
After all, it may be questioned
whether the prosperity which was
the boast of his reign, was really |
beneficial to France, as the desc
lation which followed his insane
ambitioa has burdened her indus
try for century to come. Eu!
rope will feel easier at the newssof |
his death. i