New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-01-09
Napoleon I'll.
Death Of the En-Eaperor-sksseh Of His
Life.
HIS BIRTH.

Of the ill-fated Empress Josephine. She be-
came the wife of Louis Bonaparte in 1902
The subject Of this sketch had two brothers,
Napoleon Louis, born 1903, died 1907 Louis
Napoleon, horn 1894. died 1881. lie him.
self was born at the Tu.leries, April %, 1908
and the news was heralded throughout the
empire Of France and in Holland BY the firms
Of artillery aud unusual demonstration o
Joy, November !, lsI0, he was bapt.zel
with much Of pomp and ceremony by
CARDINAL FEscH,
MS sponsors In baptism being the Emperor
and Empress Marie Louise. April ), lsl4
his great uncle, Napoleon |, renowned the
thrones OF France and Italy, and accepted
the isls OF E!ba as his retreat, but when he
reappeared in France, March j, 1915, Prince
Louis went with him to the Champ de Mai,
ard was there
FORMALLY raEsIE.EC
- Tie deputies Of the people ami the amy
6: the carly age of seven years. The scene
vas one of great splendor, and its impre ssion
was Fever .eGaced from his memory.
After the battle OF Waterloo and Sapo-
Icons final abdicatOn, juno %, 1915, the
Punishment Of the family commenced. Louis
andhis queen mother, Hortense, resided first
al Augsburg, and afterwards in Switzerland
lie was admitted to TIE
RIGHT. 81 CITIZENSHIP
"a Switzerland, aud Ii, services were permit
ted in liz armies. On the shores oT axe Tbun
he studied gunneTy, and il was while making
N excursion over one Of the passes OF swift
eriani that he heard Of the revolution in
Paris Jolly, 1880, and when Louis Philippe
LAD become King Of France he and his family
sEed permission to return, but were refused,
ana IL petition 10 serve as "a private in the
tEaucA army "Gs answered BY
i.TL,AL OF MS BANIsHMEST.
tn ihe Irst 81 the year 1881 Lc and h-
trOtLer retired from switzerland, and set
ding in Tuscany, they took part in the in
-urrcCtion al Rome. His brother having
died al EoTl! hc escaped through Italy and
rance 20 England, and remaining there 4
short time he went to reside in the castle of
AhrcnSbciy, IN Thurgan. Iiis time from.
i-S2-'t. was devoted
30 AUTHORSHIP.
lie wrote several bOoas, the iir.t 0i which
appearri under the title Of "Heyerie, Poll !
liqueS.' lh!> work was remarkable from the
declaration "i the belief that France could
only hI rc""norItcd by one of NapOlcon's
Descendants, ~ they alone were able 10 re-
concIlc republican principles with The heroic
shortly a.terward hc published Consider
able r",i!iqucS cl Militaircs sur Ia Suisse"
and Manuel sur l'Artilcria." In the mill
lary journals and reviews Of that day the lat
Ter wori. was tavorahly received
On ih5 lra.h Of the
p!' III E!i,nsiADr
Napoleon became the legal heir TO the throne
" rance, and thus succeeding to his ROYAL |
lat
ihe hope Of obtaining power, and in 1896 his |
plans were so advanced rs to lead him TO at
tempt the seizure Of the Fortress of Stras-
burg, for many reasons seeming to afford the
most favorable point for 4 demonstrations
IL june 1886, he left Ahrcnsberg for Baden
Baden, where he won over to his cause Col,
Naudrey, commanding the artillery Of the
garrison. In August he secretly visited
Strasburg and gained over fifteen officers.
The whole affair, however, proved a Great
failure. Napoleon was captured and held as
prisoner IN StrashurG from October go till /
November ., when he wa conducted TO
Paris His life MAS spared condition that
be should !c sent 10
THE UNITED sTATEE.
The circumstances Of his life in this cOun-
try are familiar 10 all intelligent readers
After 4 few wears residence in New York
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land, where he found his mother, IIortensc,
on her death-bed. Circumstances transpred
that led France to demand from Switzerland
the Punishment Of Napoleon, and sent On an
army to the frontier to enforce its mandate.
He again sought refuge in England In
Lordon in l84g he published his, perhaps, !
most celebrated work. entitled ''Des Idees
NapoleCI;ennes." In 1919 he determined to
make
l. SECOND ATTEMPT
to recover the French throne. and, with
Count Moatholon, Gen. Noisin. and fifty
three associates, embarked in the steamer
City Of EG.nburg, and landed at Boulogne
Thursday, August I, and demanded the sur
render OF the troops. The National Guard
mustered in force, and Prince Louis, with
his followers, retreated to the heights above
Boulogne and there planted flag with
golden eagle on the top of the staff. Re-
treating to the beach, he was captured, with
his party, and all were tried in the
CHAMBER Or PEERS
nn the charge Of high treason. Here We re-
call the remarkable TACT that when he landed
he distributed circulars in which he asserted
that the Bourbon dynasty had ceased to
reign, and that he appointed NJ. Theirs, now
President Of France, President Of the Coun-
cal, and Marshal Clausel Minister Of War
NJ. Beryer appeared a. counsel for the
Prince, bat lac was sentenced to ueTnctual
imprisonment IA a French fortress In. cita-
.iel Of Ham, from which he made his escape
Nav -, >iG, disguised ia the dress Of a
workman, and for The third time again took
refuge in London. and there he resided until
the
ELNoLIIIuS oF 1913.
he was al once elected representative 10
the NATIONAL Assembly June 8, ls4S. lie
took his seat August y. Passing his life in
:dpid review, as we are, we pause here mo-
ment TO admire the man. From his first un.
Outstanding he never lost hope that he would
one dav rule France, and amid every sore
trial Of his life, every cruel disappointment
he chung 10 that idea with a faith which at
last was crowned with the real evidence of
things lac bad only seen in Visions.
IL is now, having the opportunity, that the
Tremendous forces Of his mind his far-reach-
ing sagacity, his imperial Will, and the awful
magnetism of his presence are brought into
play and summoned TO the execution Of his
fearless and comprehensive designs. lie at
once commenced the corruption Of the army
by reyiving the gifts Of his imperial uncle's
rule. With infinite cunning he ardently dis
ayOwed all ambitious views with much os
Iantation he made Il
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