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The VIII Of Napoleon III.


tune to be about 500, 01O, subject 10
which Will reduce IT one-hali,
shows that, whatever may have been his
that Of personal svsrice and IL
dividaal money-getting vas not among
them When he became President Of
France, in l5+s, he had q considerable
individual fortune. For fall twenty
years be exercised almost absolute pow
er and had IN immense salary IS En-
peror. By his order OF talk lie eo1ld
81 will put up OF P-i P1Tn stocks ard
public funds Many supposed i1Ai he
avAiled himself Of TIE opportunity, and
was worth many millions o! pounds
sterling. BIT i agPa2Is 'h4i t-eEe IS :
great difference u Als favor when e-m-
pared With our Ulysses s. Grant, who
rery poor a; ;hs eomnezeeme4: q ou
war, Las c91trved, upon his o=1 @.li.
tAry pay. 70 Aal2ss . large fortune. The
will Of Napoleon IS Characteristic O! TIE
nan I, bzeatLes the sa1-.s s-pers;i.
ti0us reverence 70. the memory q NJ
poleou L, and the same mistaken os-s.
denee II the high destiny q Lis de-
scend2nis, which Ae lwaTs manifested
IL the darkest hours and szasazs and
which eventually b.5uCL; Lin - the
throne. H recommends H. rs son ;ls;
which vas largely instrumental IN pro
noting his ova fortune, VIZ &" : study
and III upon his mind the writings Of
the prisoner Of St. Helena. Thos
writings, AZ dictated to LIS Casls. Mon.
tholon and Dr.. O.Mearl and others, a.
mos, a much as his campaigns, -s,ab.
lished the remarkable ana universal
genius Of the Firs; Napo!eoa. Il has
been well said by a historian tia: We
might perhaps doub; whether lis ca
paciiy hal not been exaggerated by his
too partial friends, Admirers and ser.
wants were at no. ior the profound aud
luminous views on history, philosphy
and politics which lie threw I'll from
the sohtudes Of 81. Helena NapJ.e-
en- Ill, a taciturn and Eedi.a,.ye man,
especially in his youth, read and real
over again, and reflected upon these eZ-
t~raordinary writings, and from them lie
dedsced 4 system Of government and q
policy to which he was ever faithful.
No one ever knew 70 vel. the character
Of the French people as Napoleon /
His theories Of them had been formed
by a long and severe experience. He
knew how to appeal 10 the strongest
emotions Of their hearts and the govern
ing principles Of their minds.
When Napoleon III vas tried for his
life before the French Chamber Of Paris
in 1910, lie boldly told them that he
represented a defea. and a cause that
the defeat was that Of Waterloo, and the
cause that of the Exile OF 81. Helena.
1t was the strongest national appeal that
he could make 10 the country.
Napoleon ". is too young TO have
yet developed a character. Bu, his
father has evidently marked out for him
the path and career OF political strife
and ambition yea, not only marked it
out, but enjOined j, upon him. HIS
fathers will speaks to h II like o trump
ct FROG the grave. His education and
government for the time be ne is com.
mitted 10 All able and ambitions woman,
who unites in her person the hot blood
Of the Spaniard with the cool wariness
Of ,he Scotchman. Thus educated and
urged on, the young Prince will IA
doubtedly be for years, if he lives, a
~pretender to the throne Of France. But
if lie were wise he would act for him
self, and cast aside the gl.t.cring bau-
bic that his parents would have him
strive for. Ii is no. in tina; manner that
human happiness can be obtained.
Even his father in his will, while en-
joining him to fulfill his mission, makes
this candid and truthful admission
Power is a heavy burden, because
one can not always do all the good u
could wish, and because contemporaries
seldom realize justice 50 that in order
TO fslfll ones mission, one mus: have
faith in and conscientiously appreciate
his duty"
II is only those vino have filed the
highest stations in the world and fallen
from them who can fully appreciate and
estimate as they deserve the base and
ignoble qualities Of human nature.
They have seen how those who would
cringe to them in prosperity would turn
upon them in adversely. They have
felt the iron OF ingrati;ude enter into
their very souls. II the young Bona
parte would read the sal but instructive
chapter Of history tina; narra,es how all
his military Marshal=. the creatrAes
whom be had made by his bounties, de-
serted the first Emperor in his misior,
tunes, and gave in their adherence to
the Bourbons in order to serve theirfOr-
tunes, lie would have, one would think,
bu, little disposition TO follow a road
tina, leads 10 such results. He would
not only agree with his father tina.
power is q heavy burden, but that
there are considerations annexed to it