St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-24
Death of Napoleon III.

Charles Louis Napoleon Bumupart,
was the third son of Louis Bunapaltc
/ third bother oi Napoleon l.. and OF
Ilortc>v l'caHhmnai>. daughter of the
| Empress .lr>cphrnc. He waS born nil
. the 2utII of April. l-tI~. at Paris. and iil
ilic Palace of tn" luiiciir>. lie VAS.
therefore. not quite ~iN Years old when
/ Napoleon |. lhdicGcd and II ;,.t~ uu
/ the sixth anniversary of lIt, tuiur, tnl-
/ pcr"r'> birth that the !allcn Finlri".
LETT Funtanrhlrau for llsa. lie pas
ed most of his childh""d and early
hood III Germany. Savoy. and SWitzcr-
/ Land. living with his mother. Whn Wa>
/ separated from his father. lie Nn~ we'll
| taught in literature. >icurr and gcuol-
al km"Wlcd@c; and he served in tho
/ Swiss forces. and obtained considerable.
| know ledge Of artillery l.Idctir'.. EXPERT
/ mcmt 1T that early time ui, riIicd can
non, which he subsequently introduced
| into the French army. and 10y their use
| decided the event Of the Italian WAL.
| Even in those days, and though he hdd
an elder hrothrI. he seems ia have lived
a> if he thought that he might one day
hccom" Emperor WAS uppcIm"~t IN his
mind. The rNI>t"nc" "i Napoleon |. :
son, the Duke ot R.ich>tadt, did not
/ dampcn ills hopes.
| After the fall of the elder Bomhom
| line the Buuapalt,.~ sought To- return to
| France. but in vain. Louis Nar"lc"m
asked leave to serve ~ Il common sol
dirr i'll the French amy. and WIS
/ laughed at. He then went To Italy .
with his brother. where they took part
in the struggles that happened thcr" IN
consequence of the French revolution ::
and his brother died Of fever. to which
| Louis Napoleon hiui>, If all but fell Il
victim. With much difficulty he got
ont of italy. and He'd Ia England. Re
turning IL switzerland. hr lived at the
Chateau of Arcmcnhcrg tnl some Years.
during which he WT"t.. :,ud published
several works. his Political krNrrir>
and his Manual OF Artillery and :tl~"
Il book cutilcd Political and Military
Thoughts on Switzerland. These writ
ing> show much industry. considerable
thought. and Il liberal spirit but thcy
have not Il solitary spark of genius.
The Duke of Rcirh>tadt'e death in
l-:{2. had made Louis Napoleon heir of
the Emperor Nap"lc"m L.. his claim be
ing supported 10y his uncle Joseph. wh"
WAS then in his GJth lcar. All it WIS
necessary for him to do WIS t" get
possession of his Inheritance. if he
could. 1t WAS some time before he
could make UP his mind hnW t" pro-
coed. The StIa>hmg affair occurred in
I-:H. and proved an utter failure. The
Prince. aS he was called. W;I> made pIi>-
oncr. hut treated kindly. and sent to
the Empire of Brazil He returned to
Eurupe without the consent of the
French government. to see his diving
mother: but he WAS forced to leave
switzerland. in I~:}-. owing to Louis
PhlIppc'> demands. though the Swiss
were ready To defend him. He went
to England. where people thought him
mad. 80 firm WAS his confidence that he
should hcc"mc Emperor of French. In
| 10 he made his second attempt. at
Buulogmr which broke down Iidicu-
lou>ly. Made prisoner. he was tried 10y
the Chamber of Peers. condemned. and
sentenced IL perpetual imprisonment
in the Castle of Ham, whence he e>cap-
ed III l~lG. and returned to England.
The Revolution of February. ISIS.
saved the Prince from extinction. He
WAS getting old. and the cNcesSc> of his
Youth mad made him older in fact than
L
and GuiIot behaved with ordinary wis
DOM there could have been no impcri-
al Restoration. The rcvolutionSts re-
pealcd the act Of "utlawry that existed
against the BOmapartcS and our i'm
preston is that Louis Blanche made
the motion to repeal it, which Lamar
tine vainly opposed. lie was chosen
to the National Assembly 10y four de
partmcmtS. and decided to serve for that
of the Seine. or Paris. \ few months
later he was chosen President of the
Republic 10y more than HOO. 900 votes.
his majority over all his opponents
Cavaignac. Lamaltimc, Ledru Rollins,
and others being enormous. about B.
lOO.OOO. He was then il Republican.
by profession and in assuming the
Presidency he took this oath lin the
presence of God. and before the French
People. | swear to remain faithful To
the Democratic Republic. and To fulfil
all the duties imposed on me hy the
CONSTITUTIONS" \ custon-h"rISe oath
was never more readily taken. or more
easily broken.
Made President, Louis Napole"n'>
whole business was to make HIM
self Emperor. He used. and caj"lcd.
and deceived all parties. who all
thought they were using. ctl"llng. and
deceiving him. His mental powers
were rated very low, and it was sup
posed he had nothing but his name Tor
his capital. As the time for the eNplr-
alton of his Presidential term drew tow
ard a close. he had completed his
schemes, and accomplished what Is