The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-20
Napoleon III.-Anecdoses ~ sas 2
Ex-Emperor.
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/ rrrom the New York Tribune.
i p.-s,.t,s tbe seycrest criticism I'm an cpl
<u,,n an, n form) passed on the mistakes of
S.nntaon III. was that Of ThieTs: There
a ,"r M more faults to commit sag.
rbe Empress Eugene, snpposing that the
Prince Imperial cyinced a marked taste for
music, invited O teacher to the Tulleries.
when Napoleon learned who the teacher
was, he said /" Send him away; one Tou-
badour King is enough for Europe "-ail.l,
ding to the King Of Bavaria, whose passionate
love for music is well known.
The most forgiving and patrlo.'c SUP,
porter of the late Emperor was perhaps oi u
General Changarnier. He was once the c9 ip,,
counselor Of the Princs-President, pnt le!
into disfaycr. and was among tilc 1lIpi
soned officers ut the coup de etat. W nsn,
bnwnvor the country was in danger, tn's
ve,eran O; eighty years Joined the army,
vowed his fidelity to the Empire, ana was
true to the last. .,.,,... ~ 10
c,ar;n9 war devolved upon Napoleon Ill. ne
showed his characteristic want OF nerve ut
or;t;coI moments. The formal declaration OF
hnstiI;t;cs was drawn up and signed on the
1I,h If July. but through hcsitaucy upon the
nart If thc Emperor the document was not
made public until twenty-four hours later.
This fact was learned at the Prusslan head
quarters from private papers which tell INTO
the hands Of the Germans. :,
hppcals to the susceptibilities of the French
pcople regarding his great uncle were in
early life potent means with LOUIS Napo-
icon Of promoting bis own popularity. Thus,
in 1899. he feelnsly wrote of the great En-
neror "The lightning flashed once more
lint soon came Waterloo. Here every French
voice is choked, and finds only tears-tears
for the yanQuished and tears for Tie vlctors,
who will sooner or later regret the over
throw of the only man who could mediate
between two hostile ages"
In his "Napoleonic IDEAS" which the eX-
Emperor published in 1889, he foreshadoWed
for the United States grander destiny than
he was willing to concede aiterward when
misled by the phantom ola Mexican Empire.
His words in 1889 were: " Providence bias
committed to the United States of America
the charge of .peoplng and Of subdunS TO
civilization all that immense territory which
extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific
oceans, and from the north pole to the equa'
for. Their Government, which is simple
administration, has had, up to the present
time, but 20 put in practice the old adage-
Luisses fair. l0,sse& pdsSer-ln order 10
favor that invisible instinct which urges the
nonnlation of the United States toward the
west" .....--....-..--
prince Napoleon was regarded with de-
gree Of diSfavor by the late Emperor when
the Empress labored to increase. during
what was probably the last visit OF the
Prince to the Imperial exile OF Chlselhuist
he smoke harshly of the different ministries
Of the last month Of the Empire, and went
20 far as to pronounce one of them minis
try of idiots. This provoked sharp reply
from the Empress. 81 know not, she sald,
"wbat yol mean by ministry of idiots, but
what do know is, that down to the last mo
meut the Emperor was served by devoted
and faithful friends. For the last eighteen
wears you have opposed the Empire. lou
and those about you lave never ceased 10
undermine 1t, and to-day, when the Emperor
has fallen, YOU pursue him still. Had you
been at Paris OIL the 4th of September, you
might have been able to give US good advice;
but YOU were absent, as you have. so often
hapnened to be at the moment Of danger, OF
course to your great regret as 90 not
doubt" Jerome Napoleon took up his hat
and left the room. These exchanges OF coll-
sinIy regard were OF frequent occurrence be-
| JWcpU Tux l"Os
The suddenness and completeness OF the
late Empcror's overthrow is explained by a
few details of the Franco-German conflict.
War was finally declared between the two
Powers on July -, 1870, and terminated on
February 1G, 1871, lasting two hundred and
ten days, but practically one hundred and
| eighty days. in consequence OF the first and
| last periods being free from engagements.
In one week the Germln troops were
moUiizcd," or prepared To march, and il,
| two weeks were dispatched to the West.
and were arranged on the line from IreVes
| to Landau. The troops sent to the frontier
numbered G0o,00O; and $4,000 men. with
| horses, guns, carriages, and ammunition
were conveyed every day on five tines OF
railway: two Of which. however. were LITTLE
used. -Four Prussian corps darmec had tC
traverse from 400 to COO miles to reach the
French frontier. and had to he fed on the
way. During the one hundred and eighty
DAYS of active service there were fought
1856 engagements and u great battles; u
fortreS>eS were taken, 1850 officers and
G63, 900 men of the rank and file were made
prisoners, and $500 guns and 10 eagle:
were captured. The late Emperor surren
dered at Sedan on September 4, iorty-nin'
days after the declaration of war, and only
thirty-two days after actual hostilites be
pnH.