The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-01-25
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of statesmen he was elected, and at
the same time q constitution was
adopted giving him absolute SOW
ereign power. e a9
EMPEROR AT LAST.
His Presidency lasted but one
year, at the end Of which time he
made another appeal to the people,
and the Empire was restored and
himself placed upon the throne by
an almost unanimous vote. On the
Cd of December, 1852, he saw his
highest ambition realized in ascend
ing the throne as ssNapoleon III,
Emperor of the French by the grace
of God and the will of the people.
For eighteen years he kept the rev..
olutionary spirit of the people sub
dued and added greatly to the com
mercial welfare and internal de-
velopment of the country.
His marriage took place Janu-
ary 20, 1853, with Marie de Guz-
man, Countess de Febs, a member
of an old family of Spanish nobili-
ty. With her he visited England
in 1856, and was made Knight of
the Garter by Queen Victory. In
March, 1886, the Prince Imperial,
Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Jo-
seph, was born, and was rejoiced
over throughout France.
In 1854 he nnited with England,
Sardinia and Turkey in the war
against Russia, which closed sue
sessfully at Sebastapol in 1856. In
1858 an attempt on his life was
made by one Orsini, who was an
agent of DIR. Bernard a French
man then living in London. In
1850 $50 the Emperor responded to
the appeal of Victor Emmanuel and
personally took part in the move
ment against Austria, which ter
minated successfully at Solferina on
June "a 1850. By this war he
gained the country of Sevoy and
some neutral Swiss territory. In
1861 he united with England and
Spain in the movement against
Mexico, in which he was soon de-
serted by his allies, on account of
his Interior objects. The failure to
establish Archduke Macmillan of
Austria as Emperor and the sudden
death of that nobleman, caused
protestetions of the French, and
his withdrawal of troops from the
country in 1867. After this his
reign was stormy one. The op-
position to the dynasty had steadi-
ly gained in strength, and threaten
ed a republic. Rochefort melted
the sanguinary '.Reds to insurrec-
ton, and the horrors of the great
revolution bid fair to be re-enacted.
In 1869 the Emperor became alarm
ed, and in response to the demunds
of the people proclaimed, in the
Senatus Consultum of September,
certain reforms. Still more deeply
alarmed, he soon professed an
abandonment of personal Govern
ment, and called Emile Olivier,
the professed leader of the Moder-
ate Liberals. to the head of the
Ministry. This was enough for the
opposition, and imprisonment Of
Henry Rochfort caused a formida-
BILE uprising. The Plebiscitum OF
May, which received majority OF
votes, nomina!ly ratified the va
rious reforms, and prevented for a
time any serious movements against
the Government
HIS DOWNFALL
On the 26th of June, 1870, ex
Queen Isabella formerly abdicat
ed the throne of Spain in favor oi
her eldest son. Prince Alphonso.
By the alledged approval of the
King Of Prussia, Prince Leopold O.
Hohenzollern became a candidate
for the vacancy. The French press
and people at once clamored fol
war, and the Prince withdrew from
the candidacy. This did not salts
fy the French, who wanted securi
ty against future attempts of the
kind, and on the fancied insult ol
the French agent, by the King ol
Prussia the French again demand.
ed declaration of war, which was
issued ON the 18th of July. The
first blood of the war was shed al
st. Avoid, on the I'd of August The
heights of Saarbruck were stormed
by the French, and Napoleon tele
graphed to the Empress announc
ing that the Prince Imperial ha6
received his baptism Of fire. From
this time the Emperor displayed
utter incompetency, and as defeat
followed defeat his name became {
reproach. With an army equal il
number and resources to that O
the Prussian Emperor, his misman-
| agement was taken advantage of by
the Germans. who invaded France
and on the 1st of September de
feated Napoleon at Sedan. The
Emperor became prisoner of war
and subsequently moved to Chizel
hurst, England; where he remained
until his death, concocting plans
for the establishment of the En-
pire.
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