The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-16

Madeleine, where in the bespangled pur-
PIE he Is seen very close to the Divinity
Indeed Bnt these gods of the earth
touch the olay at last
Then follow the bequests to the EN-
press. When her SON came OF nge, she
was to live at the Eysee, where Presi.
dent Napoleon sat with white cheeks aud
iisid lips On the night of the I'd of De-
oember, 1851, when his minions were
abroad in Paris strsugling the republic.
Il she tired of the Elysee. the Empress
Dowager was 60 live by the waves at
Biarritz. where Napoleon went in the
summer to buthe and to plot. The last
phrase that refers directly to the EN-
press is not without its pathos, for he is
talking to her as his wife: II trust that
my memory will be dear to her, and that
alter my death she will forget any un-
happiness l have caused her." In the
december previous. he had signed the
treaty to withdraw the French troops
from Rome, and this caused Eugene
much trouble. Whatever else the regret
may cover. it is not our province to in
qulre We gain curious view of this
mans snperstitious nature in his injuno-
tlon to MS son to keep as a talisman the
seal which wore attached to my watch,
and which comes to me from nv mo-
ther. 1t IS childishness itself. He
must cherish, too, all the memorials OF
the uncle. In conclusion, he said he
would die in the Catholic religion.
which his SOP is always to honor by his
piety.
The pardoning power is subject to
much abuse. We think it should be
rarely exercised, and never except in
cases like the following: George ".
Booinson was pardoned out of the West
Virginia penitentiary by Gov. jacobs, on
friday, on the conditions "that the said
George W. Robinson shall, for the
period OF one year, abstain from the use
OF all intoxicating liquors, and not en-
gage IN any manner OF gaming, and shall
conduct himself in all things as good
citizen OF the State for that period, under
Penaisy OF 81. 600 and the revocation Of
the pardon" The bond was given and
MI. Robinson returned to his family q
free man. A very good precedent has
thus been set for other Governors to fol-
low.
Then the document was sealed and
signed and hidden away for five years.
When 1t was taken out, the hand of
soornful time rubbed all the gliding of
imperialism, regency and heaven seated
uncle quite away, to show what pinch
beck was beneath. In 1866 Napoleon
saw the great power that was to crush
him take another giant stride forward
when Austria was beaten. In 1867 the
hnsel on the last testament glowed
brighter than ever when Europe sent her
princes and powers to meet him in the
Exposition on the Champ de Mars, but
even then Ma1imilian was lying dead at
Qaerstaro. In 1868 the peoples dis
content began to rave like distant waters
in his ears, and in 1869 roared nearer
and louder still. In 1870, from the
Soylla of revolution he rushed TO the
Chary bdis of foreign war and the empire
went down. Two years in exile and he
was dead. And so ends this history for
the present, with lad Of eighteen road
ing, with wondering eyes, his dedication
to destiny and playing with the tolisman
that his father left him from his grand
mother. The republic, meanwhile, is
growing stronger in France. The legal
instrument reads thus:
This Is my will. I commend my son
and my wife TO the high authorities of
the State, to the people and army. The
Empress Eugenie possesses all the quail
ties requisite for capably conducting the
regency, and my son displays disposi-
ssoa oaA JuuS"eut WHICH Will feQuGf
him worthy of hi. high dcstinies. Let
him never forget the motto of the head
OF our family. Everything for the
French people," Let him fix on his
mind tho writings of the prisoner at st.
Helena; let him study the Emperor's
deeds nnd correspondence; and, finally,
let him remember, when circumstances
permit. that the cause of the peoples is
the cause of France. Power is heavy
burden, because one cannot always do all
the good one could wish, and because
contemporaries seldom render Justice, SO
that. in order to ,lfill ones mission, one
must have faith in aud conscientiorsly
appreciate his duty. It is necessary to
consider that from Heaven above those
whom you have loved regard and protect
you It is the soul of my illustrious
uncle that has always inspired and sus-
tanned me- The like will apply to my
sou. for he will always be worthy Of his
name.
l leave to the Empress all my private
property. wish at the majority of my
son shc shall live at the EIysee and
Biarritz. trust that my memory will
DO dear to her, aud that after my death
she will forgot whatever unhappuess
NAV hnva pous,.i l.a-