Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-10

some OF MS Ilne IN NIlllnS HtStOTtcO'
Fragments, among which is cOmpari-
son of the French revolution of 1884
and the English revolution of 1888; also,
an analysis of the sugar question, and an
essay on the extinction of pauperism, in
the last of which q decidedly socialistiC
tone is assumed. The author proposes
as a remedy for the evils which affect
the poorer classes, the establishment OF
agricultural associations in those parts
of the country which are uncultivated
asserting his own determination to aci
always in the Interests of the masses,
the sources of all right and of all wealth,
although destitute of the one and with
out guarantee for the other" He pub
lished, also, Considerations POlitiQueS et
! lfilitqireS sur la Suisse, and Manuel Slt7
! lF-ATtiiierie. After remaining in prison
six years, he managed to effect his es-
cape by the assistance of his physician,
in the dress of a workman, ard went
again to England. When the revolution
of 1913 broke out, he repaired to Paris,
and was chosen a Deputy to the Nation
al Assembly, from the Department OF
the Seine and three other departments.
Lamartine, opposing the BOnaparte dy-
nasty, endeavOred to effect his banish-
ment from France, but after stormy
/ debate Louis Napoleon was admitted to
his seat. He professed to be Republi-
can, and as such took the oath Of fidel-
! ity to the republic. In May, 1850, when
/ the election for President came on, he
was found to be the most popular candi-
l date, and was chosen by large major
/ ity of votes. His government as Pres
| ident, nominally Republican, was yet
| steadily directed to the furtherance of
| his personal schemes. In the beginning
of 1851, Changarnier, who commanded
the army of Paris, was dismissed, and
/ the Legislative Assembly, which refused
4 to pass several bills urged b. him, was de-
nOunced as factiOus and refractory, All
through the summer the breach between
the Prince President, as he was called,
and the representatives of the people
was widened, when suddenly, on the
night of the second of December, the
| President declared Paris in a state of
siege; a decree was issued dissOlving the
Assembly, one hundred and eighty of
the members were placed under arrest,
the leading ones being torn from their
| beds and sent to prison, and the people
who exhibited any disposition to take
l their part were shot down in the streets
/ by the soldiers. A decree was put forth
at the same time, ordering the establish
ment of universal suffrage, and the elec-
ton of a President for ten years. Louis
/ Napoleon was of course elected under
! this decree, and as soon as he found
himself firmly reseated in his place, he
| began to prepare for the restoration oi
/ the empire. In January, 1852, the ma
| tional guard was revived, a new cOnsti-
tuition adopted, and new orders of no
/ bilily issued. On November Dist and
/ 22d, the people were asked to vote upon
Ia plebiscitllH7, restoring the imperial
/ dignity in the person of Louis Napoleon.
The votes We're counted largely in his
favor, and he was declared Emperor,
under the title of Napoleon III. Thus
the long and eager pursuit of the resus-
citation of the Napoleon dynasty was at
last crowned with success. In January,
1853, Louis Napoleon married Eugene,
Countess de Teba, Spanish lady of re-
markable beauty and accomplishments,
and the result of the union was the birth
of a son, March IS, 1856. In March,
1854, Louis Napoleon, in conjunction
with England, declared war against
RUSSIA war which was conducted by
all parties with great vigor, until peace
was resumed in 1856, on terms agreed
upon by a conference of the great pow
eTs, held in Paris. On a visit of the EN-
peTor and Empress to England, in 1855,
they were received with great splendoT
and enthusiasm. 1t would occupy too
much of our space to enter upon the
work of a biography Of this remarkable
man ia detail We can only touch on
the events which, after 1854, signalized
his reign, since the Crimean war, in
4 ,r hn !, -
ally of England, Sardinia and Turkey
against Russia. This ended in a splen-
did triumph and increased popularity.
The Italian war was the next great un-
Gertaking, in 1859. In this, too, he was
successful. The Austrians were de-
feated and humbled after two desperate
hbattles, Magenta and SOlferinO. As pay
for his part in this, which cost France
and Italy an immense sacrifice of life,
he took the Italian border provinces of
Nice and Savoy, the Sardinians annex
ing Lombardy and Venice. While these
brilliant schemes of conquest and ag-
grsndisement were being prosecuted, he
was tearing down old Paris and build
ing the new city, which yet stands,
Notwithstanding the work of the Com
munists, the wonder of the modern
world. In 1860 he sent an expedition to
Syria to suppress riots and stop the mas
sacre of Christians, and established a
government at Lebanon for the prOtec-
ton of them in future. The troops were
withdrawn in 1851. The commercial
treaty and free trade with Great Britain
in the autumn of 1850, which took effect
the following year, is also a notable
event, since it was the cause of cement
ing a friendship between the two coun-
tries never disturbed since. No man un-
derstood the French character better
than Napoleon, and no one of
her monarchs accomplished more for
them. He amused them with pOmp,
and glitter, and show, and seized every
available opportunity of pandering to
their blaze mode of life. He was EN-
peror of the French. In peace he was
as a father in his anxieties and investi-
cations of all causes of discomfort, and
sought war only as the last and surest
panacea for grumblings and revolu-
tionary mutterings. Hence the war with
Russia, with Austria, the occupation of
Syria, the war with China, the con-
quests in Anam, the expedition to Mex
leo, and the war with Germany, in
which he met with more than bis match
and his final overthrow. But while
thus trying to satisfy the bloody am
| bition of France he was not unmind-
| ful of her real interests. he was not
content with identifying and enriching
| Paris. He built railroads, erected tele-
graph wires, colonized Algeria and
aided i'm the construction of the Suez
canal. He did all that was possible to
aggrandize the citizens of France, and
never failed to initiate either privately
or publicly, measures calculated to that
end. His mistakes were many. The
expedition to Mexico was the first, and
may be said to date his downfall. Like
/ his uncle, he seemed to rush ON destruc-
ton with the same rapidity as he at
! tanned TO success. Too busy with his
own schemes he made no note of the
growing power of Prussia. be was
blind to her strength and to her influence
! i'm Germany. The wars of that
power with Denmark and later
with Austria taught him no lesson.
He pushed blindly and recklessly into
| the failure Of Sedan, where he should
| have died rather than surrendered. In
q few months he almost undid the work
he had done for France. Certainly he
succeeded in humiliating her and entail
ing upon her a measure of punishment
that seems just though terrible. As a
republic she is slowly emerging from the
ashes where he left her groveling. He
lived long enough to see order brought
out of chaos, but not long enough to
realize that the world had enough oi
him. To the end he believed in him.
self; for only a few days ago, on his death
bed he said that Thiers was doing as he
would have him, and was unconsciously
preparing the way for his return. Man
proposes and God disposes is the old
French proverb. He hath done as
pleases him best, and the world is per-
haps the better for il.
DEATH OF NAPOLEON III.
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