National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-18
rRE"eRsAr WoRLD"LE FRANCE.
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On the 18th Of this month Little lsadore," as
ne Is by some called, Napoleon ~. or the Prince
Imperial By others, viii attain the ripe age Of
eighteen, and be eligible TO rule over the forty
million French souls, a. soon as these souls, or
the greater number Of them see at to follow him
We have all read NJ. 10 Due de Padousb stirring
appeal to the Bonapartists to be mp and doing on
this 18th. and N. de Broglle's counter appealto
such OF the Bdzkpartists as draw Government sal
aries to hold their peace and stay ct home on that
same date. But through NJ. dc BroElie VIII De
obeyed BY the clerks and sub-prefeets-in fset, oy
sIl the small hsh who are not strong enough 10
slip through the meshss Of . eirculsr-tne trains
to the north coast will not the less be full on the
18th. and the Calais Bculogne, and Dieppe PACK
cts will be rsdoleut with bouquets Of that Imperial
flower, the violet; and Kentish folk viii see the
Imperial workIngman In great force, and the vet
Grams who served under the First Napoleon toiling
along in their cylindrical shakos and faded sWal-
low-tails Of Q bygone age, and the MANNED tmpe-
rial guardsman who bled at Magenta and Will
shed tears ct sight Of "little Isadore like trusty
fellows as they are; and the women who trudged
on foot all the way from the Pyrenees, with her
child in her arms, to salute the rising hope OF
France and the village mayors who md that the
crops and vintage have all failed since that 30
cursed 9TH of September; and the Partisan trades
men whose ledgers have no sympathy with Re-
publican Institutions-aI these loyal persons will
file over the lawn Of Camden Place under tho
beaming eyes OF NJ. de Padous above-named,
and Of NJ. Rouhsr, looking unutterably pstri-
archal In his velvet skull-csp. -,
It Will be an affecting sight, for no unpleasant
wizard will be present to conjure up that Grand
Army of two million dead whom the First Napo-
leon led to slaughter BY Frost fire and sword, for
ends best known to himself; nor the men shot
down in the streets In 1851, nor the skeletons
whose bones blesehed at Cayenne and Lam bessa,
nor that other army whose legions might I'LL
many Q special train, and march In brave num-
bers through the Chiselhurst grounds-that army
Of men who set out for Berlin in 1870, and lay
down to rest half way at Woerth, Gravelotte and.
Sedan None Of these obtrusiye people Will be in
the way, for where Bonapartists are concerned In
organizing professions, you may trust them to
do everything with most artistic effect, Com-
mittees at WORK recruiting pilgrims and chasing
them by age, garb and calling committees buy
ing up violets and getting vslluu addresses en-
crossed; committees paying railway fares and
tavern bills for such pilgrims as cannot afford to be
loyal at their own expense; committees showering
photographs Of "littls Isadore." appel ou peupls
cards, Napolsonic songs, tracts, almanacs, biog-
raphIes by the million over the country-these
are the agencies by which Populations get to be
bigger and bigger, like snovballs on the roll. 7
! Add to this that pretty ladies are at work re-
erurting pilgrims Of the wsll-dressed sort, en-
broidering banners, making baskets OF those
odorous imitation violets in satin and getting up
subscriptions for overwhelming the young Prince
with birthday presents Of Q more solid kind. At
first there plan for centralizing allsubscrip
tious and having something grand in the way OF
plate or jewelry; but 1t sensibly decided that
If one committee presented gold watch, another
. dressing case, third sword with hopeful in
seription on its blade, and 50 forth, the coup dGa
in the room where these gifts were laid out would
be finer. So we beg to introduce ladies' commit
tee, managed by Mime la Princcsss d'Austerlitz
and by Mines de Sabretaohe, de Pomponette and
de Lestincelle, which proposes to ofer Napoleon
w Q charger and saddle, to the presumable end
that he may ride thereon In triumph should he
ever desire to land at Cannes like his grand
uncle or at Boulogne like his father.
Now 1t Is all very we'll for the Princess de Aus
terltz to spend her leisure in political conspiracy
for her husband was o great dignitary under the
late reign, and cannot be expectedto look with
the eye Of favor upon regime which counts for him
nothing. The Princess Is rich, too, and powerful;
few people dare to snub her; and to arrest either
herself or her husband, as is done with dangerous
persons who bawl "Vive rEmpereurl" in the
streets, would be out Of the question. Besides,
her husband approves Of her oonspiring, and that
is enough. But the case is somewhat different
With Mms. de Sabretache, whose husband, poor
Colonel Sabrstsohe, has no taste for plotting
against established governments under pre-
tenee Of buying chargers. This n. Sabre
tache loved the Emperor Of course-he wss
paid and promoted TO do so; but he likes Mac
Mahon, too, and has accepted the command Of .
regiment from him, with friendly shake Of the
hand, and an exhortstion to be faithful. The
shake Of the hand from the Marshal was in
particular very gratifying to Colonel Saoretache,