Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-02-07
Napoleon 4.


c; gree, he revealed this by one of h
OF dispatches: ''Sur une, espace de lie
he carree, 8, 600 q 10000 cadavres e
" 1000 a 5000 chevaux tues, ton
celia await plus de relief sur un fond
or de nelse.' There life is nothing
80 there, to use his own language, "o1
20 Pem ha"i1lcr a1 gyo~1."
20 Egotlsm, jealousy, acquisitiveness
70 a passion for mystifying others, false.
" hood, We're stronSly-marked charac-
y terlstlcs. He was also reviler; he
1nsulted all whom he feared or hated
Thus this old friend Of Robespierre,
this whllom Jacohiu and terrorist
designated the sincere republicans as
"r1'e"@ '"rWycy' and briganls; he
called the king Of Prussia the most
complete fool Of al! the kings on earth;
lit an enemy Of the human race
'ne spanish bourbonsa troop ofshecp;
ErooI!e, Bishop Of Client, a reptile
the emISrants who were faithful to
the monarchy, and the priests who
dlSapproved Of the Concorlat, "scnm
OF the earth. lie calumniateG the
Due i EngAien by pretending that
he had proherel lin his services
lie accused Groucuy Of the defeat at
Waterloo, Bornadvtte Of ms hay ,
lng come to his aid on tha field of
Ey!au. He showed himself true
ColS ian to the last. 1t was a boast
Of his that he had ever conmittcl
any crimes private. This was a lie h
us ooFSlcan enemies, Arene and Fl
fell intoo trap Of his setting. X
md lost their lives. pchoalu WA. CT
tr"A5ied by his order; several former 10
'"rJu!HS We e,.n'nlu,l,,l n..,. r,
oHneII Of " ~, and by his private "
Nn'"anJ co"I -iAncl to death. The sh
>sassinatjoa O. the Due d'Enghieu Il
aa1e Il noise in the world becauSe he 10
'as a Bourbon. History will some Ill
ay relate ;,au"go'a cases Ai:herto y,
I'll IN obscarlty. Nero and Ioruo- til
'ade destroyed icWcr lives through Ell
Ut thc!r cAj!yc career than did Bon no
paWe during 4 single ,l.ou h Of his ~ .('
1l5n. ! believe that, from 1901 to ha
SD, his victims tncluding Frcncl.- M
cn and other+) numbered not lesa no
IAN SIN million men. Ii wouil be ,''' -
Aportant to know how many dcser NO,
rs were shot. Each principal town crc
the several departments had IT, am
'}", "".r .f4sil1oI ), ana luaHy towns -;
the second rank also Probably. ,II ''I
ycral thousand French subjects were h,t
OF before councils of var fer mere thr
sertion. 3ho
France has never had such an enc l,i'l /,
'. If she lerisAes, it viii be by her her
e application OF the Napoleonic hea
2a-tAat is to say, by faIschood, sho
dacity, despotism, cunning, hypo- Stra
sY, war, luxury, corruption. The "l "e"
logists Of this man have been Wis laf
laries, Unscrupulous worshippers Of an
ate force, soldiers, priests, the ig- gril
rant, and the sorviIc-in fnc all elec
o venorate the devil more than ~" "
Il, and all who are incapable of neo,
ISnlng themselves for the good Of her
nanltY to the inconvenience of an man
Ire liberty. He has been popular otal
France because the French are ou
,sinative, and have believed hith- arc
, that their emperor defended war,
'nce and their republic against TAX
Europe. Writers and artists have eyes
outraged this notion. In exalting l,,'1' ~ !
poetiSont the emperor, they have open
their works and attained a sue from
. Next to the history Of religion, flash
history Of war has most attrac- u, De a :.
for the popular mind, and the w.. ,rv ! !
logsts Of Napoleon have followed til,
example Of religious writers and the
8ts, who repeat the lives Of saints noise
martyrs in poetry, painting, and ;na ;,1I" !
l''-0' band
o sum up the characteristics of down
oleon, he possessed one of the ing tt
est lntellects ever known, owing 'iie e, IL
superiority to his utter insensi- Jnv,
y to impressions, his sluggish soniz,
oerament, his wonderful faculty her
and reasoning; war Don
to him a postime; politics a per- ,oo"o' ,c
| affair only; he possessed uci 10 = !