The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-18
PLON PLON's pRETENsIONS.
Appearance of q Remarkable Little Pam
phlet in France indicating Prince
Napoleon Before History
and the World.
lNew York Herald.]

| Attention has again been drawn to Prince
Napoleon bya cleverly written little PAM
phlet Just published. which gives a short ac-
count Of his life and sets forth his titles TO the
succession of the IL ,napartes. The Prince Ia
leading very quiet aud retired existence.
l which has nothing In common with tho
| role OF pretender, but his friends and nd
| herents seem to be auXt0us that, even Ii
ne takes no part In politics. he should
/ not ba entirely forgotten, and In this
small work his cause II ably pleaded. The
| publication IL q little pamphlet In duodeclmo
~ twenty-eiRht pages, sold for two sous and
designed for circulation by hundreds Or thou
| sands IN the country. It is entitled Prince
Napoleon" and beneath the name figures the
Princes portrait. The pretender who Ia ut
once prince and Il democrat, u possible
president and CDsar expectant, Ia repre-
sented In snrtont. wearing four deco
riband OF the Grand Gross of the Lee
glon OF Honor. The head more than ever
resembles that OF the first Emperor. Moth
Ing could bs moro imperial, and peasants
when they first seeit will hvnluntarily tjacu-
late VOLTA Napoleon" On tho back OF the
pamphlet are seen m inp rial crown and
black flags. cross 81 the Legion OF Honor.
attached To q band Of craze, lies on the lags
beyond which appears the rising sun project
ing bright light on tbs flags Nothing Ii
more Napolennic than these two Illustrations
and they suffice to Indicate the character Of
the pamphlet. Passing by the first chapter
which IL purely biographical, the sec.
ond begins thus: "lhe Prince was "
nOrant OF tho preparations for the
coup d'etdt In which he took no part when
that act, which 1t + for history alone to Judge
was acclaimed and approved by the tnmenss
majority OF the nation. he accepted the will
OF the French nation. fhe pamphlet goes
on to speak of Plluoe Napoleon being placed
next In the order Of sn cessiou. of his being
called to the highest civil and military duties,
and OF his volunteering for tn" Crmaa. and Of
his family conneettons Prince Napoleon
became by hs marriage the relative, OF the |
two houses Of Savoy and Hapsburg. BY |
his mother, Queen Catherlne. he was al |
ready the relative of the sovereign fam
lies q Russia. Wnrtemberg aud Ho-
land. Immediately aitsr his marriage the
wife, whose virtues and plety inspired uni
versal sympathy and respect" The pam
phIet clears the Prince Of any responsibility |
for the war OF 1870, suggesting that but for |
hts absence on n Norwegian trip that war |
would, perhaps. have been avoided, and thut |
had his advice 10 fall back on Paris been nc- |
cepted by the Emperor Paris would have es-
capped the Siege and France would hTve been |
saved. Then follows tfttterlnR homage TO
suffrage: whence else can the
strength and legitimacy necessary to
p definte government DO derived II |
not from the loyal and free consent or
the majority Of citiz msY Next comes d
passage addressed to thuSa for WnOm the re-
collection OF til, Prince Imperial did not |
cease with his death. La 10 inRentously dis
appears All that the Prince Napoleon was re-
preached with on the occasion OF that terrible
vent After mentioning his mAgivings at |
the Prince ImpcriaFs departure for the Cape.
his grief at his cousins tragicAl death aud
his letter TO the Empress, the pamphlet says:
This event imposed new responsibilities and
iutibs on Prince Napoleon. Everybody ac-
Iuainted with him know that he Is worthy to
continue the Napoleonic traditions, and that
hey are deposited In energetic and oapable
lands.'