Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-10

eeived "he might have ridden on to the Tul-
cries, have been proclaimed Emperor by the
mob. and have thanked them from the BAL
cony." Napoleon imagined that Changarnier In
Persigny as prosecuting him with ofIers. y
After the time OF the 18th July, 1S4s when
Louis Blanc and Ledru Rollin endeavored to
duced the President to ride along the bouIe-
wards. They were well received until they
came to the Porte St. Denis, when the people
eee ia tbs and seemed In
was very much affected. He could scarcely sit
his horse. His de-de-camp said: "Mais on a
meme lie Prince ici pour lie faire egorger." when
and saw the Tuilenes, 1.-THE Presidents de-
lection said Changarnier, Increased. He
l Is always sallow, but he was then
him through the Place de la Concorde back
to the Elysee. There took leave OF him at the
door During the whole ride, which lasted five
we parted, he was absolutely silent" Il have
not the slightest doubt that he believed when
sent TO him intended TO carry him to the
changarner bevsa coad haRe wdsh
Changarnier thought Napoleon should have
been arrested after the Sartory reviews in 1850,
a Corporal's guard. At the battle OF solferlno,
says the veteran General there was no gener,
alship on either side. The news of Lamori-
deea spread gloom over
age,-that he was great In theory but small in
practice, and when danger came he Quailed be-
fore It. At Strasburg he hid under carriage In
a state OF AFFECT terror, and in the Boulogne at
tempt, when he had get half way across tn
Channel, he became alarmed and wanted t.
turn back. 1.-THE people about him calle1 for
pose BY making him half drunk" At strasburg
even, he did not dare to fire pistol In his own
defense At Boulogne the Prince fired at an
him and wounded poor cook who in white
apron, was standing at the door to see what
was going On" Changarnier describes Louis
boat, his arrest. his having "2O0, OOOf In his
pocket. which he offered to his captors, and
that when the money was counted it was found
the Emperor showed courage at Magenta .iHe
was smoking during the whole time at Sol
serno He dd not move or give an order but
GARNER, ''a letter from one OF the Cent Suisses
to his mother. You need be in no anxiety
about me- he wrote; i am with the Emperor,
Changarnier was not given command 10 the
him.
THE EMPEROR COWARD.
In 1851 Mr.. Senior returned to Paris and again
met Changarnier. Change rnier believed that
me me consumption was necessary to strengthen
against Italian unity. and especially against
England. Changarnier did not think If war was
declared that the chambers would give the sup
plies, but there would more probably be sec
ond coup d,etat He did not think that Lamar
tine had shown courage in his revolutionary
attempts Changarnier thought that nothing
put the 1nconoeiyable folly and cowardice of the
Austrian &c neral, Lichenstein. saved Napoleon
from utter ruin at Selferi no. when the EN-
peror returned to the TulerieS," says Changar-
nier, ,at the loot OF the grand staircase, after
he had kissed his child and the EMPRESS he
turned back TO the crowd Of military men be.
hind him and said, Never till made this cam
pa1sn had / the least ideas OF the genius Of my
uncle. :" Changarnier speaks Of the Emperor's
being always surprised: that he was surprised
at Monticello, at Magenta, at Solferno '!He
was always locking for excuses to quit the
field" Like many men OF fervid Imagination,
ne quallS before the danger when it is actually
present" 'During the battles OF Magenta and
Solfer1no he kept couple OF miles In the rear
and never gave an order. All that he did was
TO smoke
DARKER TRAITS
Occasionally we have the Emperor in a more
despicable position. 1t was a source of great
complaint that his former mistress was allowed
to ny the national flag over her chateau. He
mated Isabella, the Queen OF Spain, because She
declined visit from the Empress. 81 never"
said Isabella, will receive as Empress woman
whom refused to make one of my ladies In
waiting. There is a curious anecdote about the
conference which took place at Baden The
Emperor received his diplomatic friends in his
room, and 'behind the sofa on which he used to
sit, and therefore before the faces of those CON
veTsing with him, was secret closet. concealed
oy being papered over. A person In that closet
COu1o ofCihtdi dit tHat WIS Sdiu on the SOFA.
There can be no doubt that stenographer was
kept theSe night and day by the Emperor to
write down all that was said" There is con-
veTsat1on with an unknown person who Is given
as A. b. c., and who lived In pretty villa near
Paris =. This anonymous politician spoke of the
Emperor as one who hated the Pope, as a mix
tule OF Augustus and Nero, ''aS anxious to have
power as Augustus, as anxious for admiration
as Nero"
According to A. b. c.. the Emperor's policy
was IKE that OF bad billiard player, who
u N init <lAt
stroke In the hope that IL the balls are all sc
running about the table one OF them may fall
into pocket" He was afraid OF assassination
''HiS words are like witches prayers: they ar.
always to be read backward" 'He was gov
eIned by restless irreSOlution," ard was AWAY
''hanker1Dg for change and excitement 81
will smoke and scheme, publish some absurd
pamphlet In December. and commit some ex-
trayagance On the first Of January" In 1861
b. c. thought that Europe was like crus'
under which destructive gases were being gen
seiZing Belgium and the Rhine. He attributed
to the Emperor desire to fight England-.:al-
ways intending, dreading, and fearing it." He
thought that Napoleon intended to send Murat
to Italy, that the Pope was to become grand
vicar With handsome civil list, and that he was
suffering IN his nerves from the OrSini attempt.
In 1862 the Emperor was living in dread Of the
italian dagger.
Gen. Fenflnrn, describes the Emperor as hay
ing horror OF the field OF battle, and said that
Solferino shook his nerves. Victor Cousin, the
famous writer OF philosophy, spoke of the En-
peTor as an atheistic Jacobin wishing to be an
imperial Robespierre, preferring slow, distant,
death. ,