The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-02

u ,iGult not TO ike him when he laughs,
ms coantenance improves so much.
= then, speaking of his temperament
| She says: Gravity was the fsnndation
1 OF ms character, not The gravity of a
uIghihed and noble manner, but that
winch arises from profound Thought
} Ia ms youth he was dreamer; later in
!, ne ne became moody, and LATER still
d IN habltually I'LL tempered man. When
L hfst began TO know him well he was
{ exceedingly fond of all that Induces
? reVerle-Ossian, hetwiiight melancholy
music have seen him enraDture,l nv
ihe murmur of the wind; | have heard
aim talk with enthusiasm of the moan
iHS Oh the sea; and he was tempted 10 he
iieFe sometimes that nocturnal appari
; lions were not beyond the bounds of
possloillty; IN fact, he had a leaning 10
certain superStitions. The geometricaI
turn OF his mind disposed him to analyze
even his emotions No man has eyer
meditated more deeply than Bonan,rte
on the wherefore that rubs human actions
Always aiming at something, even in the
iaSI important acts of his life, always law
ing bare to himself secret motive for
each one OF them, he could not under
stand that natural nonchalance which
ieaus some persons to act without pro-
lect, and without an aim He always |
judged Others by himself, and was often
mistaken, his conclusions and the ac- |
tions which ensued upon them both |
| proving erroneous. Bonaparte was de- |
hclent III education and manners: il |
seemed as If he must be destined either
| 10 i've IN a tent where all men are eauaI.
OF upon a throne where all things are
| permitted. He did not know how tn |
| eilhcr enter or to leave Il room; he did
not know how to make bow, how to
rise, or how TO sit down. His questions
were abrupt, and so also was his manner
OF speech. Although very re-
narkable for certain intellectual quail
Ties, no man, II must be allowed was
ever less lofty of soul. There was no gen
crosby, no true greatness in him. | have
never known him to admire, l have
never known him to comprehend a fine
action" Just here let us see what Nine.
Junot, the wife of one of his favorite
generals and attached friends, has to say ;
on this subject. During the power of
the directory, man who had greatly in
Jured Napoleon in several ways, was
prescribed and compelled to fly from the
Nine. Junots mother, who was under s
oDllgations to him, and in this way the 7
particulars of the affair became known {
70 her She relates that Napoleon.
though he discovered his enemy's plans
and could easily have caused his arrest
ana death, remained silent, allowed him
10 escape, and contented himself with y
sending him a letter most kind and oen- d
lie IN spirit. Such deed was surely not e
that OF man who had mo generosity. y
no true greatness" who could neither !.
admire or comprehend fine action!" Il
Again Mime. De Rcmusat goes on .
lie always regarded every indication of n
a good feeling with suspicion; he did y
not value sincerity and he not hesitate Il
10 md 81,
OF man by the greater or less degree Of u
cleVerness with which he used the act d.
81 lying. On the occasion of his saving q
-hls, ne added, with great complaccncy. 81
hat when he was a child one of his pl
Hlcles had predicted that he should 81
govern the world because he was a ha- !e
Dltual liar: In contrast with this last ~
statement in regard to his untruthfulness. u
5 me recorded testimony of his teachers III
It the school OF Brlenne Opposite his al
lame, IN the list of those scholars de- III
erVlng promotion, stand the express de- %
Iaratlon that "his character is mild pi
lonest and grateful" Moreover, is il not co
Incredible that man should deliberate. OF
y brand his character by such words as Oh
ilne; De , Remusat puts NapoleoE's ~,
MOUTH? The worthy lady,who was by her "a "a
'wn account "Of very serious nature" III
nd who seems to have quite incapable &c:
seeing the humorous side of things. lai
as accepted as serious estimate of SV
imself words which BOnaparte probably IN
uered IN jest. Such q jest at his own co
spense would have been quite in con WI
onance with his isposition-certainlv ne
luch more so than the remark which th'
Inc. DE Remusat ascTibes to him. tht
returning once more to memoirs, we crs
al the assertion; "All Bonaparte's ant
lethods of government were selected Gee
ON among those that have tendency rea
debase men. He dreaded the ties of spe
lection; he endeavored to isolate every lin
lei he never sold favor without awak-
ing sense of uneasineSs, for he held
at the true way to attach the recipi-
It's TO himself was by cOmpro missing
EN-, and often by busting them in pui9
opinion. When he paid for a Y
rvice ne made it plain that he expected ATt
buy another, and a vague uneasiness adj
TO the conditions of the bargain al doy
lys remained" This is contradicted Z
hundred anecdotes related bv other tior
rlters, showing his generosity to per sid,
MS from whom he could expect no re- Sose
IN. Hazlitt, in his Life of Napoleon, fov,
Us how, when he became First Consul. con
sought out poor woman, a humble II
from whom he had received Ed,
me little kindness in his DAYS of pov dat
y, and gave her husband an appoint the
ent which made them comfortable for hon
q In AkmC- u unOl p memoirs, she Ire | ed
entity alludes to the Emperor's uni n
m kindness and generosity 10 her hus- cole
nd and TO his liberalitY to them both vprI
Dortioping her at her betrothaI. fern
Again Mime. De RemUsat goes on: Yor
onaparte carried seifishness so far that n
was not easy 10 move him about anv for
- tlliI Giu NOT concern himself" emp
re again she IS contTadicted by both wbe
lzlitt and Nine Junot. The latter es- SAM
eially gives several instances in which
Emperor LAID aside important bust ~
IS to aid and sympathize with some W
end. ury
These are the prominent points of 80 60
ne. DE Remusat's estimate of Nap0le. 0l q
True, she allows him "a most re- oe
rkable intellect, powerful and COM me
Intensive mind, and a vast intellectual Intl
,aoity." But even this praise is given uepl
IA reluctance, judging from the carer. SetE
IS With which she goes on to condemn "
vanity and duplicitE. 70 the other nlau
mbers Of liz family She Is not more ! .Sna
u, With the above mentioned excep va
4 OF eugene and Hortense de Esad. anu
-nais. She mercilessly EXPOSES and 70 vi HS
ates on all J9sephiie's faults and W
aknesseS ana m9ltiplies charges of all t JUS
t. on the brothers and sisters of the 'li 81,
peFor. In succeeding paper we II
take up some of the important aool
nts of the years treated of by Nine De t tie
go of either hiorr52bore VIM frauC
Isl,