The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1886-02-18

distance from Paris. which yielded
Lin d vast income, ope tenth u the
proceeds going ID Michel NY The
Corps dipiomatique" says u 1872
Michel Ney entered NE LYONS
school, studied military tactics, and
after the surrender Of TouIon 70 Ma.
poleon, WIS promoted e sergeant
over body of light infantry e help
guard Touion. This was Michel
Ney's tirst step into active military
duty. He made 4 brave officer, and
was promoted step By step ~ rapid
auccesslon first. sergeant Of the
guards, afterwards Brigadier general
of The army Of the Rhine, thence 70
genera. d division, and finally at
tanned the title Of field Marshal.
Michel Ney was never made Duke
of Eichingin, but was created "Peer
cf France" BY that old "swelled ankle
Bourbon" Louis XVIIl). Napoleon
did not title him "bravest OF the
brave" but one among the h .s:.z- %
OF the brave. Bonagar.ss siioueht no
more Or Ney han he did Of Musat,
.isasos, Morcsu and especially De
saix, whom he deeply loved, and
whose body be sent to Milan to have
embalmed. 1t is all tallacy for the
public to attempt to prove that there
is an element OF consanguinity exist
ing between Michel Ney and the
Rudolph family. The Register" at
Lyons gives his birth, his age, and
his nationality too plainly to be dis
puted, which is substantiated by
qualified witnesses. The laws reg
ulat,ng that Institution ut that time
was 30 constructed as to not admit
any one that was not Frencbman.
We do not think Vt would be any
honor to claim skin with as self ag
grandizing military aristocrat as
Michel Ney; a man devoid Of all phi
lanthropv and pertinencc. He vas
a traitor Ind hypocrlt of the s'eepest
dye, and it was by such men as
Michel Ney that France became by
turns the terror, the admiration and
the laughing stock Of Europe. Ney's
LOYALTY was so deeply illustrated
when Napoleon was at Elba--assured
Lonis that he would bring Bonaparte
in .slike bear in a cage but when
Napoleon returned to Paris 1t brought
back fresh to Ney's mind the glori.
aus victories they bad gained, their
mutual associations, and the Rour
bon crowns that thew had set aside
in establishing republics, it induced
him once more to join his coNFRERR.
After the disaster at Waterloo, Nev
was shot as traitor, and we'll did
he deserve it. To-day that oetagon
monument that stands in the Lnxen
bourg hides beneath its bosom deeds
darker than night. The world does
not know what became OF Michel
Rudolph. Probably his remains re-
pose near his old home in MARYLAND.
But there is one thing certain, no
man with as meager qualifications as
Michel Rudolph could have possibly
obtained promotion in as proud,
aristocratlc and as well disciplined
army as France had at that time.
Reason would teach us that Naro.e-
or would take by preference Gas he
always did, those young French Of
ficers that were fresh from tactic
schools, who were anzionsly waiting
for some opening to establish their
fame. Rudolph's colonial experience
was limited st its best, but however,
we give him honor for what he did
do, and his humble tomb has no
stain on his character, while the
waves Of time will never cease to
watt its froth OF scorn over that tomb
in Luxembourg, that has, already,
stood the vicicitudes Of many years
Yea, the reverberatlng voices OF hon
eat institutions OF France will ever
class Michel Ney 40 cLEsE MAJEsrE.
G. BELgNAP.
Scottsylllc. Ark.