Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-18

NAIUl!p\ A> III;>r CONSUL, Bl UI:u>
 tho France that now arose was a new Trance, unlike the old Bat 1t wa~ the policy of the Consulate to revive aS much aS Was valuable out of the former | estate The plv were reanimatcd and inspired. A new iifr tiourishtd on every hand. Tho vigor cf t!ir First Consul diff fused itself through all the clements of society.
 Tho First Cnu>ul WAS most anxious to effect slttlcmvut with Great Brit ain. That done, praC" might be univtr- sal. Thc summer If lN0l was consumed with ovorturcs freely mado by Napoleon and sullrnly considered l'y Pitt, On tho lst of Octohtr the prclimimarieS of peace woro signed at LoEdon. Every | thing seem, Il t1 l2 about to subSido into calm. Such. l. wcv,r. was the political conGiti,n of Europ2 that the hopcd-for | paciG,'ation la-;ged; and it was not until tho 25th of March. lS02, that tho | TREATY OF .AMi:.I( WAS concluded. Tho parties to this famous compact, 70 spectacular and so spacious. w,ro | Great Britain t:l the ouc side. and | Frame Spain and t." Batavian Rcpub- | lie Cn tho other. Of the last named DOW CT NaVul, rm had been made vice -pre>i dcut two month, prcviuu -ly-a fIrt in | diCatyo If his growing power south If the Alps. By tine terms of tho treaty, | England agreed tn restore all the cen quests recently made by her. except Ceylon and Trinidad ThcSr >ho was to retain. Malta she was tn restore to t::o Knights of St John. The French fir | hni fN reIipruizl, ECy-yor and to cvacuatc Naples and Rome. Tho Ionian Republic was t0 bo acknOwl edged, and q general peace declared. For the moment it appeared that all | Europe was about to emerge from the shadows of hurIid war into sun n-hine and new era Ci progress and happi- ness. Never was historical situation moro hopeful and hollow, more flatt,r- ing and fa!lacicus.
 Napulou,. showed the greatest genius in rofOrl4ing the civil and military in stitutionS. On the 18th of May, 1902, the Legion uf Honor was authorized. and on the succeeding anniversary of tho demolition of tho Bastile, that ia nous order of soldiers was instituted Such was the precision, the virtue, the energy, the skill and forco of the ad- ministration that none might doubt or oppose it. The popularity of the First Consul became as immeaaurnble as the confidence in him WAS boundless. Tho industries of France f1ouEished like new spring spreading over May. and the funds of the Republic suddenly rose hundred per cSntl
 The ambitious of any oth0r than Bona parte might here have made a pause The lust for more might here have been appeaSed. He was really at tho summit of human uSefulness-and therefore at the summit of greatness. His birthday in the coming August would bring him to the end of his thirty third year. He was young and handsome ill person. He was warmed with enthusiasm. The bravest men and the most beautiful wo- men were gathered around him-the one to flatter, and the other to adore. If tho Jacobin was still fluid ill his blood, it no longer expressed itself in demo- cratic muttorings and proclamations. The long black hair of the whilom revo- lutionist wa. closely cropped. The hag- gard Italian fnco of the pauper student had given place to rosy cheek and smil- ing lip. Except in the inoonsruous black cravat of the otherwise well dressed First Consul. the sansculotte was no longer discoverable at his even ing receptions!
 But ;h. project was already on for an extension and augmentation of power. Glory must be added tn honor Tho "mnuntain devil" Was busy ill the breast of DauspSrts. n the ailuring summon tT 1909 the dream had already possessed him of fife tenure of tho Consulats. The victorious general and
 popular chief executive would b, consul ad fluem The Senate cuncurred in the proposal; and q consultum was pre-
 pared. There was a dispute whether it should he f1r ton years or for life; and in this form tho question was to be sub