Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-19

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sea- Toulon was not made into ''anoth.
or English Gibraltar. = The Revolution
has Toulon, and will keep it forever.
The National representatives see who IL
ia that has done this. Only three days
afterwards Napoleon is nominated gem
eral Of Brigade. He is now twenty four
years four months old. His appointments
is approved after q little delay; and
Gil tho 10th Of February, 1894, he re-
caives his commission.
After Toulon, the name Of Bonaparte
was heard in Paris. The younger Robes
Pierre informed the Convention that he
was ''of transcendent merit" The re-
port Of Dugommier said, Among those
who distinguished themselves most and
who most aided me to rally the troops
and push them forward are citizens
Buona Parte lido you not know how to
spell him yet Generally commanding
the artillery; also Arena and Cervoni,
adjutants-g general. = The success of the
ohef-de- Battalion in the siege and cap
ture, and the favorable report of it pro-
duced a sensation in the National Con-
vention; but the impression on that
body and on the public was as yet only
transient. At this epoch, when all quar-
tiers of France were shaken with COM
motions and local revolutions, the bril-
liant capture Of a single fort and town
on the Mediterranean was not enough
to create permanent military fame.
The Convention contented itself with
making General Bonaparte Inspector"
of the coast-country, between the Rhone
and the Var. His duty was to maintain
order in that region, and to complete
tho Revolution.
By the close Of the year, however,
the old spirit was virtually extinguished
in Southeastern France; and Napoleon
found little to satisfy his restless spirit.
His tours of inspection and duties con-
nected Herewith occupied his time un.
til February of 1874, when he was re-
called to Paris That city was now a
seething cauldron. The Reign of Terror
was at it's acme. That period, unpar-
alleled in human annals, extended from
March of 1898, when the Revolutionary
tribunal was organized, to July 2Sth of
the following year, when Robespierre
and his colleagues were sent to the gull
lotine.
The Army of the North was created
and put under. command Of Generals
Jourdan, Leclero, Vandamme, Bruno,
and Mortier. The Army of the Rhine
was commanded by Generals Pichegru,
Scherer and Berthier. The Army Of the
West was organized with Marceau and
Kleber as commanders. The Army Of
Italy was commanded by Dumerbion
and Massena; and to this General Bona
parte was assigned as chief of the artil-
lery and assistant in the preparation of
plalss for the campaign. He was thus
occupied in Paris at the time when it
became the saying, La guillotine va
toujours-'the guillotine goes always!
1t was the duty Of the Army Of Italy
to occupy that country as vantage
ground against the coalitions that were
forming beyond the Rhine. The Italian
towns and States were wavering accord
ing to race and prejudice and interest
between utilization with the French Re-
public and the protection" Of Germa-
ny. By the sickness of Dumerbion, Gen.
eral Massena came to the chief COM
mand Of this division of the French Ma.
tional forces. A campaign was under"
taken in July Of 1904, but the general
of artillery did not, for the present,
leave Paris. He was soon despatched,
however, rs an agent under orders Of
the Convention to Genoa. He was to
protest to the Genoese authorities
against the permission which seemed to
be extended to the coalition to occupy
neutral territory. It was delicate bust
ness; for the other officers did not I'M
derstand the true nature of the instruc-
tions; and the delegates Salicetti and
Albitte were themselves ignorant of
what was really intended.
The result was that Bonaparte was
first misunderstood and then distrusted
in his negotiations with the Genoese
government. He was openly directed to
protest against the occupation of the
territory Of Genoa by the enemies of
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to examine the fortresses of the city
and make notes on the general topogra-
ply of that region. While engaged in
this work, he was suddenly suspended
from office, put under arrest, and de-
olared suspected! For the nonce, the
sword of Damocles was hung above him
by single thread.
Just at this juncture, however, ere
Napoleon could be hauled before the
Revolutionary tribunal, that body itself
was blown into death blackness by
counter revolution. Robespierre and his
bloody clique were seized, after a day
or two of horrid broil in the city, and
were sent manned, dazed, jaw broken,
bone broken, headlong to the guillotine.
In that case, the other saying Of the
hour, namely, "the guillotine goes not
badly" was graciously VERIFIED
The destruction of the tribunal had a
paradoxical effect on the interest of Ma
.poleon. It was from that body that his
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