Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-26

CARLO BON APAl:rE. FArIIEI: OF NAiF'LEON. running his dramatic rrritalS. We know indeed, out of tn" nature uf the case, that his approximations of his own child character were in the main correct
 The young Bunnapartr was from a babo abrupt and QuarrrlSumc. His will fulnC>S was extreme The likelihood iS that he never once ill his life willingly obeytd anybody! Near his death, at Longwuod, he declared that he was nev- er afraid. His child passion was ire qucntly excited against Joseph, over whom ho exercised a ccnsOriouS sway from the time when they toddlod togeth- CT in the birtl-rnom or fought in the yard. He appears to havo loved his mother, and to have oboycd her i'll q mo- rose and mathematical way; but ill his last talk he indicates that his conduct as child toward tho mother was rather prudential than atfcctiOuate. Ho bears witness that the Ramolino lioness was tender ill the treatment of him, as well as severe and just,
 To their fourth child, Carlo Buona- parte and his wifo gave tho namo of Napoleon. At the first it was NapolcOne. In this form the pOSscsSor retained il until, flaring up ill Paris ill tho Charac- ter of a young Jaculin, he threw away tho Italian and ariStOcratic 1iCtions in his name, to become plain, republican NArOIEON BONApARTE.
 The first teaching of tho child Bona parto was given l,y his mother. Then ht Was sent, i'll his sixth year. to a child : school kept by a woman. Ir went from tho parental threshold ill that same ar bitrary and hvlliScrrnt mood which characterized him ever. Iin fought with his SchnOlmatUS, among whom ho ap pcarcd with no sign of nratnCsS i'll hi, clothing, and nothing drhonair i'll hi, manner
 At this time, beside his parents, ht had two important relatives. Ono ot theso was LuCiCn Buonapartc, brother of his grandfather Joseph; and tn" othcl was Joseph FrSCh, afterwards thv Car dinal Fcsch half brother of his mother. The latter was a StudiOus lad of twelve, who took an interest ill his sisters son and the former had wealth and influencI ill the island, both of which he wa, willing to bpstow on the BOnapartC schColbuy. Young Fcsch aided him with his lessons, and exercised a conservative influence on his temper. How little might it be foreSeen that the younger Ot these twain, with his surly look and long hair and stockings down over his shoes in the dust of the playground, should one day. from an imperial palace in the most splendid city ill the world despatch his elder playmate as ambassa dor to the Pope of Rome!
 What were the civil and social infiu' ences around the schoolhOuso of Bona. parte: The sentiments of that place are among the most potent and enduring forces of life. The child nature imbibes unconsciously the prevailing principles of the hour; and the character is form ing while the first hesitant words are conned from the primer. The boy Napo- leon had around his schoolroOm-as around his cradlo-an agitatcd atmos. | phere It was banked with the reCeding clouds of revolution. There was light ming on the rim, and blood on the fringes
 The majority of the Corsicans had ac cepted the French nominations. Some still remembered Genoa with affection and many sighed for independence Among tho latter were the Buonapartes, The feeling of regret for the lost cause began to wane about the time that Ma poleon was sent to school; but there Wal still in his heart drop of inherited bit terness on account of tho French con quest. He looked back angrily at thu terrible conditions surrounding him II his childhood. AS late as his twentietl year he broke out ill passion. II Wa born," said he, while my country wa dying. Thirtv thousand French, vomite' on our shores. drowning the throne O liberty in waves of hlood-such was tn horrid sight which first met my view The cries of the dying, the groans of tn oppressed, tears of despair, surrounde,