The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-24

dication that the authors mind as be-
tween French despotism and Corsican in
dependence, was strongly tending to the
latter.
The winter of 1889 was passed by Bon
aparte in his quarters at Auxonne. In
the following April that disturbance oc-
CURED at Seurre which called forth a
half-month's petty campaign from Napol-
cons company, and ended in nothing
1t was like the episode at Lyons, but less
important. As yet Lieut.. Bonaparte had
never as a soldier drawn blood, or seen
it drawn by others. His restlessness now
bore him rapidly on to action. His pas
sion for doing something and for fol
lowing his destiny fiction which he
was always dwelling upon-led him to
commit himself lambiguously) to the Cor
sican patriots His adroitness was such,
however, that he kept ever a card to his
purposes whereby he might recover him
self for France. In fact, he knew not
what thing he would be called to do, or
in what cause his sword should first be
actually unsheathed. His nature was al
ways to avail himself of the first eontin-
gency Napoleon is doubtless-such was
his sleepless vigilance-the only great
man of history who never lost an oppor-
uunity.
Bonaparte was with his regiment, so
called of Iron" at AuXonne, when the
great revolution in France began. Within
month from the trifiing event at Seurre,
the general assembled at Yer
sailles. There, on the 9Th of May, 1882
the most remarkable political body of
modern times went into session, on the
condition of France and mankind. There
was procession of great men; a gather
ing to their seats in the Hail of Menus; a
seating of six hundred representatives of
the people; a looking down from the gall
lery of the young Baroness de Stael-Hols-
#rfs. II
beau, the philoSophic Nolney, the lean
Jean Paul Marat, the big young Danton
OF Arcis-sur-Aube, the 1.-THE Camille, the
Sea-green Robespierre, and the rest 1t
was the beginning of the end of much
the opening of a small crevasse in the
great dyke whereby a feudal civilization
had walled in the destinies of mankind
Tor centuries. Outside that ancient wall
lay the roaring ocean, soon to rush in
wave on wave, till the deluge, iecked
with blood, should rise to the pinnacles
OF all palaces, and splash the domes of
all cathedrals.
The bruit of the great event reached the
owns and cities and people Of France.
men Wot not the thing they did None
Knew that the the ancient order was
rushing on to doom. None imagined that
NE French monarchy itself was going
headlong down to Orcus and eternal
night All stood together on the crumb-
.Ns verge OF the chaSTn, ana supposed IhaI
hey could easily bridge it over with
some new cardboards of finance and pa
per 5illets legislating bread for men. Vain
'eusions of an awful hour! Surely sad
'ailon for France and for mankind lies
not that way. o representatives of the
peoplel
The effects Of the extraordinary move
laent thus begun for the reform OF the
french nation were striSingiy diverse in
-ne dnerent parts of the kingdom. France
was as yet homogeneous in nothing. The
owns Of the south, under the loyal sen1-
.nenis Of the old Provencal race, received
NE news IN one spirit, and the towns of
le north in another. They Of the Gironde
-4 .nl far southwest heard the udings as
d. EXCLAMATION of good news 70 mem
WHls hey Of Lyons and Montpelier and
quar- seilles and Toulon and Nice in the far
-.Aeast. caught the intelligence with
N.-ol and animosity.
OA men themselves the news fell from