Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-02

NAPOLEON AS FIRST CONSUL, BY G1lOs.
he Consulate TO revive as much as was
,ilaable out of tho former estate. Tho
9pppe wero terminated and inspired. A
rsx life 1ourishod on every hand. The
Hsor Of the First Consul dlffused itself
Through oil the clements Of society.
Tho educational system, also, felt the
iush Of the master hand. The schools
pr Visited and reformed. New methods
3dlnstructlou and discipline were suggest
~ Prizes wero offered, and ambitious
rudenis were pensioncd. The cxiled NOM
itn Of tho old Constituent Assembly and
III migrants alike We're invited to re-
iuin Ponce was the order Of the day. The
IrEl condition was considered in all its
Il l-is New institutions were created. A
pasular Guard was established. Vaccine
t'n was introduced by the example and
Factpt of Bonaparto Streets, buildings,
lncgcs, wharves highways, parks, hospi-
As cemeteries, sewers, -everything began
DO planned, considered and performed
VIII rational activity which still sur
lfsCs our century.
me First Consul was most anxious
elect settlement with Great Brit
w That done, peace might be universal
.he summer Of 1901 was consumed with
M''urcs freely made by Napoleon and
,nleny considered by Pitt. On the LIST of
vuobor the prcliminaries Of peace were
,shtd at London. Everything seemed to
Nhoout to subsidc into calm. Such, how
~ was the political condition OF Europe
~ ne hoped-for qualification Jagged; and
aNs not until the eth of March, 1902,
s.osuesd.
me parties to this famous compact, so
vascular and so speclous, were Great
haAin on the one side, and France, Spain
~ y INC Batayian Republic on the other.
Me lAst-named power Napoleon had
~ made vice-prcsldent two months pre-
"u'ly--a fact indicative OF his growing
ss ~ south Of tho Alps. BY the terms OF
uNty, England agreed to restore all
onquests recently made by her, except
!"n and Trinidad. These she was to re-
~ ~ Malta she was to restore to the
-sn's OF st. John. Tho French for their
q. to relinquish Egypt, and to eyac-
tkuNapies md Rome Tho Ionian Re-
~ s-l~ was 10 be acknowledged, and gem
=. isnoe declared. For the moment 1t APP
~. 'hAt all Europe was about to emerge
IN. 'ne Shadows Of horrid war into sun
~. ~ and new era OF progress and hap
- Never was A historical situation
NJ ,,m,perul and hollow, more flattering
y hllacious.
~ sSe Drief period of peace many things
~ 10 arouse tho enthusiasm of the
A. The administration would have
d Il, ll-'on forget the violence and sorrows
ii pb,s past: That now French society,
d nsu begun to display itself when
IN e des Victimes WINS organized,
Ns tha ohrysalis and came forth in
"a ihe First Consul was the center
az. sauiance He had removed his resi-
nj. .som the Palace Of tho Luxembourg
L., iagnihcent Tuileries. Paris was no
Icklng in brllliancy.
N nl'- -f1lfon showed the greatest genius In
~ ,'ins the civil and military institu-
d. q, IN IN the 10th of May, 1909, the Le-
ns.,,a,.n onor was authorized, and ON the
" Ba.,ns anniversary Of the demolition Of
n " ,s..,S That famous order Of soldiers
He,i.... s'uted- Such was the precision,
q 4 t,... ue energy, tho skin and force
administration that mono might
~. ~ q oppose it. The popularity of the
NSnsul became as imneagurable as
k:,'s,,-.' In him was boundless Tho
III, - " France flourished like new
I q, isssap,ng over May, and the funds
Fn,,I public suddenly rose hundred
~. rIrp.'iens Of any other than Bona
~ Il, ~ mere have made a pausti Tho