The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-28
Copyright. 1895. b,
DI-cONoUEsr o. EGYPT.

member. 1885, Ills coming was her
AL The democratic directory must re-
.,s him in the name of the people but
act Of hero-worship was embarrass-
The people of Paris must have a
5..a-e; and the Jacobin administra-
must glorify the hero Of Italy. Ar
.rramenrs were made at the Luxem-
,,-r ralace for a reception-hrst of many
,b-ro the child Of the republic.
The court of the palace was splendidly
.,o-atei: and the elite gathered for the
-el,ome. The occasion was not without
- neril TO Napoleon. He must bear him
NJ like a true beginning TO
i5oIized Symbolical statues of Liberty,
r,uality and Peace were set up in the
In where hung the memorial banner
omremorating the victories and spoils
the Italian campaign. There, too was
laced an altar of the Fatherland. Beau
fl women thronged the galleries. The
.-sofotv sat to receive the conquerOr
&T,usvrand introduced the young general
the assembly. The statesmans speech
,s long hattering and casuistical. TO
ors paragraph was added tbs significant
clause: Far from approaching anything
fron1 his (Napoleon's) amb- tion, ] believe
,5st we shall one day be obliged to solicit
him "a tear himself from the pleasures Of
eYdious retirement. All France will be
free. but perhaps he never viii; such is
his destiny" Barras. president of the di-
rso-orv. also spoke. Napoleon bore himself
Il with great modesty. pronouncing brief
snsech of congratulations on the improved
condition of France.
The reference to 'studious retirement"
Al not
was an alluson to Bonaparte's election
10 membership to the National Institute
of France. This was an honor OF which
he was very proud.In accepting the disunc-
ton. he said, referring to the members
NJ the institute, Il feel assured that be
fore can be their equal l must long be
their scholar. True conquests- the only
ones which leave no regret behind them
are those which are made over ignorance
The most honorable occupation for ma
tons is the contributing to the extern
sion of human knowledge. The true pow
er of the French republic should hence
forth be made to consist in not allow
ing a single new idea to exist without
making it a part OF its property" For
some time after this Napoleon was wont
to sign himself, Member of the National
Institute.
such cermonies as those attending his
reception in Paris We're always regarded
by Bonaparte as so much mummery-
quite necessary in the makeup of glory;
but very cheap. Not month elapsed pc
fore the general became restless 10 a de-
gree 70 Bourrienne, his secretary, he
said: "Bourrienne, l do not wish TO re-
main here, there is nothing to do. They
the directory are unwilling to listen 10
anything. l see that if / linger. here,
shall soon lose myself. Everything wears
out here: my glory has already disap-
peared. This little Europe does not sup
ply enough of it for me. / must seek it
in the east, the fountain of glory. How
ever | wish first to make tour along
the coast, to ascertain by my own Obser-
walton what may be attempted. I will
take you, Lannes, and SulkowslSy with
me. If the success of a descent on Eng
land appear doubtful as / suspect ii Will,
the army of England shall become the
army of the east; ] will go to Egypt.
Bonaparte was now made commander OF
intended for an invasion of England. On
the whole, 1t seems that he never serious
lv contemplated a descent on the English
coast He was too prudent for that. But
ne lent himself to the popular whlm, and
made aS though he would invade the
British Isles. The directory, meanwhile
gave him no orders. It had already come
TO pass that he did much as he pleased
on the 10th of February, 1873, he set out
from Paris with his secretary, mis- aide
SulkoWsky, and General Lannes. He went
10 FTdDlpS. AIlDlelEl-sfs ne 1aldiSt
Dunkirk, Furnes, Newport, Ostend, and
the Isle of Walchheren; and then returned
to Paris by Antwerp, Brussels, Lille and
St. Quentin. Everywhere on the journey
he showed the greatest activity and dis
cernment His glance shot into every sit
uation. He informed himself OF the con-
ditions existing along the coast but did
not prosecute the scheme of invasion.
The superiority of Napoleon over the
men of his epoch lay in his far-reachins
eaze and comprehension of great things.
His vision flashed over the European land
scape like a CLEAN of light. At twenty
eight he had already dtscerned that the
best way to affict Great Britain was by
destroying her influence IN une east. Out
Of this notion sprang his project OF con-
Querfng Egypt. Beyond Egypt lay all Asia.
Europe said he, rs molehill. There
have never been great empires ana reVo-
htions except in the east, w'heTe there
are eco 600 600 men," The Directory readily
assented to his wishes. 1t is in evidence
that that body was more than Wiling 10
have the ambitious commander out OF
on April p. 179s, Napoleon was APP.
pointed general-in-chief of the Army of
The East Virtually he was to go where
he would and accomplish what he could.
The matter once determined, he brought
everything to results with the greatest
rapidity. He made Toulon the rendez-
Vous for his army and fleet. lie gathered
to his standard a retinue of the learned,
mostly members of the institute lie
would disseminate the civilization of the
west IN the Gillette OIltHl. Ell lOul6 hC
would conquer Malta, still nominally un-
der the dominion of the Knights. That
done, he would debark at Alexandria,
overthrow the dominion of the Mameluke
Beys and conquer and colonize the land
OF the Pharaohs
Admiral Brueys was called to the COM
mand of the fleet. Napoleon ordered his
equippage to be prepared as for con-
queror, a governor, a man of letters.
He made up an extensive list of books for
his camp library, and in doing SO spelled
Du Guesclin thus-Ducechng, and Ossian
thus-Ocean! Strange that this astound-
ing geography on his part was not CO
incident with ignorance of the authors re-
ferred to-
- The Egyptian expedition sailed from
Ioulon on May 49, The generals ship
was the Orient. On the 10Th of June, the
squadron came to Malta, and that place,
WIN Its strong defenses was-partly by
intrigue and partly by disqualification
from the knights The French flag was
raised over the fortress, and many of the
hhlghts Joined the expedition. Mean
Whlle. an English. fleet under command
OF Nelson, passed the French fiotilla with
out discovering it: sailed on to AleXan-
ara, paused there, ana then turned 10
inc northeast. believing that Brueys had
made for the coast OF Syria.
All this Injured to the advantage of the
french. Napoleon was able TO reach Alex
andra without attack. On the lst of July
inc column Of Septimus Severus, rising
N tho distance caught the sight of the
French commander, and gave token OF
sale arrival. The army was hastily de-