The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-22
BONAPARTE,S ALARM.
He Feared He Vas to Be Arrested at tho
House of Tniieyread.

He Feared He va, to Tse Arrested at tho
House of Tniieyran1.
A sufficient military force having
been made raady, it was determined
at secret meeting of the Bonapart-
lists, held or Is Brumaire Nov. y,
that the blow should be struck three
days lator To that end the ancients
We're to meet. according to the pro-
gramme, on the morning of II Bru-
marie, and summon both assemblies
to hold session on 10 Brumaire at
st. Cloud. Under provision of the
constitution whenever an amend
ment to that document was to be
considered the two bodies were to sit
outside the walls of Paris. This move
would naturally excite considerable
suspicion among the uninitiated,
and although there might be no dis
order there would certainly be much
heated discussion in the streets. Still
greater was the danger which lay in
the temper of the troops. Enthusi-
astic for what they felt to be still
the republic, every appearance of of
fering violence to any and all avow-
ed republicans like those who sat
among the 500 must be avoided. The
solution of this latter problem was
really the key to the whole comb
nation. Success would depend en-
tirely on the momentary instinct of
plain, honest repu blican soldiers
taken unawares.
Minor troubles there were also.
Sieyes, sensitive under the evident
determination of Bonaparte to use
him only so long as he was neces-
sary, became FESTIVE, and it required
the incest balancing of interests to
keep him temporarily in the traces.
It was time of terrible anxiety to
the conspirators. Talleyrand never
forgot scene which took place at
his house in the Rue Taitobut a few
nights antecedent to the crisis. He
and Bonaparte were still deep in
conversation about in the morning
when they heard the rumbling of
carriage wheels and the ring of cav
airy hoofs in the street. Suddenly
both ceased. They had paused at the
door. Bonaparte turned pale and
Talleyrand also as they paused and
listened, fully convinced that both
were to be arrested. The latter blew
out the candles and hurried through
a passageway to gain view of the
street. After some delay he discov-
cred that the carriage of a gambling
house keeper, returning under po-
lice escort from the Palais Royal
with his spoils, had broken down.
His fears relieved, he returned to
| joke with Bonaparte about the scare
Before the appointed day, how
ever, everything which master
schemers could foresee was careful
~ adjusted and in equilibrium. The
apparent resurrection of Jacobinism
was actually the last appearance of
it's ghost, for the directory, shorn of
all prestige, was divided and shaly.
The army, republican to the core,
was weary with its ineficiency and
furious with its bankruptcy. The
mass of the nation, conservative
and royalist, despaired of restora-
ton, and sick of war were for the
moment in humor to accept any
strong government. The majority of
the administration, the nation and
the army were therefore in readi-
ness, while the numerous malcon-
tents in each were at least tempo
rarily silenced. Every little hidden
wire of private interest was in hand,
and plans were ripe to coerce those
who could not be cajoled. Professor
w. M. Sloane's Life of Napoleon"
in Century.