Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-26

rampant, and General Eoche, who takes
the place intended for Bonaparte, will
find it hot work to reduce the insurgent
Vendeans to subsection. The prescience
Of Napoleon in refusing the command
lies in the question, What will become
of Hoche? Moreover, the rapid changes
in tho military management of the Re-
public left little doubt in Napoleon s
mind that his services would soon be
sought Finally, the striking of his
name from the list of general officers
was only from the list of those on, actiue
duty. Thus his rank was preserved with
little injury to his future prospects.
On tho l4th Of September, 1894, Ma
poleon, partially restored to favor, was
given the command of the artillery in
q proposed expedition to Corsica; and
this post he nolninally held until March
Of 1906; but the period was without
events. Meanwhile, finding himself
with no command at all, he conceived
what may be regarded as his first great
project Of craftsmanship
Bonaparte perceived that the ultimate
enemy Of the ascendency Of France was
England, and that one great arm of her
power was her influence in the Eastern
Mediterranean countries. This might be
broken, mark it we'll! by the agency of
Turkey. The thought of the Corsican
was this: II the Republican administra.
ton of France will send Me to Constan-
tinople, to organize and discipline the
Turkish army, then the Ottoman power
will be sufficiently strengthened and
Europeanized to renounce the influence
~ Great Britain and, in full autonomy,
to become member of possible coali-
ton Of European powers against the
common enemy OF all!
During the period of his enforced in
activity at Paris, Napoleon prepared
plan intended for the National Conven.
ton, outlining his purpose. 1t was a
virtual petition that he be sent to Con-
stantinople, with six or seven competent
officers, to organize the military power
of the Turkish empire against Great
Britain in the East. Bourrienne justly
remarks that if the clerk of the War
Office had only written the word "grant-
ed' on Napoleon paper, that one word
would probably have changed the polit-
ical fate Of Europe for centuries to
come. Napoleon at this time was twen-
ty-six years Of age. His scheme was
worthy Of Richelieu, of Talleyrand, of
Motternioh' of Disraeli in his ripest
years.
The word granted" was not written.
The French Revolution rapidly worked
out its own results, and in doing so pro-
vided a place for Bonaparte according
to the higher laws Of destiny. After the
overthrow Of the Terror the Convention
went on, rather temperately, to COM
plete the new frame of government
called the "Constitution Of the Year
ILL.," That instrument was adopted on
the 29nd OF August, 1895. It proved to
be not sufficiently intense for the states
manship of the Faubourgs. The Partisan
oenters Of agitation began to resound
with denunoiations of the latent aristoc.
raoy in the new plan Of government.
For about month the broil was kept
up by democratio pamphleteers and or.
ators who made the Easements of st.
Antoine vocal and smoky with their OBJ
jurgations. " O..
Then the mobs began to rise in sacred
right of insurrection. Several of the
Eorty-eighth Sections took up arms
against the Convention; and that great
body was imperiled by the onrushing Of
Z counter revolution. Matters came to q
crisis in the beginning Of October. The
Convention had to protect itself by force
or perish. Swift. swift was the work
now necessary to be done. The stifed.
but not extinct, Jaoobinism Of Paris be-
gan to below; and mobs from the dis
affected quarters Of the city came on tn
multuousty 70 assaii the Convention
Hall and overthrow the existing govern
mont
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