The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26

with him-and broke himself against
him. In February of 1908 the angry
En,ueror ordered General Miollis to CO.
cupy Rome He proceeded to punish. the
Holy Father by taking away the prov
inoes of Ancona, Macerata, Fermo and
Urbino, and aunoxiug them to the king.
dom of Italy Still the Pope would not
reocde Tho dispute became hot, and the
Emperor wrCstod from tho supreme pom
tiff tho remainder Of the Roman States.
The Pope, In June Of 1909, hurled
back bis defiance Ia bull of exoommu-
nication. On the 9Th of gully the French
took possession of the Quirinal palace
gently seized the Holy Father, and con-
voycd him prisoner, first to Grenooie'
nnd finally to FontaiGeblean
The Spanish people were the hum
blost of Catholics The accession OF DO
soph Bonaparto as king was strongly op-
posed by a counter revolution. The pa.
triots who favored tho restoration OF
Ferdinand VII were beaded by the
Jrnta of Seville and their party was in
famed not q little by religious ranoor
Oh account of the indignities to the
Pope Nearly half million soldiers
were put into tho field, and IN support
Of these oame into Spain English armies
under Sir John Moore, Sir David Baird
and Lieutenant General Arthur Welles-
ley.
Critics have regarded the treaty of
Bayonne and the rupture with the Pope
az the beginning of Waterloo. The ro-
lnancor-looking only at tho dranatis
personB-might well begin his story OF
the overthrow Of the First French En-
piro with the pretty face and soft hands
| Of Elizabeth Patterson But History,
deeper than marriages and divorces,
deeper than omperors and popos, sees
rather the lines Of eternal causation
stretching through the dust and turmoil.
and the mere persons Of the play dart
lug hither and yon like ephemera
Napoleon s banner still rose and float
cd, for q willie. in the highest SKY. On
the Continent none could resist him
further. He sealed all harbors until the
trade between London and Hamburg
was carried on By loaU of Constdnttnople!
The German princes, against all preju-
dices of zace end tradition, sought Gag
erly to enter the Confederation of the
Rhine. The displacement Of the Spanish
Bourbons seemed to conclude the career
Of that race. The old monarchy had be,
come spectral.
The years lSOs-9 had this complexion
for Napoleon-that he might regard the
past as finished. As to the future, he
saw that shining like sun through the
east windows Of the Tuileries. Never.
d,oless there was peace nowhere. If the
past was finished the present was chaos
and the future merely pregnant His
Continental System by which Great
Britain was to DO left rotting on the sea
-roased all the remaining ranoor Of
races and nations. Sweden leagued with
England. The Muscovite enthusiasm
for France omitted at intervals sulphur
instead of incense. The Gar was tol
Napoleon; but tho Russians were not
for the French. The Congress Of Erfurt,
in October Of 1908, was hollow. Alex
ander and Napoleon were there; also
the kings Of Saxony, Wurtemberg an6
Westphalia; also the minor princes.
The state Of Europe was confirmed. The
Gear should have Finland, Wallachia
and Meldavia.
While Napoleon was busy with the
complications Of 1913, Austria had
boon coyertly arming for the renewal Of
war. The British ministry gave Francis
II. four million pounds to break the
peace! The early spring of 1909 founc
the Arohduke Charles in Bavaria viii
q tremendous army Napoleon heard the
noise afar. Leaving Soult to finish the
Spanish business, he hastened to Paris
By the 10th Of April be was at Stutt
CART. On the 18th, his headquarter,
were at lngolstadt Out Of Wurtembers
and Baden, by the swiftest couriers, h,
evoked an army. He threw himself Gk,
tornado on the Austrians, and hurled
them back towards Bohemia. Vienn;
was uncovered, and on the 18th Of Ma.
surrendered to the French.
On the 21st and 22nd of that month
occurred the indeoisive battles Of Asperr
and Essling In June the progress O.
the French seemed to be delayed by TIT
very excess Of their advances and vic
tories. On the 9th and 9th of July wa!
fought the famous and sanguinary bat
tie Of Wagram, In which the Austrian:
were ronted with loss Of fully rs. 00{
mch The Hapshurg Empire was a.
completely Frustrated as Prussia hat
been after Jena. The humbled Franco!
came 10 conference with Napoleon a
Schonbrunn He was Obliged to purchase
peace by the oession Of the provinces O.
Dalnatia and Istria Austrian POLAND
was divided between the Gear and thu
king of Saxony. Salzburg was given tt
Bavaria. Francis pledged his honor Il
renounce his alliance with England, ant
to uphold the continental system O
Napoleon.
Meanwhile Souls in command of tn,
second corps in Spain, had on the lOtl
of November. 1903, annihilated tn
Spanish army at Burgos He had wrest
cd Corunna, Ferrol and Oporto from thu
English. But the tide turned In North
ern Portugal, and the French wer'
driven back by Wellington. A division
under Marshal Money, marching OF
Valencia, was defeated, as was ais,
General Dupont, in the battle of BayIen
in Andalusia, where the French losse
amounted to nearly 20. 900. In August o
1908 occurred the siege Of Saragossa
memorable alike In history and nnasy