The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-24

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younger OF these twain. with his surly
looA fnd long hair. and stockings down
over lls shoes iu the dust of the PLAY
5louhI, should one day. from an imperial
P1laee ln the most splendid city IN the
MoIid dispatch his elder playmate as am
p9ssador % the Pope OF Rome,
what were the civil and social fndu-
ences around the scnoolhouso Of Bona
p@rteE The sentiments of that place are
-iiloAs the most potent and enduring
19fces " life. The chtld-nature imbipes
unconsciousiy the prevailing principles OF
lAo hour. ana the character is forming
Wh1le the lrst hesitant words are conned
from the primer The boy Napoleon had
around his schOolroom-as around his era
ule-an agitared atmosphere It was
BANKED with the rec5ding clouds Of revolu-
tlon. There was lightning ON the rim. and
blood on the fringes
The majority Of the Corsicans had acc
ccpted the French domination. Some sdn
remembered Genoa with affection; and
many sighed for Independence. Among
me latter were the BUonupartes. The
feeling Of regret fer the lost cause began
20 Wane about the time that Napoleon was
sent % school; out there was still iu bis
heart drop eff inherited bitterness on
account Of the French conquest. lie
looked back angrily at The terrible condi-
tons surro onding him in his childhood.
As late as his 20th year he broke out in
passion: Il was born" said he, while my
country was dying. Thirty Thousand
French vomited on our shores, drowning
the throne OF liberty in waves of blood
such was the horrid sight which first met
my view. The cries of the dying the
sroans OF the oppressed. tears of DESPAIR
surrounded my cradle at my birth" The
utteranee shows how hardly the future
emperor OF the French himself IN youth
became a F-enchmau.
when. from the 9Th TO tho 0+b ,.sr- r.f
Ais age, The bow Eonapartc attended,
schcol ia his native toWn, three tines radl-
ated before his feet. One of these
was dim ana clouded, but glorihe3 yvltN
patches 80 extreme light. il was the way
into the kingdom Of that Now Pbilcsophv
which was just then revealing itself with
such orilhancy in France. second ana
wen trod way led straightly TO the church
Rome was great and honorable. Her r--
wards for diligcnt ambition We're rich
ana certain. The young aspIrant who en-
tered her colleges might Well EXPECT enroll
ument and reputation. The third path
LED dangerously 10 The military life None
lnlsht at that time discern the coming I'm
heaval Of society, with its coucoraitant
reign OF the sword But the agitations OF
the epoch We're sufficient to ENCOURAGE
war, and 20 offer measure Of induce
rnent to follow in the path of military
glory.
The tac.tun schoolboy Of Ajaccio had
these three open ways before him. From
the first, he was precluded by the DISPOSE
tons Of mis- family, intensified I'm himself
He never had the scholastic trait His
abilities as pupil, and afterward as a
military cadet showed nothing OF the
pniiosophe Indeed he conceived-how
early in boyhoOd We know not-a preiu-
dice against philosophy and the philoso-
pliers as well. As for the church, he had
an inbred admira ion for Rome. but the
kind Of life offered In the priesthood was
without attractions for him personally.
He was willing that Joseph and other Of
his friends should become priests and
bishops; but not himself. Neither the
scholars gown nor the priests surplce
offered the slightest attraction to his
magma lion
The condition of the Buonaparle family
about the year 1776-7S was critical. Carlo,
the father had given an interested adhe-
sion to the French. He had his hopes
from the annexation. He would keen his
titles and recover the properties formerly
belonging to the family. The Buonaparte
estate in Corsica had been mostly lost.
Some had been conhscated by the Genoese
party ana converted into Jesuit schools
The recent revolution had reduced Carlos
means almost to naught He was himself
of no reputation as an economist. His
family had rapidly multiplied. Two chill
drcn died in infancy between the birth of
Napoleon and that of Lucien, in 1873. The
family was brought almost TO penury
Carlo de Buonaparte could not get back
his properties. The privilege of writing
his name with a de did not compensate
for his losses. lie struggled with adver-
sity, and sought the aid OF Influential
friends. Among these the most availa-
BE was Gen. Marboeuf. The latter in
1776 appealed on behalf Of his Corsican
friends to the authorities in Paris for the
uriVilpue of educafiue- ia T11ouap4s.fa
boys in France at the expense of the royal
treasury. This thing might be done-pro-
vided the applicants should be under ten
years Of age, and be able to show four
strains of noble blood in their veinsi In
the case of the boys Buonaparte, this could
not be proved; and affairs in the home
stead went from bad to worse.
At this juncrurc history. rather than
man. came 10 the rescue. France was on
the verge OF bankruptcy. One finance min
lister after another was appointed. and one
financial scheme after another exploded
in he hands Of the inventors Il became
necessary to call together. at Versailles
a council of the mobiles. Carlo de Buona-
parte was chosen a representative frou
Corsica. IN going 10 perform his duty al
the French capital he took With MIN. to be
distributed en- route. his two sons. Joseph
and Napoleon; also the boys half uncle
Joseph Fesch, also a cousin Of Letitia, the
as a student at AK. The cousin had been
appointed 70 an Office ia the church at
Autun; and at that place the distracted
father determined TO drop his two sons at
school.
This was ia the year IT'S The COM
pany set out by way of Florence. Genoa,
MarseiHes. Lyons. The youngest OF the
company was a sad-faced, big-eyed boy
in sucn apparel as could be furnished in
the house of an impecunious nObleman
The boys head was bent forward as he
walked. His foot now, for the first time
touched the continent. He was I'm his
tenth year He muttered broken ejacula-
tons to his companions. 1t was Napoleon
Bonaparte on his way to Autun-and the
world. John Clark Ridpath
As to Mr.. McAIlixter's Successor.
From the New York Advertiser.
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