The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-10-03

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expired under The stroke ~ the destroy
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IN ~ place The King WINS ifouRhi 70
trial aud death Tho proud daughicf q
Theresa went swiftly after her lord
Moderate patriots throughout France
and the world were alarmed and an.
gercd Washington would follow Lab.
erty no further Paoli, establishing
himself ut Corto, stood for moderation.
lie was too old aud conservative 20 be
robaptized In the muddy waters OF JAG.
obinism But Captain Bonapaite nj
Ajaccio was not Of such mind and kind.
He found himself at this juncture ON
two military stoeds. both going In the
same direction, but at different rates of
speed. He had mover resigned his com.
mission rs colonel In the Corsican Ma
tional Guards; but he now held a com.
mission as captain In the French army,
and was receiving pay from the nation.
al treasury His captainuy and his colo.
nelcy did not consist He tomporized
and intrigued with the rovolutionists
during the winter of 1592-g3; had an
interview with Paoli at Corto; departed
without satisfaction; broke with the
governor, who ceased to be hero in his
eyes; made a conspiracy to invade Sar-
DINA; tried to obtain an independent
command; fell under condemnation Of
the Paolists, and in June Of 1898, was
obliged to leave Corsica with all the
family of Bonaparte.
Napoleon arrived at Nice on the 18th
Of June, and there rejoined his com
pany. The Fourth Regiment, to which
he belonged, had been transferred TO the
extreme southeast. as a protection against
the menaces Of the world along that
threatened coast The whole valley Of
the Rhone was afame with the Revolu-
/ ton. Horror on horror had been heaped
throughout France.
Napoleon became French Republic
an soldier He was n soldier Of fortune
4 in a sense more profound than that
phrase had ever before conveyed. 1t
must DO confessed that the bardships
and merciless conditions through which
he had passed, bearing with relentless
pressure on his tremendous mind-in-
famed as it was with unquenchable am
bitions-are better calculated 10 excite
the compassion and sympathy Of after
times than to kindle against him that
anger and consciousness which mere
ly logical consideration of his shortcom-
ings, failures and unprincipled schemes
would suggest The judgment is miti-
gated in contemplating such a character
emerging from obscurity. under the play
Of complex forces, into the foreground OF
light and action.
The regiment Of Captain Bonaparte
constituted part Of the Army Of the
South, under command of General Car.
teaux. It was the business Of this diyi'
sion of the French national forces Il
operate for the recovery Of Marseilles
and Toulon; for these cities were held
by the enemies Of France. They had
fallen into the power Of the English
fleets, assisted by the local loyalists
The situation WAS striking Patriotism
was afame in both the cities; but thu
representatives of the late monarchy
protected by foreign power. were no
yet down. 1t was out Of Marseilles that
in July Of the preceding year, bant
Of patriots, most unique and strong, hat
marched to Paris, singing OH the way
and to the very porches of the Tuileries
that famous war-song which Claude 10
seph Rouget de Lisle had given to tn
French nation ard to all free men.
SO against Marseilles and Toulon, TO
wrestling them from the English ant
loyalists, the forces of General Carteaul
ore, on the 9th Of October, 1898, divid
ed and sent. Captain Bonaparte's regi
ment, with others, is directed agains
Toulon. He is given command Of sec
tion of the artillery, and is at last il
his element. Now for the first time h
is able to direct q battery against tn
enemy, and to utter that tremendou
word, "Firer' Here and now the clout
Of obscurity lifts from the life Of thi
extraordinary character, revealing hin
to the world as one Of the greatest II
the annals of mankind.
JOHN CLARK RIDPATH.