The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-05-29

the summit of greatness. bis pii'nuay
in the coming August would bring MIN
to tho end Of his hirty-third year. he
was Young and handsome In person. ne
was warmed with enthusiasm. Inc
bravest men and the most beautiful wo-
men were gathered around hlm-the
! ono TO fIatter, and the other TO ADORE. II /
,he J,cobin was still fluid III his blood,
# no longer expressed itself in demo
cratic mutterings and proclamatlons'
Tho long black hair Of the whilom revo-
lutionist was closely cropped. The bag
gard Italian face Of the pauper student
had given place to rosy cheek and slnli-
ing lip Except in the incongruous
black cravat of the otherwise wen
dressed First Cossul, the sanscuio''e
was no longer discoverable at his eVen'
ing receptions! sor on
But the project was already on for al
extension and augmentation OF power
GLORY must be added to honof: .no
..,nonntaiu devil'' was busy IN the
n-e,st of Bonaparte In the aliurlng
s,rn,ner Of 1902 the dream had already
,ossessed him of life tenure OF the
CONSULATE The victorious general ana
nopular chief executive would be consul
ad fiuem. The Senate concurred ID the
nronosal; and a consultum was pre-
nared. There was dispute whether IL
should be for ten years or for life; ana
In this form the question was TO be SUD-
mitted to the people A plebisclte was
sent forth, and the French nation was
asked to pass Judgment on its favorlt us,
. "NaDoleon, sera-t-il Consul q VleF,
snch was the inscription prepared ana
nut ND over all the voting places IN
t France Napoleon, shall he be Consul
y for Lifo!' ;.
|. An extraordinary spectacle was VIII
e messed. On tho 4th Of August, loO", the
!. election was held. The voters III France
Il numbered 3,577. $50; and OF these
J. 3 36S. 1856 voted in the affirmative, leav'
IS ing only 2O9,O74 in the negative! II
y was perhaps tho most overwhelming
d nopular decree ever registered by peo
}. p,e. True, the soldiers voted-voted fol
u their idol. True, the clientele OF the
y Consulate voted-voted for the master
10 Trne. the Revolution voted-voted 10
10 its offspring. True, the New Order votee
voted for its hope. But nevertheless
Oh the neople voted-voted for their 1l"n
D. Napoleon might we'll mutter, who's
v are the votes opposed to me? Those 0
's ideoloeists, Jacobins and peculators un
e. der the Directoryp' What he said wa
)" true!
But not oil, in the meantime, ma
hocn well with the Republic-and wit
him. Fortune in some things bad gon
against the French. The coveted ocoupi
ton of Egypt had tottered and fallen
General Menou, who succeeded to tn
command of the army In that oountr
after the assassination of Kleber, ha
behaved with singular faulty. Failln
to perceive that eooentricity is not gel
ius. he had turned Mohammedan, an
taken the name Of Abdallah Bey. L
/. sank into inaction at Alexandria; al
+; when, IN March Of 1901, Admiral kei,
!; and Sir Ralph Abercromby landed
!: Aboukir and came against him. he W
defeated in battle, and the prospects
/ the French in Egypt were ruined. .
Napoleon heard Of the Egyptian di
aster with anger and modification. d
chagrin was little relieved by the dea
of Abercromby, who was fatally woun
ed in the battle Of Alexandria, or BY t
foolish assurances of Menou that all W
going we'll. 1t became necessary for t
French colony to evacuate Egypt, a
this was done on the Goth Of Augu
Jew 1901.
the The year 1909 has been cited as
as most glorious In French history. 1t v
ner certainly the most fertile in proml
and Why should not the treaty Of Annie
cry become the happy date of new era
diff mankind? France was regenerat
$ of England had gold and maritime glo
Italy had emancipation. Germany /
ous experience-if nothing better. Rus
'rit- had her pacific Alexander l.. her SuW
YER off, and her new provinces OF Georgl
med The fatal thing in the treaty
leon Amiens was that it promiscd-promis
the and did not perform. There were thl
# n to be done; and these were not DC
cry Preternatural suspicion seized on
into cabinets of all Europe. Note the olro1
ical stances: England in the preceding
for had emancipated the negroes OF la.
ntil Toussaint l'Ouverture, leader Of the
the tiyes, had been made commander
chief by the French, In 1897. lndepe
,act, ence was reached under the patron
we're of France; but when Bonaparte bee;
and First Consul, an act was passed IN
pub French Council for the restoration
DOW slavery in the island; and an army III
resi- General Loclerc, brother-inlaw Of BIZ
in parto, was sent to SANTANA to enforce
III of decree. Toussaint was put down, tre'
,aty, erously seized and taken to Fra
con- where he presently died in prison.
:cept civil conflict continued in Hayti;
as to yellow fever broke out, and an Eng
, the feet appeared off the coast. Notw
I for standing the peace of Amiens, here
sypt, TUr.
The In the meantime, Sebastiani, N
lowl Icons agent in the East, came bac
AIRED. Paris, and published in The Monte
1t all report IN which there was q hint OF
Il the purpose Of France to reoccupy Ep
shine Moreover, the First Consul proceede
appi- divide Piedmont into Departments,
alton the French mamier-as though
after country were altogether French. II
complaints Of Lord Whitworth,
enius English ambassador, he simply ans
~ in ed, These things are only bagatel]
1902, England hereupon-the treaty