The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-09-19

nad sent g. tho Ahllc liiyn,t anu
presti Un with thO rst Alongside VI .
Nolmirt b. would st up rival pro
duprm ut ms own, called tho MASKED .
ptuphrt'--n mnrvoluu. aud impuss bile .
invention ont VI r,1sial Literature was /
thus mixed with affairs; fiction flourish
"a vi the moagcr meals which Madame |
Bonapnrtc was able 60 set for her fam
ily, and anathcmns Of Jnsuph's unptofit- |
able winc-shop woro illuminated with |
paragraphs about tho glories Of rebel |
lion
Bunapartc's leave uf nbsonce--so "a.
gerly sought-soon became asintolcrable
to him ny TO tho rest His paper gave
him privilege to DO away from his com
mand for six months; but before the end
Of tho fourth month--inventing casuis-
teal rcasons---he impatiently left Corsi-
ca to rejoin his company. During his
stay in the island, he had accomplished
Notwithstanding that would have
been much in any other lilo had induced
the French intendant to agree TO allow
his mothers claim. He had pushed for
ward the inert Joseph to try the law MS
n profession, and had seen him installed
at Bastia. He had urged upon his equity
uncle the necessity of patriotism He
had drawn up and submitted system
of coast defenses for the principal ports
of the island. He had prepared scheme
for the creation of an insular army. He
| had studied and written necessarily at
furious speed, completing his Oriental
novel and his History of Corsica. "
The latter was cast in the epistolary
| form, and was dedicated to Monseigneur
Marbpuf, now promoted to the see of
Sens.
Meanwhile the Regiment La Fere had
been ordered from Douai, to Auxonne,
| in Cote dor, 1872 miles from Paris.
Thither Napoleon repaired, to rejoin his
command, in the last week of May, 1888.
He took with him the manuscript of his
History of Corsica" seeking pub
Usher, but finding none, either at Va
lence or Lyons or Auxonne or Paris or
anywhere else in this mundane sphere
forever.
1t would be impossible to define the
mental condition Of Napoleon at this
stage of his development Politically
for though a soldier he was always q
politician he went hating between
two forces The one tendency drew him
powerfully towards the local independ-
ence of his native island. This involved
hatred of the conquest and annexation
of Corsica to France. 1t also involved
hatred of France itself; of the French
race; and of the French monarchy
H., D,,t othnr t,n1a,,np
drew Franceward with equal stress. II
was from the powerful fact of France
that all benefits had thus far flowed to
the family of Bonaparte. By France he
had himself been educated. Besides,
Corsica, even as an independent state
was a limited field of action. France il
great. France offers worldwide distinc
ton Our commission as Lieutenant o.
artillery is a French commission, ant
our very sword is French blade.
But our History of Corsica" is pa
triotic and insurrectionary document
1t is inconsistent with our allegiance
and hurtful to what France may prom
Use hereafter. Therefore we would bet
ter shuttle, and rewrite our book. W.
will put it into the mouth of Corsical
patriot of the old Genoese faction, t.
which the family of our mother Ramo
q limo once belonged. In its present form
we make copy of it, and send it to tn
). great Paoli in London; but he returns i
:, to us, putting us off with the counse
:. that we are as yet immature too youn
for writing history" and adding word
!. to the effect that our book is not suffi
a GENTLY original. In truth, our mind
!. vortex. maelstrom of confiiotin
!, tides. Here at Auxonne, during our sta
a of eighteen months, we will sit dow
again, Unsuitable, in solitary gloom, an
n devour the greatest things thought an
"a written by men whom we shall one da
surpass and eclipsel
> JOHN CLARK RIDPATH.