The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-02-14

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along Eastern f>n Ter. and In
Gus l,,mI,Ar inlent Was heard, and
Of Significant smoke were seen I'd
and there Nc Revelation wa
phant; and thAl,sands Of storj
were set TO work kemolishine che
rcbellious cities. N0t an inch OF RI
in all those borders Rinained I'd
herents OF the ancient 6rder and {
oign allies.
After Toulon, the name of BJapnrts !
was heard In Paris The younge1 Robes
pierre informed the Convention that 10
was of transcendent merit. The report
of DuGominier said Among th2so "no
distinguished themselves most anI wno
most aided me 20 rally the troops and pusn
them forward are citizens Buona Pd%.o
lido you not know how to spell him yd%'
GeneralYl commanding the artillery; also
Arena and Cervoni, Acknowledgement -
The succoss of the chef dc Battalion In
the siege and capture. and the favorable
reports of ii produced n sensaoon In the
National Convention; but the impression
on that body and on the public was as yet
only transient. At this epoch, when all
quarters of France were shaken with COM
motions and local revolutions, the bril-
liant capture of single fort and town on
the Mediterranean was not enough TO Gre
pte permanent military fame The Con-
vention contented itself with making Gen.
eral Bonaparte g Inspector" of the coast
country, between the Rhone and the VAR
His duty was TO maintain order in that re-
gion, and to complete the Revolution. The
appointment was made on the Goth of De-
oember, only few days after the fall of
Toulon. The duty imposed made 1t neces-
sary for him TO traverse the district ex-
tending from Marseillcs to Cannes--a
maritime region which had been mortally
infected with royalism,
BY the close of the year, however, the
OLD spirit was virtually extinguished in
Southeastern France; and Napoleon found
little to satisfy his restless spirit. His
tours of Inspection and duties connected
Herewith occupied his time until Febru-
airy of 1894, when he was recalled TO Paris
That city was now seething cauldron.
The Reign Of Terror was at it's acme
That PERIOD unparalleled in human an
mails. extended from March OF 1893, when
the Revolutionary tribunal was organized
to July 2Sth Of the following year, when
Robespierre and his colleagues were sent
to the guillotine Strange that in the
midst of all the horror rising on horrors
accumulated in the French capital there
was still an outstretched arm of strength
bearing a sword of sharpness for foreign
nationsl The military organization was
completed as follows;
The Army of the North was created and
put under command of Generals Jourdan,
Leclerc, Vandamme Bruno, and Mortier
The Army of the Rhine was commanded
by Generals Piohegru, Scherer and Ber
thier The Army of the West was organized
with Marceau and Eleber as commanders
The Army of Italy was commanded by
Duerbion and Massena and to this Gener-
al Bonaparte was assigned as chief of the
artillery and assistant in the preparation
of plans for the campaign. He was thus
occupied in Paris at the time when it be-
came the saying, La guillotine va toujours
THE guillotine goes alwaysl
1t was the duty of the Army of Italy to
occupy that country as vantage ground
against the coalitions that were forming
beyond the Rhine. The Italian towns
and States were wavering according to
race prejudice and interest between affilia-
ton with the French Republic and the
protection" of Germany. BY the sick
ness of Dumerbion. General Massena
came TO the chief command of this division
of the French National forces. A cam
paign was undertaken in July of 1894,
but the general OF artillery did not for the
present, leave Paris. He was soon de-
spatched, however, as an agent under or
ders of the Convention, to Genoa He
was to protest to the Genoese authorities
against the permission which seemed to be
extended to the coalition to occupy the
neutral territory. 1t was delicate bust
ness; for the other officers did not under
stand the true nature of the instructions;
and the delegates Salicetti and Albitte
were themselves ignorant of what was
really intended
The result was that Bonaparte was first
misunderstood and then distrusted In his
negotiations with the Genoese govern
ment He was openly directed to protest
against the occupation of the territory of
Genoa by the enemies of France; but Sc
cretlu he was authorized to examine the
fortresses of the city and make notes on
the general topography OF that region.
While engaged In this work, he was sud
denly suspended from Office, put under
arrest, and declared to be suspected For
the nonce the sword of Damocles was
hung above him hy n single thread.
Just at this juncture, however, ere Ma
poleon could be hauled before the Revolu-
tionary tribunal, that body itself was
blown into death blackness by a counter
revolution, Robespierre and his bloody
clique were seized, after day or two Of
horrid broil In the city, and were sent
manned, dazed, jaw-broken, bone-broken,
headlong to the guillotine. In that case,
the other saying Of the hour, namely, the
guillotine goes not badly, was graciously
VERIFIED
The destruction of the tribunal had a
paradoxical effect on the interest of Ma
poleon. 1t was from that body that his
secret instructions had emanated. There
fore his friends were dead; also, his wit
nesses. But their plunge into Oblivion left
behind q lurid trail that scorched him. It
was now gaid that Au0ustin Robcspierre