Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-28
TITLE OF "NAPoLEON III"

TITLE OF NAPOLEON Ill"
Whatever may he The immediate
chances OF Bonapartist restoration in
France, there IS 10 doubt hat the pres
ent Representative of tins Nspoleons is
taking the Situation seriously, says y
/ Paris correspondent of Jbe London
Posi-. Il Is evea reported that pro-
clamWioo o the French people, signed
! Napoleon " >" is III print, ready 10 be
/ pys,ed in Paris at the psychological
moment, aad the very name suggests
strange recollecgions, especially on the
tweuy-siXth anniversary Of the death
Of Napoleon III There has always
been some mystery as to why that pa.-
tcular Napoleon was called THE
third ipr il was by the meerest fiction
that the Due de Reichstadt, son Of the
treat Bonaparte, can be considered to
have reigued The traditional story Of
! now the numera first came to be
thought OF was originally related with
in 9 month after Louis Napoleon he'd
become emperor, uy Lord Cowley, cur
Ambass dor in Paris, to LORD Malmos
bury. our foreign secretary. Ii was
mat the project Of B1urges, where the
priuce president slept the first night If
! hrs progress in provincial France in
tie au umu Of 1852, mad givel in5iruc.
! uous that tho pe0ple were 10 Shout
! "Nive N9pa,eoln bat he Wlole "NIVe
Napoleol! ~ and the crowd took The
three marks of exclamation as the
Roman numegai III, aud shouted at
corGingiy.
Que of the band Of conspirators who
surrounded Louis Napoleon 1T and at-
or Lhe coup d 'etat wanted IN later days,
however. to nave The glory Of invent
ing The uumeral, and ia mis- postum
mously published Memoirs" the once
notorious Due de PeTsiguy declared
hat j, was ne who on his own account
gave the necessary order 10 the perfect.
"TDe.e is train," be began, "leev-
| ine Psris for Boure, in au hour. Take
care .o ca c6 it Resume your duties
wltnoul sec.cg any oue here and with
i ouc etlius soul Know your secret in-
,tructious. ines instructions are
Em9ira Eive FEmp and let Us
moi make "a mistake. The Dlc de Reich
f! stadt Lever rejgaed, but he was pro-
claimed emperor by hi5 ialher. Rea-
der, then. .njs hOmege to ire memory
ola grear naut ac.oupce the nephew
as Napoleon Ill hsy5 slready told
| v1u toaummoG ali tde mun,uipS 'tie7
I Of ycur Geusrtmant set ia haoG, With
out losi.g momclr, ha"s Inscribed
'V,ve pEmDeIeu-' o. oao site ED
1--WE Nap.i4on IIIn on the o.her.
I Place tho same inscription ca the III.
| umphant arches uuder which the prince
wili pass. Prcsorge The utmost sc,
cr.cy "a these DTepard )1s sad
when the day comes telegraph to ne
rom hour 10 hour all that occufs.'
PersiEnv's story, however, is little
more thaa turgid smpltication OF the
posrsocipt Of letter wrluen 20 Malmes
onrv duria9 the pdnce-pre=jdent's pre-
gress by Wa4ews&., fneu French am
bassaior IN London, ~ witch 1t was
/ SAID The prince proceeds rom triun4pn
! 10 triunpn. Az MS departure from Paris
/ tnev cried 'Niye Napoleon Aad q few
.Vive i'EmD .reur y On bis return there
vii be unanimous c10rus OF 'NVe
! lEmpereut! and 'Vive Napoleon III y"
| Persigng admitted in his Memoirs, "
indeed, shat waeu IL served him be was
III uoscrupu liar, srd III far e@sier
to believe Lhe story told by LORD Cow
ley.
] al u . ''Napoleon "" and especially
/ if. as is nintad, with the sympathy OF
ne Russian cuurt. iJis nklng 90 re-.
cell caat the Freuch oltlcl4. oGlnior OF
1852 was tha1 Russia was attempting 10
persuade Great Britein to object to the
/ numeral. in order to sow disseDsion
between the two western nations. But
! there was more substantial reason tor
f. the annoyance felt by the British Gov
errmeG, at the assumption OF the nu
neral, in which was thought to lurk .
! hreat of revenge for Waterloo, and
! which was not removed until Louis Ma
Doleon himself, sitter some heated nego
iations, consented 10 insert ID his
speech TO the great bodies of the Stat
al st. Cloud, on December l, 1852, SC
ceptilg the mreral crown, The follow
! ing exploratory pp.agrapa:
Il take from tnis day, with the
crown, the name OF Napoleon Ill, be-
cause ne logic Of ;ho psople bestowed
il upon nle ia tnair ace 4matOua. be-
cause the Senate has legally proposed
il. auG because the Whole nation has
ratified it. Thus, fheu, because the
tide Of Napoleon III. is net one Of
those dvnasde and superauaua,ed pre-
tensions when seem 10 be an insult TO
Good seusa ana to truth Il is the
homage rendered 10 government
which is legitimate and to which We owe
the brjgbtes; pages OF our modern his
tory. Aly reign does not date from 1915;
| il dates from this very moment when
YOU nave announced 10 me the sutirages
of the nation.
Our government OF once recognized
the empire, consequent upon this deca-
ration. and the numeral passed into
! history: but that portion OF toe French
chronicle was temporarily closed six
and-rwenty years seo, when "Ls neveu
de son oncle" died defeated and
broken exile OF British soil.
Before the discovery of One Minute C3ugn
Cure, ministers were greatly disturbed BY
coughing congregations. No excuse ioT u
now. kdssT W2ricld, jr., corner Alng ShH
! Pitt streets.