The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-13

In tact. ultimately derived from those ~
IN. -~cr.t cummiitec- 20 the terrorst-
but. unlike the supremacy 81 kob.-pi-rrr,
that uf NsToleon could not L. disputed.
Tor the General. while guarding all the mater
ial boons which the Revolution had con-
f-tred, cuncilIatcd the interests and classes
vhercon the civilian had -l brutally tramp
led The new autocracy therefore. pcS-s--"d
a solid strength Which hat uf IN" ter
rorists could never posss~- Indeed, " Vas
more absolut" than the dirtsiurll power
that Rousseau had outlined The pbiln-o-
pher had asserted that, while ~sileuCing
the legislative power. the dictator really
made i vocal. and that b" could do
everything hut make Laws Napoleon
after l~re. did far he suppressed
d"ta,e- anu yet drew laws from his sub
ssrvient Legislature. Whether. then, We
regard iis practical importance for Franc"
and Europe. or limit Our view to th" mental
~agacitv and indomitablc will power Repaired
for It's accomplishment, the triumph at Ma
poleon la the three years subsequent to his
return from kgpy' j. the mo-t stupcndpuS
recorded ia the history 81 civilized tsppi"-
A notable r.eult q the Investigations
Prosecuted by our author IN the forr gn
Home Once arChiver IL 'h- discovery ~
proofs ~ the Implication & the Bnt IN
Government in the Royalist plot to a--as-
sinate Napoleon, the principal agents IA
which were 10 he PIchegru and CadOudal.
In the Foreign Orice records Mr. Rose has
found a letter dated London. Aug -, 1908.
from 'he Rar1n 4" Ron. III" fActOtum 81
the exiled Bourbons. to Mr.. Hammond. the
pertnanen, tnd-r secretary u the Foreign
Once. asking him TO call Of the Comte
d Artois AT hIs residence. 70 Baker street.
That th~ deliberations at that house
were not wholly peaceful appears from a
long s~'rct memorandum 81 Oct. -, iso3,
in which the Comte d Artois reviews the
career 81 that miserable ddrsrturev.' and
concludes by naming thos- who desirod
his overflow The-c two papers show tha;
the British Government Was awar" Of the
Bourbon plot, Another document dated
November. isOs. demonstrates its active
completely This l. a LIST u the French
ROyalist oficers who lad set out. or we're
ready to set out. All we're In British pay.
In the same handwriting IL another list Of
Royalist officers for whom II demanded a
years pay In advance. 1ha, some az least
Of the Admiralty officials also aided Ca
doudAl 10 proved by a most secret letter
dated Admiralty Once. July 81, i~o7, and
charging Admiral Montssu In the Downs to
help the bearer, Capt Wright. In the ex-Cu-
lion Of a very important service, n to
provide for him -one - the best Of the
hired cutters or lusser- under your orders
Another most s~Cret' Admiralty letter 81
Jan Q. 1904. orders a frigate ~ large sloop
90 be got ready TO convey secretly an
officer Of rank and consideration Cprohe-
bly Pich.srui. to the French coast. Fl
nAlly. there is the letter of Mr. Arbgthnot,
Parliamentary Secretary al the Foreign
Onhcc lda,ed MArch ~, 1904 20 Sir Arthur
Paget. In which he rrfers TO the sad result
of all our fine proJerts for the reestahli-h-
meat 81 the Blurt-Ons "" arr,
81 cours-. greatly aiprehensive for poor
Nureau's safety
our authors comment on the signature
| - these documents run - ~follovs-it
should - read carefully by those who have
been disposed unrescrvedly to Conueirn
| he seizure and execution 81 the Duo
d'Enghien: In face 81 tins dAmning evil
dence the Ministerial denials % completely
must d. swept aside. IL j. possible. how
ever. that the plot WAS conuivs-d at. not
hy the more respectable chiefs, but tv
Young and hot head I officials Even N
the summer % IN hat tsulnet wa al
ready tot'sring under III" attacks oi the
wings and the followers - Pitt. IN"
hlandly respectable A~diington and Haw ses-
bury with hiS vacant griu were evidently
no match f1r Napoleon. ana Arbu'Anot
| himself dUb- Addlngton y poor wretch
| universally desIi.-d and laughed al,
and prunounces the Iallact ia" most in
| efficient that ever curt a country !
| Judge. Therefore. that or official AID 90
| tie conspirator wac limited g." the | nder-
Secretaries q he Foreign, War and All.
miralty oAirrs Moreover, the Hoyalls'
| plans. a. r,rdlSd 10 our officials. mainly
| concerned a rising IN Normandy and Brit
,any Our Government would not hAN"
raid the salaries Il ffty-four Roydlst
| officers many - them Of good old French
families If IL had b-n only a question 81
s,abbing Napoleon Tho lists 81 thoS~
| officers ~ero drawn up herr IN \uF,Infs'-,
isns-'hai u. ,hr~c months after Georges
| Cadouda. hal st out for Normandy AMI
| Paris TO co.l~t hs dcsr-rado's, and u
SENS most probable that the oaic"rs IL the
| royal army were rNp+Ct"d merely TO
| clinch ~Cadoudal's enterprise hv r~ekindling
the fams 90 revolt in the north AMI west
French agents were trying to DO the same
Ia Ireland. and a plot for ID" murder "f
l George Ill VA 'h1ugN' 10 nav" i"f1 con
niyed AT nv tho French authorities But
when all - saii. the british Government
mus, stand accused Il one of tn" mos,
he,nuus ~ crimes The whole truth was
not known a. Paris. but d. Wa Surmi~"d
, and tho urmisH was sufficient To- cnV"num
the whole curr-e q! IA" s'ruggl. b'twecn
Ensllnd and Nlpoleon.-
Dill NAPOLEON seriously intend IN"
invasion O! England even before Nelson's
| victory az Trafalgar rendered the scheme
entirely impracticahle? The question Is
considered a, some length in the twenty
ars- chapter 81 this book. W" are reminded
Of the fact- 20 which from the outset nap
Icon must have been keeniy alive. that
with a few exceptions, the experienced
.namen 81 England. Franc" and Holland
declared that the fat-bottomed boats de-
signed for the transportation % the French
soldiers were unseaworthy. and that a
frighiful disaster must ensge II thcy were
met In the Channel Nv the British ship
Napoleon must also have been aware that
Englani'- coast was defended hy batteries