The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-04
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&t,ho last 81 three lectures given byS3D'rr''s
Is. q. Mitchell on the French Revolution ton
and UNDER the AUSPICES OF .thu Ladies',
Missionary Society bf tho first Bnptist
Church was presented last evening at the
Womnns' Club to a fno and Hyinphtinlee.tilo
audience, Tho Doctors theme was D N -
poleon, The Dxponont Of Nationally n. ~ y
the Nineteenth Century" The following VIII,
Il a brief outline Of n very strong az anu ~
mastery Handling Of the snp1ec,s' y IN,
%''1nt tho cottrso on tho French Revolu-
ton, tho subject Of tho third lecture vas NJ!
Nnpo,oon ns the exponent Of tonality
III tho nineteenth oontury, The Key 70
Napoleon 8 slioooss lB to DO found IN IL 9
distinction made BY tho Tronof rovolu-
tionists, declaring that oil peoples wee
their, friends and Ill Eoyornments we're
their onomies, ind hence that inc Bremen n,a
Republic folt Its mission to pc TO wage
war Tor I'LL nations against ull Kin gs. 3jiii \.
"a nrn n fact . tilroo distinct elements 3 OF
nnwor nre seen In Napoleon 8 carl y ca =. m 4
pniEns-hrst, his own genius; second, t ~
orasndinRl nrdor with which the revolu-
ton Ind strung tho rorves OF tho froncn
soldiers; and lastly. but by no means
lchBt, tho response III q ttio .1v.,NS0
tons 70 tho liberal ,doas which the !, course
Of 4 tho revolution awakened. prance,8
having frood herself from tho tra1nnels
81 foudnlism and dcspotlsm, found thh.
"a main tain tho advantages thus gnlneu
eho must also froe tho surrounding ma.
tons, 10 do ths she was = 81 py an m IN. un'
orring INSTINCT to array each natlon !
ngainet ts king. Bor ne eh anar wo IS
onened by tho latch being raised from
within. rho peoples OF Belgium licl-
land "a Germany ana Italy hailed the
Tranch ~ llborators from the feudal
desnots who had hitherto ground them
down. 10 Napoleon g invincbiltty WINS que
to his skill in awakening ana al re- .hs
those liberal and national forces IN my '
countries which he invaded I, ~
nm 17ee. Pitt the great English MIN
lister, was possessed Of the hxed idea
/ that France wns exhausted by the IN
ternal strife and foreign wars when
tho revolution had produced. How ~ r.
| tally mistaken he was ts shown 9 pyi ~, - y
fact that Ma poleon was Just oegln y o
that series OF military mira clea w ir,!
disclosed the unsupported energies lu WI. 4
INC n tho liberal ideas Of the revolt Y.
uon Forty eight hours after his mar ma
| r,aga to4.Josephine NAPOLEON Eat OUT. IN
| March 1906, to take command OF the
| ornv Of italy. 1t Is important TO note
nov hc shrewdly took advantage OF
every fact In the Italian situation 70
arouse the patriots against their rutels;
He himself was an Italian by. oioou' NV q
an,,,,, thcrefore appeal In their own LAM
DIN reS "a the long respected national feel--
| iinas ~ those whom he could properly
cali his felow-countrymen.
"rn Northern italy two foes opposed
Napoleon-the Piedmontesc, led by. q =, lot 2.
oiun & general g Coli, and tho Austrians,
~ ,,yarn reigning as aliens in the Milan
| $50 Under the suise 4of liberatlon,s -, =
noleonl within four days won ftlVe We "
| tories over the mercenary army army OF ~. sns
King Of Piedmont and then !. ne -. ar,s ted
arains { the Austrlans, who we're = nh ~, -
hv Tho population OF Milan MS x foreign
i ns,rncrs Each success not only maze {!
morn tense the energy of the Frencn e,
.oIalars hut also enkindled unwonteu
anthnsinsm among the ] italian peoples LOT
AIho rights OF man and the soYereis s
! NJ tho people. The s1ta llnns dlu not -teaI
nm italian who brought the !. oies ,s ~ :
~ the new social order, even though me
70 Who surrounded him wore French
i n,forms before the union Of these pop
Ia : iforcos the Austrians were spced!ly
4 dr,ya,, over tte Alps, and throughout
no panins,lla republics sprang up as $! me
i fnrerners retreated. such as tne Cas g
4 nne Republic, the Roman Repuolio, me :
j Ligurian and the Partneno peaIi. .i, ~
4 voru names given to these repu nilcs
SEATED nv Bonnparte reveals his purpose
y ca1ls forth the national idea In each
neonla tnnd turn Its force against tho
sorn ast,c despot or tho allen 5usurper.i r. g
waived the race-name. carrying with Y
A the notency5 Of nationality. Such was me
\ Aladdln's lamp that called forth IN every
4 instance strange powers TO 40 ,Nhpoaso. >
I Kidding Other Instances of this are !tNe
4 patovinn Republlc and the Hclyetian Re-
4 public. = $, =, /,
i harmony with these liberal and nauonal
q oan,ratlons Of the several peoples 10
4 whom he came. victory crowned MS hia
5. standard and benedictlons greeted !. ms
D ear It was his unique mission 70 UNI.
d versalze in Europe the social gal OF
~ Irrnnol, revolution His downfall be-
gan when forgetting the secret OF MS
Il mastery. he laid his head in the Delilah-
a Ia = az dynastic ambition. when the cause
!. If the people was dropped and the selEsh
d desire for glory and family aggrandlse-
5 ment was put uppermost This dlv,de
4 in Napoleon career IS married. Dy q y
II nassare lof the Pyrenees in 1905. Here II ,r
J., seelt,nr. the throne for his brother
3 Josenh. he arrayed against himself the
I! snanIsh nation. and upon that rock &c
went 70 pieces. Against Nnpoleon's &c.
nius and the electric forces of the French
n the ipurposeless armies OF monarcns melt.
* ed away, as at Austerlitz, Jena and Fried
i land, But against nation Of Spanish
peasants, lighting as guerillas, the glory
\ crowned marshnls of France could aval
u nothinr. Baylen rather than Waterloo
. vas the death-knell Of Napoleon's en-
plre. i a.
4 In spain was soon caught by Prussia ant
/, other vassal States. They had learned
4 that, where kings had failed. nations
had succeeded. It was the new nntlona
force thus liberated In Europe which
Il struck the blow OF Lepsic and flxet