Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-06-02

n polcon's life In these words:
For him nothing existed but
himself" Nine de Eemusat declares
that when Josephine, with whom she
lived MS companion and friend, would
protest against certain breaches of con
duct in her husband he would answer,
81 am not an ordinary man, and the
laws Of morals and OF custom were
never made for me" Still further In
this vein he said so soou as u man Is
a king he Ia apart from all, and have
always held that the instinct of true
policy was in Alezander's idea or max
ing himself out to be the descendant
of god
Elsewhere in the course Of her eXtcn-
sive memoirs Nine. de Remusat lays
emphasis upon Napolcon's unscrupu-
lous methods, particularly in the mat
ter Of lying. She says:
lie did not value sincerity, and he
did not hesitate to say that he recog-
nlzed the superiority of man by the
greater or less degree Of cleverness
with which he used the art of lying.
On the occasion of his saying this he
added, with great complaccncy, that
when he was u child one of his uncles
had predicted that he should govern
the world because he vas n h0hitual
liar. Metternich,' he said. approaches
to being a statesman - he lies very
we'll
"IIc taught her fJosephnel the art
of lying, which each of them practiced
with skill and effect
Writing of 1904. before he assembled
the throne. Nine de Romusat says II
know that at that particular period he
still retained certain accents Of truth
fulness which nfterward were no lon
ger to be detected in his voice"
In sketching the career of Savary,
who served Napoleon in the army and
in the cabinet. she says, ale perceived
a way open to him in the system Of
talebearing and cunning which Bona
parte favored. and, having once entered
upon it, it was not possible for him TO
retrace his steps"
Also, in this connection. "IIe Napo-
leon] sedulously cultivated evil pas
s!ons in men who served him, and they
hourished abundantly under his rcign."
Bourrienne gives in detail an in
stance Of Napoleon's dupl!city which
came under his own eye while acting
as secretary to the First Consul The
date was 1900, after NapOleon's IA
nous victory at Marenso. Says Bour-
ricnne
II have often bad occasion to notice
the multlfarious means employed by
BonapGrte to arrive at the possession
Of supreme power and to prepare
mems minds for so great a change.
Those who have observed his life must
have also remarked how entirely he
was convinced of the truth that public
opinion wastes itself on the rumor OF
IL project and possesses no energy Mt
the moment of its execution. in or.
der therefore, TO direct public ntten-
ton TO the question of hereditary power
a pamphlet was circulated about Paris
entitled Parallel Between Caesar
Cromwell and Donaparte. 1t was sent
TO the First Consul. He was absent
when it clnle. read it and perceived
that it openly advocated hereditary
monarchy. l then knew nothing about
the origin Of this pamphlet, but | soon
learned that IT issued from the office OF
the minister Of the interior Iucicu
Bonapartel and that it had been large
~ circulated. After reading it | laid
it on the table. In Il few minutes
Bonaparte entered and, taking up the
pamphlet, pretended to look through it.
Have you read thist said he. Yes,
general We'll. what Is your opinion
Of itr I think 1t is calculated to pro.
duce nm unfavorable effect on the pub
lie mind. 1t Is i'll timed for It prema-
turely reveals your views The First
Consul took the pamphlet and threw il
on the ground. as he did all the stupid
publications of the day after having
slightly glanced over them. Next day
the prefetS in the Immediate ncighbor.
hood of Paris sent a copy of 1t to the
| First Consul. complaining of IT'S mis-
| chievOus effect and | recollect that in
| one of their letters II was stated that
| such q work was calculated to direct
! against him the poniards of new as
sassins. After reading this CORE
spondencc he said to me- 'Bourrienne
send for Fouche [minister of policel
lie must come directly and Awe an ac-
count of this matter In half an hour
Fouche was in the First CoDsuls cab
| met
"'What pamphlet is this? What is
| said about it in ParisY General there
is hut one opinion of its dangerous
tendency. Well then, why did you
allow it TO appear" General i was
obliged to show some consideration for
the author Consideration for the au'
thor! What do you meani You should
have sent him to the Temple But,
general, your brother Licien patron
i2cs this pamphlet. II has been print
ed and paOlshed by his order. In
| short, it comes from the office of the
minister of the interior No matter
for that Your duty as minister of po-
| lice was to have arrested Lucicn and
sent him to the Temple. The fool does
nothing but contrive how he can COM
NIT me!
Alarmed at the effect which this
parallel between Caesar, Cromwell and
Donapnrte was likely to produce, |
went to Lucien to point out to him his
tmprudence. He made me no answer,
| but went and got a manuscript, which
| he showed me and which contained