The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-08-08

The long Struggle France
Had Trying 70 Become q
Republic
BonAPaRrE As 4 POLITICIAN

The ''stAs~~-Conssltas" s~< sApol~on
Up In Oidsn Times In Peace and
In War. some strange Things Came
To Pas~-A Dash of Modern His
tory w~igcd in-I>ee. Jaek~on and
Wheeler Much Lake BonAp~rt In I.
General way-FrAnce n . Terri
tory Builder-at One Time france
Fought England. RassiA, Austria,
and sweden. But the Job Paraiyz~<i
Her.
Bilksnsville. n. C. Aug 5. 1914
Correspondence Of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
BY the year 1892 France had
grown in earnest about becomin q
republic instead oy a monarchy.
though the first efforts had well-nigh
resulted in a series ov failures. On
the 26th ov January. 1909. what wuz
an important step al Naples. namin'
Napoleon Bonaparte for President.
On the third ov the followin' August
France awlso made a ruler oy Bona
parte, stylin' him consul" an erect
in him for life. Those people tthe
FRENCH couldn't get far from their
old ideas ov a monarchial govern
ment at one jump. hence the idea ov
electin' a ruler for a life term. But
! hit wuz a compliment TO Napoleon
! Bonaparte to be chosen virtually
president ov two important countries
in a space ov eight months time, the
curious part ov hit bein' that he wuz
not a citizen ov Italy an had no spe-
cial claim for recognition unless bit
wuz due to the fact that hiz wife wuz
native of Italy. But the election ov
Pope Plus az head ov the Catholic
Church about the same time may hev
had somethin' to do with hit awl
though history liz not clear on that
But hit liz q fact that the Catholics
In both France and Italy seem to hev
been in politics very deeply in that
! day an awl this no doubt caused
some strange things to happen. Our
Catholic friends were not inclined TO
get left in any new deal; an as each
country wuz strongly Catholic. the
politicians were apt to try 10 please
EN- The business or indemnification
ov Germany wuz concluded by France
an Russia in 1902. foilowin' a secret
convention ov the leadin' men ov
both countries, which wuz held In
1901 for the purpose ov agreein' on
| the matter. Soon after this wuz awl
arranged q conspiracy wuz formed by
Georges an Pitchegru against Ma
poleon Bonaparte az first consul. an
while hit failed. hit resulted In max
in the position or consul an heredi-
tary one, so the new republic wuz
takin' a backward step very quickly
Another change came At once. The
Senate acted an placed Napoleon
Bonaparte az hereditary Emperor ov
France for life. So France wuz q
Republic only in name for a time an
remained SO for many years: in fact,
! France only became a real Republic
in recent years. an there are still
strings tied to hit awl yit But I'm
awl this France wuz simply maxim
haste extremely slowly, goin' back.
ward faster at times than she wen,
forward. But on the 18th ov May
Napoleon Bonaparte wuz proclaimed
hereditary Emperor ov France an on
December End he placed the imperial
crown upon his own head. The Itai.
ian Republic then followed suit on
the 18th ov March. 1905, an named
az their President. Napoleon Roma
parte. King OF Italy. On the 26th ov
May Napoleon Bonaparte tlaced the
new crown ov the Lonbardian Kinga
upon hiz own head an wux anointed
by the archbishop ov Milan. SO Bona
parte had broken still another record
In a few months he had been chosen
az President ov both France and
Italy. and then had been selected a
King ov both countries an duly
crowned In the usual way AZ said
before, this wux takin' a powerfully
backward step. But wouldn't some
Iov our modern politicians raise cane
IL they could become King ov two
countries at one jump. You couldn'i
fnd rope ennuf to tie Billy J. Bryar
securely IL he could become ruler o,
one country. The great wonder d
that the good luck attendin' Mr.. 30.
naparte didn't turn hiz head. Tall
about conquerin' or ruIin' the world
az Alexander the Great tried TO do
Napoleon Bonaparte wuz maxim q
fine start in that direction. II hs
had owned a powerful feet ov swift
warships, such Al most coritries nov
have. Napoleon could easily hev con
fquered the world. allowin' that thu
other countries had only the some
what ancient sort ov warships. fol
Bonaparte had the grit. the ability
the power ff, iuf1uence man an IA