The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-07-25

Tie arss e0asAssed es eve Aaa&rw4
members an wus som~tkis' like the
CoaErw@z ov The Unit@a States. Act
1Ass ~ere TO ossxtaate tn tAAs eo9nesl-
Ths ~coancn Of the anes@nts.~ seme-
thin' iIke the raIse1 sseses s~.ass.
{ eoutaInsd tee hundre6 ana afty
nsneers an tAis eody csuid sAsps or
reject any iaws or sails s~ns - frOm
the loser house. mAktn' Ats awiso
quite similar 10 the ualted States
Senate today.
OF France . great writer ones saaa
The history OF Frasee has ee~a llk-
ened 10 . great river. the dewp ma-
tessie earr~at OF the monarchy hurxs
IL banks at the r~wolatAon. an spread
over IN tmnsass extent. forzing in
its side inanaatsoa O tsks eth 10
lands interspersed wi,h various eAaa-
nels. inlets. too intricate and vast for
the eye TO grasp At one view. Nov.
however. m the revoiution draws Co
Its close the current nArrows. an like
water at the termina,Ion OF Q LAKE.
~e see the large events OF . aatIoa'.
history contract an deepen. In order
TO run In the bounded channel OF az
individuals fortune In other words.
the history or France becomes for q
long and glorious period Identlnsd
with the life OF Napoleon Bonaparts-~
The successful defense Of Teaion.
mentioned briefly In a recent article
when Marshal BonAparte waa bat
twenty-four years old an had not
risen higher than the ranks OF .
colonel, opened hiz career. The King
of Italy. awl rulers. In fact. had al
eye upon Napoleon BosapArts after
hat, He wuz induced TO Join the Ital-
ian army In the capacity ov engineer.
though this IL probably no, known to
the average historical reader. This
gave Napoleon an opportunity TO
study an practice u profession which
wuz 10 afterward prove very valuable
TO him. At Thermidor young Bona
parte partially failed 10 make good.
wuz suspended an placed under ar
rest. But that proved only q temper
airy discouragement TO the future
great leader. commander ov men.
may have been an advantage. for hit
/ doutless caused him TO realize tha.
/ he, like other men. wuz not infallible.
| An energetic remonstrance on the
! part ov the French government soon
| caused hiz release. He returned 90
| France an wuz restored TO the army.
But mere active service wux not suf-
dcient for Bonaparte: he must be do
in somethin' worth while. He finally
refused to serve against the vnn-
deans. remained In Paris. Bein' stiil
q young man. Bonaparte began TO
take notice ov the girls an planned
an ambitious marriage. Pretty soos
a rebellion started In vendemaire.
Bonaparte. under Barras. took charge
ov the force sent. and wux success
full. This brought quick promotion:
he became q general OF the army oV
the interior Soon after this he mar
ried the widow ov Gen. Boharnois-
Awl writer's agree that Bonaparts
seemed to love hiz beautiful wife
Josephine. AZ she was afterward IA
miliarly known. loved an respected In
France. Napoleon. havin' adopted
the life ov a soldier. havin' served
two countries. wuz soon ir active ser
vice again.
France wuz free from hostii'ties on
the Lower Rhine by a treaty with
Prussia, an on the side ov the Pyre-
nees by q treaty with Spain. But
Germany wuz considered fair prey
for French invasion. though the peo-
pie ov that country had shown abil-
ity AZ fighters. Bonaparte wux sent
to Italy with inferior equipment He
marched from Genoa: defeated the
Austrians and Piedmontese in the
battles ov Montenotte On April IL,
1876. an OF MiIesimo on the 18th:
compelled the King cy Sardinia To
conclude o treaty ov peace an give
Savoy an Nice up TO France. On the
Sth ov May Bonapare creased the
river Pc an compelled Parma 20
agree to an armistice: on the 10th
defeated Gen. Beanilien at Lodi: on
the goth proclaimed the freedom ov
the Lombard ese: In June he eompeii-
90 <ASS~8SB @Neks@1s Sa9 AAG AekG ~
conclude an armistice. He defeated
General Wurmser on the 3rd Of An
gust at Lonado. an on the 5th at Cas-
tigiione: advanced against the Tyrol:
defeated Alvanzi At Arcoie on the
18th OF November and at Rivoli on
the I4th ov January followin': con-
cluded peace q Toientino. In which
the Pope yielded Arigno to France:
on the 18th ov February defeated the
arehduke Charles at Lisonon. an
signed preliminaries ov peace with
Austria At Leoben on the 18th oy
April Thus In less than twelve
months Napoleon Bonaparte. who
like Washington. had mighty sorry
aids In charge ov hiz war department.
whipped practically everything In