The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-08-29

Napoleon Was Made Emporer
OF France for Life, Instead
Of President


the French. Italians aad AuxsriAas
-Even His Leading GcaerA Wa
Provided For In . Political WAY
A Dream Which Would Sot Come
True. Hence Empire building
Came to Naught-But He Got .
Glimpse of Power Which Might
Have Turned the Head of Any
Other Nan.
Bilkinsville. y. c. Aug. 2s. 1919.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
After peace wuz arranged at Ttlsit
Napoleon Bonaparte returned to
Dresden. where he signed the con-
stitution ov the dukedom ov Warsaw
to Paris. Awl but two ov the Ger
man princes had Joined the Rhemish
confederation at Warsaw. except two
the Dukes ov Mecklenburg and ov
Oldenburg. They joined some
months later. Az historical matter
this IL important. for Napoleon Bon
aparte had been declared Emperor
oy France, an the authority given
wuz TO be for life. an hiz descend
ants were to at least hev first chance
at the prize for an indefinite number
ov years. Ov course the argument
wuZ in different language from what
| hev just used. but | hev given the
facts. The other most important of
fcers were awlso named; but the per-
sons who should fill them were not
named, that bein' left to the ap-
pointive or elective power. Oy course
the Emperor would in reality name
them an would come pretty near be-
in the whole thing, IL he were smart.
an Bonaparte wuz. The Emperor
could name the Senators and fix num-
Der ov such legislators. Az ruler in
chief an with full power to name
the chief lawmaker, the Emperor
ought to hev been able to run the
country. On August 10, 1907, Ma
poleon Ronaparte wuz crowned EN-
peror ov France. He had awlready
been Emperor ov Italy for about two
years. Austria awlso recognized
| Bonaparte az Emperor ov that coun-
| try, az did several districts in Ger
many. If Bonaparte had been a
great politician az some ov our mod
ern Americans he might hev added
several other countries to hiz list an
could hev been an international ruler
callin' himself King in some coun-
tries, Sultan in others. When he
struck Japan he would hev been
| Mikado; in Russia nothin' short ov
Gar" would hev turned a trick a"
But, az hit wuz. he wuZ cock ov the
no question about that, and he muz,
for period. virtually ruler ov Ger
many. Added to hit awl, he wuz
successful in getin' hiz kin folks into
the royal swim. HiZ brother, Joseph
Bonaparte wuZ about this time made
King of Naples, and Sicily. Louis.
hiz second brother. soon became
King ov Holland. Eugene Beauhar-
nois, Napoleon's son-in-law. wuz
made viceroy oV Italy. To this ar
ray ov Bonaparte's close kin holdin'
big jobs, secured through his in
fiuence, We may add that Alexander
Berthies, hiz right hand General In
several big wars, wuZ made prince ov
Neufchatel; Talleyrand, hiz minister
ov foreign affairs, Prince ov Bone
vento; Bernadotte, Prince ov Ponte-
larvo; Joachine Murat. Grand Duke
of Cleves and Berg; Stephanie Beau
harnois, hiZ niece, wuz given in mar
riage to the Crown Prince ov Baden.
Ov fourse the last named countries
were smaller than France, Germany,
Italy and Austria, but they awi
counted for somethin'. for much, in
fact. An awl were attached. or were
to be attached TO France by a feder-
ative system. The addition, how
ever, ov Baden, Wirtemburg an Ba-
varia to the great" French Empire
which Napoleon dreamed ov probably
weakened the whole business an
caused more jealousy than anythin'
else in certain other countries. Az
in the case oV Alexander the Great"
who had planned TO conquer the
world an came very near doin' hit,
Napoleon finally reached the extreme
limit in vast one-man power an
Providence virtually said 10 him.
thus far, but no further" in this
ambitious undertaking. Napoleon
ruled France an had much influence
in the alance ov the territory, but he
found hit impossible to carry out-hiz
dream ov conquerin' an rulin' the
earth. But we must admit that he
got glimpse OF vast power though
he wuz helpless when hit come to
gettin' hiz foothold firmly establish
ed An hit IL well.
About this time the affairs ov
Snain began to get much attention