Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-07-04

Vi Itc OlO Guy SIlIl resort TO Cle quiet
clOtster to VOW to each other a life Of
fidelity in the presence OF the faithful
dead.
I why DID NAPOLEON s.
: HATE D'ENGHlEN? (
History has never been able to ex-
plain why Napoleon believed that the
Duke d.Enghien was connected with
a plot to assassinate him. There is
nothing whatever in his actions that
would Indicate such a conspiracy, and
his execution by the great French gem
eral Is another marked evidence of his
p~eculiarities and his vindictive spirit.
Nor were the enemies OF Napoleon
alone In believing the duke innocent,
but his friends, even to his own
family, all ridiculedN the idea and took
sides with d'Enghien. 1t was his axe
cutlon which drew from Fouche the
comment since become proverbial:
"Cest plus quinn crime c'est une
fautex' Ut is worse thai a crime: it
is a %blunder)
There was never perhaps a scion of a
noble house more likely to preserve the
honors OF an Industrious family and give
II new luster than the unfortunate DUO
d'Enghien Worthy OF being the descen-
dant of the great Condo. he was brave
as a lion n generous to excess. In
all the campaigns in which the French
emigrants were engaged to recover
their Country n the throne for their
sovereign, this prince was at their head
cheering and encouraging them by his
example. and winning their affections
by acts OF The most touching Kindness,
OF which many instances are related.
After the peace OF Lineville, in 1901.
I tho army IF Cnnr7o uro dSu1o ndol IL. h,,<
every soldier who had been under the
command of the duke left him with at
least SO crowns in his pocket. This be-
nevolence exhausted the trifling re-
sources OF the duke and was one OF the
causes Of his residence In Germany
After residing sOrne time at Ettenhefm,
in studious retirement, he was. on the
18th of March, 1904, seized by an armed
force employed by Bonaparte,i who thus
violated the Independence OF the Ger
man empire. to gain possession of a
French prince. He was compelled to
travel night and day to Paris, where
he arrived at 6 O'Clock on the morning
of the goth. He was first conducted
to the temple n afterward to the
Castle OF Vincennes, where a military
special commission was convened at 9
O'Clock. and at IL he was sentenced to
death.
When the duke was dragged out into
the wood of Vincennes. and told that
Has sentence was TO De executed, ne
calmly said: II am ready, and re-
signed and when he heard that the
grenadiers who were commanded to.
shoot him were Italians of Bonaparte's.
guard. he exclaimed: They are not
Frenchmen; this is one stain less upon
Of execution. two gendarmes proposed
to tie a handkerchief over his eyes, but
he said: "A loyal soldier, who has so
often g exposed to hre and sword,
can see the approach. Of death with
naked eyes,. and without ear" He
then gave the signal, and OF the nine
~grenadiers who fired. seven hit him.;
two balls pierced hisShead and Ave his
body. A small coffin. filled with lime.
was ready to receive his corpse. and 3
graye had been dug In the garden Of
the castle. where he was buried.
The death Of the DUO dsEnghten was
the most wantOnA and cruel act that the
mistaken policy OF Bonaparte ever
committed. The Empress Josephine
threw herself ct Napoleon's feet. 20 beg
THAT he would spare the life OF the
duke and his brother Lncien.s a. soon
a. he heard that he vas seized. hast
81 ened#tO - Tutllertes. and ~relnOnstra-
ted against = deed which he aid would
a Dh0ck the moral feelings Of mankind.
q E1e urged every argument which his
~llngenuity could deYles but Napoleon
EeMAined infexlhlAs and he waa
obliged to retire without etfectink hts
Il purpose Int resource. Lucien
ssainst IS 81 stsSsisaS assd n and iss a1ssd
n her e employ her whole iNdnence and
ff1ft q Observation-Disclosures IA The lady.
Wlth0ut delays hase4nAdst0 the palace.
ndspreseneang hssaelfsb before her son.
~ tseaE6 Z his family 76y the honor
az sthASExUuch nation, and BY his N
~ glorv.aAto@uavea the He o. the duke, but
hsesepectt1lly alsed hes pp. beeaYss