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Show DKATJI OF LOUIS NAPOLEON )n-. briylit ui'jfinuK two y:ard and 1'iiur urmtlia a 't wtd St:pteiiibr IHit - -ill: W'irl'i WJ itarll"l with the u-jwj iinli-:l I' tiiuKralj, tliit Na-j,i-um 1LE, eui)iMi.r of tii'i i-r:nch, Wit Lin: litiviwr of Km Wil.n;lril (j! l'ru-,ii anl tint (ho ! ruj:r had aur-r;ii'l.:i--'i jt A 'l-m with L')Ut a l.un-i1p:J l.un-i1p:J thouii'j'i iit-n to tin; victorioiiH jjon-l, an-1 a jir'jviai'jiial K'.V'-rnijjijnl w:h i.,ri.i-:i io 1'nrii, the empr:i KaifuiK; hal to Il'-H f'r 1 i to ami se:k tin: h'j-ii.imMn nil on" of Krilarnl. Hi;ri h'M ol'-:ti li:)i tlifl ffJ of royalty royal-ty id 1-V;wk:o lunu the la.it ecntnry. Now Iho m:w.i ii tI:(nijlii'i over ui.:.in ami (n.iliri'-rit that Lho cx-euj-p;ror m i-:a 1, having expirwl ia exile, at Chiiulhur.tt, yiariiay morDinn, at (iftiicn niinuU'i before ol:vca o'eiuclt. VV'hnt a s-tranjf; and eventl'ii. career win that of tho man ju.it panned away ! Iloro to llii purplo in an imperial pal !() tho Tuilcrien; caried into vol-Ufilary vol-Ufilary exile by liirt mother when two years of ait; educated in a republic that of Switzerland; driven from Italy hy tb) Au-tinaiM and from France by Ji-mirt Hhillip'!, and offorcd tho crown of 1'oland by tho inMUrjent Poles, win he w;it only twonty-threo years of qk'S ( '. k i i i j j x in attempt to provoke a HUi:u:.uful iu.iurrection in Franco And eoinp-'llrd to seek rcfugo in the United Huto-t and KnxUml; looked upon as a "dull" man, because of bin reticence or luuilurriity while brooding ovor pro-jeetj pro-jeetj :ilnred by none; imprisoned for live yuan, and eni-aping aa a workman; work-man; elected preuidunt of a republic when forty years of ag, which three years later he crushed at one blow, by the con d'etat of December 'J, lH.rd; a.i.sumini? tho imperial powor and governing France with a strange mixture of autoerauy, arbitrary dottpot-ih dottpot-ih ii and constitutional liberty, yet buildiu up a prosperity which has enabled Franco to meet tho fearful oust of tlio late war with a vigor that ban automated the world; becoming a piitoner when mxty-two years of ago to a fuu all but dettpined three months earlier, thi.i wonderful man, who dictated dic-tated the policy of Kuropo for noarly two decudeH and was looked upon an a human spliynx, "tho man of destiny," ! died in exile froui tho France ho loved, uud from tho Fart a which was tho scene of hid Hplendors, his triumphs and hn hopes. C'hailcH Louin Napoleon Bonaparte wu.s born April '20, 1S0H; his parents boin L'juia Honaparto, brother of tho tir.sl emperor Napoleon, and Ilortonse Kuuuie Heuuharnattj, daughter of tho omprosH Josephine, liy a law enacted during the reign of tho first Napoleon, ho wan an heir to tho imperial throno, in tho event of no son being burn to ''ii otuperor, und on the death of the duke ot iWihstttdt.oallod Napoleon II, ia ls;i2, Lotus n-jain laid claim to being tint rightful owner of tho imperial im-perial erown of France, in 1836 ho made his attempt at a coup d'etat at Strasbourg, and ridiculously failed; for which Ito was compelled to loavo for A i v - .i . .. attempt at revolution at Boulogne which was another ludicrous failure. For this ho suffered moro than five yours imprisonment in tho fortress of Hum, from which ho mado his escape, May 23ih, 1S-16, disguised aa a work-imu, work-imu, aided by tho faithful Dr. Con-neau.wbo Con-neau.wbo yesterday stood by his deathbed death-bed at Chiselhurst. When Louis Fhillipe tied from Paris, in tho stormy times of 1S-IS, Louis Napoleon "saw his opportunity, and hastened to Franco. Twieo ho was elected to tho assembly, was chosen President of tho Kepublio by over five uud a half million votes, and trau;.foruted tho republic into an oui-piro oui-piro which ho governed with ability and shrewdness lor about eighteen years. Success ovor wins tho applause of fools and of the gaping crowd that, easily led, always follows meretricious deungoiiueistu; as defeat brings derision de-rision and contempt. So Louis Napoleon Na-poleon was bedaubed with fulsome praise while wielding imperial powr in France; but after his defeat at Sedan Se-dan he was abused as foully as ho had before been unstintedly lauded; and was followed into exile by the impra-cat impra-cat ions of a nation thai ho had governed with marked astuteness and ability. "ot his surrender at Sedan was one ol the wisest acts of his life for the ben-etit ben-etit of France; and though tho war was continued, and the Trochu and Uambett governments Sung ill-provided masses of their countrymen against the solid phalanxes of Germany, it only served to till moro French graves, to increase tho iwar indemnity she had to pay. and to etrip her of more territory to inereaso the German acquisitions; Napoleon saw the result, hut his people and his oountrymen, with infatuated pride, would not see with his eyes. His criminality consisted con-sisted iu placing too much confidence confi-dence in the vcual men who filled office of high trust under him; and in fervid g a war which shou'd havo been avoided, or commenced before Sadowa humbled Austria and gave Prussia prestige and power. Ijouis Nipoloon knew well (ho tm. rvr of the French, and the government acceptable tt the masses; and bo furnished fur-nished food for their vanity, catered to their dMre tor glory, but blundered when ho aceeptcJ '.ho reports relative to the condition of the army and embarked em-barked in a war tor which France was unproparvd and Germany fully prepared, pre-pared, lie had a :!ataj. also, to be considered a man of letters, having published some de:cn of works, in proband vcrs, before reaching the impori.il throne, after which his principal library eiT.Tt w;s hi? "Life ofCxsar." Whether his checkered career. b;. ab:; t!-?s as a statesman and a ru er, his g! .ny as an emperor, oz the fame he sought to secure as a litcra-teur, litcra-teur, be csidred. L "ui. Naroleon wa-s a treat :i: n. an! as such history will eio him jast ee. whi!-' sho who shared his c'ory ad his reverses, F-iienie de Monti jo, wiil justly sfcare (he eminence the future nay aeeord him. Hid he lived to April o'b. nex ho woud have been sixty-five years ofac. lie leaves one child, a s-on, ccarly seventeen vears oid, who win be e!.vijKd by the lJnarrmts as the legitimate heir to the sovereignty ot' the empire. |