. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. never give againthe passionate affectipn which he once had felt for her. Heceased to be a lover, and became a commonplace, tolerant,indulgent, bourgeois husband, upon .whom his wife, inmatters of importance, had no influence. Josephine washereafter the suppliant, but she never regained the noblekingdom she had despised. Napoleons domestic sorrow weakened in no way hisactivity and vigor in public affairs. He realized that, ifhe would keep his place in the hearts and confidence of thepeople, he must do something to show his strength, andpeace was the gift he prop
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. never give againthe passionate affectipn which he once had felt for her. Heceased to be a lover, and became a commonplace, tolerant,indulgent, bourgeois husband, upon .whom his wife, inmatters of importance, had no influence. Josephine washereafter the suppliant, but she never regained the noblekingdom she had despised. Napoleons domestic sorrow weakened in no way hisactivity and vigor in public affairs. He realized that, ifhe would keep his place in the hearts and confidence of thepeople, he must do something to show his strength, andpeace was the gift he proposed to make to the he returned he found a civil war raging in LaVendee. Before February he had ended it. All overFrance brigandage had made life and property uncertain. Itwas stopped by his new regime. Two foreign enemies only remained at war with France—Austria and England. He offered them peace. It wasrefused. Nothing remained but to compel it. The Aus-trians were first engaged. They had two armies in the field;. INSTALLATION OF THE COUNCIL OF STATE AT THE PALACE OF THE PETITLUXEMBOURG; DECEMBER 2g, 1799. By Augiiste Conder. The Councillors of State having assembled in thehall which had been arranged for the occasion, the First Consul opened theseance and heard the oath taken by the sectional presidents—Boulay de laMeurthe (legislation), Brune (war), Defermont (finances), Ganteaume(marine), Roederer (interior). The first Consul drew up and signed twoproclamations, to the Fi-ench people and to the army. The Second Consul,Cambaceres, and the Third Consul, Lebrun, were present at the , secretaire-general du Conseil dEtat, conducted the proces-verbal. Thispicture is at Versailles. 96 NAPOLEONS RETURN TO PARIS 97 one on the Rhine, against which Moreau was sent, theother in Italy—now lost to France—besieging the Frenchshut up in Genoa. Moreau conducted the campaign in the Rhine countrieswith skill, fighting two successful battles, and driving hisop
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