One hundred years of conflict between the nations of Europe, the causes and issues of the great war; . THE EARTHQUAKE OF NAPOLEONISM 101 see that the republic they had founded was being undermined bythis new popular favorite. Plots were formed, attempts madeupon his life, and even Moreau, the victor at Hohenlinden, wasaccused of being in collusion with the conspirators and was ban-ished from France. Napoleon fought them with a ruthlessnessequal to their own. The Duke dEnghien, a royalist Frenchnobleman, believed by Napoleon to be deeply concerned in theroyalist conspiracies, ventured too near
One hundred years of conflict between the nations of Europe, the causes and issues of the great war; . THE EARTHQUAKE OF NAPOLEONISM 101 see that the republic they had founded was being undermined bythis new popular favorite. Plots were formed, attempts madeupon his life, and even Moreau, the victor at Hohenlinden, wasaccused of being in collusion with the conspirators and was ban-ished from France. Napoleon fought them with a ruthlessnessequal to their own. The Duke dEnghien, a royalist Frenchnobleman, believed by Napoleon to be deeply concerned in theroyalist conspiracies, ventured too near the borders of France andwas seized and taken to Paris by agents of the First Consul. Here,without form of law or opportunity for defense, he was at onceexecuted. This was an act of lawless power which excited moreindignation that anything in Napoleons career, and one whichhistorians of the present day do not hesitate to characterize asmurder. The culmination of Napoleons ambition came in 1804, when,like Caesar, the Roman conqueror, he sought the crown as a rewardfor his victories, and was elected
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