them to Paris; they will be deposited in the Hospital of the
Invalides. Solemn ceremonies, both religious and military, will
inaugurate the tomb which is to retain them for ever. It is of
importance, gentlemen, that this august sepulture should not be
exposed on a public place, amidst a noisy and unheeding crowd.
The remains must be placed in a silent and sacred spot, where
all those who respect glory and genius, greatness and
misfortune, may visit them in reverential tranquillity.

"He was an Emperor and a King, he was the legitimate sovereign
of our country, and, under this title, might be interred at St.
Denis; but the ordinary sepulture of kings must not be accorded
to Napoleon; he must still reign and command on the spot where
the soldiers of France find a resting-place, and where those who
are called upon to defend her will always seek for inspiration.
His sword will be deposited in his tomb.

"Beneath the dome of the temple consecrated by religion to the
God of Armies, a tomb worthy, _if possible_, of the name
destined to be graven on it will be erected. The study of the
artist should be to give to this monument a simple beauty, a
noble form, and that aspect of solidity which shall appear to
brave all the efforts of time. Napoleon must have a monument
durable as his memory. The grant for which we have applied to
the Chambers is to be employed in the removal of the remains to
the Invalides, the funeral obsequies, and the construction of
the tomb. We doubt not, gentlemen, that the Chamber will concur
with patriotic emotion in the royal project which we have laid
before them. Henceforth, France, and France alone, will possess
all that remains of Napoleon; his tomb, like his fame, will
belong solely to his country.

"The monarchy of 1830 is in fact the sole and legitimate heir of
all the recollections in which France prides itself. It has
remained for this monarchy, which was the first to rally all the
strength and conciliate all the wishes of the French Revolution,
to erect and to honour without fear the statue and the tomb of a
popular hero; for there is one thing, and one thing alone, which
does not dread a comparison with glory, and that is Liberty."[1]

The appeal is generous and just in its conception and beautifully
phrased. It was received with enthusiasm throughout t