The Second Funeral of Napoleon

In the succeeding debates, then, various opinions were given with regard to the place to be selected for the Emperor’s sepulture. Some demanded, says an eloquent anonymous Captain in the Navy who has written an Itinerary from Toulon to St. Helena,
that the coffin should be deposited under the bronze taken from the enemy by the French army–under the Column of the Place Vendome. The idea was a fine one. This is the most glorious monument that was ever raised in a conqueror’s honor. This column has been melted out of foreign cannon.