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will of the people as expressed by universal suf-
frage." The Emperor replied :
"My Cousin,—Notwithstanding the distance, and a very
long separation, I have never doubted the heartfelt interest
with which you folluwed all the chances of my destiny. I
have felt great pleasure in the letter which brings me your
congratulations. I thank you for them. The news you
give me of the vocation of your son for the military career,
and of his entering a regiment of Carabineers, has not been
less agreeable to me. 'When eireumstanc3s permit I shall
be, believe me, most happy to see you. Whereupon, my
cousin, I pray God to have you in his holy keeping.—
Written at the Palace of the Tuileries, Feb. 9, 1853.

"NAPOLEON."
M. Bonaparte came to France in June, 1854. On
his arrival in Paris he received, through the Mini-
ster of State, an invitation to dine at St. Cloud,
where the Court then was. The invitation was ad-
dressed to Prince Jerome. The moment he entered
the Palace the Emperor handed him a declaration,
drawn up by M. Abbatucci, Minister of Justice, M.
Troplong, President of the Senate, and M. Baroche,
President of the Council of State, setting forth that
"M. Jerome Bonaparte is to be considered in
France as legitimate ;" that " he is French by birth,
and, if he has lost the character, a decree can restore
it to him in virtue of the 18th clause of the Civil
Code."

In a short time M. Bonaparte perceived that his
presence in Paris and the kindness of the Emperor
towards him excited certain discontent elsewhere.
He informed the Emperor of the fact, and received
from his Majesty the following letter :
"Mr dear Cousin,—l have received your two letters. I
had already received one from my uncle Jerome, who told
me that he would never consent to your remaining in France.
I replied, that as the French laws recognize you as legi-
timate, I could not do otherwise than acknowledge
you as a relation, and that if your position in Paris was
embarassing it was for you alone to judge of that—that
Napoleon, if he conducted himself well, had nothing to
apprehend from family revelations, &c. You must, with-
out irritating your father, continue to follow the course
which you have proposed to yourself. I will write to-mor-
row to Fould about the arrangements we agreed on.
" Compliments to Jerome, and believe in my sincere
friendship. "NAPOLEON:.
On the 17th of April, 1855, M. Bonaparte, being
then at Baltimore, received from M. Fould, Minis-
ter of State, a letter announcing to him that on his
return to France he was to assume the title of
Duke de Sartene (a town in Corsica), "to put an
end to difficulties which you are aware of;" and
also that it was the Emperor's intention that his
son should bear the title of " Count de Sartene."
This proposition was rejected.
Prince Napoleon and his sister, the Princess
Mathilde, then demanded of the Emperor and the
Conseil de Familla, that " NM. Paterson (Mr.
Jerome Bonaparte and his son) should not exercise
any of the rights which belong exclusively to the
legitimate issue, and that consequently M. Jerome
Paterson and his descendants should be prohibited
from bearing the name of Bonaparte." The Con-
seil de Famine decided in favour of their bearing
the name of Bonaparte, but decided illegally, as the
memoir maintains, that they should not have the
right to avail themselves of the benefit of the 201st
and 202 d articles of the ( ode Napoleon relating to
succession. The Conseil de Famille was composed
of• MM..Abbatucci, Fould, Troplong, De Moray,
Baroche, and Orrano. The point is argued at
some length in the memoir.

On the 10th of November, 1855, Marshal Pelis-
sier, at his head-quarters before Sebastopol, named
"M. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte" lieutenant in
the 7th Dragoons, Knight of the Legion of Hon-
our. This nomination was confirmed on the 24th
of the same month. But on the 13th of June,
1856, a letter of permission to wear the decoration
of the Medjidie of Turkey was addressed to M.
Bonaparte, jun., as M. Bonaparte Paterson." This
permission, granted to him under a name which
was not his proper designation, was not accepted.
At the same time, the proposition of the Dachy of
Sartene was renewed to M. Bonaparte, the father.
Under these circumstances the latter addressed the
following letter to the Emperor, dated July 25,
1856 :