Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-04-19

ored to make him feel the i'll effects which would result
from such public display. Taleyr supported his
arguments In favor of the bases of the treaty by the IN
terest OF our alliance wit; Spain by the happy position
thus supplied rs o an approximation with England who
hnding herself excln3ed from the ports of Portugal
would be anxious to re enter heuG he very adroiy
proposed notifications ofthe treaty. in fine the sacri-
fice OF the ianpuis of the Princess of Brazil aud gift
To the First Consul often millions for his purse
relaxed bis Vor so nuch that he Suffered the defnitive
treaty TO he concluded al AIadriin
The leading which followed and are deIinea
I'd ~ the author agreeably lis own views were the
sending ct the army to ST. Domingo where Bonaparc
just, calculated, that the troops attached to RIorea
would peristl;the Peace %; dniens--the Resto alton
OF Catholicism In Francc;-the Amnesty &, the E,ni.
gra@the Institution OF the LEGION ofIIonor and The
extension of the Consulate for life. Soon after this
onche YVES disln9sed bet 10 sweelen the drought one
million two thousand francs. half OF the SUN winch the
Secret Police Treasury held presented 10 ,in nv
te frst Consul, who himself pucko ted the other lnce-
ty!M
we will pass over other matters TO record Pouches
version OF Tue assassination OF the Duke DEHglicn. He
saws,
81 was of the first to obtain a know ledge of the
mission OF Canlancourt and Ordener TO the banks of
The Rhine; but when informed that the telegraph
lad Just announced the arrest of tl.c Prince and that
tile order 10 transfer him from Strasbourg 10 Paris was
given, foresaw the caasrophc and teTnbloI for Tire
lie OF the noble victim. ! hurried TO Mll,naison
where the First Consul then was il was the 29th Ven.
tose (2Oth March, l804) arrived there nne o'clock
walking by himself in the park | cntreatcd pern,s-
sion TO say word 10 him about the great event OF the
daV i see,' SAID he what brings you; am abnut
strike great and necessary blow | represented 10
him that France and Europe would be reused against
him, if he did not supply unieniabe proof that the
buke had conspIred against his person Eueinheirn
What necessity there for proo' he exclaimed is
he mol Bourbon and tue most dangerous of all eno
persisted IN offering arguments of policy calculated
TO silence the reasons of state, But all in vain he con-
cuded by impatienty telling me, Have not Won ana
your friends told thousand times that should con-
cude by becoming the General Monk of France and
by restoring the Bourbous? Very well, there will no
longer be any way of retreatig. What stronger qua
rantee Can give To the revolution which YOU have ce
mented 10y tie blood of King? it's besides indis
rensabie to bring things TO conclusion am surroun
ded by plots rnnst imprint terror, veris.' In say
ing these last words which left nothing more to hope
he bad approached the castle: say. NJ de Talieyrand
arrive, and moment after tne two con>us, Camia
ceres and f.ebrun. regained INV carriage and re-
entered my own house an state of considerations
The next day learned that after nv departure a
council had been held aud that S.vary had proceeded
al night IN the execution OF the unfortunate victim
arocIous circumstances were quoted. Savary had re
vcngsd himself, reported, of having missed his
prey in Normandy, where he had a,tered himself with
having enSnared, by of the network of the con
jsmracy OF Georges, the Duke d. Berr and the Count
dArtos, whom Inc would have williney sacrificed
than the Duke d'Engcn.* Zeal assured me that he
had departed in the morning 90 the Prince Vim
cennes, expecting 10 conduct him MaItnai.on and
concciving that the First Consul would finish the affair
IN inaguanltn"us But c0Uy , tat appeared
Indispensable TO impress Europe with terrier and e;
cate all the germs OF conspiracy against his person.
'lndignaton, which had oreiecn broke out in the
most sauguinary manner. was not the person who
hesated TO himself with the least restraint res
pect'ng this violence against the rights of nation and
humanity II is more ihan crime SAIL IL Is po-
litical fault; words which record because they have
been repeated and attributed to Others"
he Punishment of Moreau, and the assunr.ion of
the Imperial dignity, opened career and of cha
racer which Fouche states, well would require the pen
OF SuetoniiS 10 describe Has OVID description is, how
ever, of appalling proAigacv.
For a long time Napoleon was convinced, notwh-
standing the articles of Josephine, that she would ne
yer give him progeny This situation was calcuat
ed sooner latcr tire the patience of the founder
of great empire, in all the vigor Of his age Jose
Phine therefore, found herself between two rocks: in
fidelity and divorce. Her anxietes and alarms had
increased since his the consuship for life
which she knew ouiy stepping stone to the empire
In the interim, mortified by her sieriv she conceived
plan for substituting her daughter. Hortense in the
affection OF her husband who already, in sensual point
OF view, was escaping from her and who in the hope
OF seeing himself born again in might break the
knot winch united him to her; it would not have been
without pam. On side. habit: on the other the
anlabIc temper OF Josephine and kind of supcrsiion
seemed to secure TO her for the attachment or AT
least the attentions of Napoicon but great subjects for
IuquIctude and anxiety did not the less exist The pre-
servatIyc naturally presented itself to the mind of Jose
pInc; she was even little impedcd in the OK scution of
her plan
"Hortense, when young, had felt great dislike to
tiie husband OF her mother: she indeed daescd him
but by degrees, time age and the halo of glory which
surrounded Napoleon and his attentions to Josephine
induced orense to pass from the extreme of anpathy
to alteration. Without being handsome, she was witty
sparkling, replce with graces aud talents. She pleas.
ed, and the liking become so animated on both sides
that was sufficient for Josephine affect the air Of
being materially pleased, and afterwards to shut her
eyes upon the matter in order TO her domestic
triumph. The mother and daughter reigned at the
same time in the heart Of this naughty man. When
according TO the mothers views the tree began TO bear
fruit, it necessary think of masking b, sudden
marriage, an intrigue which already began TO reveal
scfto the eyes OF the cOurtiers. Hortense would have
willingly given her hand to Doroc; but Napoleon look
ing to the future, and calculating from that time the
possibility Of adoption, wished 70 concentrate in his
own family by double incest, the intrigue to which
he about 10 be indebted for all the charms of paer
nifty. Thence the of his brother Louis and Hor-
tense-a melancholy union, and which ended in rend-
ing the veil of deception.
"Meau time the wishes Of all parties. with the ex