Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-09-11
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
SEPTEMBER9 1895

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CHARLOTTESVILLE.
WEDNESDAYS EPTEMBER9 1924
NAPOLEON AND LOUIS XVIII
The following extract of most impor-
tant portion of history will be found inter
estins, as, indeed, is every thing connect
Z ed with the extraordinary man to whom
it principally refers.
4 From the Frcnch- Translated for the .Nerfsx
Herald.
HISTORY.
4 Extract from the Memoirs ofM> De Bourrienne.
Eject Of time on cycnts.-INe mrmorfoi
OF SAINT Helena and the trnth.- The
recoNection Of BOnaparte defce1iuc.-
FIRST letter Of Louis lSth TO tie First
ConsnL-Ihe toen,en of the Fauburg
'S@tat German. --Predictiou of a ladv
'admcd ViAeneuoe TO Madame Bor ~
purtc, Observation-Disclosures lct.cr of
Louis lSth.-Kepiy at the end or se,sa
months.--ESat and fair CO -, az N IT,
ter.-PAruse altered-F, INK g n r. oomn,;t
ting h'mseT.-Conuers. alton at MnImn.
son.-bonapdrfe's reflections ON his Sit
uas,0n:,--hy o6s.- reimbursement re-
cav o. Aou's lSth.-Lsistings of Mad
anne bona parte-1Hcp part of Jlonck.
IDo"- parties opinions Of the Bow-
oo@s'-Ihe idle gossip of the ,oomen.
The Importance Of things varies often
with the course oftime There are events
which on the day of their Accomplishment
we scarcely think worthy of notice. their
Importance depending upon other events.
which must necessarily succeed them.
This reflection naturally presents itself to
my mind at the moment when am about
to turn my attention to the intercourse
which Louls 18th sought to establish with
the First Consul. 1t is certainly not one
OF the pages the least interesting of the
lille Of Buonaparte. AS long as the en-
plre appeared to stand upon firm and
durable basis, it was nothing but curious
anecdote since the happy restoration of
the monarchy of the Bourbons, the ques-
ton OF their restoration to the throne by
Bonaparte has taken more exalted char.
acter. 1t is question which belongs to
history; il is therefore necessary to State
the facts with the most scrupulous aeon
racy.
But must be permitted to make few OBJ
serVatlons on the manuscript from st. He.
Iena.-Ihe reader will readily conceive
that that work was more interesting to me
than any body else. 1t has naturally call
cd TO my mind numerous recoIections
but | have not always found that il con,
tanned the truth.
lie manuscript states what Bonaparte
said concerning the negotiations of Louis
18th with him, and find myself under
the necessity Of quoting a few lines rela-
ting to that circumstance i'm order the
better to be enabled to offer :sw remarks
on the striking discrepancies which thew
present, when compared with the auto.
graphs that have preserved.
Napoleon said, at st. Helena. that he
never thought Of the Princes of the house
oil Bourbon: that is true to certain ex-
tent; ne never thought of the Princes of
the house of Bourbon with view to re-
establishing them on the throne: but we
nave seen, in several parts of my Memoirs
that ne very often thought of them, aud
that their very name terrified bin more
THAN once. The Manuscript adds: L"
letter was delivered to the First Consul bv
the abbe de Montesquieu, the sec,et
agent OF the Bourbons at Paris This let
ter, OF which great care has been taken
ne further says, contained:
You are very dilatory in restoring
me to my throne. fear that you are al
lowing the most favorable opportunity to
escape. You cannot constitute the lbanpi.
ness Of France without me | can do no.
thing for france without you. Lose no
time then and DO you Yourself point out
such places as may suit you for your
friends"
10 which Napoleon is said to have re-
turned the following answer:
81 have received the letter of your rovaI
highness. have always taken lively
interest in your misfortuDes, and in those
Of your family. Your royal highness
should abandon The iCea of ever present.
ing yourself in France; your royal high
ness could only sEcoeed by marching
over hundred thousand dead bodies. [
shall always be happy to do whatever may
tend to soften your destinies, and Danish
Ethe recollection efyour misforiunes."
The sense Of these two letters is exactly
the same; the ideas are nearly similar
10 those Of The original letters; after all
then, it is not astonishing that at the cx-