The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-11-03
FRAGMENT FROM THE INEDrTED NM
MOlRS OF JOSEPH

mention al my hands Of some details TOO honofyl.
to the memory Of Napoleon 10 be suppressed
When the Due reached Vinooanss, ! was Of nav sea,
Of .uOuoniain, and immediately sent for to .ual
naaison. The moment arrived, Josephine came M
to meet me, in much emotion, and related The event
Of the day. Napoleon had already consulted Cam
baceres and Berthier, who were favorable The p,
soner but she expressed great fear OF the influence
Of Talieyrand who had already walked several time.
round the Park with Napoleon. Your LrotL,ro
she said 10 me, +" has asked for you several times al
ready hasten TO break in upon that long conyera.
ton for am afraid of that lame man. went 10.
the door Of the apartment opening on tie Park when
the First Consul dismissed NJ. Taleyrand and called
me He expressed his surprise al the great diversity
Of opinion between the persons he had consulted ana
then asked me for mine.
l recalled to him the political principle which re.
quired that, remaining impassiye among all parl.,,
he should control them all, and be- in his own l.s
guage, the Key stone 81 the arch recalled 10 HIM The
circumstances Of his entrance into the artillery
owing TO the encouragement given 10 me BY tie
Prince Of Conde that should be soldier, when Ae
visited the College Of Autun IN 1853, on ms route Ia
DIXON, where he was proceeding to preside over Me
States Of Burgundy, Of which he was Governor
still knew by heart the chorus Of the piece Of verses
composed for that occasion by our Principal, the
Able Simon. Who could then have foreseon that
we should have To decide the fate Of his graud,o ON
The eyes OF Napoleon were moist, and be said 10
me with a nervous movement, which in hun ALWAYS
accompanied the expression Of generous feeling
ellis pardon is in my heart, since | pardon hlm
but this is not enough for mel desire that the de-
sccndaDt Of the great Condo should in our ar
mics feel myself strong enough for that
| returned to .Norjonfaine in this belief They
were at dinner. took my scat beside .Nde de S,ai
who had at her right NJ. .uatihieu de .Uoafmore,,cy
Mde. de Stael upon my assuring her that the first
Consul mean to pardon the descendant Of the ,re3t
Condo, replied ''ah SO much the better: if il were
otherwise we should see .naithieu here no more "
de Cross de Brissac who bad not emigrated SAID on
the other hand, "Sha the Bourbons be permitted 10
conspire with impunity' The first Consul is deceived
if he thinks the nobility that did not emigrate espe-
ciay the nobility of historical renown, feels any
great interest 10 the Bourbons"
How did they treat Biron, and my ancestor and
so many others And calling out loudly "Tonnerc
Tonnere," he called upon him IN. de Clermont rou-
nere) who was among my guests and Messrs. Radc.
rer Freviile, Giraroin (Stanslas) de Jaucourt Bu-
chard and others 10 confirm his testimony.
The next day, my return to Malmaison found
Napoleon furious against Real, whose designs he de-
nounced, and reproached himself witt having en-.
ployed about the Government men too much Gompro-
missed by their revolutionary excuses. The Duke
had been condemned and executed even before any
notice Of il had reached the first Consul! He beliey-
ed Real to have neglected his duty in order indulge
his revolutionary passions. But in the end he
convinced of The innocence Of Real and of the strange
fatality which for a moment rendered him an object
of distrust.
Nevertheless, resuming his calmness he said
" Here is another opportunity lost Ii would have
been fine TO have descendant Of the grand Condo
for aidde-camp. But lei US say no more of it. The
blow is irreparable. Yes, | was strong enough to
cause Condo to serve in our armies We must con-
sole ourselves for everything; for doubtless if had
been assassnated by any of the agents o. the family
he would have been the first TO show himself in arms
IN France | must assume the responsibility of the
event. 10 cast II upon others, even with justice,
would seem too like cowardice for me to expose my
self to the suspIcicnn
Napoleon always held the same language at St
Helena and in his will He expressed his regrets
to me by those quotations from CorneHe which he
seemed TO address TO those Who like Real, had de-
prived him of the opportunity of displaying to the
world all that there OF noble and generous in his
heart.
only learned some years afterwards in the Uni
ted States, from NJ Real himself the details Of what
happened at the death of the Duke 1t was in New
York. IN 1926 at Washington Hail. where we were
together by previous arrangement with H. lie Rav dc
ChGunoa, great landed proprietor, Of which part
was sold 10 NJ Real and myself that NJ. Real IN
formed us how single act of Impotence on his part
had most unhtentlonaily defeated The designs Of the
FIRST Consul towards Due d'Enghein.
One OF The four Counseors was charged with the
police of France. NJ Real had in his Circuit, Paris
and Ninccnnes II was in his Office that IN the mig
arrived the despatch announcing the condemnation
OF the Duke The Clerk, who sat up in the apart
ment adjoining his, had already reused him twice
that night for dispatches OF little importance The
third despatchwas placed the maute.piecc without
waking Real, and was not seen by him till after day-
light Having read it, he proceeded in all haste 10
Maimaison, where he found officer Of gend4rnai,,
already arrived with the intelligence of The cohdcr-
nation and execution of the Duke, the Court hayuy
concluded that pardon was not 10 be expected
since the Government renamed silent.