The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-01-27

tho crown that four years before had beer imposed
upon him
In that letter he says; 81 have done no good and
have no hope Of doing any. In accepting the crown
had no other object in view than tho promotion Of
the happiness Of this grent monarchy. II Inns not
been in my power to accomplish it, therefore ask
to be received by your Majesty simple subject"
Permission refused, but the fortune Of war
drove Joseph from his crown and kingdom, and he
was once more in France. The reyerses orisI3.li,
had 'ovoraken French lrumphs; the capitol was me-
naced Napoleon with the fragment Of his victorious
armies was mnnnuverng between the Name and the
Seine, with the hope of covering Pars-but the
whelmng number of the adversary rendered success
hopeless. From Rheims on 9th March, 1914, he
wrote to Joseph to whom, on leaving Paris, he
fded the defence of the capital and the care of The
Empress and her son--recaIing to him aud renewing
his verbal instruction not to permit either Marie
Louise or the King of Bone fall into the hands OF
the enemy. In this letter he says emphatcally,
Quit not my son, and remember | would rather
know him to be in tho Seine than in the hands of the
enemies of France. The fortune of Astyanox, prs-
oners Of the Greeks has always appeared to me the
most melancholy fortune recorded in history"
This letter determined Joseph to send onhe EN-
press and her son. and the day he followed them;
a for which he has been much reproaehed,
as Fastening the fall Of Paris That fall however,
Inevitable, and the chances Of delaying it a few
hours, was not weighed by Joseph against the sacred
fidelity with which he resolved to execute the En-
peror's iujuncons about his family.
After the abdcation ofNapoleon, Joseph retired to
Lausa.a= Sohn the events Of the hundred days
found him again in Paris, and again deeply trusted by
his brother. In a memoir of Joseph by the prison
cr of Ham, his nephew Louis Napoleon, it is related
that upon his suggestion, Napoleon sent conlden-
tia person to Pozzo di Borgo, then the soul Of the
afad councils opposed TO him, bearing fce millions
Of Francs, and promises Of high promotion if he
would espouse the French cause, and throw discord
among the coaesced powers The offer was too late.
81 have just left Congress-" roz2o d Borgo is re-
ported to have said ''where employed all that
possessed Of eloquenoe and influence 10 reanimatc
the coalition against tho Emperor cannot recall
what is past should destroy myself without
ing bim-Oh! that you had come few hours SOON
er!'
With the final downfall Of Napoleon, Josephs pub
lie career terminated lie came to this country and
established himself al Point Breeze on the Delaware
living the life Of gentleman of accomplished edu-
cation, refined taste, and liberal hospitality. @hile
Napoleon lived he still hoped after he died, and
while his son still lived, yet did he continue to hope
and when tho revolution of 1880 burst forth in Paris
he addressed from this city eloquent Protest to the
Chamber of Deputies against their assuming to place
on the throne, pHOm consulting the Nation,
any other family than that of Bonaparte. "Napolc-
on" said no ''was called to the throne by three mil
lions five hundred thousand votes-irhe nation thinks
10 me- Ike ii h,st
0lone-NaPoleon II was proclaimed by the Cham
bers in 1915, which recognized in him a right con-
ferred by the Nation. accept for him all the mod
fcations discussed by that Chamber which was rude
ly dissolved by foreign bayonetG." The Protest was
unhecded. The younger branch of the Bourbons
was placed the throne; and still, as under the ell
der branch, the name and family Of Bonapate, were
prescribed from the soil Of France
Abandoning, thence(orth, not his interest for the
honor and welfare of France, but all expectation of
being permitted to contribute thereto himself, he
passed his days in tranquil philosophy on the banks
OF the Delaware. Ii was in this retiremsnt that a
dcPutation oreading men from Mexico sought him
out, AID rendered 10 him crown in the new world
which, without hesitation, he put aside. In 1889
family affairs required his presence in Europe. In
1910, attack of apoplexy his previously Wig
orous health, and fine facues and languishing from
the effects of that, and finally permitted,
An old man, broken by the storms Of State,
to visit Florence,n the hope of benefit from its genial
climate, he therefore breathed his ast-wb his lat
est breath invoking blessings that country which
had rewarded his services with twenty mine years o.
exile
In this county, Joseph was known only by bene
factions. OF most amiable and courteous manners
with admirable conversational powers, which he was
fond of ndulgng without any of tho pretensions
with which his might have inspired mind
less evenly balanced he moved among n we'll
bred gentleman, kind and generous neSghbor, n
agreeable and instructive compnnon-a man Of
head and heart, unspoied by the loes honors Of the
world, and unsecured by its reverses.
1t was our happiness to know him with some init
macy; and it is melancholy qualification thus to re-
call HE imaga, and, like faithful chreniccr to
"spenk Of him he was" " Y.American.
HINTS TO YOUNG MEN. Always have book
within your reach, which you may catch up at your
odd minutes.
Resolve edge in a little reading every day if it is
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