Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-01-01
Biographical,
From the New York Evangelist.
Louis Philippe, King Of the French
. BY REV. J. s, c. ABBOTT
BY REV. J. s. C. ABBOTT.
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i, was thus engaged as teacher of a village
hool in an obscure valley in Switzerland, his
were making vigorous search for him
roughout Europe. At length he, alarmed by
e eagerness Of his foes, resolved to embark for
merica, the asylum alike for kings and beg
RS. With that design he went to Hamburg,
1t being disappointed in some funds he expect
to have received there from his friends, he
as unable to pay the expense of his passage
here was no safety for him in any part Of the
nth of Europe. As the only retreat open be-
re him, he set out alone and on foot IN friend
and poverty, to traverse the dreary re-
ong of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Lap
md, eating the black crusts and sleeping in the
hts of semi-barbarians with all powers Of re-
Ilting France, like ~bIood-hounds, baying on his
hck. And thus he actually pushed on through
'e ices and the storms Of those dismal solitudes,
btiI he arrived at point five degrees nearer the
Die than any other French traveller had ever
|ached.
At length his mother succeeded in getting a
tier to him with some funds, and he immediate
embarked for this country. Forty-nine years
70, in October, 1896, the youthful Duke Of Or
ans landed upon one of the wharVes of Phila-
olphia, in lriendless and almost penniless ex-
e. He remained in this country and the West
ldies about four years. While here, he travel
4 extensively through the States of tine Union,
EcosionaIly receicing rnm;ttanone from Europe,
Mat times in a state of utter destitutlon.-
lie in this country, he passed some time in
On, boarding at the Old Province House,
PAM opposite the Old South Church. His fl
tnces while i'll America were so low, that he
ten Supported himsely by teaching Glasses ID
rench. 1t is said that at the present day he
|eaks with gratitude of the sympathy and kind
Fss he received from gentlemen in Boston and
lew York in these dark days of adversely. And
ION the walls of his palace may be seen sus-
Fnded a painting of the Swiss school-house
here he swayed the sceptre of authority over
IS miniature realm.
From this country Louis Philippe went to
highland, and there joined the surviving men,
prs Of the exiled royal family F.; their sense of po-
lcal differences being lost i'll their common
Esfortunes. For though Louis Philippe was by
Irth a Bourbon, and a foe to the usurpation of
apoleon, he always advocated republican insti-
One day the King ofSiciIy came into the apart
ent where his wife and daughter were sitting,
it'll a letter in his hand, informing him of the
anderings OF this unfortunate prince. Becom-
g deeply interested in his strange and p%erilous
ventures, he proposed inviting him to his court.
he ladies', of course, acceded to a proposal in
hich the claims Of real beneyoIence came in
,sted with the r~esistIess zest of the most chival-
JUS romance. In a short time, consequently,
outs was reposing in the palace of the Siciian
ing.
In the romance of real life, as we'll as in that
the Imagination, there must always be we'd
NO. 1t was 50 in this case. Il SO happened
lat the Princess Amelia, young, beautiful, and
soon found the sympathy with which
lie regarded her fathers illustrious guest deep
ling into a stronger and more tender emotion,
I'd with the cordial approval Of her parents she
elded to the solicitations of Louis Philippe to
,cept the title Of the Duchess d'Orleans, with
lie necessary contingencies. Though Louis
hlllppe was a friendless exile, driven from his
ltrlmonial estates, the Princess Amelia had the
BOD sense to see and appreciate his intellectual
ldowments, and the moral purity with which his
laracter was elevated and adorned.
The lapse of a few months witnessed the ST.
liam court illuminated and rejoicing over their
pousal rare espousals in the courts of prin-
where the mcrcenary barterings Of ambition
ere unthought Of, and youthful and congenial
carts were welded in instructive sympathy and
We. Thus the storms of past adversely were
lthought OF, as the tempestuous waters of his
e were lulIcd into a short and happy calm.
Soon after this event, Napoleon was defeated
the allied powers, and virtually imprisoned on
c island Of EIba. The Bourbons re-ascended
C throne Of France. The confscated estates
Louis Philippe were restored to him; and
ith joy unatterable he led his happy bride, whom
poverty he had wooed and welded, to his na-
We land, to share with him his princely estates
ID his exalted honors. In the uniform of a
lieutenant General of France, and at the head
the nobility of the realm, he again entered the
gal palace where his infancy was nurtured.-
allS of grandeur were again spread around him;
wealth was emptIed into his lap the
of Europe felt honored by his hospitaIi-
IS, and kings and queens were guests in his
nicely saloons. He was thus living, in the
of the most perfect domestic tranquil
rejoicing in the hope that the dark days of
S stormy life were terminated forever, when
ddenly the political heavens gathered new
ackness-tanother tempest came careering on
it'll resistless fury, and he was driven from his