The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-05-30

i silent before the interests OF france.
| Say no more,,' had still strength suffi.
cient to reply;I was prepared for this
but the blow is not less mortal.' More
| could not utter. cannot tell what
passed within me. believe my
screams were loud. thought reason
| had fed. became unconscious OF
every thing, and on returning to my
senses, found had been carried to my
chamber. On recovering, | perceived
that Corvisart was in attendance, and
my poor daughter weeping over me.
No! no! cannot describe the horror
of my situation that night! Even the
interest which he affected to take in my
suferings, seemed to me additional cru
city. 0. my God how Justly had |
reason to dread becoming an Empressn
8" The fatal day of separation at
length arrived. After the painful scene
was over, Josephine, in silence and
sorrow, retired to her chamber. The
usual hour OF Napoleon's retiring came.
HE had just placed himself in bed, ST.
lent and melancholy, while his favorite
attendant waited only to receive or
ders, when suddenly the private door
opened, and the Empress appeared,her
hair in disorder, and her face swollen
with weeping. Advancing with tot
tering step, she stood, as if irresolute,
about pace from the bed, clasped her
husbands neck, end sobbed as if her
heart had been breaking. Napoleon
also wept while he endeavored to con-
sole her, and they remained some time
locked in each others arms, silently
mingling their tears together. After
an interview Of about an hour. Jose
phine parted forever with the man
whom she had so tenderly loved. On
seeing the Empress retire, the attend
ant entered to remove the lights, and
found the Gambler as silent as death,
and Napoleon SO sunk among The bed
clothes as to be invisible. The next
morning, at II, Josephine left the Tuil-
leries forever.
"Almost Immediately after the d.
vorce, proposals were made to the Aus
trian Court for Maria Louisa. The
proposals were eagerly accepted. Soon
the marriage festival was celebrated at
Vienna with great pomp, the Archduke
Charles standing proxy for the imperial
bridegroom. Napoleon was still in
Paris, having as yet never seen his
bride. 'She is not beautiful said he,
as he carefully regarded her miniature,
which had been sent to him, 'but she
is the daughter of the Cesars.' This
remark shows how much even Napo-
leon was dazzled by the mysterious fas-
cination of noble birth and lofty lin
cage. Maria entered Paris, with four
queens holding her train, amid the
thunders of artillery, the clangor of
bells, and the acclamations of the count
less thousands, and surrounded with
every demonstration of magnificence
which riches and the pageantry of war
can confer. ....
"Thus, but few years before, did
Maria Antoinette, the great aunt Of
Maria Louisa, from the same palace in
Vienna, ascend the same throne of
France; and but few months passed
away, before she was pelted by revo-
lutionary mobs, as she was dragged to
the guloune. Maria but eighteen years
of age. all forgettul of the fate of her
unhappy kinswoman, was greatly ella
ted with the splendor of her bridal. But
the discarded Josephine, in her secret
chambers heard these sounds of univer-
sal exultation filing the air, and wept
scalding tears of agony. But when
the day of calamity came Maria Louisa
proved herself destitute of real great
ness. She allowed Napoleon to go
alone to the rock Of St. Helena; she
appeared in public leaningupon the arm
of Wellingfon,the conquerer OF her hus-
band; and ended her career ignobly by
marrying a colonel in the Austrian ar
my--a marriage which it is said was
secretly conSummated, even before the
death Of Napoleon.
What is to be the future destiny OF
the Austrian monarchy, it is difficult to
determine. Temporal and spiritual
despotisms are there united with their
utmost energies, to excIudeliberty and
light. But the spirit of freedom is
spreading, and they who oppose its
progress must eventually perish.
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