The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-10-04

VIII make itself heani even in the drama oi
sneh an unparalleled destiny and Il The
haArt is not always AjuatifcAtion, Il Il At least
an eEenae. Justice should weigh such es-
euses even when she eondumns.
i'Mlaris Lonisa never loved Napoleon,--v
How could She love him lie had gfown
old IN eampa,And amidst the toih OF ambition
che was only nineteen. His soldiers heart
was cold and IndeSible a. the spirit of calcu-
lAtion which accomplished his greatnaas.--
That of tho iAir 0~rasAs princes was euBtlc,
umid and ponsivo As the poetic dreams n her
native land, She had fallen from the steps
OF AN ancient throne; he had mounted upon
his by the force Of Arms, aud by trampling
hereditary rights under foot. Her early prej-
udices and education had taught her 20 con
slider Napoleon As the scourge Of God, the
Attla OF modern kingdoms, the oppreasor Of
Gcrmany. tho mnrlareE of pT.I.s..s, -tl,.,--rr'-
agcT OF nations, the incendiary OF capitals, In
a word, the enemy against whom her prayorn
had been ruised 10 Heaven from ber cradle
In the palace of her ancestors. She regard
ed herself as a hostage conceded through fear
10 the oonqueror, after the ungratefu and
tolerated rrpudiation Of wife who had been
the very instrument OF his fortunes. She felt
that she had been sold, not given She look-
cd upon herself as the cruel ransom OF her a..
sher and hor country. She hal resigned To
her iats a. aa iamolation. Tho Eplcndor5
OF an imperial throne weru 10 her a. the How
ers decking victim for sacrifice. Cast alone
aud without friend into a court composed
OF parVenue soldiers, revolutionary courtiors,
and bantering womun, whose names ,uianners,
aud Languages wero unknown to her, her youth
was consumed in silent etquette. EVcn her
husbands frst addresses were not calculated
In inapiEe -aesllsleseeg There was suJucthiuR
dprespccuul and violent ia his affection, he
wounded even when he sought to please
He very love was rough and imperous tor
nor interposcd between him and his young
wife, and even tho birth Of an arddntly desir-
cd son could not unite such opposite natures.
Marie Louise felt that ~ Napoleon she was
only medium posterity--not wife and a
mother, but merely the root Of an hereditary
dynasty. Thn master oC the world could not
boast even the inherent virtues OF loyo-faith
and constancy 10 one woman; his attachments
were transient and numerous. lIe respected
"ot the jealou-ies natural 60 the bosom OF
wife; and though he did not openly proclaim
his amours like Lonis XIV, neither did he
possess that monarrhs courtesy aud refine
mont The most noted beauties Of his own
and Of foreign courts were not to him objects
OF passionate love,bu OF irresistible transient
tc-irvi tiIuy even miugling his contempt with
his loYe.- -Napnleon,a Long aad- -fs--t-.-+ss nll,-
sences; his severe and minute orders so
strictly observed by household OF spies in-
stead offriends, chosen rather to control than
to execute the will of the empress; his pet
tishness of temper on his frequent abrupt re-
turns morosc and melancholy after expert
cncing reverses Cher only recreation being
ostentatious, tiresomo, and frivolous ceromo-
nies y nothing Of such character, Of such
man, was calculated TO inspire Marie Louise
with love. Her heart and her Imagination
expatriated in France, had remained beyond
the Rhine The splendors Of the empire
might have consoled another; but Marie Lou
isc was better formed for the tender attach
ment of private life and the simple pleasures,
of German home"
A still more private passage of Napolcon's
life is touched upon in the next quotation,
which must be our last.
"But while victory and indifference thus
removed from him the wife which policy had
given hipi, but which empire could not attach
to him,adversity brought back to him at Fon-
tainebleau young and beautiful foreigner,
whose love neither defeat nor exile could cx-
inguish. Among the numerous and fugitive
objects of his capricious and illegitimAte at
taehments, Napoleon had loved once with n
tender and durable passion. At the summit
of his success and glory, at fete at Warsaw,
the beauty Of young Polish lady, intoxicat-
cd with enthusiasm for his rame, had made
lively impression on him. She WIS the young
wife Of noble Saunatian already advanced
in years. She adored in Napoleon--aS what
Pole then did not ?--genius, victory, and the
fallacious hope of the independence of her
country.
"IIer countenance beamed with the adQra-
ton she internally felt Napoleon saw her
understood her, loved her. Lions, resistance
violent struggles between passion and duty
and tears famed the fame into passion
The emperor carried Off the Countess Weles-
ki from her husband, from her country. lie
conveyed her to his camps and to his conquer
ed capitals. A son was born--the result Of
this attachment. A handsome residence in
Paris; often visited at night by Napoleon, con-
cealed from view the ever imprisoned moth
err of this child.
"Adversity rendered her fault almost sa-
cred and his love more dear TO her. She wish
cd, bv deyotng herself to the exile, TO atone
for her weakness for tho conqueror of Europe.
She wrote to Napoleon to ask for an inter
view. and to offer to accompany him wherev-
er misfortune might lead him He consented
TO the interview, and the last night but one
which proceeded the departure of the smpcrur
frOSn FoataiRe bleau, the young wife wRs intro
duecd by back staircase into the room adj