The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-02-12
SIPIIPII, URsDA A TEBRI.ARE 10 1859


King treated me with kindness. In falnil-
iar conversation with him about French pol
itics, gave my opinions pretty freely, and
especial in relation to some French editors
whom Twas acquainted with
Having always been, as i am. yet, in the
habit Of making full notes of public events,
men and movements, was enabled to be ac-
urate. The king manifested surprise at
some of che Information gave him, and
seemed 50 deeply interested as to ask me to
stay in Munich as his guest for few days.
/ at first declined, and finally Observed
tIYiill 1t not give cause for SANDER against
your Majesty The. king replied, "No, / |.
have no fear of that consented to stay
a few days, and renew my conversations with
the king several times on visits to him at
his instance These visits we're unceremo-
NOUS. / talked to the liking, as I always do /
to every one-trutIfully, frankly and with
out concealment / told him of errors and
abuses to his government--I told him of the I
perfdy d. his ministers. Honest and un-
suspecting, he did not believe it; but ] prov
ed it to him. He expressed his gratitude
to me. His queen was my friend. | ex-
posed to him especially the art, duplicity, !
and villainy of his prime Minister Baron
D'Abel, Jesuit, who had Wormed himself
into his confidence What had l to gain by
all this but the establishment of right, and
the protection of an honest man from rogues?
King Louis was convinced, in spite of all the
scandalous fabrications that were circulated
that was his friend, as [ was most truly
for a long time his profigate and faithless
councillors could not imagine from whence
their betrayed and abused master learned
the facts as to their conduct When they
did, what torrent of scandal and falsehood
was opened upon poor me | was every
thing that was bad and vile. But they could
not injure me with the good old king. The
king defended and justified me, and denoun-
ced their aspersons and calumnies. One
day he told ID Abel, in reply to some obser-
yation denouncing me, that "She is right,
she told me the truth I will do as she told
me-" D'Abel replied, "Sheis king then. :"
eyes" said the good old Louis, "she is
king" and this remark, so made, was distort-
ed, reported to the public and made the
theme of ~thousand scandalous and ridicu-
lous stories.
In my conduct towards the king was in
5 fuenced only by wish to do good to him
and to his good subjects, who were both de
cciyed and cheated by profigate ministry.
r The peopewere oppressed by villain minis
/ teas, who laid their own bad acts to the king
[ discovered that the ministry had one copy
of the newspaper published as the govern
e ment organ printed for his eye, and differ
j ent copies printed for the people, which he
: never saw. / exposed this vile deception
/ exposed others of the nefarious schemes
f and conduct of the ministers and courtiers
. They not only denounced me for every thing
: that was vile and infamous, but they sale
+ that | was democrat, a revolutionist, anC
$ every thing else-that / was a "Moorisl
Ii Countess, a Spanish spy, and French spy
= The king said he would make me "Bayari
d an Countess, and he did make me "Countes!
{. of Landsfeldt," and made me liberal gifts
y Knowing his own purity, he did not inten(
|. to be bullied BY the bad men around him tt
e do me injustice They continued their dc
! nunciations Of me as the 'Moorish Coun
y tess" talked Of Spanish sways, and calleC
It my friends the "Lolanontane," party, t.
e distinguish it from the .ultramontane, o
; ministerial party. Ientcrtained liberal view
i and was the advocate of liberal measure
J. then, as | am now but I am no socialist, no
d political reyolutionist without cause. TIL
It Prime Minister D'Abel, was determined t
n drive me away; and he plotted against me
4 and raised all kinds of scandalabout me; an,
% sent to France, England, and East Indies
3 and Spain to get false testimony against me
If He represented to the people that Iinfuenc
le ed the king, to do all kinds of wickedness
a he attributed his own oppressive acts to til
if king and myself In all these vilainou
10 schemes he failed till he called in the aid 0
< an Austrian Prime Minister, Prince Net
e. ternich. Then they tried to conciliate AM
d soothe me, and bride me to their purposes
ID was offered four millions of francs and th
r title of Princess, if I would consent to ali
it them to control the king to advance thei
III plans. This / Indignantly refused, aud i'm
in lnediately exposed their offer to the king
be He was astonished, and exclaimed, 1T can
not be so. I determined to prove it. I 3
ne greed with an interview with Metternic
s, and ID Abel's agent, Baton Dhlitzhin, in
ct room, the king being concealed SO that b
g. could hear every thing that passed. ii
IT heard the whole. He was convinced Of til
Id treachery of those around him, and he dis
ID missed his ministry forthwith. The success
e. sor of D Abel was Il liberal and a Protestan
ne Ny course strengthened thekings confdenC
e. in me and augmented the hostilities of til
IL Jesuits to both They sought my life b
it poison, they sought to assail my reputatio
pc By disappearing my position with q
rs king, and they traduced me to the people, .
ar Influencing the king to their injury.
'e- The Jesuits in Munich are a powerful pa
y t. Though they filled il the attempt q
oI- on my life, they did succeedin their slandei
~ against me. An occurrence chat took plaS
iustsat that time aided them. The radiea
lts IN Switzerland had just driven the Jesui
ly out Of Che Swiss Confederation. Louis Phi
n- lipe protested non-in Intervention as his pole.
sW but at the very time, uizot wrote to Me
ls ternich, proposing the subjugation and q
ce vision of Switzerland, and an alliance b
5e tween France and Austria for that purpos
VIZ inn Louis Of I3ravaria was solicited to b
Is cons party to that alliance &c told 3
rs spoke my MUD fully b the goe
e cid king as TO their n toId hlna
9n was unjust aud infamous saN That q
esults were he prime "a Eers 81 the Senem
Al- begged 81 him 70 keep aloof from this al
81 ance Of ro5b his caused aneWal
their attacks on me. with increased qi0lenc