Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-16
This brooding on the mast naturally

that as the owner of great name, supe-
rior actions and qualifications would be
required of him: that in some way or
other he must take part in the affairs of
Europe-such was the idea that inevita-
bly, took possession of him. The pedan-
try of his teachers seems to have fost-
cred it to an undue extent. If, for eX-
ample, the poor youth contracted an ad-
miration for the poet Byron, his teachers
were at hand to criticise the poet for him,
and reduce his opinion to the just shape
and standard, lest he should commit
what. In his case, would be the signal
improperly of exaggerated praise. f
again. he was seen to be falling in love
with any of his grandfather court, they
were at hand to reason L:'n ont of the
affair, by considerations Vi what was
due to his peculiar situation, and his inn
portance in the public eye. With this
notion of the popularity Of bis position
brandished before him from morning till
night, he would 60 mopins about the
imperial court, an amiable but unhappy
youth.
And what, after all, was the peculiar
ity of his situation, except extreme in
Significance. A pensioner. in the mean
time, on the imperial bounty, ultimately
| the mere possessor of some Bohemian
| estate, (his mothers second marriage, in
1919, with the Count Nipperg, having
severed him from Italy still more COM
pletely than BEFORE doomed 10 inactivi-
ty by the misfortune of too great name,
was there not mockery in all that So
licitnde of which he found himself the
object! Haunted, it would appear, by
some such feeling, and vet carried for-
ward by the restless sense that he must
DO something or other to merit his name.
he seems to have grssped at the only
chance tha was presented to him-mili-
tary promotion in his grandfather's SER
vice. Hence the assidGity with which
he pursued his military studies, and the
regularity with which lie presented HIM
self at all reviews and parades, the Wen
nese pointing him out on srlcb occasions
rs the son of Napoleon. When, at last.
after going through the grades, lac was
permitted by his grandfather to assume
The rank and uniform oc q lieutenant
colonel. his delight was unbounded. For
three days the poor youth appeared at
the head of his regiment, giving the
word Of command-on the fourth be was
laid aside with loss CT voice and hoarse-
ness.
There was one quarter Of the Lorizou,
however, TO which the son OF Napoleon
wuold often wistfullv look---that France
to which he belonged to; to which his
dying father had beQueathed him with
such solemn injunctions that they should
be true one to the other; and where even
get there were myriadS Of veteran hearts
That beat high at the name OF Bonaparie.
His Austrian education had, indeed. iSo-
lated him from all means Of direct com
munication with his native country, and
had made him, in many respects, alien to
il: but certain cords there were which
still secretly bound him TO France. IL
know no one at Paris," lie said to a
French officer that was on the point OF
returning home after visit to Vienna.
"but salute for me the column Vendome."
On the other hand, if ne as personally
forgotten or unknown In the city which
he thus knew only from the map, there
were at least principles AID men that
were ready TO burst out in his behalf.
So, at all events, it appeared, when the
revolution of July, 1880, came to be
transacted. Had the young Napoleon
been in Paris, or near it, when the revo-
luton occurred, how different might have
been the issue. Absent as he was"
says Louis Blanc, eff an cid general of
the Emperor had but pronounced his
name TO the people when Lafayette and
Guizot were chaffering for Due d Orleans,
France might have had Napoleon IL,
instead of Louis Philippe. Some timid
Bonapartist attempts, it appears, We're
actually made. In Paris, one Bona
partist came to meeting OF the leading
politicians, with the name Of the Duke Of
Reichstadt on his lips, was dexterousIy
locked up in room till the b. ness was
over. Communications were even con-
veyed to the Duke himself
When the news of The revolution reach
ed Vienna, the young man could not con-
ceal his agitation; he even requested, il is
said, in the tlutter of moment. TO be
allowed to 60 to the assistance of Charles
X. But with the news Of the accession
of Louis Philippe, other thoughts sue
ceeded. One evening as he was ascend.
ing staircase IN the imperial palace, a
young woman enveloped in q Scotch
plaid, rushed forward from a landing
place, where she seems to have been
waiting, and taking his hand, pressed it
eagerly to her lips. His tutor, who was
with him, asked her business. May I
not kiss" she said, 1.-The hand Of my
sovereign son 2" and Immediately disap-
peared. For some time, the incident
could not be explained, but at length no
doubt remained that the far stranger
was his cousin, the Countess Camerate,
married daughter Of his deceased aunt
Bocchiochio.
Tn visit TO Vienna. the Countess had
constituted herself the medium of COM
manicatlon between the Bonapartists and
her young cousin, to whom she even ven-
tured some months after The revolution of