The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-17
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On article on M0ileyas history 81 The klse
et the Da,ch Republic, which il calls So
history as complete az Industry aud genius
could make H." and concludes ~sits@ssy-
ing,-"of Mr.. Motiey's a~nlecedents we
know nothing. Ii he has previously sp.
'pssrsa before the pssho, Ma reputation has
not crossed tae Atlantic. It slInol De 30
low. W. believe that we NAV promise
him As warm 4 we'csme among ourselves
&c he will receive even in America; that
his place viii be At onee conceded Is him
among the hrs, historians n our eemaon
language"
Philip the Second Was ia mary respects
the worst specimen 81 a tyrant that the
world ever saw. and IN all our reading W.
do not remember an instance Of such dia.
bolical dexterity IN CRIME ss is related in
the following extract, The signeor de
Monllgny. brother 10 The noble and unIor-
tanate Count Horn, had been sent hy Mar
garei OF Parma int Spain, 10 represent d
Philip the condition Of the Netherlands
His character as envoy should nave been
HE safeguard. but Philip permitted no such
,rihing impcdiment 10 interfere with his de-
signs Mon,igny's only crime wss that he
had defended in the council, ana ey peii-
ton. the constitutional liberties Of his coub.
Try. For this, his case was. by the kings
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sel.: that the accused should be present on
his trial was held TO be a needless formali-
~ He was condemned ia his absence 10
| death, snd the sentence was transmitted 10
Matrid:-
"For many reasons, chiefly because the
| world would have called such S proceeding
by hard names. a public execution wss
| thought undesirable. The Madrid Council
suggested paison The expedient was a
~na,ursl one; but Philips conscience hesita-
ted. Poison was informal, and wore an ug-
IL resemblance TO assassination. Tine
| prisoner, FOR the sake Of justice, must be
! regularly disposed Of; but the death, st tile
same time, must be So coutrived thai the
| world should believe il ~Dstural,
This point having oesa settled, says AR.
Motley, the King now set about the ar,
engagements Of his plan, with sli thar close
| attention to detail which marked his chsr-
se,er. The patient industry which, mad
G Cd give him a human heart and love OF
right. might have made him a useful mon
arch, he devoted 10 a scheme Of midnight
murder, with & tranquil sense OF enjoyment
which seems almost incredible
The fret step was to remove Montigny
from Sesovia, where be had been previous
ly confined, 10 the more secure and retired
castle of Ximaness. The aicaide Of this
fortress was informed of the intended exc.
cution, and Of the necessity OF observing a
profound secrecy. The refinement OF the
next proceedings is 30 curious, that some
attention will be required to follow them.
The prisoner, on being brought TO Xi.
mancus, was allowed some iitt4e liberty
He was permitted 10 walk n the corridor
adjoining his apartment. The object Of
the indulgence presently appeared. In q
few days an emiss ary u The Government
brought down from Macrid two letter.,
each OF them the composition OF his most
sacred Majesty, The hr.t was addressed
| 70 Montigny himself Il was unsigned, ana
contained e suggestion OF a plan Tor his es.
cape. This was to be thrown into the cor
riaor al q time when IL would be found By
| the slcalde or by some othceE ol the ca>.
| tie, and was TO form . prstext Tor instan.
and close IMPRISONMENT. The Other .ettrr
was one addressed BY Phftip 10 hiRssy.
which was to be Gig "a by the slcalds, II
rslsted TO the intsaded escape. Il stated
| further, that Moniigny, in consequence OF
-. i, 20 Exh5ah II hal han ne
csssary 10 subject hin, had laiiea gfieyoas.
II III; but ,ha, he should receive al The at
tention compatible with his safe keeping
Philip's directions wers carefully observed.
The frat paIer WA throsn into the corr
dor, The alcslde found il. Montigny, IN
spite of bis protests, was locked in = Ssngle
room, and Philips letter TO himself va.
signed and returned The court physician
wac despatched in haste to attend on the
sick prisoner; and, on coming back to Ma.
drid, declared publicly thar his patent vas
SUFFERING from a disorder from which il was
scarcely possible that be gonid recoyer
A few days was allowed 70 eiapse, and
the public having been thus prepared 10
hear Of Montigny's death, it was time tom
hicli it A party OF Lfheials. accompanied
CJ all CGCEt1AaIti@f NahbE NV " III -
and Philip was once more his own CORES
pendent He informed himself in a dee.
patch, which wss again to bear the al
calde's signature, that in spite of ell precsu-
tons the Seigneur Montigny had c%outina-
ed to grow worse, and had at length ex-
PRED; that a priest had attended him In his
last moments. and that he had died ia 80
Catholic a frame of mind, that good hopes
might be entertained OF his salvation. The
preparations were thus nearly complete
The o~ellcacy Of Philips touch in suth mst-
teFs, added, however, one further re6ne.
meut MontigDy wss now told that he wac
10 die. Tie was rot allowed TO make .
will; being under sentence for high reason
his property was supposed TO De conf-ca-
ted; but he WINS permitted 10 draw ~ o
memorial Of his debts, under tie stipiIa-
| ton that he was 10 make no ~aliusion 10 his
approaching execution, but was To use the
language OF a man seriously III, who feels
himself az the point Of death.
BY This internal Ingenuity observes Mr.
Notify, lit was proposed to make the vic
tim an accomplice in the Pior, and 10 place
q ialse exculpsiion OF HE assassins 10 Ms
dying lips
Under these exquisite arrangements the
murder was completed Montigny was
strangled at midnight. He was buried de-.
Gently by the kings ORDERS; d grand mass
and seven hundred lesser masses were said
Tor The repose Of his soul the king himself
having particularly hxei the number
Philips epistle explanatory, announcing
the fatal termination OF the illness, was du-
ly signed and sent And this, With the
other which preceded il, was published In
the Netherlsnd. with perfezt success. The
truth was never even coDlectured, and
Montigny WIS believed universally 10 have
followed his brother ambassador into a
grave which had been dug Tor aim BY dis
ease.
Il may De asked h0W the authenticity o.
a story has been sscertsined, which is more
like an inciden. out ofu highly seasoned
French novel than al occurrence VI actual
human life. And, indeed, Alexander Du.
mas night pp, himselfto school with PHI
p, and borrnw a finish for mis- tietions
which the delicate hand Of q greater mas,
ter of the art Of plotting once gave TO real
ny. The s~ccuser, in this instance, Is the
King Of Spain himself; the evidence is the
secret narrative with which he fumisbsd
the Duke of Ava; and the entire uDeon-
sciul sness, the innocence, the s,mpicity,
with which he relates all the horrible details
to the viceroy, 10 perhaps the most amuzng