The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-28
LOUIS DoNAPARrH
FadI<r II Losis NaPOteoa.

Egypt. His philosophical turn Of mind ac-
companied him to the field and when he
found himself among the dirty, ferocious
and strong smelling Bedouins, he expressed
q wish that Jean-Jacques Rousseau could
have been compelled to dwell with the
imam of nature" whom he Landed SO much
and Of whom he knew 20 little. II was thu
longing wish Of Josephine, and the desire Of
Napoleon. to see Louis united to Hortense
daughter. The lady was
beautiful. accomplished. and-nineteen.-
but Louis. though only twenty three years
Of nge, was too reserved, too mild, and too
little susceptible, to be attracted by the
orilliancy Of Hortense. The first marriages.
at all events, Of all the Bonapartes. were
honest love matches. -
Louis struggled hard to escape an en-
gagement which, he was convinced, would
fail to secure happiness for either of the
contracting parties. Those parties. how
ever, were under the influences which they
could not withstand; and without affection
Oh either side. HorteAss and Louis were
married in the year 1902. Never was .
marriage more insisted on by one side and
resisted by the othor than this. It was
urged by Josephine and Napoleon. as If
the existence Of the empire depended there
on. And it proved to he . marriage of the
highest interest to the empire. OF the three
sons born of it, the survivor is he who sup
pressed the second Republic. honestly con-
fessed himself to be parrenu. was elected
Emperor. and formed the Anglo French
alliance. Such m alliance had not been
known in France since Athelstan sent
feet in aid Of Louis d'Outre Mer.
When the Drown Of Holland was pressed
upon Louis Bonaparte. he resisted the of
fer as long as he had withstood the project
| to unite him with Hortense. He was then
smitten with paralysis, and racked with
rheumatism. He may be said to have been
carried to the new throne, rather than to
have assembled it. Nevertheless he acted
with energy and honesty. When Joseph
mounted the Spanish throne, he told his
new subjects that although he must remain
a Frenchman by patriotism. he would al
ways be found Spaniard by religion
Louis was more satisfactorily explicit in
Holland. '.lIenceforth," he said, " am
in all things true Dutehman."
The assertion was not idly made, for Louis
struggled to preserve the rights of his sub
jects and their commercial prosperity
against policy destructive Of both. The
struggle was Intellectual. He was only the
lieutenant Of his brother. Scoring to bt
that. while he wore the name Of Kings Loui,
descended from the throne in lsf9; ant
Napoleon annexed Holland to the Empire
Of France. The ex-king left Haarlem II
strict privacy. For some years after there
might be seen at various German baths
an invalid Of mild. yet not melancholy as
pect, affable in his manners, and of extreme
sImpnclty in MS way of life. This wa
Louis, Count St. Leu, whose consort resid
{ ed in Paris, with the courtesy title Of queen.
His residence was for some time at Gratz
in Syria. He refused all pecuniary ali
offered him by Napoleon. but repaired t.
Paris to welcome him, after the Empero
ha6 landed in France from Elba.
Subsequent to the second downfall Of th
Empire, the Count de st. Leu obtuined tn
Papal permission to reside in Rome. Thir
ty two years were spent by him almost en-
tirely in Italy; and the routine of his lif
there may be told in as many lines. Hi
days were devoted to pursuits which be
came q country gentleman of cultivated in
tellect and declining health. His principa
enjoyment was derived from literature. il
which the ex-king himself took repectabl
position. He was visited by his sons, Blu
took no part in the aspiring views of any
yet he evinced his paternsl sympathy afte
tile ''affair Of Boulogne" deprived one o
those sons Of his liberty.
Louis died at Leghorn, in June of tn
year 1876. Three months subsequent,
his body was inferred at St. Leu. Tn
liberality of the Government of Louis Phi
lippe allowed Of the reunion Of the exile,
family around the grave of the honest ex
king. Within two years the condition O
the families strangely reversed. Loui
|
of Holland, Duchess of St. Leu, for whicI
honor the ex-Queen Hortense thanked hin
in person. After the Hundred Days." tn
duchess retired to Switzerland. where he
son. LOUIS Napoleon. became for time a,
artillery officer of the Swiss Confederation
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MOB Law IN IowA.-Eli Clifford, half
breed. accused Of killing John Ingollis, i,
Jackson county. was hung by a mob OF
Saturday. the lIth instant.
On the Same day q mob at Bellevue
Iowa. forcibly entered the Jail at that place
and taking q prisoner confined therein o,
. charge Of counterfeiting and murder
\ hung him. A great excItement prevailct
in that vicinity in consequence.
FUGITIyE SLAvEs.-The Legislature o
Ohio has passed a bill prohibiting the rs
Of the jails in that State for the confinement
Of fugitive slaves.
The New York State Assembly has pas
sed bill declaring. in effect, that no slaves