Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-07-14
Death of Jerome BOnapartc.

their letters Of acceptance o. the nomination. Or other
loiSe they giUe their unqualified sanction TO the platform
upon 1hich they haze been nominated
Death of Jerome BOnaparte.
The great age and physical infrmity of Jerome
Bonaparte, and the recent accounts of his Illness
have prepared the public for the announcement of
his death, brought to us by the Parana. With him
dies the last of the Bonapartes of the same genera
ton the great founder of the dynasty; and though
inferior to the other brothers in most respects,
none of them-excepting of course, his IlustrOus
brother-has been regarded with such interest by
the people of this county. 1t to his American
marriage and his disgraceful practical denial Of 1t
that Jerome Bonaparte owes his nOtOriety 1--WE know
no better word) in the United States.
He was born at Ajaccio, Corsica, on the 18th of
December, 1854, and consequently was seventy-slx
years old at the time of his death. He was fifteen
years younger than Napoleon l. and when the latter
had fairly entered on his career OF military glory,
Young Jerome was at the school of Madame Campar,
at Paris He subsequently attended the college of JUL
w. and when scarcely 10 years old entered the navy.
Napoleon in his schemes of ACKNOWLEDGMENT made
of his entire family and with the hope and am
bition that jerome would sustain his power on the
sea he two years later raised him to the command
Of the corvette LEpervier, and sent him to st. Do
mngo TO assist in quelling the insurrection headed
by ToussaEt l. Overture. jerome was sent back
with dispatches before the expedition ended.
In 1902 Napoleon ordered Jerome to proceed to
the southern of this country to cruise about
for English vessels France at that time being at
with England. In this enterprise the young naval
commander appears to have shown more discretion
than Yaor for fearing to meet the enemy he retired
to the port of New York The fame of his brother
ensured for him warm reception and he Travelled
southwark mingling in the best society of this city
and Philadelphia. In Baltimore he became acquaint-
ed with Miss Elizabeth Patterson, the daughter of
wealthy merchant of that place, and after short
eOurtshp was married to her on the 24th OF Decem-
ber Bishop Carroll officiating. The alliance created
considerable talk at the time. Young jerome. then
but twenty years DID, after remaining year in this
country decided to return to France, and inform his
brother personally of the marriage. be embarked
with his bride in an American ship for Lisbon,
whence he hastened TO Paris, leaving Madame Bona
parte on the vessel.
OF course Napoleon had heard of the alliance
was highly indignant and his reception Of his
young brother was anything but cordial. The En-
peror issued decree annuling the marriage
though the Pope Plus VII, with conscientious hero
ism refused to allow divorce, Notwithstanding the
threats of the angry Napoleon. There Is no reason
to believe that Jerome Bonaparte married Miss Pat
terson from other than motives of true affection,
and he visited Paris expressly to win NapOleons
consent to the union which he did not then think of
breaking, but unfortunately, his affection could not
Withstand other influences, and the young man con-
scented to sacrifice his wife and the child to which
in the meantime she had given birth in England,
to the ambition of his brother. This he called
" immolatng himself on the altar of the Napoleon
Dynasty" Such was the influence Napoleon eXer
cised over the members of the family, that at his
demand. the husband deserted his bride and the
father disowned his child. Jerome re-entered the
navy, and Aadame Bonaparte returned to Baltl-
more They never met again.
Over half century has passed since that time,
and both parties have lived utterly estranged, Je
rome pursuing the career marked out for him by
his ambitious brother, and his injured wife remained
in dignifed retirement in her city, She lives
there STILL surrounded by friends, her single hope
and purpose the exaltation Of her son to the rank
which his blood, in her estimation, entities HIM to.
Her grandson who graduated at West Point, and
is now an officer in the French army, has never
been willing to disgrace himself by impeaching the
legality OF his grandmother's marriage though
tempted in various ways TO an extent which no or
binary fortltude could resist.
The father the other hand, never turned to
look upon his injured wife again after deserving her.
but regardless of every instinct OF morality and
manness married again the 18th OF August, 1897,
the Princess Frederick Catherine daughter of the
present King of Wurtemberg. He was soon after
proclaimed King of Westphalia lie had in the mean
time, done the state service on the sea, as Am
bassador to Algiers, and by capturing some English
merchantmen in the West Indies, for which he was
made an Admiral and decorated with the Cross of
the Legion of Honor.
He however, disiked naval life, and after his ac-
cession to the throne of Wesphaia, never ventured
to sea again. His government of that kingdom,
which comprised all the northern portion of the
Prussian dominiOns, and embraced an area of near
ly eight thousand square miles, was mild and LIBERAL
rather from the easy good nature of the ruler than
from any serious desire to increase the sum of hui
man liberty
Wher Napoleon undertook the expedition against
Russia Jerome was called his aid, and took part
in the battles of Million and SmOlensk. In 1874
at the application of the Emperor, he retired with
his wife, to Austria; but the return of Napoleon
from Eba, returned to Paris. At Waterloo Jerome
had the work of opening that great BATTLE and the
disastrous result of the conflict sent him to live with
his wife's relations, in Wurtumburg, but he soon
left them for Austria.
The revolution of lS4S brought him into notice
again; for, though he took no part in it or in the
coup detdt of 1851, family pride induced Louis Ma
pOeon to invite his uncle to his imperial court Since
that time Prince jerome has lived at the Palais Roy
al His children by his second wife are Prince Mt
pOleon, born in 1928 who married the Princess Co-
tide of Sardinia, and in of the death of the
Prince Imperial, is heir to the throne of France;
and the Princess Matilde. lady forty years
old, and the divorced wife of Prince DemdOf. An
other son, Jerome Napoleon, born in 1914, died at
Florence in 1876.
The character of Jerome Bonaparte presents no
features of grandeur. He was the mere tool of his
great brother, and owes what little space be may
occupy in history wholly to accidental circumstan
ces, which he did not improve to any great adyan-
tage He was one of those many persons inpromnent
positions who would have been better and happier in
some humble station, and his will GO down to
posterity only as a satellite of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Personally his manners were pleasant and affable,
and there are still living many of our old citizens
who well remember his visit to this country, and
have met him in society while traveling.-N. 7.
Post.
The Newark Advertiser gives nine very potential |
reasons why it cannot support Mr.. DOUGLAS. We |
give some of them:
.. Because Judge Douglas, actuated solely by con. |
slderatlons connected with his personal ambition |
commenced war on the National Administration !
OF the Democratic party, and by combination be-
tween himself Broderick Fornev Hickn,op Uos
kins, and the Black Republicans in GENERAL snc-
ceeded so far in weakening its strength before the
people as 70 throw the lower House of CONGRESS
into the hands of the Know Nothings and Black Re.
publcans.
6. Because FOrney, Haskins Morris of Illinois
and other enemies of the Democratic party, known
to be in the personal confidence and favor of Judge
Douglas prompted and voted for getting up the Co
vode and other infamous committees, having for
their sole object the disgrace of President Buchanan
his Cabinet, and the Democracy by whom they were
defended.
I. Because Judge Douglas, by aiding and abetting
in the nefarous attempt to persuade the puL Lie mind
hat Mr. Buchanan, and the chosen National Admin
stration of the Democratic party, sought to fasten
slavery an unwilling people has done more to
recruits for the Republican party than has
,eesn accomplished tOlodrd that end bV the lcoIe Re
publican press of the Union during an equal period
s. Because Judge Douglas, through his principal
blowers and strikers" has sought t0 degrade the
-reat Democratic party of the nationinto mans
,drty and to make fealty to Stephen A. Douglas
est of Democracy.
9 Because TO vote for Judge Douglas after the
course of his friends at Charleston and
would be to sanction that course, and
hus to give an endorsement 10 the persistent and
eadstrong adherence of the delegates to man, at
he sacrifice of the harmony. union and success Of