The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-16

rotary OF State, Aaretf OF your decree | Only
sny question but OF the decree OF IL ventose Why
thaU II Was because II did not exist; that with
out any legal character and had OF tho forms which
could give the force vtgor Of obg tory d0cee.
There on this copy which Is to be In the archives
orption produced Al the head l. read sIreject de de
cree" know that unknown hand has at period
struck out the word project but still remains sim
PIE project without counterslgn and without authority
But does not matter that the act Seermoed by
the Emperor It has not been followed BY the execution
which could alone make the will or the sovereign legal
reality VIII you have further proof Of thss II Is you
opponents, who furnish with II In the publ
which you have made and for which l thauk you for
after all our weapons not equal You have the ar
chives and we have not Six weeks later the Emperor
wrote TO his Arch Chancellor H
AIRxAspR,a, Is Foreal, An XIII. Cxay g. 1885,
MossiEUE rAscgs Jerome has arrived s
s9o Win na Come y ms and thai lis mistress h re-
% beg on s nS e % ss
ssS @s a Ss he had h 9s ~"''
Thus the absou ruler himself expresses that the
rage not altogether void and that the DEGREES are ut
tsrly poweress The Arch Chancellor CaInbaoeres was
taed despots-s You must have Judgment, In order
that that woman should not be condemned without
hearing that the bastard should not be condemned as
such without having offered his defence" The Emperor
replies
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CIVIL would require % 70 o crha On s sn1 msre
and being minor without any pabcson Of S.ns
ssras ss % hs Altar sas love and
siars Thsy cal sssevs married. put when their o'o
lie. pass the STYLE the alterations hsblua to
the angry mastoa Of many egioDs Tho Arch Chancellor
oath Of May 1900 eleven days after his disappointment
with Cambaceres--
%ss %
and who after months stay there married At Ba%or
He just He is fully Of his fault have
aceorSs 70 laws the %arss. spanish priest
duties a. e give ys s% ss "a saa this
marriage you memorials, Of the from
Saa e. S shS me- to auah II
SSe e sns nG al %sss o as S to s
ample 70 the members q sovereign families who may mary
Protestant me Iis dangerous that minor q nine
civil laws srd 70 all IDEAS Of propriey pray God pro-
| serve you for many yenTs. NAPOLEON.
The Pope ropAss that OF the grounds brought for
ward by Napoleon for annulng the marriage appeared
to him valid. THIS in 1906. Events 'ed in sue
nan pr ncesa-tho Kingdom was to be created. The
must be annulod at any cost Tho Emperor applied
to the onicae Bishops Court. Tho Oniclae after
What is the Oncialitc2 Is 1t legal authority in Franco
after $780, Is It tribunal to decide marriage cases
after the establishment Of the civil codeg rs IL co
cosiastics coutf What decision that case appeal
TO /. twelvcmonth after the refusal os tho Holy See TO
sanction the grounds nuty tho Emperor had brought
forward Tie 70 Is no tribunal in existence that would
| consider a sentence OF the Ofiiciaite binding But
powerful ruler viii always ind ready toolsa 81 Boray
tthe present secretary or the Council of state),
Is always to be found who viii pronounce an illegal SON.
tcnce and sanction on mquty, Tho priest who pro
nounced the dissolution OF the marriage committed
breach OF all canonic and civil laws but his decision.
though il may havo deceived foreigners, nevor DO.
I a list OF authors and iarsts. to the effect that
the oficaltc, when its jurisdiction WAS recog-
uized by law, before So was only competent to de-
eide CAGES IN which the wife sued the husband and rice
tcso, but wholly powcriess TO act the application Of
two partes.) Now before this called tribunal Che
pursucd) did Madame Bonapartc appear? No Was Je-
Bonaparte, her husband, heardf No. TO call the
decision OF such court sentence is to utter false
hood. J have, perhaps gentlemen, detained you too
long, nov conclude. There is nothing in the DEGREES,
nothing in the appeal to The Pope nothing ia the pre-
tended sentence OF tho Ocalte that be I'D in
validating tho marriage Nevertheless, told II il
invadaed by tho decision OF what Is termed " the Pr
Wy Council.o win say nothing to the competency Of
| that council. Whom il summoned NJ Jerome Bonapartc
before i that jurisdiction admitted him to BIO possessed
Of tho claim which its decision attempts to deprive him
Of will read the conclusions laii before The Couu.
| Gil by Prince Napoleon
whereas decree the Goth August 1854 of the Emperor
S ss' ay I l. aGn
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cs,ons his own country has been followed as soon as
haSsa q &c % 8. .se Ar S as4 p s.
III 5fs he s S hRis.
q io ~ tkna from al eiec sut q rspscs for The
s @ X y
sRiqssa soasirIISg GA. nc nav siasiop erssod .
oepsd both sides and followed By acts Of execution Of
That hand Nile. Patterson and her son have not
e9 s 'f FsssS % rb @ % ne
ceiyed from the Emperor pension OF occur which could
hand and on he faith Of the absca,s nudity ofd
y III alliance snsT s SS The Pc sa1 q
Whereas The children boru Of union the only les
can have any e e have the quality 70 attack Tue above
cu.veiy 70 hcn, and oppose ali NM Paterson
s e9 es s " ngssa nn sy c .SS
Al other jursdicious is coppee 10 determine the raj
bes'ng Of hs ti c,S s as I. TO sSy e Question
soysd he question Of nsuras.lcn With regard % which
the effect o. esitmaon IN contradiction 10 the decree Of
@ and sse decInon Of the 9ssy Of rsE O. is
which belong exclusively 70 legitimate ha,ionIn consc
hsnsaefS ssaiss EaS.pa ees he prST
over, then FUN effect
NJ Bonapsrto in hs turn laid conclusions before the
tribunal lic did not oaer demurrer lie merely said
Tbose who claim tho nuity Of tho marriage not
Titled to DO According to the terms OF tho Code Ma
poleou neither madame mere nor rrncc Jerome, stil
suit-and IL they do not no one Tbs council,
not, therefore, entertain the action and his imperial
hehness Prince Napoleon must be suited" Tie
council, however rendered sentence deciding thai NJ
Jerome Bonnrartc should retain the Bonaplr,e
but that he should not have tho right to avail himself
Of tho benefit VI tho 20st and 202d articles OF the
| Code Napoleon, relating TO succession. The coun-
q! DO no. pronounce any opinion As 70 the validity
Of the marriage, well that they could not do
without hearing either husband wife You viii have,
gentlemen 20 decide whether the Claims OF my clients
are well founded confidently leave the In your
| hands. am confident yon VIII once more give us the
splendid example OF the serene mpassbility OF the I'D
minsrators Of nstce, against which the shifts and
vices OF arbitrary power crumbs into dust You expound
the law and unjust prctensions vanish Those OF Prince
Napoleon will be dismissed fes that viii be your deci
son and oyousiy expect e. I, too, nm old auxiliary
Of justice. Tor many years have stood ut this bar
shall not leave IL without carrying away with me the
feeling Of respect for justice and confidence in the bcnoh
which has been created and Confirmed by practice OF
| afty years.
srrroH OF ". ALioS FOR PRINCE NAPOLEON.
On tho conclusion of NJ. BerTycr's speech, NJ. Aon
| and addressed the Court "a followg,--