New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-21

Of Fen udges to the insulng imputaion. Why 1t
Client be thus been degraded by you at /. because
absolutely ecesIy 70 establish that tho marriage had not been
NJ Berryer then referred TO a letter emansting from
a Mr.. Gold If the Rue Neuve 81. Aupustin, No. 80,
who placed hnsel at the dispoal of Prince Napoleon,
in order to ssify the respectful desire lie bad TO give
the Prince information sbont the marriage at Balti
more. lie says that in that country the marriage was
not c0nsdee ed serious that il was popular tradition
in Maryland that Miss Paterson had run the risk Of
finding herself at the end only morganatic wife
What this obhging gentleman implied the Court might
guesss. TIE other tide had tried to show thst the
young naval officer had been the victim Of kind of
violshce but n Berger maintained that the marriage
was contracted il good faith, rot only by Miss Pater
son but also by III. Jerome BonapaIte Miss Patterson,
born in l7s5, was Is years old. The marriage TOOK
place after correspondence continued for months Il
was the Spanish Embassador who demanded the hand
OF Mrs Paterson and it was Mr.. Paterson who led
bis child to tie altar The French ambassador was IN
yed TO the cereony be did not attend but the reason
be would explain. The marriage was celebrated In the
Caihedrhl the pupial benediction was soemnly pT9-
nounced by the Bishop ia presence Oh s me
French Consul. The act was inscribed in the puohc
records. Could the good faith with which the mar
rage was contracted be doubted after that IL was
accompanied with all the guarantees ana WIN III tpe
solemIes required by the Laws of the country Even
before be marriage care was taken 10 prouuc Doy'e
the clerk OF the county the Gcensetat Is to The
document showing that al the preliminary condiions
the law required had been satisfied 80 much ior ,ao
good faith Of Mis. Paterson. He should show tha the
,ame good faith existed on the part OF NJ. jerome Bo'
natatte Jerome Benaparte had been charged with
forcing Dir. Patterson to consent with having sedaoed
NJ. SotD, with having pnalyzed NJ; fichon, the Am
bassador an Consul Of France He had eft France IN
1862 lie declared and the documents bad before the
Court proved that he was II cd lie PROV cd bis
age by bis rank officer which lie could obtain only
at that age. His comnis ion cited - YEAR, When
be enba ked for America tie law OF l7g2 wac 10 orcei
and that law ermit,ed children TO contract marriage
without the cons ut Of their parents when ttey bad
attained u years. AT this epoch OF legislative
transition that NJ. Picbou should have Uncovered
tie existence Of new law prescribing new COLI
diions for marriage, and that, nevertheless jerome
Bonaparte and the Pa erson family should have
sincerely thought that the civil code ~ss not yet ob-
gatory for Frenchman who, leaving France While u
different law prevailed, found imss II in another hem
isthere easily understand, and do not mean to say
there was calculation which would be- odious on the
part of Jerome Bonaparte Ills good faith was es'ab-
shed, aud The proof was 10 be lSund IN Tue core,
was celebrated on the 24th OF December many let'eib
were written by him, extracted from the archives OF
the FOTogn-ni,e, and Of Which he had COZ lee. Inc
real explanation Wa TO be rund III book puoi sleo
by him, and ia which are contained some Important
facts. II appeared that warm alteration bad arlsen
between jerome Bonspate and him; and NJ ileLou
accused jerome with having denounced hlm lie
mentions that lie bad expressed IN presen;e OF jerome
Bouaarie LIS Gisarprova OF the rupture OF the eacc
If Auiens, and he sddr, NJ. jerome Bonnpaiie,
directed no doubt by those who accompanied bin,
denounced me on leaving my house." Jer' me Boun-
pare wrote to the Consul from New-l OK on We ION
OF November, 1903, ext ldiIiDg what he had wnttn 70
the French Government. The letter contained tEe
following cum ns passage:
Those remarks duced TO three sisteHeu which you
made me Ihe g. that ii bod wI We, brcs-t, The
Ffst Cop d.,cd % ieyefgf himself f the Insulting anguase
ofihe Engh Paper, sgsr.i MIN To the second sp"d 20
n.cfu ,or mItsry mon TO rcqnsf,.d with beage 10
knew mshi .Vpen that the t, osh;n bad snoIsa
other Tie tbio french eis Cd ,h.n
and ths neither ~. military r'' e1ied ~ tfhes
Tb. "a what es-nt,d to h- FI CoB,g and Ills
i Su sal. to N. in ne s.sf S s5d ,S S Sss e
AL df ak you, uoreo',I II yoi would have heen a, MOO
erst, for you remember hs, did not sns<et word
speak o. this affair citizen only TO Jet you iho" the
have only doLe my duty
Tie fact was NJ. Pehou thought that after his mar.
rage with The daughter Of respectable dizsn OF
the United Slater NJ Jerome BoBaparie might desi'e
to have the post Of LmbHssador to the Ii ed states,
and what would he unpleasant, Geu Smith, the
brotherinlaw OF Mr.. Paterson, might want Ter him'
self that Of Emhasador of The United States 10 FRANCE,
and that inconvenience wouh re-ult irom tho family
alliance between the rcpe entluSee 0f ne Two pow
ers. Hen the objcciois of PIchou. h. Plchons
correspondence showed Lat NJ. jerome Bona aEtc
was presented 10 President JEFFERSON on the I'D OF
October. The marriage war hAed for the following
week and there could be 10 doubt that he lniOia4'd
the President that he was OH be point Of marriage
With citizen Of the ULited States. M. llehou Tad
promised 10 be present at the marriage, aid II vas
only after having discovered the numbers OF The Ao"
teuT announcing the promuls cation OF the Code Or"
letters OF which has been made. Toe
pre.ebtaiion 10 the President the communication
OF Lis intended marriage TO the auhonties, the in'i
taions to tie French func iOnaiies, Tie Consul and
the Embaisador preclude the idea Oi d Clindtfu
marriage The ambassador declired the invitation
but the Consul attended NJ. BonapaTte lad no
wish 10 evade the French law, and the correspohdep
Of NJ. Pichou proved nothing against rs good iailh
and could not prove tina, anything elaucesline was
even intended lie had already shown that the mar
risge had been known 10 France more than year
before the protest Of Madame Letita-the mother OF
Jeromebe only thing which imI lied an attack lhe
papers produced observed thai the marriage had been
known In France; consequently the door was closed
TO ali pretext for annuling Mr.. Berger maintain
ed that the possession Of the "ciyil CONDITION oil
Madame Paterson amply proved. IL was no mat
ter where she and NJ Jerome Bonsparte lived as bur
band and wife. In the United States or elsewhere was
a matter Of Indifference; and the fact u Madame
Patterson having lived ne the legitimate wife of jerome
was not less certain That tie possession Of civil
condition" lasted 10 1906; she WIS always considered
by jerome HE ligitiuaely united TO BIN. Ills whole
correspondence proved the fact aud he repeats 10 her.
that for nothing on earth would he abandon her; that
neither wealth, nor fortune, crowns would tempt
lin to renounce her. The strange argument put for
ward the other side-namely, that Tie
second marriage OF Jerome the negation oil tie
first WAS uptenable. The violation Of tie nights
which resulted from the first marriage could not be
q negatOn Of these rights. jerome BonapArle bad
for three years treated Madame Paterson his legi
mate wie and forsoOb because he hmseli was aitor-
ward faithless TO his Oaihs 10 hs letter. 10 has
ae ction for the mother OF his soD his faults could
Affect the possession Of her civil coIciiioD Such an
argument monsirous. The possession OF the nNil
condition Of the wife was perletuaied by the c1Nl
condition Of her son, and the legitimacy OF the latter
profted bis mother. Will respect TO the son the Law
most positive and nobody could dispute the eondi-
ton Of legitimacy Of him who proved the possession oil
condit on confoImable 10 Bis certificate Of birth. lie
showed that in the cose OF jerome Napoleon Bona
rarte the sonl the legal condition Of such posses