Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-06-14
FRANCE AND MEXICO
The Correspondence Between the Euper.
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or Napoleon and Prince Napoleon.
Below we give the correspondence between
the Emperor Napoleon and Prince Napoleon,
and an account OF the sensation created in
Paris by the Princes resignation of all his Of
fcial positions. The Emperor's letter, which
Is not dated, is published in the Moniteur, as
NAPOLEON TO THE PRINCE.
"NOnsier and Dear Cousin cannot refrain
from informing you Of the painful impression
have experienced on reading your speech, at
with the Empress and my son, as Vice.Presi-
dent Of the Privy Council, meant to give You
proof OF my friendship and confider ce, and
your language would testify TO the union which
reigns in our family. But the political pro-
gramme which you place under the agis Of the
government To judgments which l. cannot
admit, You add sentiments OF hatred which
belong no longer to our day.
/" To apply the ideas of the Emperor to the
present time, 1t is necessary to have passed
through the stern trials Of responsibility and
power And besides, are we really capable,
valus the grand historical ngnre Of Napolsoni
As in standing before q colossal stature, We
are unable to view the whole at once. We
only SEQ the side which strikes our sight:
hence the incompleteness Of the reproduction
and the divergence Of opinions. Bot what is
S,eaf sn IN .ne eyes OF every one Is that 70 pre-
bic enemy to true liberty-tne Emperor had
established, first In his family and afterwards
III government, LnaL severe 0t1olDiiD q
which admitted but one Will and one acton.
l cannot henceforth deyiate from the same
rule OF conduct. Whereon, Monsieur and
holy keeping. "NAPoLpoN.,
THE PRINCES REPLY.
Prince Napoleon lost no time in making the
following reply to ths Imperial censure
ter Of May and it's ia sss mes
iteur OF this morning, resign the vice presi-
dency OF the Privy Council. and also the pres
"Accept, Sire, the homage Of the p. ofound
and respectful attachment with which am,
"Of your Majesty, the most devoted cousin,
-. "NAPoLRON {JRRoMH)
"Palais Royal, May q, 1865. ..ll ia!
The Paris Temps says that the Emperor's
letter was brought to Paris by a special cour-
ier. 1t adds-writing., however, without
knowing Of Prince Napoleon's enewer-tnat
he purposes leaving France for his property
in Switzerland.
Neither the Moniteur nor tho serni.ofiicial
journals, the Constitutional and the Pays,
take any notice of the Prince Napoleon's letter
to the Emperor, resigning the vice presidency
Of the Privy Council and the presidency Of the
Universal Exhibition. The Patrie ventures to
give it, but as a quotation from the Presse,
and in small print, as if it were a document OF
small importance 5.- f.
The London Times Paris correspondent
says:
"On the publication Of the Emperor's letter
to the Prince, over $50 members OF the LeEis. ,
lative Corps called and left their names at the
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their satisfaction. hear that the number
would have been considerably greater-in-
deed, all the Opposition would have done So
but for the unpopaiarity or the member, NJ
Granier de Oassagnac, who Was the proposer.
The Empress was greatly applaudedb on
Sunday night, at the Odeor, owing, it Ia said,
to the same cause, as the Prince Is not very
popular in that quarter of Paris.
" Prince Napoleon's edition of his Ajaccio
speech, in the form Of a pamphlet, was seized
at Dentu's, but only, am told, for want Of a
stamp, which, ] suppose, he thought himself
privileged to dispense with. He will now
publish stamped edition. He Is also, 1t is
said, about to bring out the first volume OF q
history of the Bonaparte family. 1t II re-
marked that he has not yet resigned his seat in
the commission charged TO superintend the cor
III have INST heard that the Empress Regent
has declined accepting thejPrin ce IS resignation
as Vice President OF the Privy CounciL on the
ground that she has no authority to do 90, and
that the Emperor only can decide. Her Majes-
ty had also entreated his Imperial Highness
not to publish the Ajaccio speech as . Pxmphlet.
He replied that the Government might prose-
lish he would Accordingly, 1t has been pub
lished." ID" t..< fl.i. f.-3-sj.-#
The London Daily News says:
ave believe our Correspondent In Paris has
discovered the real cause OF offence. The one
great and objectionable crime OF Prince Ma
poleon is that at this delicate Crisis OF the Mext-
can question he gtorffed the Monroe doctrine,
and declared that Napoleon had fereseen It
with acquiescence. Here Is where the shoe
pinehes The Emperor is bent upon mAintain. .
ing Macmillan in Mexico, and he sees that
to support him in this the greatest mistake OK
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