La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1865-10-21
MEETING OF NAPOLEON AND ISA.
BELLA.
(Fronl ". O. Weekly Times.)

The meeting of the Emperor Napoleon
and Queen Isabella is remarked on by thu
Epoque i'll au article which touches rapidly
on the relatiye position of the two soyer'
eigns, and their antecedent clreer. The
following is an extract
One of the two. after having beer
brought up at st. Cloud on the knees o
Napoleon l., was obliged, when still 3
child, to follow the road to exile. His
youth, divided between silent reverfes,
turbulent amusements, and bold expedi.
fions in arms, was passed by turns among
the republicans of Switzerland and Amer
leu, the pleasure-seeking sons of English
peerage, or discontinued Frenchmen who
Hooked 40 place, under the patronage of
the heir OF SO great a man, their plans for
universal happiness, or their W personal
views OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and ambition.
At last he arrived at the Tuileries, after
having met with Imprisonment on his way.
and he has had that rare piece of good
fortune to be able to realize in mature age
all the projects Of his youth he has made
a new France and a new Paris, and issoc-
cupied in creating a new Europe, by ex
pending in the work perhaps a little money,
but infinitely less blood than did his uncle.
VIII what he has founded last No one
can say. But, even should his entire work
perish, he will not the less have left an
lndelibie mark in history. And the Queen
OF Spain ! What a curious destiny has hers
been! Even before she was born, her e8-
pected birth lit up a civil war. She had
not attained the age Of reason when her
person and her throne wer5 universal OBJ
jects of envy and ambition the choice of
q husband for her wa a European ques-
ton all the cabinets where in a state of
excitement the greatest statesmen and
the most consummate diplomatists dispu-
TED the honor of uniting the young girl
with some claimant in reserve. She was
at length suited, and her marriage became
the %tprerqnner Of the fall of that Govern
ment for which it had been considered a
success. The younger branch Of the
Bourbons went to Join the elder one in
exile /; the face of Europe was changed
the Bourbons Of Parma and of naples fell
in their turn. And now the heiress of
that great name Of Bourbon, the only de-
scendent of HenrysIY, that still wears a
crown, is obliged to turn toward the most
powerful adversary Of her family, and to
expect from him the safety Of the throne
SO often shaken, and SO greatly MANAGED
at this present mpment. There is indeed
hardly any possibility of entertaining a
doubt on the subject. The Interview in
question would probably have never taken
place if Queon Isabella had not. felt that
the future and the welfare of the Spanish
monarchy was in question. There are
beyond the Pyrenees men who would
with savage conviction the indie
pendence Of their own country to the
unity and the desire of taking part
in the general remodeling Of Europe-at
lasast unless proofs can be givenNo them
that they must count neither on the sup
port nor on the favor of the Efench En-
peror. The object is, therefore, to gain
powerful arbiter over the royal cause.
. ministry such as was necessary to
please him has been composed the King
Of Italy has been recognized even
still more WIN, perhaps, be done the
laughter of the Catholic Queen, notwith-
standing the contradiction given by some
the Madrid journals, will perhaps be
5iyen in marriage to the son Of the excom-
who has taken two
birds Of the patrimony of s.. Peter, and
Who eovets the rest.