St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-07-12
VOLUME 30-NUMBER 1868

and took great interest in the works of
the Suez canal, which were then hegin-
nlng. In lS56 he paid visit 10 Paris
and spent a fortnight Al ~ Cloud with
Louis Napoleon The wear following he
was appointed yiceroy oi I.olnlrlr,ly and
Venice. and IN the ,-xcrci>c of The pow
ers attached 10 the position soon made
himself quite favOrite among the Iral-
ians- This popularity was, however,
displeasing 10 Francis -loseph, and in
1859 he WAS removed. lie Is said 10
have exhibited great COURAGE AMI decided
administrative abilities while riceroy. IL
Is related that he used 10 walk about The
street OF Milan and Venice quite alone
during The ieies spal among The crowd.
and would never allow the police 10 be
on tl!e watch one dav n Venice. when
the Italian mobiles had plotted 10 make
hostile demonstration AGAINST HIM un The
Plaza 81 Marco, he discounted and quite
converted them 10 hi, side by mching
his wife under hiS arm ;nd coming among
them unattended. ani on foot. with a
courage and frslnkle~S that diSarmed
every one Another Time. iu-1 after Or
Sini's attempt al Paris. his life was sad
TO be also Threatened. and his frirIll>
begged him NOT 10 expose himself; tout
he immediately ordered hi carriage 10 90
up 10 the theatre. taking with him Count
Ntromboli, TO whom he SAID, laughing,
Iii | ann 10 be blown up il >li.sll at lea-i
be IN good company"
MaNimilian remained lille after his r,,-
mOval from the .orernor>llip of The Lom-
bario- o-Eeneiian kingdom until l>6;i.
when Napoleon docidcd upon maxim.
csiiI'aw OF him In Mexico. The crown
cf Mexico MAS offered 10 him by Napo-
leon IN August, ls6:;. ami ihe diplomats
were put in work lo arrange tor hi> &c
ceptancc and ooculaancy ot The throne.
Near y a year w.s> occupied in illi~ work.
ami Ii MAS moi miil lhc lnih OF April.
1851. that he formally accepted the prof
tero,l crown. TX 1lc terms "i' the ,lc-
ceptance he made conditional rcnumci-
alton of the ri.hi oi eventual succession
10 ihe throne "i Au>,li;l and slm uncai-
diiional remuneration of HI >iare ef the
family estates, amounting io 2O.nlo of
fioriiiS. The condition reserved in The
remuneration Of the ri.Li II ihe Succession
wa> that such r,nuilcialivn uni.llt Ice re-
vokci. should MAMMALIAN. iilliin- hi>
iooihull in Mexico insecure. choose to
resign within ~ix Wear, from the daic oi
his acceptance OF ihe Grown OF Nexico.
The career oi' MaNim.lian. - The So
called emperor oi Mckee. J. wcll known
/" The people ul' tili> oouliry. lli- fri
oiii-ial act w:sS 10 oficr terms 1o Iuar,z
locking to the submission oi The laiie-.
The>e wcre reicc;ol ami iilrn iollo1rel
the past vars ui w;ar AMI ilood,hed with
alternate sucoe>>- anl the I,r,s,nl final
l..t.-s- - ~. i,,ai.. -i-,l1--- IIc- -
Ia attract emigration and 20 develop tn
N-'AA4N - ~ AAAf AAtAiAAAN sa-f ANAA hIaOAl
as ar al~o HI personal sacrifices Tor lll..
success OF his c.lu~e- That hc failed ,rs,>
only a natural and expected result. Eut
il i doubtful II h, wculd lave m,t the
terrible fate 10 which Iuarez assigned
hun had b. noi issued III famous urlrr
declaring the republican president anl
hi> supporters han,liis ami outlaws. The
entire responsibility oi li> death mu>l
rest upon Napoleon, who iir-t in3ur,d
him 10 acoeii TIE l'roittrcl crown and
afterwards d,--crsel him. Personally
Macmillan had the reputation ot being
= mo>i accomplished gentleman .nad
scholar That he Wa kind hearted and
humane Ne are assured from the in,,,ucn-
cv with which hr -anel the liHo- oi many
unfortunate liberals who trll INTO the
han,is Of hi> -e,nelal< AMI ucre condemn
,-i 10 death.