Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04
European Correspondence of the Journal and Courier.l
 LETTER FROM PARIS.
BY JOHN s. c. ABBOTT,

! LETTER FROM PARIS.
 1 BY JOHN s. c. ABBOTT.
 l No. RUE CAsT1aL1oNE, PARIS,
 March r 1897.
 To lae Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 My DEAR S1R:-It is with no little hesita. t on thatI may venture to write this lettar It may expose me to unpleasant remarks Bat, with a cautious pen, 1 will endeavo1 to describe some incidente. which thinl will interest my friends in New Haven.
 Three days ago l had private interview with the Emperor. He received me by the freside, entirely alone, in one of the interior parlors of the palace, and with the most gratifying cordiality. With apparent l ly perfect frankness he conversed, for near ly an hour, upon all the great questions o1 the day, expressing gratitude for the jus tice which had been done, by my pen, tc the Emperor Napoleon I. and his sstisfac. tion that the acts of his own administration were to be recorded i'll friendly spirit ] While informing the Emperor that had explored the libraries and bookstalls oi Paris, to obtain every book and pamphlet, which had been published during the fifteen years of Lis reign, upon the domestic poll. cy and foreign diplomacy of France, and that had an agent ill London, to purchase every publication there, upon those sub lects, and that was anxious to obtain such documentary evidence, as would carry the conviction of the truth of my narrative to every impartial mind, I said:
 "When l reflect on the birth of your majesty in Paris, the first empire then in the zenith of it's glory-the birth of the impe- 1 rial prince welcomed, not only by the ring ing of all the bells of the metropolis, and the firing of the guns of the Invalides, but al- so every demonstration of joy from Ham, burg to Rome and from the Pyrenees to the Danube-the overthrow of the Elm pire by the allied powers, and and the ex- pulsion of the Bonaparte family from france-the retirement of Queen Hortense with her two sons to the secluded castle of Arneburg-the careful education of the young princes in those solitudes-their youthful enthusiasm in joining the Italian patriots in their endeavor to throw off the Austrian yoke-the death of the elder brother, 1n your majesty's arms, from the exhaustion of the disastrous campaign the expulsion of Queen Hortense and her surviving child from the continent of Flu rope-your majesty's wanderings in Amer lca-the return to England-the unsuccess- ful enterprise of Strasbough and Boulogne the five years captivity in the castle of Ham-the wonderful escape-the final ex- pulsion of the Bourbons from France-the welcome your majesty received, on his re- turn to his native land, by being elected to the Chamber of Deputies by the almost unanimous vote of Paris-your speedy cleo tion as President of the Republic, by nearly six million of votes-the Coup d Etat-the emphatic endorsement of that act, by the French people, in re-electing your majesty for an additional term of ten years by a vote of seven millions-the re-establish- ment of the Empire, by the Senate of France, confirmed by popular vote of nearly eight millions the Roman Ques- tlon-the Crimean Campaign-the Libera- tion of Italy-the Mexican Question, and the fifteen years of peace, prosperity and happiness enjoyed under your majesty 8 reign-fifteen years of such tranquility and progress as tho kingdom never experienced before, during all the centuries of the past when recall these scenes to mind, can not but regard the career of your majesty as the sublimest drama of the nineteenth century; and 1t seems to me a matter of great moment that truthful record of these events should be transmitted to pos- terity."
 It perhaps would not be proper for me to record the frank remarks which the En- peror made in response One sentiment however which he uttred it cannot be ! wrong to state. In reference to the fifteen years of prosperity, such ss absolutely nev- CT before, France has enjoyed under his majesty's reign the Emperor remarked: ''That is true MT. Abbott, it is certainly true, and is suggestive fact that durin these fifteen years in France has never been witnessed the shadow an instruction or oi ] q barricade in the streets''
 Then, after moments pause he added 1 Ut must be obvious to every unpredj1- diced mind, that all the measures of the administration are endeavors to promote the peace and prosperity of the French people"
 In reference to the Mexican question, remarked:
 1 T have always felt it to be great mis take, that OUT government did not lend its moral support to the only government which, it seemed to me, ,promis ed the restora tion of peace and order to Mexico. The overthrow of the Empire inevitably plum ges that unhappy people into that state of chronic anarchy which has desolated the country now for half century,
 To this view the Emperor expressed his assent, saying, T have regretted deeply having been so much misunderstood in America, It seemed to me that it was fo, the interest of the United States, as we'll as for the interest of Mexico, that there should be stable government there, which should secure protection to the people and devel ope lndustry." He also expressed an earn est desire to maintain friendly relations with the United States
 The interview was prolonged for nearly an hour. saw no visible indications o1 i'll health, though the Emperor looked de cidedly older than when saw him fourteen years ago. He alluded, in the course ot the conversation, to that interview wh:c. he remembered. As took my leave he took-me cordially by the hand, expressed the intention to see me again, and gratih ed me by the assurance that he should send to my address, copy of all his pub ished works, which are quite voluminou for the Emperor is intellectually one O the most highly cultivated men in Europe The next evening was honored with public presentation to the Emperor ant Empress at magnificent soiree in the Tui leries. Four thousand guests were pres ent. The presentation scene was very i'm posing. It may not be improper for me t state that I was honored by particular ct tention. When my name was mentione' the Empeaor approached, and taking m
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