Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-08-10
FOREIGN pYNAsr1Es.

When Napoleon objected to Prince
Leopold OF Hollenzollern, as Q candi.
date for the throne Of Spain, because
he was a German, he virtually ignored
the fact that nearly every crowned
head in Europe traces his descent from
aliens and foreigners. For example /:
France has Louis Napoleon for her
Emperor, the founder of whose
dynasty. General Bonaparte, was Cor
sican by birth and Italian by race.
Victoria, Queen of England, reigns
by virtue Of her descent from a petty
German prince. who had married the
granddaughter Of James La Scotch
man by birth, his mother having been
Mary Stuart.
In Spain, the Emperor Charles v.
was q German by his fathers side.
HIS dynasty ceased in 100, from want
of a male heir, and a French prince
became King Of Spain, with the title
of Philip V. Thus the hated Bourbon
line, now nominally represented by
the little boy In Paris who calls him.
self Alphonso NIL, was established in
Spain.
King William of Prussia is a Swa-
bian by descent.
The Emperor of Austria represents
q dynasty which was founded by a
Swiss soldier.
The King of Italy cal show a de-
scent only from the Counts of Savoy,
and thus is actually rather French
than Italian. AL
Christian Is. OF Denmark, who Is
King by arrangement rather than pop
ular election, belong, to n German
family long settled In Holstein.
Sweden is governed by the grandson
Of French lawyer. who having risen,
under Napoleon l., to the rank of
Field Marshal and Prince Of Ponte
Corvo, was elected Crown Prince of
Sweden, and finally succeeded to the
crown.
The King of Greece has no Hellenic
blood in his veins, being simply IL Of
the ions of the King Of Denmark, who
Is not himself u Dane.
Belgium has for her monarch the
son of Leopold, q petty German Prince
BY the daughter Of a French Princess.
He is grandson of Louis Philippe, Of
France.
Strictly counting up. the only mon
arches of Europe governed by native
princes are Turkey, Portugal, Holland,
wurtemberg. Saxony, and Bavaria.
All the rest of the European sovereigns
are of decided alien origin. Even in
Egypt, the Khedive,as lshmael Pasha |:
called, comes from a Greek family,
Yet, whatever their descent, the sover'
eigns, whether of foreign or native des'
cent, become national, in their respec.
tive localities, when they reign. Loui:
Napoleon certainly thinks more Of
France than Italy, whence his family
and it has always been to the credit Of
Louis Bonaparte, his father, that he
became a Dutchman In heart and soul
rs 0 rs he was made King Of Hol-
land. Because Of this his imperial
and imperious brother accused him OF
neglecting his interests, and the result
was that, finding 1t was expected that
he should govern Holland only as n
French satrap, the mere lieutenant Of
Napoleon, he took off his crown, laid
down his sceptre, and retired into pri'
vate life. There Is no reason for
thinking that II Spain had adopted
Leopold of Hohenzollern he would
have governed that country as a Ger
man Prince. His tather-ln-law, Of the
Saxe-Coburg family, became so good
Portuguese after his marriage Will
Queen Donna Maria de Gloria, tina,
the lament in that country now Is thai
he, not his son, Is not the presen,
sovereign,