Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-17
ForeIan D~yuastIes.

When Napoleon objected to Prince
Leopold of HohenzOllern, as a candi=
date for the throne of Spain, because
he was q German, he virtually ig-
nored the fact that nearly every
crowned head in Europe trace their
descent from aliens and foreigners.
For example,: E
France has Louis Napoleon for her,
Emperor, the founder of whose dy-
nasty, General Bonaparte, was Corsi-'
can by birth, and italian by race.
Victoria, Queen OF England, reigns
by virtue OF her descent rom q petty
German prince, who had married the
granddaughter of James /, a Scotch
man by birth, his mother having been
Mary Stuart.
In Spain, the Emperor Charles ".
was a 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 Bour-
bon line, now nominally represented
by the little boy in Paris who calls
himself Alphonso XII, was estab-
lished in Spain.
King William of Prussia Is a Swa-
bian by descent.
The Emperor of Austria represents
a dynasty which was founded by
Swiss soldier.
The King of Italy can show a de-
scent only from the Counts of Savoy,
and thus is actually rather French than
Italian.
Christian TX, Of Denmark, who is
King by arrangement rather than
popular election, belongs to a Ger
man family long settled in Holstein.
Sweden is governed by the grand
son offs 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 n
of the sons Of the King of Denmark,
who is not himself Dane.
Belgium has for her monarch the
son Of Leopold, a 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 ElrOpe governed by native
Princes, r Turkey, Portugal, Hol-
land, Wurtemberg, SaxOny and Ba-
varia. All the rest of the European
sovereigns are of decided alien origin.
Even in Egypt, the Khedive, IS
Ismael Pasha is called, comes from a
Greek family. Yet whatever their
descent, the sovereigns, whether of
foreign or native descent, becomes
national in their respective localities
when they reign. Louis Napoleon
certainly thinks more of France than
of Italy, whence his family came, and
it has always been to the credit of
Louis Bonaparte, his father, that he
became a Dutchman in heart and soul
as soon as he was made King of
Holland. Because of this his impe-
rial and imperious brother accused
him of ~neglecting his interests, and
the result was that, finding it was
expected that he should govern Hol-
land only as a French satrap, the
mere lieutenant of Napoleon, he took
off his crown, laid down his sceptre,
and retired into private life. There is
no reason for thinking that if Spain
had adopted Leopold of HohenzOllern
he would have governed that country
as a German Prince. His father-in-
law ofthe SaXe-COburg family, became
SO good a Portuguese after his mar
riage with Queen Donna Maria de
Gloria, that the lament in that country
now is that he, not his son, is not the
present sovereign.