The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-09-02

The Rulers Of Europe:
Nearly Essry Throne Occupied BY a Foreign
Prince.
From the Philadelphia Press.
When Napoleon objected to Prince Leo.
pold of Hohenzollern, as . candidate for
the throne of Spain, because he was Ger.
mamie virtually ignored the fact that near.
y every crowned head IN Europe traces his
descent from aliens and foreigner. For ex.
ample:
France has Louis Napoleon for her EN-.
peror, the founder Of whose dynasty, Gen.
Bonaparte, was Corsican by birth, aud 1tal.
ian by race.
Victoria, Queen Of England, reigns by
virtue Of her descent from a petty German
prince, who had married the grand -daugh.
ter of James Ia scotchman by birth, his
mother having been Mary Stuart.
In Spain, tho Emperor Charles v. was
German by his fathers side. Iii dynasty
ceased in 100, from want of a male heir,
and French Prince became King of Spain,
Win the title Of Philip v. Thus tho hated
Bourbon nnc, now nuns'rany svr'.~~.----
by the little boy in Paris who calls himself
Alphonso XII, was established in Spain.
King William of Prussia Is q swabian by
descent.
The Emperor Of Austria represents 4
dynasty which was founded by = Swiss
soldier.
The King of Italy can show a descent
only from the Counts of Savoy, and thus 10
actually rather French than Italian.
Christian TX, of Denmark, who is King
by arrangement rather than popular elcc.
ton, belongs to German family long Get.
tied in Holstcin.
Sweden Is governed by the grandson of a
French lawyer, who having risen under
Napoleon l. to the rank of Field Marsha!
and Prince Of Pontc Corvo, was elected
Crown Prince of Sweden, and finally sue.
ceedcd to the crown.
The King of Greece has no Hellenic Llood
in his veins, being simply one Of the sons Of
the King of Denmark, who is not himself .
Dane.
Belgium las for her monarch the son of
Leopold, petty German Prince, by tho
daughter of a French Princess. He is grand.
son of Louis Philippe, Of France.
Strictly counting up, the only monarchics
of Europe governed by native Princes are
Turkey, Portugal, Holland, Wurtemberg,
Saxony and Bavaria. All the rest of the
European sovereigns arc Of decided alien
origin. Even in Egypt, the Kedhive, as
1smacl Pashs is called, comes from Greek
family. Yet, whatever their descent, the
sovcreigns, whether of foreign or native
desceht, become national, in their respective
localities, when they reign. Louis Napo-
leon certainly thinks more of France than
Italy, whence his family came, and it has
always been to the credit of Louis Bona
parte, his father, that he became Dutch.
man in heart and soul as soon as he was
maGe King of Holland. Because of this his
imperial and imperious brother accused him
was tSst. finding that it was @ cxpectcd % tEst
he should govern Holland only as 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 adopt.
ed Leopold of Hobenzollcrn he would have
governed that country as German Prince.
His father-in. law, of the SAKE. Coburg fam.
lily became 50 good Portuguese after his
marriage with the Queen Donna Mara dc
Gloria, that the lament in that country now
10 that he, not his son is, not the present
sovereign.