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L0uiS Napoleon and His watrimonlal
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L0uiS Napoleon and His Matrimonial
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Had not The original plans of Napoleon
M regard TO his marriage been frustrated
GT the Austrian court, his = might have
taken q very different cours- aud there
might now be no necessity OF his despair
ingly bavai.iug ,ho fac: that through tor
elgn coGLsals be had allowed himself to be
ruined, He wished 10 marry his cousin, the
Princess Wasa, granddaughter OF the Grand
Duchess S;ephapia OF Baden His suit was
excepted hut with the condition that Prince
Nasa, the father Of the Princess, who lived
in Vienna apart from his wife, should give
his consent Napoleon thareupon turned
to the Emperor Of Austria with the request
that he should undertake the wooiug oftle
bride from Prince N6sa, bat received On
answer O the effect chat this - not per.
mitted by the laws Of etiquette. inasmuoh
as the Prince was only 6 colonel in Che
austrian army,
This however, was merely an excuse,
since Frau2 Joseph was determined 10 pre-.
vent the proposed match So any price He
Na4NaN ANah AN.AhatHtt 10 #IlA.hAtat i -.ata
Wssa 20 positively retuse his consent; and
while Napoleon stlll hoped op, match
between the Crown Prince OF Sa1ony and
fhe Princess was quickly brought abouE by
the in!rigues O. the Austrian Ccurt Ea.
po.eou was deeply moved and exasperaied
at this, and upon FIRST learning that this,
his darling project, had been frustrated, he
gave utter0uce to the memorable words
lies SoursainS de EESrope Sc soauisndropt
q mole, The Princess Of EurOpe shall
have cause 10 think Of me-
Ii is trce that NJ q later day the Emperor
Of Austria had only too much cause for re-
GREETING the share which he had taken IN
this affair, but for Napoleon, the result was
much wolse for having perhaps the only
real heartfelt desire he ever experienced
.repreSsed il this rude way, Even though
lLs woman he had desired to make En-
press q the French had by no means dis
tinguished herself Tor eminent Qualitiss,
VET her modest, bashiu!, almost dependent
nature vouId have been a guarantee that
she woUld never have endsavored to over
step the limit Of her duties, never
have labored to secure government
which would have made of the high
IS; interests Of France n plaything
for her humors and her se.fshness.
But this VAS the result Of the second
choice which Napoleon then hit upon.
Among the many Adventures OK rank who
happened TO be il Paris at the time Of
Napolsons great political strategem, there
WIS 6 certain Countess Montio and her
daughter, who hsd created accusation and
drawn the attention Of Napoleon toward
III eglselves by the beauty OF the daughter
Napoleon had drawn these women 70 his
rev court, and bsd INDUCED in every kind
OF Stlsntrv toward the daughter, who,
however, had quickly given him TO unda1-
stand srst, despite hsr coquetyy, she was
ju,. as careful OF her honor .s he vas q
his, And would WELD IN no way to his pas
SONS, Ezl.ss he allowed her the legitimate
place al his side.
WleI nov the proposed match with the
Princess Vase turned on. a failure, Eu.
genie contrived to procure an invitation 10
C5mpeieue, and there, in the treer inter
course with Napoleon, and with the AID OF
brilliant toilette, in which violet vreatas
amid he, blonde hair, had AZ especially
stgoGg effect, she succeeded through ths
magic OF her personal appearance axd her
splendid conversational powers, In no al
uM2r BIN that he still sensitive over his
former plans, and with the fra determine
ton Of meeting the crown pripce OF Europe
as parvenu, offered her his hand, and,
to the universal establishment not alone Of
France, but OF all Europe, raised to the
position Of Empress woman OF doubtful
descent and Of equally doubtful past.
Since that woman has shared his throne
with him for eighteen years, and has ap.
parenty, II is true, contributed very much
to its splerdor; but II Napoleon now looks
back over this period, and calls himself to
account Tor the influences which since then
hsye been brought to bear upon him from
the side Of his wife, ana by means Of her
have been made effective, ne can scarcely
do otherwise than curse the hour in which
he entered into this alliance.