The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-07-11

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Its significance lay in the exhibition of a
seeming sympathy with the sorrows of the
sufferer. 1t was silent allegorical trag.
edy, in which each one found himself an
actor. 10 me no other exhibition in the
ceremonies of Holy week had so much
moral force. Silence often makes itself
felt when thunder passes undecided
THE DErHRoNEMENT OF CHARLES "
Orders were Immediately issued for the
prompt departure of the court for Cher
bourg, there to embark for some foreign
land. In few hours the mournful pro.
cesslon was in movement The long cor
tege of carriages was accompanied by
several regiments of the Guard, who
still remained faithful to their fallen SOW
ereign. Sad indeed must have been the
emotions of the inmates of those carriages
as they commenced their journey from
the splendors Of royalty to the obscurity
of exile. Slowly this funeral procession
of departed power was seen winding its
way through the distant provinces of the
realm, to find in foreign lands a refuge
and grave.
The first night they stopped at Main
tenon, where the illustrious family of
Noailles received the royal fugitives with
sympathy and generous hospitality, in one
ofthe most ancient and splendid country.
seats of the kingdom. Here, the next
morning, the king took leave of the great.
er part of his Guard. He reserved for
his escort but few hundred select troops,
with six pieces ofcannon. Geueral Mar.
tie band, which was to guard the illustri-
Gus refugees to the coast.
The parting of the king from that large
portion Of the Guard from whom he here
separated presented IA touching spectacle.
Loyalty with these soldiers was reli.
gious principle. In these hours Of dsas-
ter, whatever might have been the faults
Of their fallen sovereign, they forgot them
ALL They were drawn up in military
array along the noble avenue of the park.
AS the royal cortege passed between them,
they presented arms, silent in their grief,
while many of these hardy veterans we're
in tears. The king himself was for the
moment quite unnamed, and bowling his
head sobbed aloud
Twelve days were occupied in the slow
journey to Cherbourg. 1t was deemed
necessary to avoid all the large towns,
and to take unfrequented paths that they
might not be arrested in their progress by
any popular uprising. Before reaching
Cherbourg the king had the notification
of hearing that the Orleans throne had
been reared upon the ruins Of the Bour-
bon throne, During the whole of this
sad journey General Marmont, whose
life had been so full Of adventures and
vicissitude, rode on horseback by the side
of the carriage of the king Many of the
most illustrious noblemen and most dis
tnguished ladies of France, faithful to
their principles and their king in the
hour of misfortune, added by their pres
ence to the mournful pageantry Of the
cavalcade. The peasants even were awed
by this spectacle of fallen grandeur.
Though they gathered in crowds around
the carriages in the villages through
which they passed the night, no word of
insult was offered. In silence they gazed
upon the scene, and not unfrequently
tears were seen to moisten eyes quite un-
used to weep.
When the cayalcade reached Nalognes,
few miles from Cherbourg, as all dam
ger was passed, the king decided to dis
miss the remainder of the Guard. Gath.
cring around him the officers, and six of
the oldest soldiers of each company COM
posing his escort, he received from them
the royal banners Of the elder house Of
Bourbon, which could no longer be un-
furled in France. The Duke and the
Duchess d'Angouleme, and the Duchess
de Berry, with her daughter, and her son,
the Duke of Bordeaux, stood by his side.
With trembling voice, which was final
ly broken by sobs, the king said
81 receive these standards, and this
child" (pointing to the Duke Of Bor-
deaux) "will one day restore them to you.
The names of each Of you, inscribed on
your muster-rolls, and preserved by my
grandson, will remain registered in the
archives of the royal family, to attest
forever my misfortunes, and the consola-
tion have received from your fidelity"
This was one of times tragedies-the
dethronement Of dynasty. There are
but few who will not, in some degree, ap-
preciate the sublimity of the scene. All
present were in tears, and loud sobs were
heard. The king and his family then
laid aside all insignia of royalty, and as
sumed the dress more appropriate to ex-
lies The king also wrote to the King
of England and to the Emperor of Aus.
tria, announcing his dethronement, and
soliciting an asylum in each ofthe realms.
j, S Q. ABBOTT, in Harper's Maya
zine for Lne.
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