The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-11
The Claimants 10 the French Crown
..Who They are and How They

..Who They are ana HOW Ihey
Claim.
TO the Editors of the lnteliigenccs:
Alost people OF this country are as hope.
lessIy betOgged with respect TO the divers
claimants 10 the French Crown, as are
most people outside OF West Virginia %
TO the divers Congressional claimants Of
the Mountain State. Let us see II we can
not epitomize III explanation that will
serve 10 some degree to dispel the mys-
terry Of these popular bores-the highly
important" cablegrams from Europe
touching French monarchical pretensions.
The present government OF France Is,
"a your readers all know, Republic,
having as It's representative head the dis
tipcuished soldier, Marshal McMahcn,
whose official title Is President. The ex-
istence Of the Republic Is by no means
firmly established, and Its duration, junS
fortunately, with but too great ptobahil77
ity, q regarded as uncertain. In the ex.
pectation OF an early return 10 royalty,
three several families or dynasties put
forward representatives claiming legiti-
mate title 10 the throne Of France. These
are, the Bonaparte, the Bourbon, and the
Orleans families.
THE BoNAPARTE CLAIMANT.
The Prince Imperial, representing the
Bonspattists, Is the son Of Louis Napol'
con, late Emperor Of the French, who In
1870, abdicated in his favor. Louis Ma.
poleon was the son OF Louis Bonaparte,
u brother oil Napoleon the Great, and by
reasonloi the death Of all other precedent
heirO became the lawful inheritor OF The
imperial Tito Of his uncle. VI course.
there Is no disputiDg the young Princes
tille,provided the tllle Of his father, or Of
his great.uncle (gteet In two ,acknowl+
edged senses) Is admitted. '.' ID. =. %
THE ORLEANS CLAIMANT. u 2.
Tho Orleans family centre their CLAIM,
to tho throne Of France in the person OF
Louis Philippe Albert, styled the Count
de Paris. The latter derives title as fol.
lows: He Is the Oldest son Of Ferdinand,
Duke OF Orleans, deceased, who was the
Oldest son OF the unfortunate King Louis
Philippe. The celebrated revolutionary
movement of 1S4S forced the latter to re-
tire Tor his SAFETY from France, and he
formally abdicated the throne in favor OF
his grand-son, the Count de Paris. The
Chamber Of Deputies, however, refused ~
recognize his right, and the abort lived
Republic Of that day took its5existence.
louis Philippe was the legitimate and
lineal heir THE great great grandson) OF
Philip, Duke OF Orleans, the younger
brot6cr OF Louis XIV, grandson 0l Henry
Nv, with whom the Bourbon dynasty be
gap. Its thus explained why the Or.
leans 10 sometimes called the younger
branch Of the Bourbon family.
THE BOURBON CLAIMANT.
Henry Charles Ferdinand Marie Dleu-
donne, Count de Chambord, will, IL APP
peafances be not deceitful, at TO very
distant day, wear upon bis naughty brows
the regal crown Of France; and then,
after bis brief, uneasy day Of glory and
trembling, will resign 1t to be tossed
wheresoever II may be, among the wrecks
and rubbish, or, happily, into the abyss OF
humiliation that will be lett in-the track
Of the inevitable storm OF revolutionary
French passion or opinion. The last
reigning monarch OF the Bourbon line
THAT Is, Of the older branch) was Charles
X, This wretched sovereign when forced
BY the revolution Of lSS0-brought about
BY his own despotic arrogance-to resign
the throne, abdicated In favor oil his grand.
fon, Henry. Duke Of Bordeaux, the pres.
eut Count de ChAmbord. To show the
.latter's title as successor to Charles 10 be
good, we may explain, that the Daunhin
(Charles's son and first heir to the thrnne1
assented to the plan Of abdicatIon, and
further, that In 1874, he died without ID. |
sue; leaving the Duke In the relation Of
only son Of tho only son and child having
issue CHARLES Ferdinand, Duke Of Berri
-aSSasslnated by Louvel, In 1890 oil