New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-07

massacre OF st. BARTHOLOMEW; anu suo ~
tematically degraded the virtue OF women
and the honor Of men, that she might make
her account out of their passions and weak
nesses my maids of honor are my best
allies" she said significantly, speaking to
the Due de Guise.
"She imported ready-witted Italians, &C
tors and singers" says MIR. Elliot, who
PLAYED at theatre within the Hotel Bour-
bon, at Paris; saltimbanques and rope
dancers, who paraded the streets; astrolo-
gers. like Ruggerio; jewelers., like Zamettl,
and bankers, like Gondi. These men were
ready 10 sell themselves for any infamy; to
call on the stars for confirmation of their
prophecies; to benefit spendthrift princes
with ample supply of ready cash: to inslnu-
ate themselves into the confidence of unwary
mobiles; or to serve their royal mistress as
spies woman of such powerful mind, III
finite resource and INSCRIPTIONS will over
awed and oppressed her children
During the threeisuccessive reigns OF her
sons, Francis H., Charles IN, and Henry
III, Catherine ruled with the iron hand of
a medieval despot. Yet her cruelty. per
tidy and statecratt were worse than useless.
She lived to see the chivalrous race OF Naiols
degraded: her favorite child Anou, Henry
III driven like dog from Paris by Henry
de Guise; and son after son go down child
less to dishonored grave"
AS for her daughter, la refine Margot, or
Marguerite of Navarro, wife of Henry ~
and beloved of many more. Catherine never
even pretended to love her. Such women
as she seldom care for their daughters, and
| not often for their sons. So long as the gay
| life of this pleasure-loylng woman only
| outraged morality. but left the Queen
| Regents ambitious schemes and state IN
| trigues alone, she was content. 1t was only
| when Ia refine Margot's excesses became
| dangerously notorious that she remo1stra-
| ted but even then it was for the sake of
| expediency, not virtue; Cor the safety OF the
| royal power. not for the worth OF royal
| example THIS woman reigned, and this
| state of things continued tor twenty nine
| wears: and then the cruel Queen died q
| fortnight after the foul murder OF lie Bala-
| ire, which murder alone, We're anything
| else wanting, would have heaped lntamy
| forever upon the reign OF Henry III.
| Murder, indeed, was the order OF the day
| all through these times; murder, whether
| BY secret poisoning or by open butcherv.
| and we can not wonder if the terrible fate
to which the Queen and her sons had dedi-
Gated so many others fell at last on one OF
themselves. Henry II. died By the ha1d OF
| the assassin Jacques Clement, and Henry
" Henry of Navarro, once the Protestant
| leader, became now the Catholic King. But
| he, at Least, was free from the stain OF blood
| outlines, and if his life was not too pure,
| 1t was not cruei0
Noe too pure, indeed G6od-natured and
| frank his character had eertain popular
qualities which threw 5lis vices into Che
shade But he was vicious au the same
and the man VINO wished that every peaSo
ant in his dominons might have fowl in
his pot on Sunday was the man from whom
every father of any degreee you d most
carefully keep his daughter, every husband
his wifeo Brave to a fault, he rode hither
and thther like knight Grant, regard
less of his personal safety, accompanied
only by few attendants Although a
warrior and a statesman, Henry was a
true child of the mountains. Born under the
shade of the Pyreneese lie wolld as soon
encamp under a hedge as lie on bed OF
down; would rather eat dried ham spiced
with garlic than dine sumptuOuslv at Jar
nets Palace, at the Marais, or at LIE Petit
MoreS the polite trateur of tnaS dayS
wouliAuatf the petit cru O2 his native
grape with more relish than the costliesS
wines from the Vineyards of Champagne or
Bordeaux Henry was not born on the
banks eft the Garonne, but q Gnore thorough
Gasco,pneveo lived. His hand upon hiO
sword his foot in the stirrupo his gun o!ung
across his shoulder. the trst Ga assault. the
last in retreat, ready 30 slay the wild boaS
of his native forests DSs ooit6 81 hande 70
twano q roundela% IL honor of the Ggst
Dulcnea he encounteredo Boastfuis Cease
Sesso Sapriciorso his 9ersatisitB of acoOme
plishmeGts suited the changing aspects 08
9lss Zines. He was pIg3l cj epeec&o go9g5
in manneSo with 8 quaint ye5t alike
foe friend or foes Seca 9iI2P in bis &ayitso
eating az ne stated 8imeso 3us when
fungrp Soracqous!y deScUr5ng everything
that pleased nims espRalasoS 5r8$s and 0VsO
tePs9 negligent, not to sac dIgtyo 80 his foeyo
sope anu smelling strong oG gar65go s pan
who called spade spade, awoSe Sike a
9roopero and hated ehe parade of courts;
was constant i'll friendship hc6ls "a Joveo
promised anything treelyo especially maq0
rage, 60 ano beauto who caught his eyes
a boon companion among Sleno % AoertIDG
among women. Story ReiieR GDaInS On he
careless epicureanism, and Sc profound
believer in the way of iatS thato reckless
of the morrow, he extracted aob things FROM
the passing &oHe." IL suc& q mag was 0ne
OF the SerteS soSSo Ghahs G50ia See w0BsS
haze EeeG
Pass OF PS tne mYnogiSy Of loaes e,1?2,O
evhen MSris DE Medics 20 regens and
Richelieu her minister; p aH5 majority.
whele Anne OF Austria was his wife, and
the whole court was torn between the fac
tons OF the two ri val ladies, with Mile. de
Hautetort as the Kings confdante-!n all
honor-auG the Duchesse &c Chevreuse as
the Queens. KiehelIeu, 4oweyer' kept the
for his own policy. He was the govern
ment; u ana the h.ns ian: ana ~. after a, me the
ieluge. ALeer MN lnuetu th9 oeluse' 90
lar as poo weak, ttnoi1 ~, LOU, was con
cernea; LOT he surFiEEn ms great minister
only I'VE months. 'oeal.eo VI ne, us
gustHu Win Po"el, ne sase up Tue SITS us
lt; anu o. lac nousat mn % Ma' 'ot '3
lalu uo"h 10 ule' Wneh Ioity.t"o ears oi'.'
more because lie "outu HoI Iuan oecaose ne
coUid hot I'VE
France passed now under another re-
nominal ruleyY, with Cardinal Mazarin as