New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-21
Women in RoliticS.

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, The case was accordingly continued
January 10, 1874.
: Women in Rolitics.
An extremely interesting letter might b
, written at this moment, if one were above
, to tell all he knows concerning the par,
, | which certain women are playing in tn
tangled game of politics of which France
Spain, Germany, Austria and Italy nov
form the stage. The Empress Ecgenie
one OF these women; the Duchess of MageI
.. tn, wife of Marshal MacMahon, is another
the wife of Don Carlos is third; tn
Countess OF Chambord p fourth; the Eul
, press of Austria a fifth; Empress Augusta
sixth; the Countess Marfacri. who shoul,
, be Queen of Italy. is seventh. Curious in
formation as to the doings of these ladie
comes to me, now and again. through yer,
queer sources. Sometimes piece of new
which | have read in newspaper
and which seemed to have no mean
ing at all, has been suddenly invested
with great significance when rereaC
in the light OF remark made tt
me, perhaps, when riding on the knife
board of an omnibus; perhaps when wait
ing In the ante-rooln of q minister; perhaps
by a tailor as he measured me for q new
coat and relieved the tedium of that oper
alton by relating to nue. what he had heard
from his wife, who was the bosom friend
of the dressmaker of her highness the -;
perhaps by priest; perhaps by a bishop;
perhaps by French refugee in very tat
tered gloves. Then, as in Chinese puzzle,
all comes straight when you have once
found the key. | can place these stray
hints alongside Of the information which
comes to me in the letters of my CORES pond
ents and in the journals, and often what
was very mysterious becomes plain, and
| hidden things Gre brought to light. With
out betraying any confidence, let Ice sketch
| in very rude outlines the various roles
which these women are playing, and point
| out the influence which they are eXerting
upon the fate of Europe at this moment
| The Empress Eugene, in her quiet retreat
| at Chiselhurst, holds with firm hand the
| control over her section of the Imperialist
party in France; she not only gniies them
| as they should go, with the aid of NJ. Rouher
who really takes bis orders from her, but
plots and counterplots against the faction
of Prince Napoleon ho has also his women
agents), and, what is a still more delicate
task, against the faction of the Prince I'M.
perial, who would ALLEVIATE the son from the
mother, and who, curiously enough, have
another woman at their head. The Duchess
of Magenta-the wife of the Bayarl of mod
ern tilnes--has eaten of the fruit of the tree
OF ambition. and she ia tempting her Adam
Her influence over her hus band is unbound
ed, and it has been wholly to her that be
has consented to play the part which he is
now acting in the eyes of all the world
VIXEN the Shah Of Persia was in Paris the
eldest son of the Marshal was presented to
him. He placed his hand on the Boys head
and said: This ia the hope of France
The duchess has pondered these words in
her heart; sha has conceived the idea OF
making her husband dictator, first consul,
emperor perhaps; and she is worth more to
the right than the Duc de Broglie and all
the ministry put together,
The Countess dc Chamtord-the wife of
him who might hare been Henri ", had he
been content to be silent-is the person who
upset all the plans of the monarchists. She
adores her husband, and she is not am.
bilious. She believes, and with some reason,
that if lie were to mount the throne he
would, in q few months, meet the fate of lbs
father. She has an unconquerable PRESENT.
mert that he would be assassinated, and
have been myself assured by resident of
France, in whose opinion have great con-
fdence, that there really would be very
great danger of tbis. She made her hus-
band write the letter which rendered his
call to the throne at this moment impossible;
and although the French legitimists still
hope, she will be likely to til wart all their
schemes in the future, if they are not over
thrown by other agencies.
The wife of Don Carlos is a woman of
wonderful beauty, but her beauty ia
equaled by her good sense and her spirit
Her husband is by no means lacking in
these qualities. One has only to read the
letters of the Carlist correspondent OF tho
of the English Horse Guards, to obtain q
good idea OF the soldierly and kingly quail
ties Of this young prince. But in his wife
who Is still living near BOrdeaux-he has |
his best and wisest ally: and it was through |
her that the recent discontinue of the AL |
phonsist party was brought about. The |
three ladies' whom have last named-the |
Expresses of Austria and of Germany and |
the Countess Marfaori-are, each in her |
own way and each through different mo-
tives, anxiously seeking to fight the battle |
of the Roman Catholic Church against the |
policy which their husbands willingly or !
have adopted. The Empress |
Augusta is Protestant, but she has |
been for a long time persuaded that |
the Catholic Church in Germany was o |
most essential bulwark of the rights of all |
religion and the only trustworthy guardian
Of the sanctity of marriage. She has in |
tligued and worked hard against Bismarck. |
Sometimes she almost won her game. It |
seems now to be lost, but am told she does |
not despair. The other two ladies are both |
devout Catholics The Empress of Austria
would not receive the King of Italy when
be came to Vienna, and the wife of the King
Of Italy ceases not to implore her husband
to reconcile himself to the Pope before he
dies. There is impending at this moment in
Austria new campaign against the Church
and the anxiety Of the Empress concerning
It has made her very i'll. Her husband
seems disposed to allow his ministers full
elm, and this adds to the distress of his
wife.
Thus these seven ladies play their cards
md move their pawns back and forth upon
he chess board Of Europe. 1t seems at this
moment that all Of them are likely to lose.
sui let no one be too certain of that.-Da,ly
irGphio.
The Washington Chronicle says: The
Whole number of fems ie clerks in the Patent
)ftce is lio, and out of this number. for
hree years, only four have resigned. This
J owing to the fact that marriage in that
apartment does not imply resignation, as
lsewhere. To use the language of Thomas
Jefferson mono dia and fnv, roe;rr,.