The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-28
FRANCES SECOND EMPIRE.
QUEER REVELATIONS oPTHE COURT
LIFE OF THAT PERIOD.
4 MANUSCRIPT Memoir that IL Making = stir
In Partisan Inside View Of the Manner Of
Govetnment-Odd Cabinet Meetings.

Nouvelle with n most respectable Bonapirtist,
him why he wanted to have the Empire back
again, when he gave due ,nsiierstion TO the
some suppers, aud actr isses without any Quaker
like superabundance Of clntnine were still as
plentiful In Paris as ever. The Imperiais, gen
tleman Acknowledged that this form OF debate
was not without show OF reason. IN so lar as
the rich, OF private judgment W - CONCERNED,
and that every potic ms innermost thouGhtss
were hts own. Whatever sentiments he might
PHILOSOPHER. single speech Ilanl on, had tauyht
tho British Legislators nf the Al injury ~ nis
friend (who Is = serene and lat mani demurey
added tn he had bserved IL gave a man bet
Ter social standing to he n Bonapartist than to
10 a Republic an: and as he had coiniOrtahie
income which sufced for all his wants. ne was
not Obliged to be ration ~. ,
This ans wer ( me thinking ~ curious man
uscrpt memoir have t'ly seen. aud which "a
making some noise IN select society az thi!
present. writing 1t Is the unvtraishod tale OF
the old court II e Of the late reign, an contains
G",d eys mnSs 9Hesr n"a iii, sO s%a s0f
10 rned that, after the Or.ini busnes'. Project
NO matter who received an order from the
Minister Of the Interior to arrest twelve Of the
,nhsb,tantsp Of nj de y,Srtmsnt Who" to,
the Minister with jolly irankness which be-
came hun well, only strike high, to strike ter
Comprising a scientific chemist, IN inufaoiurer,
paper maker, four lawyers and i've not iries
we're hastily thrust into PRISON The cause Of
their incarceration VS. never expl incd to them.
nut u cost them round sum each 10 get free:
SSpolecn as sphinx Of wisdom arrests Of
citizens and IN oct other al ira ~ site appear to
have been cheerfnlly mayed by clance or rule
Of thumh. There was not half 30 much talk
about legislation Ms there II In constitutional
pied with more serious matters, and had an
especially tender regari for female sunerin2s.
Thus at n Cabinet COun III held at the Tuileries.
and presided over by Caesar in person. the first
cling rlrI had done T. h ,r ankle. 1t was spoken
OF in whispers a deem secret. here were
nine members present al the Minister'S table.
CARES OF STATE NOT wEIoHrY.
They sat well back in their chairs as men who
had nothing to do, and saw no need to excite
own nails, After the incident Of the dancing
girl bad closed. silence relgned over the august
hs f.ce, saws the memoir BOXED "extin-
& sna he TO 70 b have On n%
ic wss ashen pale. At length, a. nobody spoke,
biz Majesty started. rs though out Of dream.
aud muttered In drawing, pasty voice, Mon
lcurs. u scson du Corps LegtsidtV 81 etre close,
Then the Ministers woke up a their Sovereign's
Ill, and dutifully commented on the budget In
sense ,vor ,ble TO Crsar's wishes. which pos
.ibly had been explained 70 them BY the Due de
horny They also made FIN incial arrangements
witch were not preciseiy In accordance with
uccslogue. The Emperor approx I'd these pro-
ceedinss with distracted n Ids. He affected
sven 10 listen to what was said. liis eyes had "a
vague expression. however, and he was almost
Lied oy the lisht Of a great window which
laced him IN the counci, room Al the Minis
without further observation. Then there
another silence, while the Enperors face an
bis ewes turned yellow with sickness and paiu.
The council sat a1out an hour.
The manuscript above mentioned hints that
the Emperor was silent on these occ isiOns, be-
cause he was afraid OF being dragged into per-
.onal al'ercations, which were very hot and
rec at the Councils held Ia the comm snce-
ment Of his rsiln. Moreover, he was no. ready
speaker, and preferred to express mis- thoughts
In ANONYMOUS writincs, when he could saw what
he pleased, ana incurred responsibility lie
bad quite an itch Tor writing behind screen,
and had strong personal love for the press.
sometimes he wrote long and rather prosy art-
sIes with his own hand, snpp}rnns az icks on
of certain shades OF pubc opinion which hs
nad perhaps. learned from palmerston. His
dream was u have a journal OF his own. and he
hal actu hly finger in the pie OF several news
.hee.s, watch were popularity alleged to belong
to the opposition. Sometimes he wrote things
which st rtled his own censors. and on one
ss0n was 1 S,m.. f fo s,ns
sort OF socialism. His Ministers often 6stravei
each other with great impudence. and fell to
!ogserhesds IN the Council. Elsewhere they
,Ieauently made up their difference. and spoke
OF his Imperial Majesty between themselves as
lie erupdud.'
THE ENPEnoR's CANNON.
When the Cabinet Council above described
was over, the SOVEREIGN invited his Prime Minis
ter to retire with HIM Into his study for pri.
vate conference. 1t was during suc6 consulta-
lions that the real work OF tie empire done
or prepared The sanctuary In which Caesar
formed those designs which upset the Austrian
monarchy and founded the Kingdom OF Italy
was narrow closet, choked up with ne wspapers
till there was hardly room to turn In II and
though It had rained literature from the ceiling.
When the Emperor and MS Premier alone,
to bnInboozle tue MnsieT with WAYS when
were quite hffectionat@. Then, vingexhausted
the arts OF tmnon. he began to snap and dis
PLAYED some exceedingly puinted teeth. He
was always wei PINNED for mischief. because
tosdies and syrophants constantly tckled his
ears with scandalOus stories ABOUT all his Minis.
trIs. rue very corridors and cuppnards Of tho
pal ce, too. were fun Of ISLANDERS. Not only tue
lnpeH caanbetlains, gr0oms, and equerres
fetched aud carried calumnies. but Cnsir mai
also private ponce, comp jsed Of cunning Oh
loved TO set them watching other peoples be-
hayuf ~ an underuHnd WAY where they were
le 81 suspected. lie knew the amount OF his
Ministers washing bills, AMI the sums they paid
corn cutters
OF real power, however even at the
Ills Minister aupsdd him w with amazing audi.
city ana complete success. He could not OBJ
tain 80 mucn as the promotion Of IA subatern
OH 'er from them. or the dismissal OF sub
project who had unrnded him. II W IS all lip
iesentng the humiliations indie ed upon him In
his avn man er. which wa vOiceess. lie mad
habit Of putting thines Cd. ana ulsconcert 81
his opponents by expressing his wiilin1ness 10
wan Ten wears Tor INVITING no wanted. HIS
rInf% 9 spp ,iendr" lie bad hE m i2 o.,
waiting, sud was patient, painstakIng. Gilatpry
man but not bright, as WAS commonly sup
listening to remarks which wer. oistasteful to
him no mad "a pale, impsnvtr bile smie"-,he
Lhust Il smile especially while he IN
wHidy matu,lYrng 10 get the better OF hi
rtnpany md ne always ace J suddenly. Miny
etilJi arr y, wciH in 10 sense conspicuo Is for
the rlgldlty Of their principles. They showed
an Astonishing dextority IN acquirin prOpeftg;
trey became inip xicated with the largenes, and
Iapi1lty OF the'r Iains, ana thsy were "mordues
IdT Ia passion du COL IL would be a strange
ttoiy mat these IN mons relate. IL some
thing vastly Ike II had not been told Of all
courts and OF all republics IN all ages.
PROPOSED NEW NOBILITY.
The question OF new nobility occupied the
Court great deal from ABOUT the year 1858 to
1853, nnd no m IN who knew on which side Dread
L. best buttcted would have objected 10 D, one
OF the EmpeTors uObl.s. Indeed, his N tJesty's
scheme Tor pecraRe which should DO all his
own was ny no means devoid OF plau.ibility lie
W that titles without functions, and often
without revenues. were but l4ughaJle distinc-
tons, not likely 10 command resptc ct among d
ibaid generation OF Journalists and buflesque
writers; so he determined tina. his counts and
llrpns saould be people welding real author
~ ana ahle 10 insist on obedience ana suDrem-
hcN because OF Il. lie set shout his work IN a
tfcuitpus fashion. AZ usual, but his Intentions
wero ,inecre. fhus the Government began by
thbnltt'hs 10 tle Corps L,Risatif the prof cot OF
IA" 10 PUNISH ~ hne anu imprisOnment any
peIfJh' cOhii OF wing arrayed themselves
~ these titles Inc T. nperOf was anxious TO
tlVe formal sanction 10 ,nclent honor, uy THESE
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