American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-20

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dent disposition to emancipate her hus
band from the degrading tatetage in
which he was kept by his intriguing
step-nsother, and on more than one oc.
casion she induced him to thwart the
purposes of the Queen-dowager and Of
the Prime Minister.
Shortly after her return from Altcna,
Queen Caroline Matilda gave birth to a
son, which filed her husband with I'M
bounded joy.
Fearing that this event would still
further strengthen the influence of the
Queen, Juliana and Holck concocted an
infamous intrigue against her. They
bribed young officer of the Queen 8
household Baron Moltkens) to confess,
under the threats Of sham inquisitor,
that he had Illicit intercourse with her
Majesty, and that he, and not King
Christian, was the father of Caroline
Matilda's child.
This story, which was false from be-
ginning to end, was brought to the
Kings knowledge with such diabolical
ingenuity that he believed it to be true,
and at first he was SO exasperated that
he intended to throttle the Queen with
his own hands. But Caroline Matilda
protested her Innocence with q very
semblanre of sincerity so strongly that
his belief in her guilt was shaken, and
he left her unframed, although he
thenceforward treated her with the most
CALLING GOODNESS.
Baron Moltkens was sent to fortress,
but kept there nominally only as pris-
oner, the Queen-dowager having hypo-
critically told her step-son that it would
be best to cover up the royal scandal as
much as possible.
Shortly afterwards DIR. Struensee ar
rived in Copenhagen. He had made up
his mind to accept the Kings order, and
became his physician. He found Chris
tan the Seventh prey to the gloomiest
feelings. The King, who had liked the
young physician from the start, unbos-
omed himself to him fully. He even
told him all about the Queens alleged
infidelity.
On the following day an event occur
red, which proved the turning-point in
Struensee's career.
The smallpox was raging violently
in parts of Copenhagen. Iteven forced
its way into the interior of the royal
castle, and on the above mentioned day
it attacked the Kings infant son. DR..
Struensee saved the young Princes life,
and thereby made both the King and
Queen his devoted friends. The King
appointed him as private secretary,
with large salary.
The Queen thanked him with stream
ing eyes for the preservation of her
sons life, and in that hour of boandless
gratitude she went so far as to protest
her innocence in regard to the above
mentioned charges to him.
Struensee generously offered to bring
about full reconciliation between her
and her royal husband.
1.-THE King will believe nothing on
that subject except retraction of the
diabolical falsehood by Baron Molt-
kens."
Struensee assured her that he would
leave no stone unturned in order to OBJ
tain such a retraction. He went in dis
guise to the fortress, where Moltkens
was kept as a nominal prisoner. Molt-
kens said haughtily to him:
"Who are youP"
"I am friend of truth and the dead
ly enemy of iars!''
"What is that to meP"
"You are the most infamous liar on
EARTH"
"Sirrah, 1 will make you eat your
words!"
The two clinched, but Struensee,
who was a very powerful man, easily
succeeded in throwing his adversary.
Then, setting his knees on the fellows
breast, he Kissed out:
"Now, Baron Moltkens, shall slow
ly strangle you to death unless you con-
fess that your story about the Queens
illicit intercourse with you was q wicked
falsehood."
The cowardly slanderer was already
turning black in the face. He replied,
in gurgling tone:
81 will confess all!'
So the Queen is pureP''
81 know nothing to the contrary"
"Who caused you to tell a lie?"
"The Queen-dowsger did,"
"What bride did she give your
"She gave me fifty thousand rix dol
lars"
viii you swear to this?"
Yes, if don't endanger my life by
so doing"
"No, you shall have time to leave
Denmark"
The document was drawn up and
sworn to before the astonished Gov
ernor of the fortress. He wanted to
detain Moltkens, but Struensee showed
him his commission as private secre
tary of his Majesty, and so Moltkens
was allowed to depart.
Upon laying the sworn retraction o.
the libel before the King, Struenset
urged the latter strongly to Danish his
stepmother from Copenhagen, and tt
beg the Queens pardon for having un
justly suspected her.
The King did both. Suliana had to
leave the capital, and the harmony pre-
vailing between the King and his wife
was greater than ever. He showed hi.
gratitude toward Struensee by confer
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