Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-11-27
PARIs. Nov. Sub. Is

a little DOCK has Just Deen puOllsheu III
berlin that will not allay the bitterness
hat exists between the French and the
ierman peoples. 1t appears that Prince
Bismarck, during and after the siege of
Paris, was in the habit of expressing him
eli very freely in regard to the distin-
pushed personages with whom he hal
,een in contact in n diplomatic, political
II military capacity. And IL gentleman
IF his personal staff was also in the habit |
If writing down very freely what the |
treat chancellor had said; and now the |
words that he spoke in the closet are pro-
claimed from the house-top. lie is repre-
'ented TO have spoken as follows OF the
ate French emperor: Whatever may be
thought of the coup u etat, Louis Napo-
leon is really good natured, full of feeling,
even sentimental; as to intelligence and
(tCiSsc1D, he has but little of
either. He is particularly badly off with
respect to geography, although he was
brought up and went to school in Ger
many: and he lived in all manner of fan
tastic imaginations. His requirements
are of that sort that he would certainly be
able to pass our examination for the post
of rcferendary. | knew this long ago, but
nobody believed me. told the king so in
1854 and 1866. He (Napoleon) has not
the least idea how matters stand with us.
WIN I ,yas made minister in paris I had
- 1onc, convors,tion with him in. 1861 It
was tIen his oninion that we should not
Iast long-that there wonld he nm eueute
in Rprlin and revolution throuohout the
whole countrv. and that if n nIebiscitum
,rern ever held the kino would find every
thing acainst him. lold him then that
our 1ennle were no borrirade bnildors and
thnt in Prussia nobodv but KINGS ever made
revolutions. that if The kino only chose TO
endnrn the strain Then nxisfinr for three
or four years, he wonld win tho came !;
that if his majesty did not Get weary of
the whole business, and did not give me
mn 7 should not fall: and that If he even
thrn appealed to the people. and allowed
Them to vote, nine-tenths of them would
he in his favor. The emperor. speaking
of me at the time, said .Ce NEST pas IN
bonlnae Serieur.' | did not remind him of
this when we met in the viewers cottage
ot Donchervln
It will be remembered that Jules Fayre
was sent to treat for pcace when the Prus.
slams were before Paris. The incident of
his weeping having been mentioned,
Prince bismarck said. "Trne he certainly
looked like it, and l endeavored to comfort
him TO some extent. Int when 7 watched
him a little more closely. | came TO the
conclusion that he had not soucezed ont :;
sinole tear, He probably thouoht he
could work upon me bv theatrical per.
formancc. rs the Paris advocates do upon
their audiences: and | am positively con
WINGED that ut Terrieres he had PAINTED
his face white-especiallv the second time
that he came to see me there That
morning he was of a much praycr tint
than before, in order to play the mart oil
one overcome bv grief and in deep suffer
ipq. Pcrhaps he NAV really have frl,
sometime. but he is no politician-h,
oupht TO have known that explosions OF
When mentioned sometime obont Stros
burq and Metz, he made a primace Il,
tbouob | had been cutting n Joke. I mioht
have told him what the GREAT f1rrier in
Berlin once said to me. One day 7 went
with nv wife TO look ont for n fnr coat
and he asked me n lone price for the on,
which best pleased me. .You are surely
| iokinp,' | observed. No hc REPLIED
zcrt3 in bus5tess.'
In Versailles Fayre had DOT still drawer
and stouter to boot-the latter. robably
on horse flesh. But he looked. on tho
whole, like man who had cone tbrouol
so much vexation and excitement that he
did not care curse what happened tc
him. 1t was extremely difficult to max,
military matters at all INELIGIBLE to him
He often remarked to me that France wa,
the land of freedom, whilst we were reipnc,
over by despotism. On one occasion
mentioned to him that we were in want O
money, and that Paris would have to fine
some for us. lie rcioined that we coul,
issue loan.' Ircplied that we could no
do that without parliament or.the Diet
Any lie cried, YOU can manage to oct
hold of five hundred millions of franc
without the chambers. - | answered
No; not five francsn He would not be
lieve me, but told him that | had live,
four years in chronic state of war will
the national representatives bnt that IN,
issue of II loan without the consent of the
Diet had always been the barrier mn +,
which had arrived. and that if had nrvrr
even occurred TO me TO step over if. Thi
appeared somewhat 10 shake his conyic
tons; he only remarked that " en- Fya,,c
on ne SC denerau pasm and pomptlv re
turned to his theorem that France was i,
possession of enormous liberties. It i
really uncommonlv funny to hear French
men talk in this way, especiallv Favre
who always belonged to the opposition
But that's how they all arc. You can nd
minister five and twenty lashes TO nm,
Frenchman, if Won will only make him
fine speech ali about fine freedom nm,
human dignity expressed in those sam,
lasbes. MAKING the nppronriate GESTURES +,
your Grafton; he will forthwith persuad
a curious anecdote about Morny is re
la'e1' ny ms lorLlcr uiP,olla'lC coiIeaSu