The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
The Napele0nic Succession.

the heir OF the late French empire,
follows him to the grave. The ques-
tion Of succession, even If it be to a
defunct empire, consequently be-
comes one OF interest. Among the
Bcnapart,sts generally the heirship
to the supposititious throne is con-
sIdsred to rest la the family OF the
late Jerome Bocaparte, now repre-
sented by Napoleon Joseph Charles
Paul Bonaparte, who was born al
Trieste, Sept 0, 1922. BY decree OF
the French Senate of 23J OF Decem-
Der, 1853. he was pronounced a
French prince, with right to a place
in the Senate and the Council of
State, at the same time receiving the
Grand Cross OF the Legion OF Honor.
By the family compact he was lhs
recognized heir presumptiye to the
imperial throne, previous to the
death OF Prince Louis. He il now
heir apparent. or were the empire In
existence, AMI did not the will OF the
lat L nperor prevent, he would to-
day be Emperor OF France. But,
curiously enough, Prince Napoleon's
(the name ne has always gone by In
France) political sentiments have
been extremely liberal. Just previ-
Gus to the war with Germany he al
vised his cousin, the late Emperor,
to liberalize the Constitution; but, IL
is claimed. owing TO the opposition
OF the Empress, between whom and
himself there has always been a Bit
ter and deadly feui. his eff)rts were
unsuccessful. La 1859 Dan. 3J) lie
married the Princess Clotilde, daugh-
ter OK the late King Victor Emanuel,
and sister OF the present King OF Italy.
BY her he has two sons-Napoleon
Victor Jerome Frederick, born July
Is, 1852, and Napoleon l. )uis Joseph
Jerome, born July i6. 1854, AMI one
daughter, Mirie L5titia Elgsnie
Catherine Adelaide, born Dec. %,
1866. Prince Napoleon may not seek
TO restore the Empire for his own
benefit; bat as the Bonapartists
must have q representative OF the
family as a rallying center aad cry,
who more fitting than the grandson
Oh King Victor Emanuel and of the
King OF Wcstphalia? But tho fact is,
since the death OF the Emperor, and
notably since the late youag Priace
Louis departed on his late Ill starred
expedition to-Z Iiulani, Prince Nipo-
Icon has claimed TO be the chief rep
reSsntative OF his family, and has
been steadily organizing party oil
his own in opposition to the adherents
OF tho Empress Il igcnie and TIA.
Prince Imperial. IL has even been
inslnuated that IL was this which
drove the E npress' alherents to the
alternative Of sending the poor lad
out to Africa To meet his death at the
hands Of sdvdgeS. In this connec-
ton We mLy add that the Yolonte
' Natioadte, the organ OF the Prince
Napoleon, published the following
extraordinary declaration My ID,
1875:
~If the son OF Napoleon III. were to
die, Prince Nipoleon would never
seek to restore the empire lor his
Olon benefit! A third en-
pire, which might aim at the ressora-
tlon OF Prince Napoleon or his nephew,
would probably end in the St. Mar
tins canal. II would be the end oil
the country. Moreover we have
never doubted that France, even il
directly consulted, would energetic
ally pronounce the Republican
form, the most compatible with the
very principle OF universal SUI
frage."
| Jerome Bonaparte. father OF Prince
Napoleon, now the representative OF
the Bonaparte family, while in this
country married Miss Eliz lbeth Pat
terson, in Baltimore, Dec. 27, 1903
But this marriage was declared null
and void by the L nperor Napoleon l.,
and Jsroms subsequently IN irried
Sophia Dorethea, daughter OF King
Frederick l., OF Wortemburg. Miss
Patterson previously went to France
but was driven from the country by
Napoleon /. She again visited France
during the reign OF Napoleon Ill,
aud endeavored to get her children
legitimatized aud given precedence
or those OF Jeroms'5 secoad wife
This Napoleon refused to do, at least
SO fac as would rate them In the I'm
peIial family, and at Its court above
the children OF the second m arriage
Upon this she lett the country, and
never again assumed the name o
Bonaparte. Consequently the Bona
partists do not acknowledge the chill
dren OF Miss Patterson as of the
blood royal Of the Napoleonio Roya
House.
A Strange Memorial Of Sorrow.
A striking instance of the arbitra