, 1879-07-05

THE AMERICAN BoNApARTE.
There is an intimatiun in some of the
cnblo dispatches that faction among tho
ndherents of the BoaArAnrx party In Franco
talk Of taking up tho clalms Of an American
gentleman Us rretonder 10 the Napoloouie
succession. The dissatisfaction Of tho In
perialists with tho toB.an,entary succession
prescribed by tho Into Prince, and tile fact
TINT tho American DoxArAnTE is ii moro
direct line Of succession thau any of tho or
spring Of JEROME 1,oNApAnrE's second family,
furnish tho raison Tetre for tho alleged
movement. As n matter Of fact, howovar,
there is probn1ly no more substance to this
project than there was sonic months ngo In
III nbsurl report Of design to mako Con.
GnAsr King Of bulgaria. America is not
good soil for raising Princes, and Kings, md
E'nperors, and 1t would be solocism for
any people or any faction believing In
tito kingIy form Of government to
sock r',ler In n country md among
nation that have established tho highest
IND most enduring claisns to popular gov
crnlncnt Tho very same motives which
prompted tho great NApoLEos to nnnul, 80
far Oh lis Jurisdiction extended tho marriage
botween hts brother and Miss Patterson, Of
Baltimore, would deter tie alherenta Of tho
noSApAnTE family from adopting ono Of that
lmiy's descendants NJ protonlor to tho suo-
cess'ou. Nor ia thore any reason to think
that tho American grandson OF JEROME
Ho.ApAnTE will eyor be lelulsd with tho
notion TINT he lns claims to M Imperial
throne in France, because, inside from Nine.
psrrEnHoS-l'oSApAhTE, mono Of tho Amori-
Gnu brancl, of tho fa,nily, 80 far as NO know,
hns over manifested any ambition in the I'm.
pesial way, either diroctly or collaterally.
Tho absurdity Of tho "Diyine right" to
blood aucoession to tho rnlo OF nations was
never mora pointodly illustrated than 1t
ia BY this suggestion of M obscure Amcri-
can gentleman rs tho rigltfnl ruler Of
Franco. Wo know nothing Of the personal
attainn.outs Of this gentleman. Ito mny la
nud probably ia an oxcelleat person md
reputable c!tizen. But M private cltizsn
OF this country, unfamiliar with tho nccesst.
tics OF franco, and totally Inexperienced III
tho art Of governing, 1t would certainly be n
monstroua pleco Of folly, IL It wore possible,
to call him to tho supreme control Of tho
tlea.nios OF that great nation. 4 people, at tha
advanced stage Of enlightenment which IL
tho bouat of the present era, WHO would sub
init to 10 iucougrnous disposition of thoir
national concerns would tlasraby oarn tho
contempt Of reasoning mon all over tho
world. There will be no excuRa outside OF a
religious bcliuf In tho tloutsiuo Of Diyino right
for 80 preposterous q proceeding, aud
tho Diyine.rtght theory would be more
absurd IN tLis caso than usual by rcnson
Of the humble origin OF tho first NAPOLEON,
tho disregard of his subsequent decxoo
nrnnlltng his broihor'H marriage with Mias
PATTERSON, aud the latter'a democratic brit,
mud connections. All thesa circumstances
placa Divine right in SO much confusion that
1t would 10 impossible far any one to dotor.
milo where it begins or where it ends.
A much lnpre rational view Of tho Napo.
joonio succession IL that eucll thing has nc
moro existoncs In aotuality than It haa IN
thaory. The death Of tho young Prince I'm
perial, sa.l a. 1t was from a humauitariar
point Of ylew, waaa political blessing to France
because tue last yeaIigs Of the NapoleoniE
Idea probably died with him. Ths Thirt
NAPOLEON revived 10 Home extent the popu
lar enthusiasm, that his uuolo lod excited
aud something Of shis would hava responded
to ths prstensions Of his son but, With th
pLliteyation Of tie direct line Of succession
ths Inst personal hold Of tile DonAPAEr
fa1nily upon tue people OF FFanoe was lost
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