, 1880-01-18

| strange pArau0N Ny Lie 1tepIeSt relSOninps
dor va q Aast2 pi foS e A1as 5s
| sistence upon this point.
| One of his liveliest and most constant re-
grets was ut not being able to invoke the
principle Of 1egltimity as the basis Of lis
than he felt how much authority deprived
of this foundation Is precarious, fragile. and
open to attack. Yet he lost no occasion T to
protest earnestly in conversations with me ne
gaaSSt hesf e foe Wo ghs s agns that Ae
# Vac he Loa sa'& to RV nsEs sad
his paee n the nag of Zen fse inn m
mense progress it.: had made in public
never have been zconsumlnated. The
sion Of n the soil of France t. IS tbe e1 RsnHbe
that have displaced. The ancient throne
was buried under its own ruins; / had to
be able to reign over this political fabric. NY
new as the empire. rnele Is then, between
the Empire and myseH perfect homogene-
BUSINESS"
MeanWnlle nasH Stnoa5e oafen fhoqght that, IN
only to confuse me or to ANGUISH 1Sddb: pablic
made n'i toward Louis XVII IN 1851 sa seems ms
to confirm tnls ssaspiGlon* Speaking to
3tne one q r., aay u as tnls overture he
It was fuli Of slEong tlaatlons !here Is IN
these legle1m1sss, s,s s4,nGtMlng nSg which appeals
nog alone 70 tng tin;clliHat1on. II Monsieur
ha0 s f NAT ond he %oud
HAVE allase1 ;.s. 1.;...e.n VIII iAe a11a should
have procured l nun 1l1,; magnificent lot.o
He vas also ,e yeIy n much struck with the
laea OF Tracing 1aeA - DlYinlCy the origin OF
supreme AuttioItty.t yt,;. az slo 20 me one DAY
a. at complggne, snota!f aater ms marriage to
lhe Arcnauchess, see tnnt The Empress,
him thus: 'T2 Els Sacred Impe-
rla!. Majesty, LIS Title n use
among your, sola MIN that it
was py tne tlaultGa tb q ine old German En-
plre, when pore LIE Ine tl1le or Holy Empire,
apostolic crown Of Hungary; Napoleon re-
plied ID serious tone: Inc usage Is beau-
tlful ana wei! understood, Power comes
from God, ana Il IS sony oniy 1or tnls reason that
It can he placed pey9no 1ne reach OF men.
fHie9 fitie." 'un' nelS'A''A "u1 aa0p' o'e same
He attached much Importance to the no
bflity Of his own birth and the antiquity Of
his family. More than once he undertook
to prove to me that envy and calumny alone
could have cast suspicion upon his nobil~
lty. am placed" said he, sin singu-
lar position. find genealogists who
would like, to trace my ancestry
back to the de1uge,, and there are persons who
pretend that was born beggar. The truth
Is between these extremes: The BonapaTtes
IT. gooa i Vo'sca SIC eemeh no. very 1llus
OF our island put I'M much better than many
sprlgs or gentnty VINO pretend to look down
on ~. .,-
Napogfeo1 e; IegaIdGgo gG .,anis n!msen as neing
tsotatea t N tne Wqrin, createa TO govern and
70 peno a.! wins TO Hls capr1ce. he llad no
more MOI consloeraton 1or men than an overseer
mas TOT his Workne9. MARSHAL Lannes was
n3,a mertally M Woanqea e.; n me battle OF Aspern
iLle tne pailgtl1s of ue riencn army reiate lae
Nanolenn Mg hmsef n said to mo S oy ~ Tas nys
Ieaa lne phrase when nave put n
tne mouth o. tannes,-he never thought
OF such tnng! Nnen Tue MarSflal pro,
nouncea 7 u my name name, thcy came 70 Tell me, anu
daily detested me-. lie used used my 'aiaa name ee as
ataeists tls ne % name or Goo IN the moment oI
oeath. Lannes having spoken @ my name
ought to regard MN rs decidedly lost" One
o. Inc Inc persons 20 "on1 q he seemed most AZ
i"vns his 40 1nastern rhis III is fha n nhsase % Hs
nse1 tn me in sneatinr of him He co1n.
pared Berthier's Sentiments toward him to
far from heinz inconsistent With his E tI1eo,T' Iu'
t,,anna Wnera ha fe,,n3 ~ santina,ta -
.vhjcS, be co,,id NIT annlv lis cajcnjat;on of
seif-interest he sought @ % tfeir I sonrce @ in Kind
- ~ rl'ss: ss:.set. ueo ,,.,4 ,a, ,:o.,u T.,
In private l1te, without being amlabie, ne
Was y,si,g gooQ nhturGa, mn az ana even earriea III ~
uulsenGe u tle polne OF "eak1esS a Eo9n
peeuliaritIes liar that are met witb @ more % particu l
iniy ~ y Ile 1al1lly AtelloI u lne 1lallall
Dourgeolsie, he altowea tne eNt1av.agalit
courses a. soHlt u HIS lelatlons ;i wltnou'
ass s,sIn y s u & WI 1os1 10 sp ~