National Republican., 1882-07-08
THuRLow WEED IN PARIS,
How ne Secured an Audience Mt Court
The Asststnurc He Received.


A reporter called at the house Of Thurlow Weed,
IN New York. Mr.. Weed himself opened the
door, and led the way into pleasant little room
at the right of the hall. Iswalls are covered with
quaint prints and old engravings, and several
rich old pieces of furniture repose quietly among
the pretty specimens Of modern manufacture
which are provided with dainty muslin coverings.
The floor is laid with light mating When Mr..
Weed followed by the reporter, entered the room,
graceful spaniel jumped before him and pirouetted
by way OF enthusiastic greeting, and as Mr.. Weed
seated himself on the sofa and the spaniel took up
his place on one side, pigeon hurried from a dis.
tanee to get within reach of caress from the hand
on the other side.
1.-THE BIRD CAME IN HERE
one day by accident" said Mr. Weed, gently
ttroking the favorite's back, and II has evil
IDENTIFY liked our company so well that 1t did not
care r9 70 Leave us Other pigeons , hGye @ come
fly away with them" As usual the veteran poll
hcian was full of interesting "reminiscences OF his
varied and interesting life, suggested by the as
spect Of current events.
ri TELL YOU PECULIAR LITTLE STORY"
said he presently, Of my visit to Paris in 1861;
went there to create, If possible friendly feeling
Tor the cause of the Union. An uniriendly one
certainly existed at the time The Emperor dis
liked the American government for Its agency in
tnrning the French out of Mexico succeeded
IN my mission, and / can fairly attribute n great
part oil my success to the father Of f. Loubat,
trouble in the Union Club. Just as was leaving
The Astor House to proceed to the steamship which
was TO carry me acrosS, letter of introduction TO
brOther-in-law whom knew very well.
HE ADVISED NE TO USE 1T
soou MS reached Paris as IL would probably he
oi use 10 me. put the letter IN my bag ana gave
the matter no further thought. / started about
the middle of November 1861. Before doing any
thing in Paris tan over TO London TO see what
could accomplish. gained ready access u
the heads Of government, and was successful be-
yo d my expectations In my mission. ] was re-
called 10 Paris by an imperative message from the
American minister, IL tic 18th of December
when reached Paris, The Emperor read his
nuai speech TO the legislative bodies ON the fist
day OF the new year Ii was positively stated that
hcontninvd paragraph in regard to the Union
which amounted 10 n declaration of hostiiities
hurried OF
THE PRINCE NAPOLEON,
TO whom the Secretary of State had given me
letter. The Prince had then recently lived here
was in sympathy With us, and ready to do any.
thing he could for the cause of the North. liz
shrugged his shoulders when told him that
must see the Emperor, and declared that 1t wa
impossible to do So lie assured me that the En-
peror'S mind was quite settled in opposition u
u.s. that he would not see me on the subject of an!
result If he did With this dispiriting news oc
eSunying my mind, ! started to drive back to IN.
hotel. On my way noticed the name of one o
the streets through which
WE PAsSED-RuE SCRIBE.
remembered that it was the address on my let
ter OF Introduction to MIR. Loubat, and recalled
the words OF his brother.in-law when he handed
it to me. When ] reached the hotel got out tn
letter, drove back to the Rue Scribe, and pre-
feutcd IL 10 MIR. LOubHt lie received me cordially
OF course he knew the danger which menace
us, aud suggested thnt should see the EmIero
at once. told him that had already tried to set
him and had failed He replied that he thought h
could fix that for me- and promised to call ut IN.
hotel in the afternoon. went back with a lighte
heart and told my colleagues
BISHOP HUGHES AND MILvAIN--
what had happened. They laughed at the ide
ofa private citizen securing me an audience witt
the Emperor, when the Prince had declared h /
inability TO help me. declared my faith in NJ
Ioubat, and they agreed with me in thinking tina
no harm could result from my taking advantage O
the opportunity. Mr. Loubut was at the hote
promptly. He said that he had come to the con
clusOn that II would be better for me first to ap
proach the Emperors brother, the Count de Nor
nay. We were accordingly driven there. TIL
ante. room was full of apparently distinguished
people when we entered. Mr. Louhnt sent in hi
card, ana we were given instant admission.
MR. LoUBAT INTRODUCED NE
and took his leave. will not go into the detail
OF my interview. Suffice ii to say that when
went away, an hour afterward, the Count assure
me that thereafter the simple presentation of m
card would secure me an audience. .Thirty-si
The hostile paragraph had been replaced by a
amicable one. The surprise general. TIL
substance of the first paragraph had gone to Lon
don and started speculation there. When the IT
port of the delivered reached London
created much of sensation that the Tim,
took notice of the matter in All editorial para
graph THAT is the whole story" said MI
Weed. What Mr.. Roubats influence was. can
not say. 1t is very certain, however, that 1t wa
exerted in very timely and effective fashion, a
the time of which l speak, for the advantage {