New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-29
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
NAPOLEON AS A MATCHMAKER.


With epigrammatic neaJneSs. and WIN -.
ness and brightness of touch that implies an NM
malicious endowment Mr.. Bingham has p''n'''
Nanoleon / rs n match maker. The niue 'orN''""
was ~ iudcfaUCable IN auneNing new rel"H'"0 -
in conqucring kingdoms and he went "'' ~
matter with the brutality OF bu'choI' an" '
the mcddleSome particularly oi an o." "'''""'
His instructions to his brother LOUIS no" 10 MS
g. NJ R,pcbo,n saws were as minute as tl"so NC
,oted for the passing of river IN the PfeS'"'''
,bo e,cmv or for the administration OF conquered
nroyinc,. lie could write TO Prince Ersrhe Il 'ouS
,i.natcb telling him how many days lie snou'"
hunt how often he should take the lllhV'Ss
Au,usta to the theatre. and al what time nc c'u'o
rise in the morning and 60 to bed al hs'' "''"o",
disturbing his wife; and between Oat'IeS l""''i"
off his generals bv wholesale to brides oi'eh UNIV"
ing The patrician girls OF France un"et 'oDn'''o"
of restitution 10 their fathers OF conhSca'e" 'S'"'
were gwen 10 loy-bom husbands, ana some WIN
resisted were exiled and imprisoned. Napo'''h COLI
.idorod that Frcnchmcn and Frenchwomen were
hi ruppets 10 marry or to kill of IN ll:s wars 'S
lot shifted tie eXigencies of his position an" 'H'
formation Of his cheap dynasty. Even IN MS nuns
ofoviIe This most "sialwaTt" OF politicians hd'Jeu
upon his matrimonial ideas, which II properly car
ried ont would have effected such great Things
He said on one occasion that he had managed managed
al tn9 Httlt or too mach that two courses
,rarn omen 10 him-that OF cNtllallh|. VI ''''. Va
fns;ouinU The FIRST course was ont Oh Tue q"eS
non and the second was dlhcnll, 'u' otS' ~ ~
insurmouutable obstacles bt Han ~, 49, ~,
great deal and had he remained on H. ,'. y, ,,id
Syonld have carried ont his plan ana trance "u,"
have bcen inVinCihle; IT was necessary AZ ~
nrice TO cement this union. " me coH' .iH, a,,
amy mis- fortunes and perhaps the dcatb-thioeS
of Our poor France. ! should nave "''dOl'' - ,|,
eraigrcs when they returned 10 Il,i'CU' III ,.rac(
racy would easily have adoieN me d. ,J "ni,,
too was necessary to me. Tor IL Is ih' tiuo ANN ais
suprort of q monarchy. But me Na!.c o. d" ~.
focracv-its mag.c-l.es IN lis ahuPi'Sl' "a -
and these were The only things couIu HQt CtO".o.
iTben abiding to his second MARRIAGE II -,
and Russa had IA sed any dlIucultieS Woulu nav
",r;od n Frcnchwcmau. ! would have chosen
one OF the first names OF me loHI, u;
have surrounded myself win InT c r5aTriei
Tie Ne,cs the Clsslns; and womb nav l I! %
their daughters to lore IN sovereignS aleI a'io'mS
them Ii would have been my p'4ae an" ltTJ" tI,.
~ have spread these fine ieNch pam l'' L,,I
- Themselves 20 us. They did not complement
me- They had no lGe1. no Know e'4o "i -
glory. They preferred WalinW'm ny ia ~ tb~ o smn1ts
fbe Allies instead OF following ne 10 'UL rit,...ct
of the Snpiol, III order to oo'nHil'T u 90, Tbr
and the admiration OF the rest oil huIoIe' Inc
madmen" -, r....,,,
In his rossion for matchmaking :hc Emperor
shared pooolv-he tried his hand with his brothers
and sisters, with his wiics relations anu inc
daughters of conquered sOycreigns - not one Vi
+be grand alliances he made saved Inn Wheh MS
house tumbled about his ears.
The women of his Court he treated win inc
and the
was full of insulting spec hes and vulgar as
oo,,rto,es. and declared indeed that the women OF
France were too we'll treated; that the OnentaIS
were right in considering them the property oil man,
and that they were slaves by nature.
He wrote 10 Marshal BeTthIer from Mallna'soh :
@Ny wife might have died at Munich or StTaNourH'
and that would not have dSarranged my plans loI
n quarter OF an hour and he gabbled unioundeu
scandal concerning the noble Queen OF Prussia WIN
all the dirty vehcmence OF hshwlle. women are
nornlarlv supposed 10 love tyrant; but Napo-
Icons vulgar violence at last wearied the slaves
of France. and they all turned against hnl-a TACT
which No realized very thoroughly "Oh ! we'll
isnow that" he exclaimed on his return from EIba
IN Count Mot de MelitO, " it has been told me on
ell sides and / cannot doubt 1t. l would never
admit women into tie secrets OF the CABINET nol
low them to NEEDLE with the Government and
now they revenge themselves.
with all this savagery the Emperor had a curious
4oar Of feminine cleverness and 1aith IN FEMININE
act He asked his brother Luclen 1or CharloOe'
his eldest daughter III order TO marry her to that
yaurien the Prince of the Asturas lie SEPT 10 urNe
tbe little girl 10 France that she might be reared
~, Madame Mere. penetrated with his views, and
mt IN Snain 10 regeneratc the Bourbon race
charlotte was to appear in the character OF slave
10 he sure but of a slave with views ana nue."
20 become the mother and teacher OF line OF Napo
leonic kings Little Charlotte arrived III IaIlS, bn'
she did not stay there long. She was only twelve
years old but she had pretty little wit oil bel
own. and wrote snch precoclous letters 10 hcl
father rdIculing the most important pefsoha9eS Oh
,bo rmpire. that. these letters having been opened
che ,vas semi back TO Italy in a violent hurry. Hcl
iotIe uncle who enjoyed nothing better than the
,lontnp of th"rns, summoned TO the palace III
otrar his brothers aud his sisters and with man
oions plee read to them these intercepted letters
wherein they were abused in very pain language
bv Iucien's young daughter. Glad as was th'
snarp little girl TO go back to Italy, stlI happier
was her father to regain her. lie travelled twenty
leagnas TO meet her, and cried as he embraced heF
any child | committed a great fault but you arc
restored TO me- and the evil is repaired" vi al
.bo b,otbers of Napoleon Lucien was the one m0s
rebellious against his authority. He asserted ms
right to marry the woman he chose; ana year.
ofter when She had become the mother OF ms nine
children he refused several brilliant oilers tha'
Noooleon made to him if he would only divorce M
wife-the throne Of Portugal; new Kingdom IL
italy. ard the hand of the widowed queen o.
Ftrnria LOUIS and jerome each proved more
amenable: Louis in a moody fashion after III
brother had parted him from the girl OF MS heart ny
beStowinc her upon the Comte de LaNae'Ic
Ionis's match with Hortense was perhaps inc mos
rpbonpv and stormy oi the hnumerable ones mad
NV NAPOLEON The husband was wont to max
himself agreeable to his wife by telling her tia
she ,cae a woman and consequently beng com
nosed of cunning and malice; and altogether lee
tbe noor creature such life that 1t Is moi to ID
wondered at that she begged hard Tor the Emperor
permission TO demand divorce
rbcre was q grievous lack of poetic justice II
+be bappiness that attended the second marriage D
tba, handsome and sentimental young cad jerome
Catherine of Wurtemburg for unselNSh oe'o''o