Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-03-09

the chin, and edged with very narrow gold
embroidery, and he wore Il tficolofed
feather III his hat. AT first sight he did not
strike me as handsome; bug his stronglx
marked features. his quick and piercins
eyes, his brusque and animated gestures
revealed an ardent spirit, while his
wide and thoughtful brow was that
of profound thinker. He made me
/ sit near him, and we talked Of ITALY. He
spoke in short sentences, and at that time
| Of life, very incorrectly !" b In this and 9th
or interviews he wished it distinctly under
stood TINT he thought little Of pleasing the
directory. Neverthe less, this was the
period, as We know, Whe he WAS sending
money, Jewels, and pictures into I, France 70
appeasa the Unsuitable lawyers at Paris
for whom he EXPIRE sed contempt AS to
| the attitude observed by his generals to-
/ ward him before his great victories; Every
one maintained toward him an attitude ef
respect, and, may say even of admiration.
saw none Of those marks OF familiarity
| between him and his companions that I
| had observed in other cases and which was
| consonant with republican equality. He
had already assumed his own place and set
others at a distansa.n Mot speaks OF Nine.
| Bonaparte with all the admiration shown
by her lady in waiting, Nine. de Remusat,
but without the additional particular By
which she undid all the good impression
made BY her sketches Of Josephine Beau
harnais. i had net her in society at Paris,
but not often, and had formed an esti-.
mate of her which my increased
intimacy with her during her stay at
Florence only served to confirm. Never
has any woman united greater natural grace
never has any woman done more good with
me with her friendship, and the recollec-
ton OF the kindness she showed me until
the last moments Of her too brief existence
whatever be erased from my heart The
relations Oh husband and wife in the early
days Of Napoleon's fame appears to have
been all that could be wished. We find
strong traces in Napoleon of that frankness
in expressing his affection which Nine. de.
Remusat found SO indelicate. He spoke
the garrison French of an Italian, and
treated his wife like good Italian husband
of the middle classes. Mot made a pleas
are trip with them and Berthier to Lago
Maggoire and staid on Isola Bella. Il had
place in Bonaparte's carriage with his
wife and Berthier. During the drive he
was gay and animated, told us several an
ecdotes OF his yonth, and said he had just
completed his twenty ninth year. He was
extremely attentive to his wife frequently
taking little conjugal liberties that rather
embarrassed Berthier and me; but his free
and easy manners were SO full Of affection
and tenderness toward a woman as joyable as
she was good that they might easily be ex-
cused.n In October Of 1887 Bopaparte
was transferred from the scene Of his re-
markable victories to the command Of the
Army OF England, Z assembled on the
coast OF France, 8 change dictated by fear
Of his ambition. 1t boded i'll 70 the King
or could protect him from the Vaccinations
Of republican agitators and the ilI-Will Of !
The directory. On his way to France the
young general stopped with Mot in Turin,
but would go nowhere, and showed delica-
sy and sense of honor in his dealings with
the Sandman Government which have
never been recognized by the historians who
love to reyile his laemoTy: f..S
Day had hardly daWned when crowd,
attracted BY curiosity and the desire OF see
ing so famous a general, assembled before i.
my house. The king sent one Of his prin-
cipal officers with compliments on the
part of his majesty. Bonaparte afterward
received the ministers. and welcomed M.
de Saint Marsan with special feryor. He
also received the generals and superior
officers who were in Turin, as well as some
private individuals, who tried to induce him
to favor a revolution in Piedmont. But he
gave no heed to these suggestions. In the |
course Of the morning the king sent him q
very fine Sandman horse. The queen
{Clotilde Of France, sister to Louis .IYI,3 i
had hung onsthe animals neck necklace
Of precious stones, the last of her jewels;
she had sacrificed all the others TO the
needs Of The state. Bonaparte could not I
yantures to refuse either the horse or the
necklace, but he seemed moved by this pa
shetic gift aid the circumstances under
which il was offered. To the kings officers
who had brought it he presented snuff
boxes set in diamonds, and valuable rings,
and made presents to the royal household
greatly exceeding in value those which |
he accepted. s3
The favorable tenor Of many Of the re-
marks of Mott do not prove him indiscrlm- i
mate AT the right moment he shows the
failings of Napoleon without setting him
SELF up as an absolute critic. After Maren-
go he writes. " hat there was wanting to
confirm this prosperity and to afford Europe
the spectacle and example Of a great regen-
Grated people enjoying liberty without fall
ing into icencs, triumphantly led BY cap
able chiefs, but not becoming the slave of |
those chiefs what was wanting for this2
A Washington. If Bonaparte, on his VIC
torious return from the field of Marengo,
had taken that illustrioHs citizen as his
model, what might he not have done for the !
happiness of France, for his own true
glory, and even for the duration OF his au a
thority?r Another proof that Mott does
no suit his facts and arguments to his pre-
iudices are found IN his remarks about Ma
poleons brothers, especially about Joseph,
TO whom he was greatly attached, and OF
whose kindness and charm he frequently
speaks. 4 appears here that Joseph was
continually urging the divorce from ~ doses
-pbine. and was almost as bitter as Lucian