The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-25

lady who had been lodged in their house. they
wrote violent letter of Indignation to the Min
1steE The latter not sorry to give the Prince a
hint that he was no longer free to live the easy
NE he had been leading at London, caused the
letter to fail under NapOeOns eyes as if by acct
dent. Napoleon read the letter and replied as
follows:
My Dear Minister-Your brother has shown me a
letter of M. Andre to which should have disdaned
to reply did it not contain falsehoods which it is well
to refute A lady in whom take the liveliest inter
est, accompanied by of her friends and by two
persons of my suite desired to see the carrousa San
mar thence she came to Tours but fearing to find no
lodging here, she asked Inc to procure her When
arrived at Tours asked counselor of the project
IRE to kindly find rooms for the Count De Baccioc-
en- and two ladies of his acquaintance Chance and
their evil star led them to the house of NJ Andre
where, know not why, people imagined that of
the ladies was named Bacciocchi. The lady took
that name; it the error committed. it was by
strangers independently of my viii and of the will of
the lady in question. Now should like to know ,yhv
NJ Andre, without taking the trouble to inquire into
the truth wishes to render responsible both for
the designation of his house and for the false name
attributed to person. Does proprietor whose first
care 1t is to pry into the past life of the person whom
he receives in order to decry it, make noble use of
hospitality How many women hundred times less
pure, less devoted, less excusabe than the who
lodged at M. Andres would have been received with
all possible honors by this NJ Andre, because they
mad the name of their husband to hide their
guilty haisons! l detest that pedantic
t31gorlsm which always i'll disguises
others. True religion is not intoe1ant; it does not
seek to stir mp tempest in a teapot, to make scandal
Tor nothing, and to change into crime simple acct
dent or an eNcusable mistake. NJ. Andre, who. l am
told Is Puritan, has not vet meditated enough that
passage Of the gospel where Christ speaking to souls
uncharitable the soul of NJ. Andre SAYS on the
subject OF woman whom they wished to stone: Let
him that is without fault etc. Let him practice
this morality; as for me, accuse nobody and avow
myself guilty of seeking in Legitimate bonds an af-
fiction which my heart needs. Still, as up to the
present my position has prevented from marrying;
as in the midst of the cares of government, have
alas! in my country from which have been so long
absent neither intimate friends youthful ties nor
parents who give the pleasures of family life l
may l think be pardoned an affection which harms
nobody and of which do not seek to make Il parade
10 return to NJ Andre: if he believes he declares
his house polluted by the presence of woman who is
not married beg you to tell him from me that re-
greet extremely that person of such pure devotion
and OF such sublime character should have fallen by
chance, into house where under the mask Of relig-
ion there reiens nothing but the osentatiou of prud
ish virtue without Christian charity NAPOLEON.
The Prince President must have felt strongly
on the matter to write a letter like the above
the letter, however, was never sent to NJ An
DIRE. On the contrary, a letter of apology was
addressed to him. and later. when Napoleon be-
came intimate with NJ. Andre. he sincerely re- J
pented of this error of his debut Neverthe
II remains fact. confirmed by evidenc-
other sources, that Nine. Howard car JESS,
to Tours, and was received by ~ -.e from ron?
and by the Archbishop. pc ,-Ie WIN u nun nun
but as Princess Baecic -He puohG olncers
ii as Nine Howard