St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-27
THE COST OF EMPIRE.

IA Inside Tie,c Of the Corruption and
ProtiD acU Of rl,e Third Napoleon.
From the New York Evening Post.
One Of the first things done by the French
government after the war was over in 1870
was to appoint commission to collect,
classify and publish the private papers and
correspondence of the imperial family found
in the Tuileries after their flight. The
commission was appointed in September,
1870, and early in October IL had issued two
volumes, one of $50 and the other 2SS
pages, which we're ensively distributed,
but strange to say almost Immediately disap
peared, and have ever since been all but i'm
possible to find. A writer in the Jan uary
number of the Edinburg Review, seems to
have got hold OF a copy, and makes a syn
opsis which certainly contains some facts
which no Frenchman ought 10 be able to
read without a blush The papers show that
the French nation in 1851, seventy years after
the great revolution, allowed a vulgar adven
turer to take almost as complete and as ire
sponsibe control of its treasury as Louis XIV.
who had all the traditions Of the old mon
archy behind him, and who governed in an
age when no continental nation had ever
voted its taxes or seen budget.
ror and the memorandum books of his secre-
taries prove that the Bonaparte family-that
is, the emperor's relations, far and near
received from him between 1853 and 1870,
in the way Of gifts or allowances, and with
out any service rendered therefor to the
state, over 1000, 900. Besides this the
emperor distributed in ALLEGATIONS, subyen-
tons, pensions, gifts. succors, indemnities
and encouragements to art, science and lit
erature,n over 10000, 900. To this must be
added various ALLEGATIONS on ''the privy
purse" special fund reserved by the en-
peror for his personal use. Under this head
about 5000, 900 was distributed annually by
VI. Theiin, ''the keeper Of the privy purse"
Then there were other distributions OF a sim
liar character by Persiguy, one of the con-
sprators Of the coup d'etat when he was
minister Of the interior, making altogether,
the commission estimate, about Sl4,000,OOO
more All this SOS, 600, 900 comes under the
head "munifcence." 1t has nothing to do
With the regular civil list or salary paid to
the Emperor, or rather appropriated by him
as 'chief Of the state"
The number OF smaller pensioners and
benefciaries was very great. His mistress
before his marriage, Miss Howard, receieed
between 1853 and 1855, 81, 0S9, 900. Letters
were found from her later, in 1855, asking
for $500, 600 more. There are memoranda
showing that in one year, not mentioned
but doubtless soon after his marriage, there
was sent to his mOtber-in-law in Spain, the
Countess de Montiio, no less than Sl.3jS,-
160 The impress had a regular allowance
Of 800. 600 a month. He was, In fact, very
generous n various women. certain Nile.
Marguerite BeIlanger Acknowledges CRATE
fully the receipt Of considerable amounts,
but there is no trace Of the exact sums. A
Countess Emile Campane had Endorsed
note for him when be was president for &c.
900. By 1870 she had received nearly $780,
600. Miss Mary Gwynne, another mistress.
apparently received between 1876 and 1865,
500. 600 by way OF pension; then she got
g.. 600 bv way Of ''dot' on her marriage in
1853. and then &, 800 by way Of ''succor'' in
1865. A lady named TT got IN 1857 alone
the enormous sum OF $40, 900. Another,
Mile. Alexanddne Nergeot, got numerous
sums. finishing up with s5 ZOO in 1852 The
christening Of the Prince Imperial cost $780,
600. Besides all this, It appears that the
Emperor had In 1866 on deposit with the
Barinzs in London nearly S5,000.OO0 in
money and securities as a provision for
rainy daT.
The corruption Of the rest Of the gang, OF
course, kept pace, according 70 their oppOr-
t1nitics. with that Of their chief. MOrny got
80 per cent on the Jecker bonds for his in
suence in forcing recognition Of them
from Mexico. and grew. as is vel known,
enormously rich in similar ways. MsZnan,
another conadant Of the coup d'etst, was
made marshal, with good pay, Allowances
aud chances, but nevertheless died sl67, 900
in debt, which was discharged b. the En-
peror Fiaiiu. alias Persi guy, pocketed, IN
Goubtedly, large amounts also, but they we're
mainly throuzh salaries aud allowances for
the high Offices be held. he was undoubtedly,
too. Louis Sapoleon's go-bet-een IN may
dirry transactions