The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-23

cumetAnceS when mad0 tn0 sWlIt oVot.
throw OF the Bourbon monarchy BY Napoleon
possible. He also devotes considerable space
to the accusation that he was primarily re-
sponsible for tho murder Of the Duo d'Enghien
and to the charge that he had plotted to assas.
sinate Napoleon on his way to Eliza II 10 those
passages Of tho volume. invested - they are
with peculiar interest, with which We purpose
to deal In the present notice
Talloyrand PROCESSES to regard with amaze.
mont the catastrophe which ovsrwhslmed the
Government OF Louis XVIII in March. 1878
Hs insists that the King had gained the conn.
deacs and Affection Of his people. and that
France was In . state not only Of profound
peace. but OF progressive prosperity. His
theory 10 that the French soldiers. most OF
whom had served in Napoleon's campaigns,
were entirely out Of touch with the civilian
population. and that. whereas the latter looked
back with detestRtion on the empire. the
former hailed the advent Of the Emperor and
the prospect Of fresh victories and spoiIs
He believes. moreover. that the &C.
cret OF Napoleon's rapid and irresistible
advance to Paris 10 to be sought IN deep laid
and comprehensive plot oontrived By corre-
spondsncs with the snrviving adherents Of the
NapOleonic regime. There 10 no doubt that
such . correspondence had taken place.
though It could hardly have been 80 extensive
Is Talleyrand assumes. the most extreme pre-.
cautions being neediul. owing to the fact that
most OF Napoloon's Marahals and Generals -
well as rsRinental officers had sworn allsgi-
anes to Louis XVIII. As q matter OF fact. .
large proportion OF the Msrshals remained
faithful to their oaths. Talleyrand evidently
thinks that Marshal Neys going over to Ma
poleon was the outcome OF deliberate treach-
cry. but he offers no proof OF this charge. and
all tho evidence known to US points to tho con-
clusion that Nsy left Paris with the firm inten-
ton OF remaining loyal TO the Bourbon mon.
archy. but. swept away BY tho prevailing con-
tasion which he encountered everywhere
among the rank and file. yielded to
On ungoyernable impulse Of devotion to his
former chief. Talleyrand tells us that at
Lille. in which city Louis XVIII. had deter
mined to mako o stand. the enthusiasm Of the
people was reused TO the highest pitch BY his
presence. and every effort was made BY the cit
izens to enlist the sympsthies OF the garrison.
But the soldiers, dejected and Indifferent.
maintained a gloomy silence. thus giving
sufficiently distinct warning OF their Ap-
preaching detection. Tho King accordingly
was advised BY Marshal Mortisr to proceed to
Ostend The purpose Of this portion OF Talley-
rand's narrative seems to be to save his sover-
eign's dignity. which has severely suffered In
history from the headlong character Of his
fight from France. The authors final rsflec-
ton on the revolution OF tho Hundred Days
would have moro weight II We did not know
that it was set down after Waterloo. although.
Is the present tense is used. 1t PROCESSES to be
eontempolaneous with the events This
simultaneous and general detection OF
the army" says Talleyrsnd. has not.
It 10 evident heen based ON any mo-
hat ~
attach 1t to the fate Of the m an who has re-
sumed SO baneful an ascendency over it. The
taclt compact he has made with 1t will quickly
be broken by the reverses that await him. 1t
is not Buonaparte prescribed. rejected. and
shortly to be overwhelmed by the whole OF
Europe whom this credulous soldiery desired
to follow. They saw before Thorn the devasta-
tor OF the world ready to give them up the
spoil His prestige once destroyed. Buona-
parts will soon lose his borrowed strength: It
10 for this. for tho recoil which follows tho In
waits with all tho impotence to which the
happy results he expects from 1t give rise"
Tslisyrsnd was in Vienna whom Napoleon's
smissaries arrived. In q letter TO Louis
XVIII. he describes the reception which was
given to them. "One OF them. n. de Mont.
remb with tho help Of the Abbs Altieri. At
tachsd to the Austrian Legation in Paris has
como Is far IS Vienna He had no ostsnstble
mission NOR Any dispatches. and he has most
probably boon sent by the party which favors
Buonaparte. not BY Buonaparte himself This.
at least is my impression He was tho bearer
Of messages to N. de Metternich. NJ. dc Nes-
sslrode. and myself. He was to ascertain
whsthsr the foreign powers wore seriously de-
A..A
20 to war with him he had also . letter for
Prince Eugene. What he was told to ask me
was how I could possibly resolve on stirring
mp war with France. Read the declaration
replied. 1t does not contain ono word which
do not fully endorse. Besides. 1t 10 not Ques-
tion Of war against France; 1t Is war against
the man on the island Of Elba-' He asked NJ do
Metternich whether tho Austrian Government
had com pleteIy lost sight OF the views they
held In March. 1914. "A regency p replied u.
do Mettsrnich. We do not want sone.' Finally
he tried to ind out from N. dc Nssselrode what
were the Emperor Aloxanders vtsws. The
destruction Of Buonaparto and all his people,
WAS the reply. and there the matter ended"
Napoleon's second envoy WAS II. do Flahaut.
He bore dispatches for tho Emperor Of Aus
trts. the Emperor Alexander. tho Empress
Marie Louise. and for the Legation OF Louis
XVIII. at Vienna. The purpose OF the last
despatch was apparently to annul the powers
OF the embassy. When NJ. do Flshaut arrived.
however. at Stuttgart the King OF wurtsm-
berg had him arrested and conducted back to
the frontier.
1t is remarkable fact mentioned In letter
OF Talleyrand's to Louis XVIII. that the En-
psror Alexander foresaw from the outset the
impossibility OF making Bourbon restoration
permanent His personal wish WAS after the
Hundred Days to replace Louis XVIII. By
Louis Philippe. He dlvulgsd this desire In
conversation with Lord Clancarty. the head Of
the EnElish embassy. The reasons given By
the Emperor may have commended themselves
to the shrewd sense OF Talleyrand: at oil events
he Is careful to set them forth In the account
OF the conversation which he gives his master.
"Ths Emperor frat asked Lord Clancarty why
hs did not approve Of the draft declaration.
Because. In my opinion replied Lord Clan
oarty. ! do not think 1t says all It should say.
II 10 not enough to overthrow BuonAparte; the
door must not DO thrown open to the Jscobins.
who would bO still less to n tasts than Buon n.