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Tallsyrand admits that MP TO the Peace Of
Amisns. although Bonaparts may have made
mistakes. none OF the plans he had conceived
were such that any patriotic Frenohman could
bs reluctant to contribute TO their sxecu.
tion. He also Acknowledges that at the spooh
when the empire WAS substituted for the Con-
sulate. IL was Impossible to reestablish the
Bourbon monarchy. The only form Of mon
archy then possible Was one proceeding from
the Jacobins. Nor 10 there any doubt that
whoever suggested the murder Of the Duo
d'Enghien. the ersot Of that crime was to rem
der all compromises between Bonsparte and
the Bourbons impossible. and thus to satisfy
the Jacobns that they had nothing to fear and
everything to gain from the new sovereign.
4.
BY the way. Talleyrand's version OF the Duo
d'Enghien affair 10 to DO published By the Duo
Do Broelie in Q supplement to these memoirs.
There II some reason to believe that the assas-
sination was proposed to Bonaparte By Talley-
rand. It 10 certain that the latter was charged
By the Emperor with the provocation OF the
crime. and. according to the report OF third
person present at the memorable interview
The Jaoobins were justified In distrusting
Donapsrte: they had only to look into thsir
own breasts to detect tokens OF the same lin.
eerfne servility toward the ancieA regime. In
his heart Napoleon cared moro for tho good
will. or even toleration. OF the great lsdies Of
tho old monarchy than for his most splendid
Victories Tho most fatal blunder Of his life
his marriage with an Austrian Archduohsss
instead Of with Russian Grand Duchess
was due to acsrtain ineradicable snoobishness
% often observed even In tho most maenifl-
cent OF rarvenus. Cromwell alone was FREQ
from II. Tho thought Of marrying the niece Of
Marie Antolnette was intoxicating to tho man
who could remember seeing the wife Of Louis
XVI. at the summit Of glory. while hs was
half starved. thrsadbare sort OF charity stu
dent at tho Brienne military school. No won
der the Jacobins suspected Bonaparte. Nothing
short OF an appalling iniuuity like the murder
Of tho Duo d'Enghien could have convinced
them that he was irrevocably theirs.
Talleyrand gives in these memoirs curious
example Of the profound and haunting infu-
ence exercised by tho ancien regime on Ma
poleon's Imagination. The incident occurred
on the evening Of the great day Of Austerlitz: :
- every moment men were bringing into the
Emperor's chamber Austrian flags. Russian
standards, messages from the Hapsburg
Kaiser. and prisoners bearlng tho names Of all
the great houses OF the Austrian monarchy.
Just then appeared messenger with bag Of
letters sent from Paris bv the Project Of Police.
Now Talleyrand shall tell what happened:
Tho Emperor who at this time had great
confidence in me, asked mo to road to him his
correspondence. We began with tho deci-
phered letters Of the foreign ambassadors in
Paris; they interested him hut little. because
all tho great news Of the world took place
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ports several spoke Of the difficulties Of the
Bank OF France. brought on By some bad
measures Of the Minister Of Finance. Never
thsless the report to which the Emperor
paid most attention was that of Nine. Dc
Genlis: It was LONG. and written entirely In her
own hand. She spoke OF the spirit Of Paris and
quoted few conversations held she said, In
those houses which were then called the Fsu-
bourg Saint German: she named fvs or six
families which never. she added. would rally
to the Government Of the Emperor. Some
rather biting expressions which Nine. Do
Genlis reported set Napoleon in an inoon-
celvable state Of fury; he swors and btormed
against tho Fsubourg Saint Germain. All.
they think themselves stronger than L said
he; gentlemen OF the Faubourg Saint Ger
main. We shall see. We shall sss.' And that Toe
shall sec came when? But Q few hours after
tho tremendous. decisive victory obtained over
the Russians and the Austrans combined 30
much strength and power did Napoleon recog-
nize in public opinion. and especially In that
Of few mobiles whose only action was limited
to keeping aloof from him. SO on returning
to Paris. later on. he regarded - q great
achievement the fact that Mesdamss Do
Montmorency. Do Morremart. and Do Chew
reuse accepted the posts Of ladies' in waiting
20 the Empress, thus ennobllnR Nine. Do Bss-
sano. who had been appointed with thsm."
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