Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-09

ffisndship. CIart's husband knows that he pos
poseos . Treasure and has the good eense 70 eY'.
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whoever reads Madame de Remuest's
to acknowledge that they are the work OF
q broad-minded. elevated, patriotic wo-
man, devoted to her husband, her chill
dren, her homo, and her country, with
| tender heart and God-fearing mind. She
shall herself describe her feelings towards
Bopaparte at tho beginning:
"polItfcal IDEAS" says shc, "rarciy enter into
| the head Of q woman at twenty-five. was a.
that ttme without any kind OF party spirit, .s !
| Bonaparte had TO the power OF which every one
| declared that he made good use. N. do kemu-
sat- who believed In bin, as did nearly the wnoo
Of France, Was full OF the hopes when .. .as'
| outraged and disgusted by the horrors OF tne
| revolution and grateful 70 the consular doyern-
| ment, which preserved us from the Jacobite reac-
on Looked S 0pon ~ GsHersy speai
| ing nobody In France wanted anything except
quiet, tho right 70 free exercise OF the intciect,
the cultivation Of private virtues, and the rephra-
| ton by degrees Of those losses OF fortune which
| were common 10 ALL When remember al tho
| dreams which ] cherished at TINT timc' INC re.
| collection makes mo sick mt heart we
him ana IL costs nothing 10 make this drocd''
| IT seems 10 me II Is never painful 70 avow gem
uine feeling. j arm not at all einbarrasseo po.
| cause the opinionsI held at one time are opposed
| 10 those which / held at another; / am not IN.
| capable Of being mistaken. l know wat nave
felt and have always felt 1t sincerely; that Is
sufficient for God, for my son, for my iriends' ior
| myself"
sHE LOVED BoNAPAgTE.
She had the feeling of all patriotic
i
| They all loved Bonsparte. They believed
| him inspired by true patriotism and they
| saw in bis strong arm tho power that was
| to calm the storm of the revolution. to
restore order, religion, and stability In
| affairs, and to elevate France to her true
place in the family of nations. In the
| second volume of his memoirs. at page iV0,
| Talleyrand has expressed identically the
| same idea. SAYS he:
"Placed for 80 many years in tho very midst
Of his projects, and 20 to say in the very crater OF
| his policy. witness 30 all that he did, or INA.
was done against him, there was net mucn cIouhs
placed under his rule, all the Kingdoms newly
created for the benefit OF his family, would %
| tho first ones 10 deal blow TO his power. MOI
without bitter gfief, confess, did witness sucn
| a sight. / was fond OF Napoleon. was
| attached to his person notwithstanding
| his faults When he nrst appeared os
| the scene Of the world i felt attractea
-
| genius. i was sincerely grateful to him Tor the
| favors he had bestowed upon me. Besides, why
should fear to say IL? had shared In his glory,
| which reflected upon all those who assisted MN
IN his noble work. Thus I can boast Of having
served him with devotion, apd, as lar as am
able, with enlightened devotion. In the osys
when he still listened TO the truth Loyalty toid u
| to him, told IL to him even later, when IL was
necessary to be cautious In letting him know u;
and the disfavor that my candor caused me !usti-
fed me in my conscience In first separating from
II. xEha n
reached the point Of placing in peril the destiny
Of my country"
These feelings that Madame de Remusat
and Talleyrand have so well described
were the feelings of all patriotic French
men until be gradually unfolded his true
character, and the French began slowly to
learn that they had committed their des-
TIMES to the custody OF o fend. Never
did man prove 30 damnably false 10 Sucn
noble trust. He was like
"The base Judean who threw pearl away
Richer than all his tribe"
Thequotations have made from Madame
de Remusat's Memoirs are from the edi-
ton of Appleton il Co., 1889, Preface. p.
XIV, pages 38-45.
THE WOMAN scoRNED.
find that l am converting what In
tended to be q chatty letter from Paris into
a yindication of Madame de Remusat from
Madame Franchises" slurs. However,
as have gone in this deep can't stop now
without going in little deeper, and it shall
be word anent the woman scorned"
business: 1t seems to me quite impossi9Ie
that q woman scorned" could have de.
liberately written the following. account OF
what took place between herself and the
man that scorned her. and, if narrative
ever bore truth and sincerity on Its face,
this does:
In lSO3-4, when Bonaparte was at Bou:
logne experimenting the organization OF
the army with which he intended to invade
England, he had taken III. de Remusat
seriously i'll at Boulogne, and his wife,
hearing of it, Immediately sot out to join
and nurse him, without permission from
the Empress to GO or from the Emperor to
come--no light offence il member OF the
tyrant's household.
Madame dc Remusat shall describe what
took place. She says, page So et seq:
"He set ont TO visit the camp and rotilla on
the 80 OF November. 1903. This time his Jour
ney was of an entirely military character. lie
was accompanied by the generals OF his guard.
by his aides-de-camp, and by Nj. De Remusat.
village about league from Boulogne, where
Bonaparte had fixed his headquarters, my hus-
band fell dangerously ILL
ALONE IN CAMP.
$50 soon as heard OF his illness I set ont ID
join him, and arrived ut Pont de Brlques In the
middle Of the night. Entirely occupied by my
anxiety, had thought Of nothing but OF the
state in which should find the invalid. But
when rot out Of the carriage was rather dis
concerted by finding myself alone IN the midst
OF carnp. aud not knowing what the First Con-
sui would think OF my arrival. was reassufed,
however, by the servants, who 'old me was e1-
pected, and that room had been SET apart Tor
me two DAYS before. passed the remainder OF
the night there, waiting until daylight before
saw my husband, as did not Ike TO risk disturb
ing him. found him greatly pulled down py
illness, but he was 20 reio'ced TO see me that
congratulated myscif on having come wltnout
asking permission.
ain the morning Bonnparte sent for me- 1
was 20 agitated that could hardly speak. lie
ray this tho moment entered the room, and
he kissed me, made me cit down, and restored
me 10 ccmposure by his lr6t words. Il was eX-
pecting YOU he said your presence viii cure
your husband AT those words burst into
tears. lie appeared touched and endeayored 10
copeolc me. Then he directed me TO come every
day 10 dine and breakfast with him, laughing as
he said, II must look after woman OF your age
among 80 many soldiers lie re-
NAMED at Pont do Briques for ten Gays after
arrived there. My husbands malady was
painful one, but the doctors were not alarmed.
With the exception OF one quarter OF an hour,
daring which the t1rst Consuis Dreekias, lastea'
At O'Clock Bonapaite returned and
then was summoned. At other times
Ne dined tefs-d-tets and then ne TAXED on mui-
tltude OF subjects"
Here follow several pages Of delightful
talk. Continuing. she says:
INJURIOUS CONCLUSIONS DRAWN.
"From these observation IL is plain Bonaparto
cared only TO observe human nature when IL was
struggling with the great chances OF life, and
that man In the abstract interested him but lit
tie. In conversations OF this kind the time
spent at Boulogne with the First Consul was
PASSED, and II was at the close OF my soIourn
there that / underwent the first experience that
inspired me with mistrust of persons among
whom was obliged TO live at court. The oni-
GERS Of the household could not believe that
woman might remain for hours to-
cether with their master simply talking
with him on matters Of general interest,
and they drew conclusions which were
Injurious 10 my character. may now venture
10 saw that the purity Of mind and tho lifelong
attachment TO my husband prevented my even
concciying the possibility Of such q suspicion as
that which was formed In the Consuls anto-
chamber while was conyersing with him In his
sslon, When Bonaparte returned 10 Paris his
aidey-dc-camp talked about my long interviews
with him and Nine. Bonaparte took fright at
| their stories; % that when after months stay
At Pont de Rriques my husband was sufficiently
recovered 70 bear tho journey, and wc returned
70 Paris, my jealous patroncss received mo