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


To this Lord Clancarty rejoinet that France
seemed to b happy under the Kings Govern
mont: that all the votss OF the nation wsre for
him. yes" replied the Emperor. of that
portion Of the nation which has always been
passive which for twenty six year. has put up
with all the revolutions. which only bewalls
them. but does nothing to prevent them. But
the other portion which apparently 10 the en-.
tire nation. because II alone ID In evidence. or
makes any stir and takes the lead. will 1t
willingly submit itself and be faithful to the
Government which II has betrayed2 Would
you impose It upon Thorn whether they like IL
or noti Would you for this carry on q war OF
sxtermina alton. and perhaps an endless one
and have you ANY certainty OF success at last 2"
Lord ClaAcarty answered that no held 1t 10 DO
the duty Of the powers to support the leRiti-
mate sovereign. and not even to raise the
question OF his abandonment
"Our nrst duty" returned the Emperor. is
toward Europe and ourselves. Even II the re-
establishment OF the Government were an easy
matter. IS long As there Is no certainty a. to
its stability. what would its rssstablishment
do but prepare fresh misfortunes both for
France and Europs3 II what has once oc-
CURED should happen again. should We DO oil
united a. We are now? Should We nave nearly
. million OF men under arms? Should We DO
reGdy at the very moment that the danger
broke forth and what probability 10 there
THE elements OF disorder being the sams) that
the Government OF tho King will In future b
moro stable than It has bsen2 However. what
ever opinions others may have on this n,attcr.
I hold that the 70 sstabl ishmsnt OF the King
which w all desire and I particularly wish. 10
likely to meet with so many unsurmountabls
obstacles. whom It does take place. that We
ought to look ahead and arrange In advance.
what will then have to be done. Last year
regency might have been established: but the
Archduchsss Mare Louise. TO whom have
spoken. will not return to France at any price,
Her eon must have an establishment in Aus
tria. and teyond that she does not seek any
thing more for him. have also ascsrtatned
that Austria no LONG desires regency. Last
rear IL seemed to me that such Q measure
would have rsconeied all opposing Interests;
but the situation Is no longer the samA 1t ts.
therefore. NO use thinking any moro about II.
see no one SO fitted to coneiate al parties as
the Duo dorl6ans: he 10 q Frenchman. Bour-
| bon: he has married . Bourbon. and he has
sons. He also. when young. served the consti-
tutional cause. He has worn tho trioolor cock
ade, which l often maintained. whom In
Paris. ought mover to have been discarded.
In him all parties would be united" No one
can read those observations and suggestions
| OF the Emperor Alexander without feeling that
| his insight and wisdom have received scAnt
| justice from historians. There Is no doubt
that 1t would have been incompsrably better
| for France. and probably insured steady de-
vslopmsnt Of constitutional Government. had
| tho accession OF Louis Philippe taken place In
| 1915 instead OF fifteen years later. But the
views advanced BY the Russian Czar-so dia-
| metrically opposed to those OF which his own
| son Nicholas was to b the unfolding cham
| ~I4 raNk oh nd In
| Decd was seconded BY NO one OF authority in
tho Vienna Congress. II Talleyrand recoR.
nIzed their soundness he did not avow his con-
victions ct the time.
Lot % now look at Talleyrand's sttempt
| to refute two grave accusations which. moro
than any Of his undi- puted shortcomings,
have backened bis memory He does not
mention In his memoirs what. however.
10 known to be fact. that Napoleon him
self, In the presence OF another who has re-
ported the incident denounced Taleyrand
as the real author OF tho assassination OF the
Due d'EnRhien. Tho witness OF tho interview
adds that TaIleyrand made no reply to the
| charge. In this volume. under date OF January
| 1924. ho undertakes to answer NJ. Savary. Duo
| do RoviRo. who IN 1928 published An extract
| from his Memoirs, In which he formally &C.
cussd Talleyrand OF having proposed and
urged the arrest and execution OF tho Prince.
| TalleyrAnd begins his deferce by revlinR the
Duo do Rovigo and pointing out tho part
which. Is the executive agent OF tho First
Consul. he had taken In the affair. Then.
after quoting a number OF letters. which
seem to us BY no means conclusive. Tallsy-
| rand proceeds to sum uD the points which
boar on his connection with tho murder He
| Al ~ IL W u0h ho
Foreign ONCE nor consequently through him
| that tho First Consul was informed As to the
plots. real or pretended. that were being
| Matched at that perios on the east s,de oil
the Rhine. He AYERS, secondly. that he had
nothing further to do with the whole business
OF the Due dEnghien than transmitting to the
Minister Of tho Elector OF Baden the report OF
the Minister Of Justice. and subsequently In.
forming him Of the orders given by the First
Consul to tho French Generals on the Baden
frontier-orders over which Talleyrand main
| tanned that he had not and could not have had
| any influence whatever. Finally. IS touching
tho sentence and execution OF the Due d'En.
| ghisn. Talleyrand contends that 1t 10 eSsy to
prove that hs had no share In IL As Minister
| OF Foreign Affairs hs could have nothing to do
with tho selection Of tho counsel OF war nor
with the execution OF its sentence. OF which
N. Savsry boldly accepted the responsibility
Talleyrand. however. was we'll aware that whs,
he was really charged with WAS the private IN
stigation Of the murder; with representing to
| Napoleon that an act like the proposed asXas-
sina,ion. which would render any compromise
| with the Bourbons impossible. was indsDen-
sable to allay the suspicious Of the Jacobins
To this the true grsvamen Of tho imputatiou
Tsllsyrand makes the following reference
For me. therefore. to have taken any part In
this bloody drama. 1t must be supposed that
have done so voluntarily. and that I had inter.
fsrsd from no other motive than the love Of
bloodshed. II my character aud antecede IL
tths assurance with which Talleyrand speaks
| OF his character aud antecedsnts Is astound.
ing) did not place me above such an odious
and Infamous suspicion. there is another
question / could put to my accuser which he
| Ia In better position to answer than uny one
else. namely: What Interest could I have in
the murdsr OF the Duo dEnghicn2 had
taken NO part In ANY OF the crimes OF the
French revolution. and had given sufficient
proofs to the First Consul OF my devotion 10
the order OF things he had established. not "a
1 ~~A l-A L. IL.