Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-05

ion OF the members Of their party as
well a. the respect and the regard oi the
remainder of their Countrymvu, am pre-
tisrly those two. namely Prince LOUIS
Napoleon and Prince Henry of Char
tres who have no political prptcusiuns
of any Kind, aud no basis for the present
400 nuy rate, upon winch to found
any claims tO supreme power IN France.
The objections 10 both the tumtp de-
Paris aud To- Prince Victor Buuupurlc
ara easy 90 understand when the char.
uctcr OF the French people rs taken into
consideration The French fail to APP
prcciute the Comte dc Paris because hc
is too dun, heavy, and above all urgrcs-
siNcly respectable. They would prefer
king, If royalty is 90 bee restored, who
rrie Is To n certain extent not only the
virtues but also To q degree the small
Vices Of the nation. To this day thCrc /,
no king Ina the history of the French who
occupies "a warmer corner ln the French
heart than King Henry Nv of loyial
memory No one could ever have me-
Cuscl him of being purituuicul Ia bis pri-
yatc condu.t. hut his indiscretions were
of a royal character with nothing WI
gar or mean about them and thus differ
ing altogether from those OF the Cumtc
de Paris ron, the duke of Orleans or
Prince Victor Napoleon. The lNrench
feel that there Is nothing Ghllc I'm the
de Paris and that, owing possibly 10 the
fact that he had mother who was both
a German and q protestant, he is fur
more Of "a TcutOn Ia appearance and Ia
taste, Ia his character and Ia his dis
position, than Frenchman.
With regard 20 Prince Victor Bona
parte the ease Is different, and yet the
result X the same. Nobody eau accuse
him of crrng in the direction of excess
slye rcspectahility; quite the reverse.
His career 80 far has been one long sue
tession of scandals, each more disgrace
tul aud vulgar than the other, cummenc-
Ing with the memorable day when lac
was hoOtcd the paid lover Of the anti
quNted aud notorious dcmi moudulne,
Gabrielle Elluni, on coming out of the
Church Of the ST. Aurustu ut Paris,
after the death OF the prince Imperial. us
J have myself heard his father, the late
Prince Napoleon, declare In the presence
Of number of people while talking of
hts eldest son, ION entrpUcnt mon hls
more In accordance with truth II he had
slightly modified the phrase aud used
the words par uuc cocotte,' Instead Of
CONNIE une COcott0.' Moreover, the
French, with an their friyOlity and ten
danCy 10 ridiCule sentiment aud veupra-
ton Of every Kind, have one virtue In
culcated 10 their hearts Ga very re-
markahle extent Ii is that OF hlinl de.
votion and obedience 10 the parents.
Nowheir, IN Europe at any rate, do the
father and mother enjoy such priv.
legged position with regard TO their chill
dreu. il Is virtue ingrnincd Ia che
hearts OF the people, no matter what
their political creed, aud % likewise
recognized by the laws of the land
which cNAct that men aud women Wh,
huve long attained their majority ana
nrc even 10 and 90 years of age, should
demand the consent of their father aut
mother ~ SIN living before contract
ing any marriage Under these crcum
stances i rs only natural that the Frencl
nntion should hesitate To accord ana
personal regard and cstcem or 10 ear,
TO commit rs dcstinies to q Young mar
whose life from the time he attained IN,
age Of 20 years was spent i'm open ne
volt against his father who notwlth
standing all that has been said 30 IA,
contrary, cursed him on his deafhhod
Lake an lnun nations, the masses %
the French people are very promo L,
superstition aud they are perfectly con
WINGED that son upon whose hrad rest
n fathers curse rs condemned 10 mis-
fortune Of every kind
Prince Victor Is TALL dark ana yoiy
pcod-lOoking, bis features being clean
cut aud campn-like. similar TO those o
his grand uncle, he first emperor Nm
pOloOn. llis hair "a black and his foN
clean shaYeu, SAKE for thick. dnrl
mnustnche lie carries himself VOL
has fine eyes, md ~ altogether phyai
callg al any rate. q stirling specimen q
manhood Since bis eXilc from France
which orcnrrd az liie same time as TIM
OF the Comic dc Paris. no has reside
altogether AZ Brussels, where lac has