The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-16

Acknowledgement and shame. In 1914 Napo-
leon descended the historic stair of Fontaine-
away TO the soclusion Of Elba. which was but a
heme f9ndy e rem" sS u as as les sea a De
F0ntd,nebtenu. is also the subject OF an hist cal
painting Here, too. were fnults to be looked
back upon. the bitter remem brance OF which,
and OF his vanished empire. burned into the
captives soul until u lingering death released
Euish q Queen Marie Louise was exceeded by
W ToWard the close e Of the eehteestf Century
the mind OF Germany began to awaken from
the ignorance, and savagery Of ages: " was
Goethe and Schiller led the yct undeyeioped
ii aify world of dramatic iction 'n'G and
seption Of the amenities Of life, and Of
his subjects. Many uncouth customs and bar
b ar9ns laws were passing into oblivion and a
the IN ercenary letting out Of his regiments in
most a enehtened state Of this emaneipated
Gof%any that in XXX Gpes3 Marie Louise
,. The Frcnch revolution was nearing an end;
Its terror terror. Its crime; and its folly had had
fun as'f s, fPufsS "a sfy the f
gust rs when. half dSTea years before; it
prostitute goddess Of reason. TO the historic
its principles were especially rep'ignant In
Prussia the inileXiblS military hierarchy Of
the aha thu the yG Of
its peonle. We're alike against them. But the
revolution believed in intoxicating its tenets
in the hand Of a Bonaparte was irresistible. A
day came when. after long course OF politica!
the Of THs
influence 'T ., Maris Louise. Neutral GER o
French troops: the house Of Hohenzolern
had been made to play mean part toward its
q the plebeian Emperor had sunk deep;
m3s y. Sure Iiisr bookseller named
offence to the invaders, was decoyed from his
home. arrested, and shot 1t was a crime that
hien. and ono that stirred the popular DISLIKE
Of the French to fury. The Queen moved her
with tears. with taunts Her utterances S We're
seized upon .oy eager listeners and echoed
from the court to the soldiery and to the from
evil hour the Prussian army; led by white
haired INCOMPETENCE. marched against the
that army Was as scattered wreck. the proud
court that had sent t to the field was fugitive
o bd
the sword OF the soidler-klng.
=, Thu defeat at jena was q crucial point In
blessing filed with momentous consequences.
With its smoke passed away the surviving
It,
timent. which gradually became the Idea of
German national unity. This latent principle
Heine. and inspired by the passionate appeals !
complete realization upon the GattlolieIds OF Of
Sadowa and Sedan. But for the moment only |
iragm :, ants remained Of the prussiap monarchy.
Gneisenau, and Blucher.
happy escape from tho burden OF II bitter life |
could she. q whose animating presence in the
marked. You could not ind another her' su ra
woman in Germany" have shared the death |
n ot found to sx # f to her But Ss
o., a s'eadfast fortitude from out the |
extreme q shame and sorrow. In the vain |
lions of the conIueror. she went with her hus-
band to hst to share X NE Emperor Alex
brought subtle persuasiveness and a per-
ional ia.cIGaton famoas th,9uGhSut Europe
Intended Dc to cripple Prussia; nov reduced o
career the great Corsican WAS
never turned from his purpose by the suffer-
nHS or wrongs OF woman. not even when the
hour for divorce was ripe, by those of jose
phne. In the present instance several OF the
Emperor's councillors deprecated his severity |
Is II bfund" Ter. and this judgment was not dis
proven when n his reverses. it became ap-
Filtered the German hatred of him than tho
.ememb rance Of his harshness to Marie
Louise In her adversely.
It is a hisie story to follow the Queen
If Prussia through the brief remainder OF
Ter career. tor two years che and her hus;
It the eastern extremity Of their DOMINIC
where their existehce was one OF UNMARRIED
nonotony In It's daily circumstances. in its
'easeless regrets, and In the unfailing news, Of
VAS occupied by a French Karris on; the Prus-
ian army was limited to $1,000 men; the GUS
oms. the press. the finances, were all CON
rolled. directly or indirectly. from Paris To
he King and Queen nothing rsmsined but to
While hoping for better r.o days and the
vas that the loyalty and affection Of their neb-
,ls never wavered. Tho Queens life became
ne OF quiet routine, She gave an hour or two
aily to the instruction 81 her children. she
ny flowers which recalled 10 her something