The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-22

ing for Charles ". of Spain. The motif
of the business was the closing of the long
sca-coast from the Bay of Biscay to the
Gulf of RosaS against the and
incursions of England. Napoleon easily
brought the Spanish minister and his mas
ter under his influence. 1t was agreed that
the compact between them should be con
frmed by Il PARTITION of Portugal. Godoy
received his bride of 10, 900, 900 francs!
Marshal .Junot was sent with an army
corps to Portugal, and on the Both of No
vcmber, 1907, he entered Lisbon. Maria l..
and the prince regent John and the royal
family, taking to flight, found refuge in
Brazil. JunOt published his masters ccle.
bratcd proclamation to the effect that the
House of Braganca had ceased to reign.
For the time it appeared that the rcforma-
ton Of ancient Kingdoms might be effected
with pen-stroke and proclamation.
The Spanish Bourbons had fallen into
an imbroglio that might well excuse the
interference of a foreign power. Charles
~. was virtually a fool. The queen, who
ruled him, was devoid of virtue. Godoy,
her favorite, who ruled her, was a conspir-
ator. Don Ferdinand, prince of Asturias
and heir to tho crown, intrigued to take
his fathers life! The king, to save Godoy,
was iiiutttu ny a. MOD 10 resign inc throne
to his loving son, who took the title of
Ferdinand VII. Charles, however, instead
of embarking for America, according to
the compact, soon sought to recover his
crown, and appealed to Napoleon to assist
him.
1t was the appeal of a sick sheep to a
healthy lion! Tho lion invited the sheep
and the household of the sheep to meet
him at Bayonnc, on the frontier. There,
in he first week in May, 1908, was held
the conference of the lion and the sheep.
The lion said that they should all resign
their claims to him! Ferdinand should
have the kingdom of Etruria. Charles
should receive the castle md parks of
Chambord, and IL pension of 5000, 600
francs. The rest should be cared for. Fer
dlnand demonstrated, and yentured on a
rupture, for which he and Don Carlos were
imprisoned at Valencia. A proclamation
was issued that the House of Bourbon had
ceased to reign. A Junta was convened
in CASTLE; IL new constitution was formed,
and on the 9th of June, 1908, Joseph Bon
aparte was declared king of Spain and the
Indies.
The pacilcation of the peninsula was
assigned to hlurat, who succeeded in re
ducing the royalists. He would himself
fain be king of Spain; but Napoleon pre-
ferred his brother for that important trust.
Murat must content himself with the
crown of the Two Sicilies and the title of
Joachim |.
Joseph on his arrival at Madrid found
himself among a hostile people. He per
ceiyed that he was regarded as an alien
and usurper, and that his following
though it embraced the ablest leaders and
a majority of the urban population-was
interested and deceptious.
Personal forces now again appeared con-
tending with the absolute. Jerome Bona
parte, youngest brother of Napoleon, being
at Washington, was introduced to the
Pattersons Of Baltimore. At the q OF
nineteen he took Elizabeth Patterson for
his wife. The marriage was solemnized
by Bishop Carroll. Jerome desired to re-
turn with his American bride to France;
but his mother declared the marriage in
valid, on account of the sons minority.
An Imperial edict was issued to that effect.
The Emperor forbade his brother to bring
his wife to France, and called on the Pope
to annul the marriage.
Plus VII. refused to grant the divorce.
From 1905 to 1907 jerome and his beauti.
full wife were kept aloof. Meanwhile, Oh
both sea and land, he displayed greater
talents than We're shown by any other
Bonaparte save only the Great One. The
Emperor wanted his brilliant youngest
brother-who in case of failure of heirs to
himself was declared successor to the En-
pire-to be king of Westphalia. He order
ed him to take in marriage the princess
Catharine of Nuremberg. The wishes OF
Jerome. and the despair of his wife were
put aside as sentimental t%rifles, and the
new political marriage was confirmed in
August of 1907.
He who had crowned Napoleon il Notre
Dame nov broke with him-and broke
himself against him In February of 1905
the angry Emperor ordered General Miollis
to occupy Rome. He proceeded to punish
the Holy Father by taking away the prov,
inces of Ancona, Macerata, Fermo and Ur.
bino, and a%nnexing them to the kingdom
of Italy. Still the Pope would not recede.
The dispute became hot, and the Emperor
wrested from the supreme pontiff the re-
mainder of the Roman States. The Pope,
in June of 1909, hurled back his defiance
In a bull of communication, On the 9th
of July, the French took possession of the
Quirinal palace, gently seized the Holy Fla
ther, and conveyed him prisoner, first to
Grenoble, and finally to F~ontainebleau
The Spanish people were the humblest
of Catholics. The accession of Joseph
Bonaparte as king was strongly opposed
by a counter revolution. The patriots who