The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-02

Paris. July I'm. Leon Lecestre, cura-
tor OF the French Archives. will soon
issue the first volume OF 900 letters which
were suppressed by ths editors Of ths
correspondence Of Napoleon I. issued In
1859. ss not calculated TO increase she
glory Of the great French emperor.
The volume includes some heated
family letters and some vigorously word
Cd epistles 10 Fouche and Dubois. the
ministers of police and war. A letter
to Marshal Soult In 1904 shows that Ma
poleon did not hesitate to adopt any
means OF obtaining confessions. He
orders Soult TO arrest fisherman. sus-
pected of communicating with the Brit
ish. adding: If he refuses TO speak,
you must squeeze his thumbs In q mus
ket-lock"
Napoleon's list Of persons to be ar
rested was endless. and his abuse or
Madame De Stael was unceasing.
Learning In 1907. through Marshal Vic
tor, that Prince Augustus OF Prussia
was Intriguing against him In Berlin,
Napoleon writes:
II am not astonlshed, because he has
dull mind and has spent his time court
ing Madame De Stael at Coppet, swift
zerland, and, OF course, could only pick
up bad habits with her. Send word TO
him that at the first mischievous re-
mark he utters you will lock him up In
his castle and send Madame DE Stael to
console him. There are no men so
cringing as these princes of Prussia"
Writing to TalIeyrand in 1908, that
princes OF the former reigning family
Of Spain were about to arrive at VAL
encay, Napoleon added:
You may send for Madame Tallyrand
and four or five persons. If the Prince
OF Asturias should form an attachment
for a pretty person, 1t will be no draw
back. as 1t would supply another means
Of watching him."
Another letter from Napoleon to Tally
rand reads:
your mission Is honorable enough
to receive three illustrious personages
and amuse them-and Is quite in keeping
with your character"
When Napoleon received the news.
June II. 1900, that the pope had excom-
municated him, he wrote:
II spare the pope no longer. He Is
a raving madman and must be locked
up"
Some scolding letters to his brother,
Prince Jerome, are interesting. When
Jerome was outwitted by the Austrian
General Kienmayer, he still boasted of
his stragetic plans In an inflated order
OF the day. This caused Napoleon to
write as follows:
II have seen your order Of the day,
which makes you the laughing stock OF
Austria, Germany and France. Haven't
you a friend about to tell you a few
plain truths? You king and brother
of the emperor! Those are ridiculous
titles. In time of war you must be
soldier, and nothing but a soldier. You
must have no minister, no diplomatic
corps and no state. You must camp
with the vanguard. be day and night on
horseback and march in the van to pick
up news, or remain in ones harem. You
make war like a satrap (petty autocrat.
Is 1t from me, good God, that you learn
that? L. who with an army OF 100000
men, keep at the head of my skirmishers.
THE people are provoked with you.
Kienmayer, with 1900 men, has laughed
at you and your ridiculous pretensions
and has slipped away from you and
fallen upon Junot. You have q lot of
pretensions, some little mind and few
good qualities, but these are marred by
your faulty and your extreme pre-
sumption. You have 10 knowledge OF
the fitness Of things Leave off being
ridiculous, send your diplomatic corps
hack to Cassel. have no baggage, and
wage war like young soldier wishing
to earn glory and reputation. TTy to
deserve the rank you have reached and
the esteem of France and Europe. who
ar watching you, and by God, do right
and speak in seemy manner il you can."
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