The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09

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his marriage with Nine. Jouberthon, either by
divorcing her, or in any other way. This being
done, all his children will be provided for. II
Milo. Jouborthon really is In an interesting con.
dition at this present tlmo, and bears q dnugh.
ter, I zee no objection to the adoption OF tho
child. II II 10 a boy, 1t. may DO considered as
Lucien's son, but not born in open wod!ock. And 1
am willing to enable this child to inherit the out
side sovereignty / may confer on his father, in.
depcndently OF tho rank to which his father may
be raised by the general policy OF Empire, but
not TO allow this son any pretension to
succeed bis father In his own real rank,
nor TO DO called to tho succession Of
the French Empire. You will sec that / have
exhausted every means In my power to recall
Lucien. who is still in his lrst youth. to the en-
ploymont Of his talents in my service and that
OF his country. I do not see what he can now
alloge against this course. His children's inter.
est is protocted: thus I have provided for every
thing. Once Lucicn has divorced Mmo. Joubor-
thon and has been raised TO q great position at
Naples or elsewhere. II he chooses to rocall her
and live with hor, not as with q princess who is
his wife. but In any intimacy he chooses. I shall
make no difficulty, for the political aspect is all
I caro- for. Apart from that / have no desire TO
run counter to his tastes and passions"
Jerome Bonaparto was comparatively docilo.
and allowed himself to be divorced from Miss
Patterson, after which he married q Princess of
WnrtemberR. and was allowed by his brother to
play at being King of westphalio. Tho En-
peror maintained over him. however, incessant
and rigorous supervision. which descended to the
smallest details. For instance, Jerome was not
even suffered to give money to a favorite. as 10
shown by tho following letter, datod January.
1908. which 10 now published for the first timc:
81 have your letter Of tho 2sth December. by
which I sec you propose to give the property of
Fnrstonstein. and 10000 francs q year. to NJ.
Lecamus. know nothing moro mad than this
proceeding. which 10 OF ono and the same time
contrary to my interests, harmful to the State.
and. above all thing harmful to yourself. What
has this Lecamus done3 He has done no service
to his country; he has simply rendered some per.
sonal service to you. Is this reward in proper
ton to the service he has done youf I have
not planned such an arbitrary proceeding dur
Ing tho whole OF my reign. have moro than
ten men, each of whom has saved my lifo, to
whom l only give a pension OF 600 francs apiece.
Ihave Marshals who have won ten battles who
nre covered with wounds, and who have not the
reward you give this Locamus. Services rem
6ered to your individual person are not services
done TO the King, nor to tho kingdom of West
phalia. 1t Is, therefore. indispensably necessary
that you should revoke this measure; and
I presume that you have not closed so
important a matter 30 preclpitately. II you
have concluded 1t. you must revoke II, or
Mons. Lecamus must renounce his French c;ti-
Zenship, and then he will lose all his hereditary
rights in France. II Lecamus has 10000 francs
a year, what is to be given to Marshals Berthier.
Lannes, Bernadotte, and over a score of persons
who have paid for the throne on which you sit
with wounds Of every kind What ought you
TO have done with that property of Fnrsten.
stein You should have taken 1t for the Crown
tyou are rather poor. as you do not enjoy the
benefit of half your domains). or you should
have kept 1t in reserve for ten years. You
might then have had n Minister who had served
you well enough to deserve such a reward. I
have Ministers who might have made ten mil
lions but who have not a halfpenny. and who
never dream OF claiming such rewards"
In another letter. dated from Sch0nbrunn in
July, 1909. Jerome Is treated like q schoolhoy.
He had undertaken to cooperate with the EN-.
peror. but his notions of making war wero those
Of the Ancien Regime. That ia to say. he car
ried his court with him: 81 have seen an order
Of the day OF yours which makes you the laugh
ing stock of Germany, Austria. and France.
Have you not a single friend about you TO tell
you a few truthsf You are a King and brother
to an Emperor-absurd qualifications I'm war
time. You should be a soldier, and once moro
a soldier and then again a soldier! You should
have neither Minister nor diplomatic body nor
uiSpiuy " obouio Win your
advance guard. be on horseback day and
night. march with your advance guard. so as to
secure Information. Otherwise, you had better
stop at homo in your scraglio. You make war
like a ~satray. Good Godl Why do you not take
example from me. who. with my army OF 200, 900
men, lead my own skirmishers, without allowing
even ChampaRny Minister for Foreign Affairsl
to follow mo. leaving him at Munich or viennal
You havo a great deal Of pretension, q
certain amount of wit. a few good qualities. all
ruined by your conceit. You arc extremely pro-
sumptuous and you have no knowledge what
ever. II the armistice had not been concluded
at this %junoture Kienmayer would have at
tackled you. after having driven Junot out of the
running. Cease making yourself ridiculous;
send the diplomatic body back to Cassel. Have
no baggage and no %retinue. Keep one table only
your own. Make war like n young soldier
who longs for fame and glory. and try to bo
worthy Of the rank you have gained and of the
esteem of France and of Europe, whose eyes arc
upon you. And have sense enough. by God, to
write and speak after a proper fashion,"
In another letter. pcnned in the same month,
the Emperor tells Jerome: "If you intend to
continue as you have begun, surrounded by men
who have never made war. without a single
good adviser. following your own fancy. and
not carrying out my orders. you may stop In
your s~eraglio. Be assured that, as q soldier, I
have no brother. and that you cannot hide the
real motives Of your conduct from me under
frivolous and absurd pretexts. You arc a spoilt
young fellow. although you are full of fine
natural qualities. I very much fear It is hope
less to expect anything Of you" And ngain:
lam sorry. for your sake. that you
should give SO little proof OF talent, or
even Of good sense. In military matters. 1t is
a far cry from the profession OF a soldier to that
of a %courtier. ! WAS hardly as old as you when
i had conquered all Italy and beaten Austrian
armies three times as numerous as mine. But
had no hatterers. and no diplomatic body in
my train! made war like a soldier, and there
is no other way of making it. I did not set my.
self up rs the Emperor's brother, nor as a King.
did everything that needed doing to beat the
enemy
It 10 not generally known that the Emperor