The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
ROyaLReSidentS SOfAn1eriCa
By FREDERIC j. HASKIN.
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Ever since the day when the English
PuHtans. exiled to Holland, looked across
the sea and saw in America a refuge from
further persecution. this land has been
the haven toward which the religious and
political fugltives from the Old World
have turned Catholic, Covenanter,
Huguenot. Morayian, Lutheran, Free
thinker-au came and found the hope Of
new life fulfilled. Even royalty has looked
! this way, has sometimes come, and has
always been satisfied. After the execu-
/ ton Of Charles l. Queen Henrietta Maria
thought seriously Of coming over and set
ting up a miniature court in loyal Vir-
sinia. Cromwell, lord protector Of the
/ commonwealth. is also said 10 have
/ thought Of a home I'm Connecticut, where
/ three OF the regicides had been harbored,
because the unfamiliar crown Of the Cav
alIer stuarts weighed heavily on his Pur-
/ itau head.
! Tradition tells a pretty story Of how the
I Dauphin, son Of Louis XVI Of France,
/ escaped 20 Canada and there lived out a
/ quiet and uneventful life as a simple citi-
zen. Another tradition said to be veri-
fed by German histori5grsp piers Is that
the German princess, Charlotte Christina
/ Sophia, con PEELED 20 be the wife Of the
/ CzarowitCh Alexis. son Of Peter the Great
of Russia. escaped 20 America IN 172l 70
avoid the brutality OF her husband She
came with John Laws German colony
| intended for Arkansas. and lived for
/ a while in Mobile. She married ChevalieI
id'Auhant, known 70 Frederick the Great
as Waldeck. They lived happily at We
tumpka. Ala. for ten wears, but after his
death she died in Paris In great poverty.
4 Future King of France.
On October o, 1886 there appeared fl
the New World" Of Philadelphia. thi'
paragraph: Among the passengers ot
the ship America was J. ?. de Orleans
I eldest son Of the ci-devant Egalite, AM
/ distinguished I'm French history as lieu
tenant general al the battle Of Jem
/ apes Thus was chrouicled the adven
Of a future king Of France into tn
/ United States. a fugitive from the mael
str0m OF the French revolution. LoUi
Philippe, son Of the Duke of Orleans
who lost his life on the gUill0tine in 179;
had gone out into the world on an equs
footing with the average man Of educa
ton. Under an assumed name he taugh
, school in Switzerland and Travelled Il
Norway. Sweden. and Lapland, studyin
people and conditions with a zest befor
{ unknown % "a member % either th
] Bourbon or Orleans families. The Direc
b. tory OF France felt that the nation vsDul
. De less perturhed IF be were out Of tn
= way. and offered the prince the liberty O
his two brothers II they would all 90 {
America
GouveneUr Norris. United States Min
lister 10 France. loaned the money o
which the princes were 10 make IN
, journey, and I'm the carefully kept books q
: Louis Philippe every penny is aCCOunte
% for. and later every penny was duly rC
paid. Louis Philippe waited in Philade
=, phia for the coming of his brothers, th
! Count de Nontpensier. and the CouT
! Beauj0lais. who arrived IN a ship brinf
ing home eighty Americans newly free
, from slavery in AlEiers. The brother
b, kept house for several months on Fourt
q. street Philadelphia. their only servaI
= being faithful attendant who followe
. them from France. The seat Of govern
i men- was then I'm Philadelphia. so the
u saw the inauguration Of John Adam
/ and heard WashingtOn's farewell addres
i was here that the friendl3ness gre
in WaShngtou's heart for these frai
e exled youths. and later they were h
guests at Mount Vernon.
wished 10 study the Country.
| It was the wish OF the princes to stud
this country as Louis Philippe ha
studied Europe. and they planned an @
r tensIye horseback trip through the the
% far West Washington drew a pock
u map for them. indicating the route. ar
o. with q few servants and companions u
I. princes set out from Mount Vernon. Vi
n itlng the Balls. Madisons and Lees on Il
81 way. They went down the valley throuE
Virginia into Tennessee, and Kentuck
e visiting Indian villages, studying sla'
n life. pioneer lire-everythinz that can
their way. From Louisville they We
10 Indiana and Ohio. 20 Niagara Fall
In then on by Seneca Lake. and down q
SusQuenauna Valley. ending their journ'
g as they mad begun az Philadelphia.
IL on the HolstOu River they were ente
'e tanned by Col Campbell. of Kings Mou
IN eain fame IN the Cherokee country Lou
ss Philippe cured the chief of malady al
II was shown high favor. In Bardstow
,e Ky. priek was kind TO them when o.
= vas III. and later. when he was Xii
of the French. Louis Philippe sent a lar
~ clock 10 the Catholic church there.
= Canandaigua. y. Y. when almost q
E. hausted from their long journey tn
le were found and entertained by Thorn
re Morris. a former sChoolmate in Paris. T
,- final stage of their journey took the
=, through FTenChtown. a colony In Bra
ford County. Pennsylvania. where ager
Of Louis XVI had purchased l,2)9 acr
III of land three years before, 20 be US
rs as a home for French refugees. Som
Sc times the princes we're IN sore straits