Year: 1879

make the best terms 10 secure the fortune or Je-
roine's intended for himself aud children


DEAR s1n--After much reflection and much irreso-
luton have begun to think that you and Jerome
were perhaps right in making the marriage with
Miss williams With my feelings and my ideas it
was impossible for me to advise him to marry in
America but feel the injustice OF expecting another
ianIS alone make me happy IL he thinks he ean
be happy by this marriage / shall longer
oppose it. rather suppose 1t has taken place
you to that it expected to in this
month His and your judgment are perhaps better
than mine on this occasion. II he has not yet mar
ried her pray make the best terms tor him that you
possibly and try to secure part OF her fortune
his children in the event of his death before ners
You of course will take the advice of good lawyer
and ascertain that the papers quite right. am
sorry that in the first shock felt when read your
and mis- letters was hurried into the expression of
feelings which may have appeared extraordinary to
you. but when you recollect the attachment have
to my son You will not be surprised.


In the postscript of the letter you say that my
sons marriage expected to occur i'll this month.
The letters that wrote to and to him in answer
to yours cannot therefore, have influenced it any
way. wrote at the moment my feelings the
subject. Six weeks reflection have resulted in the
belief that have right to oppose this marriage.
the girl has money. With my ideas of Baltimore
life. known to you and to him always, neither
ofyou be surprised at the violence of opposition.
And you both believed when you made the match
that would consent to it, That the reason
you neither OF You wrote to me abo ut it until it was
near taking place.


When my son left Europe told him never to
marry in America, aud have repeated the same
thing in every letter to him since. certainly
would have married any one there after having mar
ried the brother of an emperor, and when found
that was likely to live there | would have COM
mitted suicide II had not been too great coward


have no other idea of comfort in any other mode
OF lie than in courts and living with people OF rank
ment and domestic life. and have sacrificed through
life everything to my ambition; therefore it could
not be expected that should advise my son to
marry in Baltimore.


In expecting him to place his happiness in the
wrong. feel the unreasonableness OF expecting him
to think as do, and perhaps you and he were right
in marrying him.


AMERICAN WOMEN WORSE THAN EUROPEANS.


She then goes to speak of his want of ambition.
and says she is thankful under the circumstances
that he did no worse.


was unreasonable she continues. in expecting my
son to be ambitious have been and shall always
be- l. however hope that as he has married an Ameri
he will bring her to Europe because it he does
she will never be content i'll America. The Ameri-
women who have come here have turned out
much worse than the European women. aud not
of them of any age has ever been satisfied in her own
country after having lived mere. shall try to get
the 81 200 per annum continued by the family. and
il anything extort money out Of them it
that there Is not bali or meet,
that VISIT and know every one OF every
nation, and that my whole nights and days spent
in company. They know, too that am very intimate
with all the foreign ministers. and that regular
in my attendance at court and very highly respected
by every one. shall in future spenu my income
self more comfortable than have hitherto DONE
My home has certainly not abounded III what is
called the comforts of heat. light and eating and
drinking, all which things have got out OF the pub
lie. well as books. newspapers. &c. believe that
have pushed the system OF economy as far as any
one ever did. shall in future buy :6mfortab.e
dinner and write my notes on fresh paper, instead
of the backs of letters which have hitherto done
to my friends. 1t is necessary me to have copy
of the deeds respecting this marriage. Very truly,
dear sir, yours.


REPRoAcHEs HER FAMILY FOR CRUELTY.


In the next letter. which is the last Of the seres





for the wrongs. real imaginary. which she had
suffered from MIN and his family. Some passages in
this letter exqusitey sarcastic. and might have
been written by Byron in his most savage mood.
Although her has cruelty disappointed her by
marrying the daughter OF q Baltimore merchant in
stead of European princess she declares her inten
ton of leaving him her whole fortune:-


FLORENCE, 1lth November, 1922


"Ought you to blame him when you look back on
your conduct in relinq gushing your family and
country, &C., &c. This part OF your letter requires
u few words of comment When returned my
family twenty-four years ago was treated in the
most cruel aud brutal manner by several members
Of it. God may forgive this. but you cannot imagine
that have ever forgotten it, have maintained
myself very Independently Of my family. am nm
der obligation whatever to them and had as good
right expatrate myself Us you had. In this last
instance OF my sons marriage my family were per-
fecty that IL was beneath him, and tnat when
they advised him to marry they expected that it
would separate him from me and that never would
consent to it. Edward among the few
members OF my nearest relatives who did not insult
and i'll treat me twenty-four years ago. when it
the duty CT all to protect me. He Is the only one
OF you who has given my son proper advice in the
instance OF his marriage. or who has shown any
desire to have me respected by him.


really wonder that person of as much as
Yourself can ever affect to blame me for Ieavlng a
family who neither admired liked me, and
above all. wonder ut you ever having written to
me, because it me to tell you that consider
myself having been always most unjustly and
cruelty treated by some persons in my family. The
less said about my leaving my country the better
after my marriage it was absurd to expect that 1
could descend from prince to trader. and you
ought to have sent me to Europe II had not come.
America no longer residence for me. aud cer-
tany the cruel treatment bestowed upon me in me
bosom of family dld not contribute to. reconcile
me living there. think that this subject hav-
ing left the family ought never to be touched upon


am perfectly convinced that You think 1 was
quite right coming away. and that you were very
glad of It. hope that shall hear more on this
subject. acted with the greatest magninimity in
not publishing to the world the treatment have ex
perienced from first to last from the family speak
respectfully OF you ALL and shall leave you your
children my fortune 1T my son dies without any pos
terity, but you cannot suppose that such an
idiot to think that have been properly treated
or that any of you care anything about my happi-
me. and his conduct in the last instance cor
responds with that he showed me twenty
son was Intended to live IN Europe. 'fr tried ~
inspire him with the ambition and the proper
pride which l possess I told You and him
American. let him return to Baltimore to p.ease
you. You took advantage OF my absence to promote
a marriage which you supposed would annoy me |
vitality. You hurried 1t to prevent my inter-
ference. Every one here seeing my deep distress.
advised me to longer oppose what could not |
prevent felt. too that having been unable in
spre my with proper views of his situation in |
life. IL prudent to let him degrade himself
for money than to keep him single short time |
longer the risk of his marrying q woman OF the
birth and connexions and less money. felt, |
too, that II unjust to expect him to be pleased
with what alone please Under these feelings
Iwrote to you that would no longer oppose match
which would rather have cut oil my hand than |
have advised These letters you will receive |
weeks after the marriage. My consent never |
asked for, therefore, very naturally, you did
wait for it. say, moreover. that IL Is pos
sible your judgment has been better than mine


NAPOLEON THE ONLY GREAT BoSApARTE.


wanted 30 to make figure in the world and to
live with the great. He has neither ambition nor
industry, and the efforts made to push him on
We're like rolling stone up hill. You had acute
ness enough TO perceive that he deficient in
most OF the qualities which enable men to shine.
ltff,