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1 A STORY OF LOVE, INI
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Mexico, the little turbulent republic
below us, if the curtains of the centuries
could be rolled back, what a
wonderful history it would unfold, a
country of midsummer snow and midwinter
bloom, towering mountains,
7erdant plains, ancient palaces and
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poverty, of tyrany and the love of liberty,
beautiful women and fearless
men, a country of revolt and revolution,
a veritable land of enchantment.
Her people are as restless as the
"waves of the ocean that beat against
her sides. But it is not of this Swit
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zenana 01 tue west, 1 yiuyuac uw muc,
but of her beautiful, accomplished and
unhappy queen, the Empress Carlotta,
the first and only one since the days
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ol the conquest.
To fully understand the tragedy in
the life of the unfortunate queen of
the land of the Aztces, the scenes |
must be shifted often.
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About a century ago, President Monroe
issued an innocent looking little
manifesto to the Powers, saying in ef
feet "these United States would view
as unfriendly, any attempt of Europe i
intermeddling with the governments j
of this hemisphere, as they then exist- j
ed." This was to check the designs |
of a coalition of certain European
States called the "Holy Roman Alliance,"
whose object was to restore
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Jftnerica. This delicate hint was sufficient
to stay the hand of Europe until
the time of which I write.
During the revolts and revolutions ;
of a half a century, Mexico became al
most hopelessly in debt to foreign nations.
As one government of the unhappy
republic began to straighten
out the web of their monetary affairs,
it . would be overturned by another, a
new system begun, while all the tim-e-t
its debts were growing mountain
high.
When the North and South were
well enough along, as Europe took it,
in a war of extermination, the wiley
and intriguing emperor of France,
Nepoleon III, conceived the brilliant
idea of establishing an Empire in Mex
ico, thereby strengthening His own
tottering throne, and diverting the attention
of his own dissatisfied subjects
by a foreign conquest. He proposed
to all of the great powers, to
whom Mexico w??s indebted, to join
him in a league and to send a fleet of
battle ships to Mexico and seize the
revenues of that country. By diplo
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macy and treachery, lie inveigled j
Spain and England to join him, all the
other powers held back.
Just as Lee had overwhelmed McClellan
around Richmond, and was
carrying his standards beyond the Potomac,
a flotilla of warships and
transports, laden with soldiers, arrived
at Vera Cruz, they sent a joint
note from the plenipotentiaries of the
three powers t? President Juarez, demanding
immediate indemnity for all |
present and past wrongs, and a set- '
tlement of all claims. Juarez, who!
was then fighting for existence, with
the revolutionists of his own country,
was either unwilling or unable to
comply. Then the war with Mexico
began. The high-handed and unjust
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der, excited the suspicions of the other
commanders, and they called for a
"show "down." When the French admiral
showed his hand, then it was
seen that it was not to collect reve-!
nue or debt, they had been inveigled to i
cross the Atlantic, but to assist
France in establishing a despotism on
the ruins of the new republic, Spain;
and England withdraw and left the
field to Prance. This is what Napoleon
wanted and expected. Numerous bands
of quondam revolutionists and disgruitled
politicians had joined Bazine,
commander of the French army, and
with 8,000 mercenary Belgians,
the marcli inward began. For more
than a year did the army of invasion
fight with Mexico's regular troops in
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I front, and the guerillas in the rear,
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j till at last, they came in sight of the
capital. The French had overcome almost
impassable harriers, while the
Mexicans had fought with a spirit of
"despair. On the very day that General
Lee started his* second invasion
of the North, the French floated their
banners in triumph over the ancient
city of Mexico. Then came a carnival
of blood, of proscription and relentless
persecution of personal enemies, that
excelled those of ancient Rome.
When order was restored, a conven
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upon what form of government was
desired. All the loyal troops and
thousands of the loyal men had followed
President Juarez to the North.
The convention, consisting of revolutionists
and renegade officers of the
Mexican army, met in convention, and
declared for a monarchy with a foreign
nobleman as emperor. One can
see the fine, undisguised, Italic hand!
of Napoleon in all these proceedings,
his plans working without a hitch.
The choice of an emperor fell to Xa- j
poleon, and the new ruler must have!
three requisites. He must be of royal j
birth, he must be acceptable to the i
other powers, and above all, he must
be a "cats paw" for this many sided
French ruler.
We shift the scene again. At the
head of the lovely Adriatic sea, where
the southern breezes brought the j
smell of orange blossoms from thej
firrovfis nf Tt_a.lv thp warm and delieht
ful air of the Mediterranean, was a;
stately palace. There lived the young
and accomplished Maximillian Arch- J
'duke of Austria, and his beautiful wife,!
Carlotta, in whose veins flowed the i
bluest blood of any princess in Europe.
This a veritable home of love,
peace and contentment. While the j
archduke was of a studious turn of j
-mind, loved-letters and scientific pur-1
suits, h? adored lis young wife, show- i
ering upon her his heart's affections.
She in turn loved her husband as only a
woman can love a noble and true life
partner. There had never been a jar
or ripple, to disturb the poise of their
happy home. The archduke was in
line, for the crown of Austria, but h<>
loved his books and the society of his j
idolized wife, far above state craft,
but the tempter was about to enter;
this heme of bliss, and pour poison
into their lives. Napoleon wishing to
form an alliance with Austria, to
strengthen himself in France, sent;
emissaries to the quiet home, to sound
the young nobleman. Like Aaron Burr j
when he came r.s a tempter to the
beautiful island in the Ohio, to pour
the poison of empire into the ears of
Blannerhasett and bring ruin upon
all, so the French emissaries came to
Maximilian and pictured to him the
countries beyond the seas with an
archduke as emperor. But he would
have none of it.
Then came the meddlesome mischief
maker of Europe, Empress Eugenia,
of France, with the envoys from Pope
Pius IX to poison the mind of innocent
Carlotta. They told her of the
possibilities of this ancient land, of
empire, wealth, power, the pope urging
it as a pious beauty to allow des
tiny to take its course.
Pope Pius IX, who had for some
time been virtually a prisoner in the
Vatican, surrounded by French troops,
feeling the waning power of the
church in Europe, had dreams of establishing
a great papal commonwealth,
in Catholic South America. He
urged Maximillian to accept the
the crown, promising help and sup
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With the ambition of Carlotta fired
to fervor heat, it was but a matter of
time in which to seduce the gentle and
mild archduke. The plot of Napoleon
was consummated. A contract was entered
into, between the French emperor
and Maximilian, by which the
latter was to indemnify the emperor
for the cost of the war, pay to French
citizens their claims against Mexico.
And in return, Napoleon wr?.s to support
Maximilian on the throne with
his troops for six years.
A London banker advanced the archduke
$50,000,000,, $6,000,000 of this
went as the first annual payment of
Napoleon's war debt, which amounted
, to about $70,000,000. And $3,000,000
went to citiz-ens of France:. In the
first week in May, 1864, the happy
couple sailed -away on a French battleship
from their peaceful home, nev;
er to see it again. In due time they
| reached Mexico, and driven in a gor;
geous coach, surrounded by one tliou;
sand horsemen, French and Belgian
I troops with a thousand of Mexican
j malcontents, up to the Palace Royale,
! the home of the Montezumas, the
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! capitol of the ancient Aztecs.
j It was said, that when Carlotta eraj
barked on the battleship, she was the
| most stately and beautiful queen that
, ever trod the deck of a ship, and when
! she alighted from the coach, all proclaimed
her the most beautiful woman
in Mexico.
We will pass over the brilliant coronation,
the gaities of the fetes that
j followed, and leave them upon their
| throne in peace for the moment.
But the treasure Maximiliam had
j brought, rapidly vanished. The French
| and Belgians had to be paid, all the
| revolutionists, who had assisted the invader
were clamoring for indemnity
and pay for services.
Marchal Bazine, commander of all
: the troops and real master of the siti
i uation, played the part of a tyrant,
. and spent the money of the new made
emperor, witn a proaigai nana. j. rouj
bles beset Maximilian on all sides.
, The poverty of the people caused by
I the different revolts and revolutions,
; forbid them from paying any great
amount, of taxes. The money was
! now to be Maximilian's savior, or the
| lack of it his ruin. He sought permis!
sion from the Pope, to sequester the
church lands, which amounted to
many millions, but the very name of
such a thing, threw Pius into a frenzy
of -aprp nnd hn never forgave the em
peror for even harboring the thought.
Things grew from bad to worse. Napoleon
now demanded his second annual
indemnity, which Maximilian
could not pay. Friends fell away from
the royal pair, troops became dissatisfied,
and Juarez in the North, stood as
a theatening c'oud. In this extremity
Carlotta declared she would return to
Europe, asked aid of the pope, and
through her friend Eugenia, solicited
the leniency, if not the help of the,
French emperor. So in nigh hopes,
she kissed her liege lord good-bye
and sailed away to Europe.
Another shift of the scenes, and we
find the great warring factions of the
United States ended in an Apporaat- j
tox. The Southern armies had been
disbanded, defeated, but still defiant
Thousands upon thousands of these
unyielding soldiers of the Confederacy,
had crossed the Mississippi, some
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and others to flee the wrath in
their rear. Mexico, with the emperor
Maximilian caHing for troops offered an
inviting field for these restless men
of the South, -who were defeated, but
not dismayed. Governor Harris, of
Tennessee, General Magruder and
Stone, Commander Maury and Judge
Perkins, followed by hundreds of exConfederates,
had crossed the border
and offered their services to Maximilian.
Governor Price, of Missouri,
has a commission to recruit a:a imper- j
ial army in the South, while General
Slaughter, with 25,000 armed and well:
disciplined iroujJ&, sluuu rtuuv w
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The Washington government dispatch- j;
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fringement of the Monroe doctrine,
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arms, especially when she saw her ]
i late enemies in arms, flocking to the :
I standard of the foreign invader. A
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: Maximilian tottered, and as the last 1
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of Mexico, in less than ten years was j
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surrendering a stronghold of France, .
with 175,000 troop, 900 cannon, and 1
300,000 Tifles without firing a gun. He
was afterwards exiled for life. Maxi- ,
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! milian gave up his capitol and fled
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to a fortified castle near. Here an- 1
otlier man of destiny comes upon the ,
scene, Pofirio Diaz, the future tyrant ,
of Mexico. With a strong body of ]
troop, Diaz surrounded the stronghold
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N'ot once did this proud nobleman ask
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should he honored, even in his
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Carlotta had gone first to Napoleon
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and in my veins flows the blood of th?
Bourbons, and what are you, a plebeian,
an adventurer, a Bonaparte."
Swooning she was carried out of th#
room.
Next she went to Pope Pius, the on#
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tection. It took days before she could
even get an Interview. When she did,
Pius only pointed to Maximilian's note,
asking for permission to sequester the
church land in Mexico. The Holy Prelate
would do nothing. Carlotta felt
the tottering of two thrones, the
throne of Mexico and the throne of 1
reason, and even as she was pleading J
with Pius, both fell to the ground, sne
was carried away a raging maniac. ^
For more than 40 years she was con- ^
fined in the Chateau Bonchant, near ^
Brussells. Day after day she waited
for the coming of Maximilian. Everyday
she asked for "her prince" as shfr
called him . "Not today, perhaps tomorrow"
would be the answer. Yet
that letter which Maximilan had sent
| her by the officer, who shot him, had
safely been delivered, but never opened.
It lay in the iron vault not a few
feet from her. Day after day, for 40
years she sat -in the balcony of the
Chateau and gazed vacantly down
walk of the ancient park, watr'aingr
waiting the coming of "her prince.'"
"Is there no letter?" "Not today.'"
But last year it came, Carlotta was in
her casket, and the letter was put in.
I her pale wrinkled hands, for they all
said, "As it had not been delivered in
life, Let it be given her in death." So
today the unfortunate granddaughter
of Louis Phillippi, sleeps in the torn* ^
of her father Tvith the open letter in
her hands.
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