Memoirs of DrThomas WEvans: the second French empire . very first viva the Princeraised his hand to stop the demonstration, but the sightof his uplifted hand only seemed to increase its force; andafter he had been hurried into the house by his suite, thecries of Vive Napoleon IV. ! Vive IEmpereiir! continued to be repeated with an enthusiasm indescribable,and that appeared to be inexhaustible. Not long after this impressive scene, M. Thiers, thenChef du Pouvoir of the French Republic—that form ofgovernment which he cleverly affirmed divides French-men least —was heard to say, Yes, let me assur
Memoirs of DrThomas WEvans: the second French empire . very first viva the Princeraised his hand to stop the demonstration, but the sightof his uplifted hand only seemed to increase its force; andafter he had been hurried into the house by his suite, thecries of Vive Napoleon IV. ! Vive IEmpereiir! continued to be repeated with an enthusiasm indescribable,and that appeared to be inexhaustible. Not long after this impressive scene, M. Thiers, thenChef du Pouvoir of the French Republic—that form ofgovernment which he cleverly affirmed divides French-men least —was heard to say, Yes, let me assure youthe Republic will last for a long time in France; but,added the author of the History of the Consulate andthe Empire, were I to let you know all I think aboutit, I should tell you that, were the Republic to disappear,the Empire would be the only government the countrycould possibly accept. If the people should revive a dy-nasty, this dynasty would be the one they would Napoleons are Democrats, and their name can neverbe APPENDICES A LETTER FROM THE PRINCESS JOSEPHINE TO NAPOLEON III. Among the letters found in the cabinet of the Emperor atthe Tuileries, on the 4th of September, 1870, were a numberfrom the Princess Josephine and her son, Prince the most interesting is one written by the Princessto the Emperor in June, 1866, in which she alludes to thefact, now forgotten, that it was under his august protection that the Rumanian nation came into being, and solicits thebenevolent interest of her cousin in behalf of her son Charles,who had just accepted the throne offered to him by theRumanians. If, my dear cousin, she writes, I can let him go with-out fear, it is because I am sustained by the intimate convic-tion that we can count upon your good-will, and that youwere already in sympathy with a resolution that sprang froma generous impulse, which the thought of the protection youalways have given to the cause of Rumania sustained and
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