. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. BERNADOTTE. ABOUT 1798. Engraved by Fiesinger, after Guerin. 20S DISASTER IN SPAIN 209 For such resistance there was no end but the first time in his career Napoleon had met subhmepopular patriotism, a passion before which diplomacy, flat-tery, love of gain, force, lose their power. It was for but a short time that the emperor could givehis personal attention to the Spanish war. Certain wheelsin his great machine were not revolving smoothly. In hisown capital, Paris, there was friction among certain influen-tial persons. The peace of the Conti
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. BERNADOTTE. ABOUT 1798. Engraved by Fiesinger, after Guerin. 20S DISASTER IN SPAIN 209 For such resistance there was no end but the first time in his career Napoleon had met subhmepopular patriotism, a passion before which diplomacy, flat-tery, love of gain, force, lose their power. It was for but a short time that the emperor could givehis personal attention to the Spanish war. Certain wheelsin his great machine were not revolving smoothly. In hisown capital, Paris, there was friction among certain influen-tial persons. The peace of the Continent, necessary to thePeninsular war, and which Alexander had guaranteed, wasthreatened. Under these circumstances it was impossibleto remain in CHAPTER XVI TALLEYRANDS TREACHERY THE CAMPAIGN OF 1809 WAGRAM TWO unscrupulous and crafty men, both of singularability, caused the interior trouble which called Na-poleon from Spain. These men were Talleyrandand Fouche. The latter we saw during the Consulate asMinister of Police. Since, he had been once dismissed be-cause of his knavery, and restored, largely for the samequality. His cunning was too valuable to dispense former, Talleyrand, made Minister of Foreign Affairsin 1799, had handled his negotiations with the extraordinaryskill for which he was famous, until,, in 1807, Napoleonsmistrust of his duplicity, and Talleyrands own dislike for thedetails of his position, led to the portfolio being taken fromhim, and he being made Vice-Grand-Elector. He evidentlyexpected, in accepting this change, to remain as influential asever with Napoleon. The knowledge that the emperor wasdispensing with his services made him resentful, and his de-votion to the imperial cause fluctuated a
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