Memoirs of the Prince de Talleyrand. Volume II

405 Pages·1891·10.534 MB·English

by  Charles Maurice Talleyrand, Duc de Broglie (ed.)

TALLEYRAND
PRINCE DE BENEVENTO,VICEGRAND ELECTOR OF THE EMFHE
FROMTHEPAINTINGBYPRUD'HON
MEMOIRS
PRINCE DE TALLEYRAND
EDITED, WITH A PREFACE AND NOTES, BY
THE DUC DE BROGLIE
OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY
TRANSLATED UY
RAPHAfeL LEDOS DE BEAUFORT, F.R.HiST.S.
WITHAN INTRODUCnON BY
THE HONORABLE WHITELAW REID
AMERICAN MINISTER IN PARIS.
VOLUME
II
H'lTHPORTRAITS.
PUTNAM'S SONS
G. P.
NEWYORK LONDON
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CONTENTS.
FART VI.
napoleon's marriage, his brothers, his struggle with PIUS VII.
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i8og 1813.
Talleyrandmarrieshisnephewwith the daughter of the Duchess of Courland
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Napoleon'smarriagewiththe Archduchess Marie-I.ouise Napoleon'sdream
of universal domin—ation—His brother—s and his sisters' hu—sbands—Why he
gavethemthrones Josephin Naples Murat succeeds him Murat endeav-
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ourstoshakeofftheyokeofNapoleon Murat'sambition Napoleonandhis
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brotherLouis Westphalia KingJeromeandtheGermans Josephin Spain
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LordWellington TheFrench driven from Spain Blunder of Napoleon
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inSpain Differencesbetween Napoleonandthe Fope Fersecution of Pius
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VdeIcIl.ineNteogorteisaitginontshebiertwseeeesn—tTheheFiCrsotncCoorndsaut—l LaandpePtiiutesEVgIlIi.se—SoHmoemebisrheogpus-
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lations concerning Public Worship Cardinal Caprara Coronation of
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Napoleon PiusVII. atParis Napoleon crownedKing of I—talyat Milan
RefusalofthePopeto recognize Joseph as King of Naples Occupation of
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RomebyGeneral Miollis Annexation of the legations of Urbino, Ancona,
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Macerata, andCamerino Imprisonment of several cardinals Disarmingof
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the Papal—[guards Annexation of the P—apal States to Fran—ce Protest of
PiusVII. Thebullofexcommunication Arrest of the Pope TheKingof
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Rome Meetingofanecclesiasticalcommission Hadthe Pope anyright to
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refuse the buU of confirmation to the French bishops? Did the F—rench
Government infringetheclauses of the Concordat byinvading Rome? The
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Church in Germany and Italy Measures to be taken to thwart the effect
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ofthebuUofexcommunicatio—n ConsiderationsontheCommi—ssion Cardinal
dM'aAusrtryosa—ndCartdhienaPlopdei'sPiebtrrioe—f SIenvceornes—miestaesnucryesoafgaPiinussttVhIeIP.opeAr—reSsutmomfoAnbibneg
of asecond ecclesiasticalcommission Can bishops accord dispe—nsations?
ArePapalbullsindispensabletoobtainthecanonicalconfirmation? Interven-
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tion of the Bishop of Nante—s Napoleon agrees to summon a council and
to neg—otiate with the Pope Pius VII. withdraw—s his bull of excommuni-
cation The liberties of the'Church of[France Pius VII. adheres to a
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CONTENTS.
modification of the Concordat, with regard to the canonical confirmation
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of bishops Misgivings of the Pope concerning the meetingof acouncil
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Inutility of the latter Napoleon insists on the meeting of the Council
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Opening of the Council The bishops at St. Cloud Napoleon takes
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Cardinal Fesch to task Dignified attitude of the latter Napoleon flies
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into a passion Je suis Charlemagne The Emperor's message to the
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Council Address of the Council in reply Napoleon declines to receive
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it The Council declares its inc—ompetence to decide the question pending
between Napoleon and the Pope Wrath of the Emperor on hearing this
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Napoleon's projects defeated by the Council The Council dissolved by
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imperialdecree Imprisonmentofthreebishops Re-assemblingoftheCoun-
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cil The imperial decree adopted and sent to the Pope for his approval-
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Brief of Pius VII. approving the decree Inconsistency of Napoleon Re-
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turns the Pope's brief—Transferof the Pope to Fontainebleau Interview
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between Napoleon andPiusVII. Signatureofanewcompact,whichwasnot
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to be divulged Breach of faith of Napoleon Retractation of the Pope
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Napoleon vainly tries to renew the negotiations Return of Pius VII. to
Rome—Political blundersof the Emperor in the course of the negotiations
with the Pope . . Pages 1-95
PART VII.
THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE, THE RESTORATION.
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1813 1814.
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Theppoolliictyi—calNo—faculhtasncoeffoNrapthoeleHoonuseWhofatBomuirgbhotn—haWvheybLeoeunisaXVmIaIsIt.erapsiceceendeodf
the throne Why Napoleon—is the firstand onlyman—who could have given
Europe her true equilibrium The cause of his ruin Talleyrand's apology
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forhavingleftNapoleon'sservice Rejectstheimputationofhavingconspired
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againsttheEmperor General Savary andTalleyrand Napoleonwants Tal-
leyrand to re—sume office "Ah! si Talleyrand i<t—ait Ih!"—La Besnardi^re
andNapoleon Wrathof the latter against Murat Napoleon alone plotted
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atgoani—nsAtbbhiemJsuedlaf——HTisheobCsotlionsascuysahtasthefeCetonogfrecslsayo—f LChoartdilWleolnlinLgotrodn'sWelpllianng—-
The Due d'Angoulemeand the Duk—eof Wellington—Sir Henry Bunbury—
bTohne rMiasriqngu—isBadtetlleaRoofchOerjtahceqzu—elWeeinllinWgetlolningytieolndsr—efVuissecsoutontsuBpeproerstfoardB—ouMr.-
—Lynch and the Bourbons—Lord Bathurst'sletterto the Dukeof Wellington
PoBnastotnlebyofanTdouHl.ouCsoeo—kC—orTrehcetaabt—dtiictautdieonofofWetlhleinEgmtpoenr—oCro—loCnhealrsgeFrberdoeurgihctk
against the ProvisoryGovernment TheEnglishGovernmentandNapoleon
LouisXVIII. and the Prince Regen—t of England—Baron de VitroUesat the
headquartersoftheallied sovereigns TalleyrandandtheBarondeVitroUes
Interview between the latterand Count von Stadion—Prince Metternichand
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A^lit^UlCUli AlieglCiiL UCCLlUX lliUIUpC AUCICglLll—llclljyUlgUVCillillCllia V»llj*
Talleyrand supported theclaimsof theBourbons Napoleon'sopinionof the
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Bourbons Capitulationof Paris TheCzarandthe Kingof PrussiainParis
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Marchpast oftheallied troopsintheChamps Elysees Talleyrandandthe
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Czar Alexander Negoti—ations relative to the recall of the Bourbons The
CzarAlexanderamazed Thereturnof LouisXVIII. voted by former regi-
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cides M. de Caulaincourt and Talleyrand Declaration of the allies to
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Napoleon TheProvisory Government—Entranceof theComted'Artoisinto
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Paris InterviewbetweenTalleyrand andLouisXVIII. atCompiegne The
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Saint-Ouenproclamation Returnof LouisXVIII. toParis The Charter
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Talleyrand appointed Ministerof Foreign Affairs The situationof France
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comparedwithEurope on the morrowof Napoleon's fall The conventions
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betweentheComted'Artois and the Allies Treatyof peacebetween Louis
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XVIII. andtheAllies AdditionalArticles Separate and secretArticles to
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the Treaty of Paris Decision relative to the assembling of a Congress at
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Vienna Talleyrand's letter to the Czar Alexander—Instructions of Louis
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XVIII. tothe French plenipotentiariesto the Congress of Vienna Various
considerationson the conditionof Europe and the respective situations im-
posedbyNapoleon onits differentStates—Howtheseare toberemedied by
theCongressofVienna . Pages96-197
PART VIII.
CONGRESS OF VIENNA.
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1814 1815.
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Talleyrand's arrival atVienna Dispositionsof theAllies tow—ards France The
pcoosnitteinodneodfwtihteh—FrOepnecnhinpgleonfiptohteentCioanrgireesssat—tThheeCoinngternetsisonsDoifffitchueltifeisrstt-oclabses
Powers——Talleyrand findsunhoped-forsupport in—Spain andthesecond-class
Power—s Want of courtesy towards Talleyrand Defeats the aim—of the
Allies The first mee—ting of the Congress attended by Talleyr—and Prince
Mettemich's speech Talleyrand's reply Puissances Alli/es Count de
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Labrador'smotion insupport of Talleyran—d's proposals Embarrassment of
the plenipotentiariesof theallied Powers The—Congress agrees to the an-
tnhuelliCnogngorfetshse—pCrohtaoncgolesooffdtihsepopsrietcieodnintgowsairttdisngFsraDnicset—ribTuhteionanonfivtehreswaroyrkseorf-
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ice of the death of Louis XVI. The Congress at work The fate of the
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KingdomofSaxonyandofthe Grand DuchyofWarsaw Prussia'sdesigns
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Talleyranddemursto therecognitionof herclaims Thesacred principleof
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legitimacy Suum cuique Thelaxityofthepubliclaw ofEurope Growing
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tendencytouphold usurpations Indifferenceof the Alliesastotherightsof
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the HouseofBourbon ObstaclesencounteredbyTalleyrandinenforcingthe
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triumphof l—egitimacy Hostileattitude of Russiat—owardsFrance Compro-
miseoffered—"I amnothereto strikeabargain!" " No compromisewith
—principles!" E—ngland backsup theviewsof—Russia andPrussia onSaxony
Her delusion Doubtfulattitudeof Austria Talleyrandwins her support
—He succeeds in dispelling the prejudices of England—A secret al—liance
between France, Austria, and England, against Russia and Prussia The
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prestigeof principles Discordamong theAllies Prussiagivesway Napo-
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—leon'sreturn from Elba —AnxietyoftheCongress The Comt—essede Brionne
wit"hPoMleitttiecsrnmiucsh,twWaeiltli!n"gtoInn,deacnidsiToanlolfeytrhaendK—inAgopfleSniapxootneyntiaHriysofinStearxvoineyw
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attheCongress Russia compelled to desist The deliberationsof theCon-
gress concerning Poland—Francedisposed to admit therestoration of inde-
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pendentPoland Russia's Ministersgivein FerdinandIV.andMurat The
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latterdefeated bytheAustrians Talleyrand created Due of Dino Sardinia
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and the House of Carignan Switzerland's neutrality The Netherlands
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The German Confederation Louis XVIII. at Ghent The Congress, at
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Talleyrand's suggestion, denouncesthe usurper The Powersrushtoarms
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Louis XVIII. admittedinto theAllianceof Europe against Napoleon Cor-
respondence exchanged between Louis XVIII. and Talleyrand at theCon-
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gress Text ofthesecretTreatyofDefensiveAllia—nce,concludedJanuary3,
1815, between Austria, France, and Great Britain Napoleon ac—quaints the
Czar Alexander with the text of the above-mentioned Treaty Interview
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betweenAlexander and Prince Metternich Napoleon's aims defeated In-
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dulgenceoftheCzarfor Prince Metternich TheCzarAlexanderincensedat
Talleyrand'sduplicity . . . Pages 198-392
ILLUSTRATIONS
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Talleyrand Prince de Benevento, Vice Grand Elector of the
Empire, fromthepaintingby Pnid'hon . , . F^-antispiece
Charles Maurice Talleyrand Facingpage 160
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Charles Maurice Talleyrand, fromanearly portrait. (Reprinted
bythecourtesyofthe CosmopolitanMagazine) . . Facingpage 288

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MEMOIRS
OF THE
PRINCE DE TALLEYRAND.
PART
VI.
NAPOLEON'S MARRIAGE—HIS BROTHERS—HIS
STRUGGLE WITH PIUS VIL
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1809 1813.
Talleyrand marries his nephew with the daughter of the Duchess of
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Courland Napoleon's marriagewith theArchduchess Marie-Louise
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Napoleon's dream of universal domination His brothers and his
sisters' husbands—Wh—y he gave them thrones—Joseph in Naples
Murat suc—ceeds him Murat—endeavours to shake off the yoke of
Napoleon Murat's ambition Napoleon and his brother Louis
Westphalia—King Jdr&me and the Germans—Joseph in Spain—Lord
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Wellington TheFrench driven from Spain Blunderof Napoleon in
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Spain Differences between Napoleon and the Pope Persecution of
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PiusVII. Negotiationsbetweenth—eFirstConsulan—d PiusVII. Som—e
bishopsdeclineto resigntheirsees The Concord—at LapetUeEglise
Home regulations conc—erning Public Wors—hip Cardinal Caprara
Coronationof Napoleon PiusVII. at Paris Napoleon crowned King
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of Italy—at Milan Refusalof the Popeto recogni—zeJoseph as Kingof
Naples Occupation of Romeby General Miollis Ann—exation of the
legations of Urbino,Ancona, Macerata, and Camerino—Imprisonment
of several cardinals—Disarming of the Papal guards Annexation of
thePapal States to France—Protestof PiusVII.—The bullof excom-
munication—Arrest of the Pope—The King of Rome—Meetingof an
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ecclesiasticalcommission Hadthe P—opeanyright to refusethebuU of
institution to the French bishops .' Had the French—Government
infringedtheclausesof—theConcordatbyinvading Rome? TheChurch
in Germanyand Italy Measures to be taken to thwart the effect of
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thebullofexcommunication Considerations onthe Council^Cardinal
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