Napoleon the Third
by British Officer (9780217241205)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 39 CHAP. II. THE SECOND SOJOURN IN SWITZERLAND. ? THOUGHTS, STUDIES, OCCUPATIONS, AND ASPIRATIONS. Repelled from the land to which their affections were so inseparably wedded, the exiles, after a short sojourn in England, returned to their former residence in Switzerland. In 1832 the Council of the canton of Thurgovia offered the Prince the rights and privileges of citizenship, in a letter which well attests the character of mother and son:? " We, the President of the Petty Council of the Canton of Thurgovia, declare that the commune of Sallenstein having offered the right of communal citizenship to his Highness the Prince Louis Napoleon, out of gratitude for the numerous favours conferred upon the canton by the family of the Duchess of St. Leu since her residence in Arenemberg, and the Grand Council having afterwards, by its unanimous vote of the 14th of April, sanctioned this award, and decreed unanimously to his Highness the right of honorary burgess-ship of the canton, with the desire of proving how highly it honours the generous character of his family, and howhighly it appreciates the preference they have shown for the canton, declare that his Highness Prince Louis Napoleon, son of the Duke and Duchess of St. Leu, is acknowledged as a citizen of the Canton of Thur- govia." A trait still remembered and spoken of by the old inhabitants of the district, was the peculiarly generous and charitable disposition shown by the Prince at a very early age?in fact, from childhood. "Whilst yet a youth, the allowance received from his mother, instead of being expended in the objects of personal display and indulgence, which usually engross the thoughts of young people, was almost wholly employed in offices of benevolence and good service to his poor neighbours. In ackno...

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