The heir of the French kings answered in language worthy of his birth: "I do not confound Monsieur Buonaparte," said he, "with those who have preceded him.

I esteem his bravery and military genius, and I owe him goodwill for many of the acts of his government--for benefits done to my people I will always consider as done to me.

But he is mistaken if he supposes that my rights can ever be made the subject of bargain and compromise.

Could they have been called in question, this very application would have established them.

What the designs of God may be for me and my house I know not; but of the duties imposed on me by the rank in which it was His pleasure I should be born, I am not wholly ignorant.