1805
NapoleonandVoltaire—DemandsoftheHolySee—CoolnessbetweenthepopeandtheEmperor—Napoleon'sdepartureforItaly—LastinterviewbetweenthePopeandtheEmperoratTurin—Alessandria—ThefieldofMarengo—ThelastDogeofGenoa—Bonaparte'sarrivalatMilan—UnionofGenoatotheFrenchEmpire—— BonaparteandMadamGrassini—SymptomsofdissatisfactiononthepartofAustriaandRussia—Napoleon'sdeparturefromMilan— MonumenttocommemoratethebattleofMarengo—Napoleon'sarrivalinParisanddepartureforBoulogne—Unfortunateresultofanavalengagement—MyvisittoFouché'scountryseat—Sieyès, Barras, theBourbons, andBonaparte—ObservationsrespectingJosephine.
, heprobably, withoutbeingawareofthisirreverentsatire, , orrathertheCardinals, hisadvisers' conceivingthatsogreataninstanceofcomplaisanceasthejourneyofHisHolinesstoParisoughtnottogofornothing; demandedacompensation, which, hadtheybeenbetteracquaintedwithBonaparte'scharacterandpolicy, , Bologna, andsomepartsoftheItalianterritorywhichhadformerlybeensubjecttothePope', , itmustbeconfessed, agreatmistakeoftheCourtofRome, whosepolicyisusuallysoartfulandadroit, 'sjourneytoFranceperhapsBonapartewouldhaveconsentedtogiveup, notAvignon, certainly, buttheItalianterritories, , thesetardyclaims, whichwereperemptorilyrejected, , butthereisinthepublicaninstinctofreasonwhichthemostablepoliticiansnevercanimposeupon; andalleyeswereopenedwhenitwasknownthatthePope, afterhavingcrownedNapoleonasEmperorofFrance, refusedtocrownhimassovereignoftheregeneratedkingdomofItaly.