A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland
LETTER I.
Influence of the late Revolution in France.--General Lafayette.--Sketch of his Private Life.--My visits to him.--His opinion of Louis XVI.--Mr. Morris and Mr. Crawford.--Duplicity of Louis XVIII.--Charles X.--Marie Antoinette.--Legitimacy of the Duc de Bordeaux.--Discovery of the Plot of 1822.--Lafayette's conduct on that occasion.--A negro Spy.--General Knyphausen.--Louis-Philippe and Lafayette.--My visit to Court.--The King, the Queen, Madame Adelaide, and the Princesses.--Marshal Jourdan.--The Duke of Orleans.--Interview with the King.--"_Adieu l'Amérique!_"--Conversation with Lafayette.--The _Juste Milieu._--Monarchy not inconsistent with Republican Institutions.--Party in favour of the Duc de Bordeaux.