CHAPTER VII.

MORE WAR REMINISCENCES—BRITISH AND NAPOLEONIC DESIGNS.

How Napoleon Defied the Monroe Doctrine.—The Banquet to 45

Romero.—Speeches by Eminent Financiers, Jurists and

Business Men.—The Eloquent Address of Romero Against

French Intervention.—Napoleon shows his Animus by

Destroying the Newspapers Containing the Report of

the Banquet.—The Emperor Plotting with

Representatives of the English Parliament to Aid the

Confederates and Make War on the United States