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Stapfer soon found that the real cause of delay was the non-completion of the cession of Valais, which Bonaparte urgently desired for the construction of a military road across the Simplon Pass; and as the Swiss refused this demand, matters remained at a standstill.
Stapfer, De Duclos & Co., of Marseilles, whose well-known reputation was a sufficient guarantee that the problem would be successfully solved.
Furthermore, the Act breathed not a word about religious liberty, freedom of the Press, or the right of petition: and, viewing it as a whole, the friends of freedom had cause to echo the complaint of Stapfer that "the First Consul's aim was to annul Switzerland politically, but to assure to the Swiss the greatest possible domestic happiness."
The highly successful translation of Goethe's dramatic works, by Stapfer, was noticed by Monsieur J. J. Ampere in the Parisian Globe of last year, in a manner no less excellent, and this affected Goethe so agreeably that he very often recurred to it, and expressed his great obligations to it. "Ampere's point of view is a very high one," said he.
The Baroness braved public opinion for a time, first playing the innocent and then the martyr; but one day Graf von Hatfeldt called upon her, and told her a few home truths, and that very night she left the Schloss. Nobody knows where she went to, unless it's Stapfer. If he does, he has kept her secret." Friedrich preserved a silence that disturbed von Sternburg.
When I did there was a reason for his not writing at once." "Who is he?" "Stapfer." "I knew it!" Von Sternburg slapped his knee. "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing." "She! Are you talking about my sister-in-law?" "Oh, you needn't put on any dignity over her. She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
When the truth flashed on Stapfer he was dumbfoundered, especially as Talleyrand at first mockingly repulsed any suggestion of the need of French mediation, and went on to assure him that his master had neither counselled nor approved the last constitution, the unfitness of which was now shown by the widespread insurrection.
Furthermore, the Act breathed not a word about religious liberty, freedom of the Press, or the right of petition: and, viewing it as a whole, the friends of freedom had cause to echo the complaint of Stapfer that "the First Consul's aim was to annul Switzerland politically, but to assure to the Swiss the greatest possible domestic happiness."
Von Sternburg ended his sentence with an expressive gesture. "And Max did he know?" "Why, that's what killed him, man! Haven't you kept in touch with anybody in the Fatherland who would write you any news?" "I haven't received a letter from a soul except Max and Stapfer since I came to America." Von Sternburg gave a whistle of surprise. "Then you don't even know how Max improved?
The letters written by Stapfer to the Swiss Government at this time are highly instructive. On March 10th, 1801, he wrote: "What torments us most is the cruel uncertainty as to the real aims of the French Government.
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