"He was generous, enterprising, prompt in military exercises, and the uniform sat upon him with a manly grace. There was no braver officer--no more gallant cavalier. Though the expression of his countenance was gentle, rather than energetic and imperious--though there was an habitual languor in his looks, often dashed with thought, no doubt the soldiers would love him for his frank bearing, his honest and hearty speech, his small figure, resembling his uncle's, and the imperial lightning which the passion of the moment kindled in his blue eye. What a name, too, was his!"[AN] [Footnote AN: "The History of Ten Years," by Louis Blanc, vol ii., p. 453.] Charles X. was overwhelmed by his misfortunes. His health rapidly failed. He was often heard to say, "The day is not far distant that shall witness the funeral of the poor old man." On the morning of November 4, 1836, he was seized with a chill, while temporarily residing at Goritz, in Styria. It proved an attack of cholera. His sufferings were severe, but he was calm and resigned, and conversed freely upon the eternity opening before him. The Duke of Bordeaux and his sister were brought into the room to receive his blessing. He placed his trembling hands upon their heads and said, "God protect you, my children. Walk in the ways of righteousness; do not forget me; pray for me sometimes." A deep lethargy came upon him; and, after a few hours of apparent insensibility, he breathed his last, at the age of 79 years. CHAPTER XI. THE FINAL STRUGGLE. 1833-1848 Letter to Louis Napoleon.--Honors to the memory of Napoleon I.--The Arc de l'Etoile.--The "Target King."--Death of the Duke of Orleans.--The Count de Paris.--Testimony of Louis Blanc.--Opposition of the king.--Liberals and Legitimists.--Letter from the Prince de Joinville.--The banquets.--Agitation in Paris.--The procession prohibited.--The procession abandoned.--Concentration of the royal troops.--Defection of the National Guard.--Consternation at the Tuileries.--A cabinet council summoned.--Resignation of the ministry.--Organization of the revolutionists.--Collision with the troops.--The conflict commenced.--Flight of the insurgents.--Unpopularity of the king.--The Duchess of Orleans.--Midnight tumult.--Consternation of the royal family.--Marshal Bugeaud. The Liberal party in France, despairing of any effectual reform under the government of Louis Philippe, began to turn their thoughts to the re-establishment of the Empire under Louis Napoleon, a young prince, the nephew and heir of Napoleon I., then residing in studious seclusion at Arnemberg, in Switzerland. The prince had already obtained some celebrity by his writings in favor of popular rights. One of the leading republicans wrote to him: