Savary himself， Minister of Justice， raises objections. "Sire， do nothing with M. d'Avian. He is a saint and we shall have everybody against us."[102] Idem.， IV. p. 58. Address of the ecclesiastical commission enumerating the favors granted to religion， "the legion of Honor， conferred on many prelates， the titles of baron and count assigned to bishops and archbishops of the Empire， the admission of several of these to the legislative assembly and senate."[103] D'Haussonville， IV.，p. 366. (Last session of the national council， August 5， 1811.)[104] Reading this， as Lenin must have done， could he help but dream of the day， when he could become head of a state， head of a foreign service， of a secret police force and hence be able to subvert the entire world including the religious organizations， the political parties， diplomatic services not to speak of international organizations in New York or Brussels. (SR.)[105] Idem.， I.， pp. 203-205.
[106] Idem.， p. 228. Cf. the "Almanach impérial de 1806-1814." -Lanfrey， "Histoire de Napoléon，"V.， p. 208. The Prince de Rohan， head chaplain， writes in a request he makes， The great Napoleon is my tutelary divinity. On the margin of this request Napoleon attaches the following decision： "The Duc de Frioul will pay to the head chaplain 12，000 francs， - tax on receipts of the theatres." (Feb. 15， 1810.)Another example of the same type is M. Roquelaure， archbishop of Malines， who addresses Josephine with a little ancient-régime speech， at once episcopal and gallant. The First Consul， therefore， makes him Member of the Institute. (Bourrienne， V.， p. 130.) This archbishop， in the administration of his diocese， zealously applies the policy of the First Consul. "We have seen him suspend from his functions a priest who had exhorted a dying man to restore ecclesiastical property which he had taken." ("Dictionnaire biographique，" published at Leipsic by Eymery， 1806， 1808.)[107] Roederer， III.， p. 459 (December 30， 1802).
[108] D'Haussonville， II.， 257. (Report by Portalis to the Emperor， Feb. 13， 1806.) - Idem.， II.， 226.
[109] D'Haussonville， II.， 237， 239， 272. - Pelet de la Lozère， 201：
"At other times Napoleon praised the priests， wanted their services， largely attributing the departure of conscripts and the submission of the people to their influence." - Idem， 173 (May 20， 1806， words of Napoleon)： "The Catholic priests behave very well and are of great service. It is owing to them that the conscription this year has been better than in former years. . . No branch of the State speaks so well of the government."[110] D'Haussonville， III， IV.，and V.， passim.
[111] Mémoires，" by the Chancelier Pasquier， IV.，358.
[112] D'Haussonville， IV.，366 (last phrase of the text)： "A deputation of six bishops will go and beg His Holiness to confirm this decree."[113] To an ordinary reader， even Catholic， if not versed ！in canon law， Napoleon's exactions seem mediocre and even acceptable； they reduce themselves down to fixing a delay and seeming to add to the competency of councils and the authority of bishops. (D'Haussonville， IV.，366， session of the council， Aug. 5， 1811， propositions adopted and decree. Cf. the Concordat of Fontainebleau， Jan. 25， 1813， article 4.)[114] Comte D'Haussonville， IV.，121 and following pages. (Letters of the prefect， M. de Chabrol， letters of Napoleon not inserted in the "Correspondence，" narration of Dr. Claraz.) 6000 francs， a present to the bishop of Savona， 12，000 francs salary to Dr. Porta， the Pope's physician. " Dr. Porta，" writes the prefect， "seems disposed to serve us indirectly with all his power. . . . Efforts are made to affect the Pope either by all who approach him or by all the means in our power."[115] Ibid. (Letters of M. de Chabrol， May 14 and 30， 1811.) "The Pope has fallen into a state of stupor. . . . The physician fears a case of hypochondria； . . . his health and reason are affected." Then， in a few days： "The state of mental alienation has passed."[116] Mémorial (Aug.17， 1816).
[117] D'Haussonville， V.， 244. Later， the Pope keeps silent about his interviews with Napoleon. "He simply lets it be understood that the emperor spoke to him haughtily and contemptuously， even treating him as an ignoramus in ecclesiastical matters." - Napoleon met him with open arms and embraced him， calling him his father. (Thiers， XV.， 295.) - It is probable that the best literary portrayal of these tête-à-tête conversations is the imaginary scene in "Grandeurs et Servitudes Militaires，" by Alfred de Vigny.
[118] Comte Chaptal， "Notes"： "No， in the course of sixteen years of a stormy government， Bonaparte never met with so much resistance and never suffered so many disappointments as were caused by his quarrel with the Pope. There is no event in his life which more alienated the people as his proceedings and conduct towards the Pope."[119] Ultramontanism； a set of doctrines establishing the pope's absolute authority.