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D.BATII OF M. DUPONT DL NEMOURS. 0
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At the Elutherian Mills, on the Brandy wine, near ~ , ?
Wilmington (Delaware), on the 6th of Au rust. in
the 78th year of his age, died. NITER SAIJUIL MI-.
PONT DR Neatourta, Member of the tastittite of Fr.mce, l.
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Councillor of State, and Knight of the Order of e
Vasa, o' the 1...gi0n of Honour, And of the Order .
of da Lys. This excellent man, whose I ss will be
sensibly felt by .11 those who knew him. was one of
those rare individuds, whose mental qualities and
' private virtues shed a lustre upon humanity whose
whole life has been a coarse of pleasure derived from .:
his favourite passion, that of promoting the h ippi.
ness, by enl irging the intellect of mankind Con.
stititted with rare vigour and ii:UteneiS of mind, de•
votion to truth, al elevated constancy, and an iccle.
fatigable spirit of benevolence, w ,rthy ut the best
days ef ancient times, he devoted himself to the set.
vice of his country, and his species.
In the course of a long life spent in public sta.
tions, his incieriuptible integrity shone conspicuous.
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Conversant st ith courts, and daily mixing in the
affairs of tie world, his character retained to the last
its original warmth of feeling and simplicity, a trait
as rare as it is extraordinary, which always led him
to regard events in the most favourable light, and
to repose in mankind a faith which is seldom to be .
found but in the uusiispicions confiding temper of
youth. lie was lia early and most di.titiguished
Aricer upon political ec.aionay, before it had yet at.
tamed the rank of a science. In the year 1771, the
principles of phillsophy and political economy, dis.
played in one of his publications, " I.er k.pherarrider
du Citoyen," being obeoxious to the French Minister, •
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the Doke de CDOISEUIL. he was obliged, like mans
other ereat men in That epocha, to go into exile. ai
several Foreign l'i ince., then distinguished by the !
liberality of their sentiinents, off red him an asylum.
The ...largrave of BADEN appoint- d him :iis o't,ah.obr ..
inthee el etulique de. Lezatitt: Lrs)PoLD at Tilica3y, .
(toterwards If.rnperin), alai J ;sct'H 11. corresponded
with bins. Goof arils 111. of Sweden, decorated
him with the Order of Vasa ; and the King of Poland,
flTaxist.aus Aouraervio•appointed him his Director
of Nati dui Ethic:llion. This last 'Amnion, whlch
iaesented to him Ow most advantageous prospects to ' ,
niarelf and family, lie relinquished, to accept all
f •i i ir station in the oiryiceot his native country, at
the invitation of Lis itaimate friend the great anl
gcr.:l Tui.o.ff, at that time Honitter of Finance to
Lout:; XVI. . a,
In 174 he wac re.rnrnl.sintfl by M. DE Vre. . ,
OItNNES, to correspond with Di. JAMES HUTToN, VII I '
confidential and secret Agent of the KING of Greene
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BRITAIN, and arranged with that Gentleman the
secret basis of the Peace of 1783, by which the Inde.
.1 pendence of the United States was acknowledged. 4 t
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He was many years Inspector and Commissary- t.?
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General of Commerce and Manufactures, and Conn-
seiliir of Stitt. In those different capacities he greatly
contributed to extricate French industry frAn the '; i I
shackles by which a fa!se policy had teNttaiw.l it. i I
In 1787 and 1788, he was appointed by the'litag
Secretary of the Assembly of Notables; and in 1789
WAS elected a MernOeroi the first National Assembly,
where he distinguished liiinselt by his talents, his
sound principles, and his firmness. He devoted
himstlt to counteract the factions of the day, whose
intr gues :cud plo-s disgraced the French Revolutions . i
and prostrated the hopes of those who wished to
see France regenetated. free, and happy. He was ,
twice elected Pte.:Went of that celebrated body, which I i
combined in itself a greater portion of pre.eminerit
talents, than has ever been exhibited in any L^gil rst. i
tive Assembly.
His political principles were those of moderation ; , 1,1
his oi.j:ct the improvement of Government. without
viole:“:e ; he opposed the abettors of anarchy, with a •
creirap,e and active energy, bordering upon temerity.
When a liiirriLle tramp stalked through Francq
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and levelled in its progress the great and the good,
M. DUPONT could not exrpct to escape-41e WAS p-r.
wilted and imprisoned, and after several danger;, ! i
his lie was only preserved by the downfall of Itite-
SPIEKIE. Subsequent to that event, and when the i
reign of terror had ceased, he was elected, under the
Directorial Government, a Member, &c. also Presi.
dent of the Council of Ancients.
The J.vaiter having succeeded in overturning the
Directory in Finctidor, 17f.9, he left France, and,
for the first time, visited America.
In 1802, he returned to France, and when NArc.
LEON lost sight of the cause of freedom, by which he
WAS elevated, and pulamed only his personal ambi.
lion, in causing himself to be nominated Consul for
life. and then Emptior, Dto.oNr DE Nnooons pur.
sued steadily the principles which had guided him
through life, by abstaining from any participatinn i 1
the Government. Bat the confidence of his fellow•
citizens followed him into the recesses of private life,
and his appointments to the Presidencies of the Bank
Territorial, and the Chamber ef Commerce, and his
election to numerous charitable institutions, of which
he was an active end conspicuous member, mark
the extent of that :.enfidente, and the sincerity of
their regard.
At the first abdication of NAPOLEON, DtTnav Da
Namara*, was appointed Secretary of the Provisional
Government which accepted the House of Boonsoo,
in the hope of thereby securing to France a more 1
free Constitution of Governmeut.•
Upon the return of Milkmen:4 from Elba, he emi-
grated a o!cond time to the United States, st here his i
. two sons had been nattoai:zed many years. ;
1. He has left in France a wife, highly distinguished , 11
by her eminent virtues, and in America, a numerous
posterity to lament his loss. To those who looked I, .
up to him not only as the best and k;infest of parents,
but as a bright example for their imitatioll—it is a
consolation to reflect, that his last moments were 1
spent in the midst of his children, and that his reac-
rible relics repose among them, in a land of tree.
alum, which, next to lits native country, ITAS the
object of his matures: a:Z.:toe:l.
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