Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-09-18

cts in the reign OF Louis l4th ldeaS o' tne 'io0'
" of the press and variety OF other Proanctlohs
all of a HIGH cast. We have an account oil MS Pc
culiar political sentimentsbut from ms signature
being annexed to the protest OF the deputies' we
| presume that as to his being liberal there can
! be g no mistake"
No. yII.-BAaox SEeuIER-Late Chancellor Of
France.
| We select among the late ministers ct Charles
the Xth, one who is fair specimen Of the cha.
racter of the others. There are exceptions,
! however. Polignac, who has exhibited equal
wan, of discernment and discretion IN his pub
Tic career, has at least the merit Of consistency.
In his private life he is said to be an ami BILE and
agreeable man; and in future number we will
give sketch Of the Count Jules, with the hope
that it NAV lind the favor with which our former
sketches have been received by the public.
| The Baron Seguier. as far as we can judge from
the facts in our possession, is the tit instrument
Of tyrant,
"The a.tterer of the festal hour,
I The heartless parasite of present power"
He is evidently a disciple of the Taieyrand
! schooI-one of those who can turn and turn
and vet 90 on,'' aud if fortune sometimes
deserts him, it is only the just retrbution of his
abject sycophancy. He was born in 1868, and
is the descendant Of an illustrious family.
His father, Anthony Louis, was the advocate
general of the parliament of Paris. The prede-
cessOrs Of Anthony were also distinguished alike
! for their eoquence and legal attainments, aud
| the French biographers claim for them the CRATE
full admiration Of their country. A sad contrast
We are obliged to draw between the past and the
present.
The subject of this sketch was from his youth
\ A. l. Id
der Of promotion. as Deputy Attorney General,
when the revolution drove him and his father out
of the country. Under Napoeon's consular gov
eminent, many emigrauts were restored to their
faauVe land s'nong them was Seguier, who re-
ceiyed an appointment connected with his pro
fession. In 1902 he was created presidentof the
Court Of Appeals. and in 1910 president of the
Imperial Court. On this occasion he was made
a Baron, and member Of the Legion Of Honor.
| In the DAYS of promotion, he was the most SER
vile of the servie. He addressed his master in
words like these on one OCCASION Napoleon
is beyond history. he belongs to the heroic ages
he is beyond admiration, there is nothing but
! love which can elevate itself to the contempla-
| ton Of his character!'' This was said in SOY.
In 1914 the Baron began TO talk Of the tyranny Of
| his benesdctor, and wen to overt the King. He
was made counsellor Of state for this demonstra-
| ton of LOYALTY. When the Emperor returned
from Elba, Seguier was expelled the country,
but on the REIMBURSEMENT of the Bourbons. he
resumed his place. and was made Peer of France.
| 1t was during the same year that in his address
to the members of his court. he proclaimed the
following sentiments from the bench. .sAll au-
thority comes from God, the people are not al
lowed to dispose of it! A monarch being the
image Of the divinity, no more represents the
4 ha han a hig
children. Our ancestors. who were wiser than
ourselves, admitted that Kings reignod not BY
constitutional authority, but the grace Of God. {"
| Cur readers cannot wonder if the French ma
ton has grown weary of listening TO such doc
'rines. Yer these have been the incense offered
"a Charles Y by his besotted ministry. and these
have been the causes of the residences which that
nation has shewn for the last ten years ander
| their application. An attentive observer will
long since have perceived that nothing short Of
revolution could efface the bad effects Of such
wilful perverseness aud such astonishing n,isrue.
Seguier. De Melville. vilele. and Corbiere. are
| all Of the same stamp-incapable Of feeling any
of those impulses which warm the bosom If the
philalthropis nsensibIe to the deg sdaion of hu-
/ mar aature. when it is the sport Of tyranny.
-z5a3eas-
| Mr.. jacob GERARD Koch, lately deceased at
Paris, was tor many years resident Of this city.
and well known to all our merchants as man Of
strict integrity and generosity in all his dealings
and intercourse with hisfellow men. A native of
Holland. he came to this country when young
soon became naturalized and settled in this CITY
as merchant, and finally as underwater on
vessels. He was fortunate, and retired to Paris
some years ago, with an ample fortune, where
he lived in splendid hospitality to all. but more
particularly to Americans His mansion was the
resort Of every Philadelphia, who visited that
interesting metropolis, and never did one enter
his doors without cordial welcome, nor leave
it but with sincere wish to return. Free and
open in his manners, and hospitable to degree
in all his entertainments, restraint was no where
felt in his house, sickly fashion nor etiquette
at his board-all was free hearted generosity and
benevolent wishes TO all with whom he was ac-
quainted. His constant theme in conversation
was Philadelphia prosperity-his heart was here
though he lived in Paris. and true American,
nothing was amiss that had relation to his adopt
aI H. tbo IL.