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advocate general Of the parliament Of
Paris. The predece.sors of Anthony
were distinguished alike for their clio.
9uence and legal attainments, and the
French biographer claims for them the
grateful 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
hrs youth educated for the law. and
was ascending the ladder Of promotion,
as deputy attorney general, when the
revolution drove him and his father out
OF the country. Under Napoiron's
consular government, many emigrants
were restored 10 their native land, =
mong them was Seguier, who received
an appointment. connected with his
profession. In 1902 he was created
president of the Court Of Appeal, and
in 1910 president Of the Imperial
Court. On this occasion, he was made
a Baron, and q member Of the Legion
OF Honor. In the days Of promotion,
he was the most serviie Of the seryile.
tic addressed his master in words like
these on one occasion: "Napolcon is
beyond history, he belongs to the he
roic ages, he is beyond admiration,
there is nothing but love which can eli.
evatc itself to the contemplation Of his
character" This was said in lsO7.
In 1914 the Baron began to talk Of
the tyranny of his benefacter, and
went over 90 the King. lie was made
counsellor of state for this demonstra-
ton Of loyalty. Whom the Emperor
returned from Elbs, Seguisr was ex.
PEELED tho country, but on the re-esta
blishment Of the Bourbons, he resumed
his place, and was made a Peer Of
France.
Ii was during the same year that in
his address e. the member Of his court,
he proclaimed the following sentiments
from the bench: "Ail authority comes
sFsm God, the people are no, allowed
to dispose Of it! A monarch being the
image of the divinity, no more repre-.
seuts the people he governs than pa
rent does his own children. Our an
cestors, who wore wiser than ourselves,
admitted that Kings reigned not by
constitutional authority, but by the
grace Of God"
Our readers cannot wonder il the
French nation has grown weary Of lis
tening to such doctrines. Yet these
have been the incense offered Charles
10th by his bcsotted ministry, and
these have been the causes of the rest
lessDess which that nation has shown
Tor the last ten years under their APP
plicati0n. An attentive observer will
long since have perceived that. nothing
short Of a revolution could efface the
bad effects Of such wilful perverseness
and such astonishing misruie. seguirr.
De Melville. Yillele, aud Corbiere.
are all OF the same stamp-iBeapable
Of feeling any Of those impulses which
warm the bosom of the philanthropist,
inscnsible to the degradation Of human
nature. when it is the sport Of tyrannys
NO. Vii
Ia PITTE, the Bunker and Deputy.
Among the prominent actors in the
scene, is Monsieur Jacques La Fitte.
of the Rue D'Artois, Boulevard Ita-
lien. His character is somewhat puz-
cling. He may be a sincere friend Of
liberty, but one transaction which we
shall presently notice. has not done
him credit. lie is 4 native Of Bayonne,
and was born Of an humble parentage
IN l76S. He early went to Paris, ard
entered the house II Perrcgaux as their
book keeper. His great ability as a
hnancier promoted the interest Of that
establishment as well rs his own. lie
gradually rose in favor with the princi
pal men in Office. and was made Judge
OF the tribunal Of Commerce in 1873,
and Governor of the Bank in 1914, by
the provisional government, in the
place Of Jaobert. Tie retained his sit
uatIon until 1920. when he was dis.
placed. He had received some distin-
guIshed proofs Of confidence in the in.
terim from the mercantile interest OF
Paris. In 1915. when il became ne.
cessary 10 Withdraw the French armies
beyond the Loire, in compliance with
the acquisitions Of the second capitula.
ton Ut the city, no money was 20 be
had without drawing from the bank. IA
the great injury of It's credit. Lsfitte
came forward 81 this crisis with q gen
srosity and patriotic feeling unhesrd
among modern money changers; he
advanced about $4,000 out OF bis
own pocket. and saved the Partisan,
from the hard alternative which would
have followed a non compliance Will
the treaty. IN 1916 be wrote a Ia
nous report or the state II Tive Bank,
and developed the beautiful simplicity
Of tie operations, iiue contrast TO ih'
mystery. ptetensious. We had almos
said charlaianry. &C similar iDstitsiion
aspiring to political inhaenee unde
our own eyes. 10 1916 he vas elect
ell Deputy by the electoral college @
the Seine. and became az once an TN