Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-10-07

iected by the liberals. both by a new chsrts,
and the pledged faith Of the Austrian rev
eminent; on the other hand the enthns;.sm q
the NATION would ind a field for lis exer,;s,
10 The remembrance Of the glorfes of the IA.
peieon name. The adulation which !, yet a.
ereiiy bestowed upon the character Of thi,
extraordinary man, by those who remembe,
only his victories and his renoyYn. would soar
bring his offerings with renewed zeal 10 The
shrine ofthe departed great, The faults q
.'aPoieon hGse been more scvefeb c~ritisissd
ntefl ~ hfmsef, and in spite Of the efforts 81
gco't and LoeAhart b impress history with
Ln9Hsh preJddlees, we may see with change
OF circumstances, some honest writers. who
WI dare to do justice TO those actions which
must ever form a theme for romance ana .
s~u9,leet o. reflection for philosophy.
we forget 10 mention that the ssE.xpose
Iompafa5H" was publishes by Bignon in
No. u-MoEs. GvIzor-Of hs Deps,t,xeat
q Education.
Education was cenfessedly neglected in
/ rance prior to the time ofthe Revolution
he great men who have shone in the ares
Of Henry w Louis XIV. XIV. and XVI we're
more indebted to their natural genius for
their superiority than to their early educa-
ton.
The French University was the first or
ganized uader Louis NV. and since that ne
Flod has been constantly under The care Of
tao government for The time being. n con
slsts OF SIX Colleges and a general Office Of
Tor the direction OF the whole. Besides these
there are an immense number OF schools
called primary, %central md special schools.
IN a great measure supported b. Govern
ment, where young lads 81 TALENT may r, ceire
elementary instruc tons gratuitausly.
As Late as 1922, the French Ministers find
ing that the people were getting TO be TOO en-
lghiened. directed that all lectures on Eth
ies, public law and political economy. should
either be delivered in Latin or to be diScen
timed.
And the Able Frassinoes, who had CHARGE
a the department Of education DARN. thar
year, recommended in bis official CAPACITY
that the common people should not lie allow
ed either to learn 10 read or write II there
sFas no other cause fer a revclution than this
we should justify the French people in chan,
glng their battle-ery .'cf mon ioic st. Den
nis' for the more aPpallingono CT s5own with
the lyrant' Napoleon boosted Of having
made education so cllsap in France that a
peasant might be educated if he would, era
tnitsusly, and above all that the museums.
those splendid collections or arts. were first
thrown spen in his reign 20 al classes Of peo.
| pie. This is highly 10 his credit, and should
be borne in mind when we feal inclined 10 ii
sit hi2sfaults upon his memory.
Mons. Guizot was horn at Nismes in 1887.
and he was educated at Geneva. He return
ed TO Paris. and there met in society ga
learned lady, Madeneiselle Pauline De
Moulan, who married him. Together they
conducted several public journals; among
which were Tire Mercury and the Gazette de
France. In 1914, when the Able Mantesqtic
came INTO power and was engaged in draw
ing up the famous report ON the state OF
France. which passed over in silence all thc
recent Improvements of the Emperor, Guiz-
OF was made Secretary General Of the Min
lster Of the Interior, through the Abbe's in.
f~acnce. lie afterwards occupied a similar
post under the Minister of Justice. He was
also Censor until tae office was aboli,led-
lie has published "a dictionary Of Synoai
mes a work on the state Of The enc arts;the
annals of education; lives OF the French no
cts in the raigs OF Louis XIV, ideas Of the
liberty OF the press, and a variety OF ether
Productions, all OF a high cast We have no
account OF hts peculiar political sentiments.
but from bis signature being annexed to the
protest ofthe deputies, we presume that as
TO his being a liberal there eaa be me nis-
take"
No. UI.-BAroS SEGUirs-Lass Chaase!ier
Of France.
We select ameng the late ministers OF
Charles Nth, one who is a fair specimen Of
the character OF tho others. here are cx
c~eptions, however. Polignac, who had exhi-
bited equal want Of discernmsnt and discre
ton in his public career, has at least the me
rt Of consistency. In private lie he is SAID
to be an aniable and agreeable nsaa and in
a future number we will give a sketch Of the
Count Jules, with the hope that it may find
the favour with which eur former sketches
have been received by the puhlic.
The Baron Seguier, as far as we can judge
from the facts in our possession, is the lit In
stramest Of a tyrant.
"Ihe natterer of the fesisl hour,
The hestiless parasite of pressut pewer.'
lie is evidently a deciple Of the Ialleyrand
school-one of those who can turn & tura, s
vet go on and if fortune sometimes dssert
him, it is only the nstretribatien Of his alb
iect sycophancy. he was bern in ITS, aEd
Is the d~escendsnt Of an ilIustrious family.
His father Anthony Louis, was the sdve
cate general OF the parliament OF Paris. The
predecessors Of Anthony were also distin-
guished alike for their eloquence and lega
sttaiaments, and the French biographel
claims for them the grateful admiration o
their country. A sad contrast are we ohligcc
10 draw between the past and tie present.
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