Litchfield enquirer., 1830-10-14
xHE ACTORS xTr THE SCENE.
JULES DE PoLIGNAc.

tues, but his political education has been of that character which deadens the feel ings towards the mass of mankind, and leaves the desire of control unchaStened by the feelings of humanity. After hav- ing been so many years unhappy wander CTS in foreign lands, exiles from the coun- try that gave them birth, the followers of the Bourbons as well as that family itself would if they had not been deficient in or dinary prudence, have conciliated by a kind and liberal policy those who acqui- Csced in their return. - .-. .. The very reverse of this spirit has ap- peared to actuate them. They have con- ductcd as though "a piece of board cov- cred with velvet" was a constitutional throne, and the possession of the crown jewels (twice have the Bourbons attempt- ed to carry them oO was guaranty of the popular favor. ,.,,a.4 s...F ..s.,.e. i
 The tempest has at last broken out, and the storm has come upon their devoted heads, and after their utter prescription of free principles in their own country, they seem forced to seek safety themselves in the only land of all others where those principles are the basis and support ofgov- ernment. ..... .., ..-
 We believe the fallen minister is a de- scendant ofthe famous Cardinal De Polig- nae, distinguished for his literary acquirc- ments, although by most people suspected of being a natural son of Charles X. He was born in 17SO. His mother was the celebrated Duchess de Polignac, Govern ess 10 the children of Louis 10th, and the friend & adviser of his unfortunate Queen.
 He was an exile in his youth to Russia and England. In the latter country he was aid to Charles Xth, when as the Count D'Artois he claimed and received the charities of the British nation. He next exgagcd in the famous conspiracy of Gcor- ges and Pichegru against the first Consul. and was, with, his brother tried and found guilty. Jules was condemned to impris- onment, his brother was doomed to death. The court was astonished to hear the younger brother Polignac entreating to be substituted in his more unfortunate broth- CTS place, and to receive the stroke of the axe in his stead. He pleaded that his brother Armand had wife and family de- pendent on him for happiness and protec- ton, while he was an isolated being whose life was of but little consequence to any. With the feelings of Damon and Pythias, each sought to avert the puniSll- mcnt from the other. The generous de- votion displayed by Jules had its effect on the heart of Napoleon, who changed the sentence of death to that of confinement. Both were kept in duress, and for many years were the tenants of different French prisons. .,,... r...s.
 The Polignacs were, it is asserted, con- stantly engaged in the schemes which the friends of the Bourbons from time to time agitated, and Napoleon himself asserts that his former clemency met with poor return.
 In 1913 they met at the Chateau of Us- SC in Touraine, the residence of M. De Duras, and general rising of the royal ists in the West and South of France up- on the landing of the Duke De Berri was contemplated. It is alleged that they. were concerned in the singular plot of Malet; at all events they were suspected and put under surveillance, from which in 1874 they escaped.
 During the same year Jules joined the Cout D'Artois, and was sent on special mission to Rome. He attended Louis 18th to Ghent, and was thence dispatched to the frontiers of Savoy. He once again fell into the hands of the Bonapartists, and again made his escape. At the restora- ton of the Bourbons he returned to Paris and was made Peer.
 He was also created Inspector General of the National Guards, Marshal, and member of several orders, and then a Prince. In 1916 he connected himself with Scotch lady of the name of Camp bell, who died soon after, and his second wife, also an English woman, was during the Prince's recent residence in England as the French Ambassador, distinguish ed leader of the ton. The Court Journal has been very loud in its praise of the la dy, and her departure for France was am nounced as an affair which would break the hearts of. a numerous train of,triends and admirers. We believe she was also alluded to in the novel called the Exclusives. ral
 It seems that PoligBac has been one of the Kings most incorporate advisers, in- deed most blindly SO. He assured the for l eign ministers that no explosion would fol- low the obnoxious decrees, and he seems to have been as much astonished at the re- suit as any one else. He has evidently been afraid to show himself since the troubles have commenced, and we think that some allusions made to an obnoxious l minister by the liberal journals are meant