Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-10-14
(Contio,eI from pnvs frst.)

JULES DE PoLIaNAC -Pelignac 10 not
without his private virtues, tut his political
education has been Of that character which
deadens the feelings towards the mass OF
mankind, and leaves the desire oil control
unchasiened by the feelings OF humanity. Al
ter having been for SO many years unhappy
wonderers in foreign lands, exiles frsm the
conntry that gave them birth, the fsllowers
efthe BourboAs as well as that family Itself
would, ifthey had not been deficient in ordl
nary prudence. have conclliated by q kind o..
liberal poiicy those whs acquiesced IN their
return.
The very reverse Of this spirit has appear
ed to aetuate them. They have conducted
as though ga piece or board covered with
velvet was a constitutional thrsne, aud the
possession Of the crown jewels Qwice have
the BSurbons attempted to carry them OIL
was a guarantee Of the popular favor.
The tempest has at last broken out, and
the storm has come upon theirdevated heads,
and after their utter prescription Of free prln-
cipies in their own country, they seem forced
90 SEX safety themselves in the only land Of
all others where those principles are the ba-
sis and support Of government.
We believe the fallen minister is a descen-
dant Of the famous Cardinal de Polignac,
distinguished fer his literary requirements,
although by NEST people suspected Of being a
natural son of Charles X. He was born in
1880. His mother was the celebrated Duchess
de Polignac, gsverness To the children Of
Louis 10th, and the friend and 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 10th, when,
as the Count d'Artois, he claimed and re-
ceived the charities Of the British nation. lie
next engaged In the famous conspiracy of
Georges and Pichegru against the First Con
sui, and was, with his brother, tried Il found
guilty. jules was condemned to Imprison-
ment, his brother was doomed to death.
The Court was astenished to hear the youn-
ger Polignac entreatiHg to be substituted in
his moro unfortunate brothers. place, and 10
receive the stroke of the axe in bis stead
He pleaded that his brother Armand had a
wife and family dependant on him for bappi.
ness and protection, while he vas an insolat-
ed being whose life was of little consequence
TO any. With the feelings of Damon and
Pythias, each sought to avert the punishment
from the ether. The generous devotion dis
played by Jules had its effect on the heart of
Napoleon, who changed the sentence vi
death, to that OF confinement. Both were
kept in duress, and for many years were the
tenants Of different French prisons.
The Pslisnacs were, it is asserted, con-
stantly engaged in the schemes which thc
friends OF the Beurboas from time to time "a
gitated, and Napoleon himself asserts that
his former clemcncy met with a poor return.
In 1918, they met at the Chateau of Usse
in Toutains, the residence OF NJ. dc Duras,
and a general rising OF the ~royalists in the
West and South of France upon the landing
of the Duke de Berrl was contemplated. 1t
is alleged that they were concerned in the
singular plot of hlaiet. at all events they
were suspected and put under surveillance,
from which in 1914 they escaped. During
tho same year jules joined the Count d'Ar.
tsls, and was sent on a special mission to
Rome. He attended Louis XVIII to Client,
and was thence despatched TO the frontiers of
Savoy. lie ence again fell into the hands of
the Bonapartists; and again made his escape.
At the restoration OF the Bsurbouns, he re-
turned to Paris and was made a peer.
He was also created Inspector General of
the National Guards, a Marshal, a member
Of several orders, and then a Prince. In
ISIS, he connected himself with a Scotch
lady of the name of Campbell, who died
soon after, and his second wife, also an En-
glisa wssnan, was during the Princes recent
residence in England as the French Ambas-
sadsr, q distinguished leader oil the ton. Tie
Court Journal has been very loud in its praise
Of the lady, and her departure for France
was ~annsunceda as an affair which would break
the Aeafts oil a numerous train of friends and
admirers. We believe she was also alluded
TO in the novel called the Exclusives.
1t seems that P~eiugnac has been one Of the
Kings most htemperate adv isers-indecd
most bhndly so. He assured the foreign
ministers that no explosion would follow the
obnoxious DEGREES, and he seems to have
been as much astonished at the result as any
one else. lie has evidently been afraid TO
show himself since the troubles have com.
menced, and we think that serne illusions
made to an obnoxious minister by the liberal
Journals are meant Tor him. lift be true that
he has escaped to Brussels, he may feel hap
py in having Stunned the fate which seems 10
threaten bis colleague Psyronnet.
The Prince went to Easland in 1929, as
Ambassador, and in 1929 returned 10 France,
when he was made President of the Council.
His sentiments have on all occasions been the
highest grade of ultragroyalism.
NO. XII.
We have in the preceding sketches, al
tempted, and not without difficulty, 10 give
our readers an idea of The characters and
standing OF those whe are engaged in the
scenes Of the present revolution. Many have
been passed over, because the public were
possessed of every information necessary 10
elucidatc their conduct. LAFAYETTE and his
gallant son, Constant VilIeiS, HYDE de Neu-
vile, and Harnnont, are well known. Those
we have skatched, were not SO much so. In
conclusion, we shall rapidly glance at a few
others who would form subjects for volumes
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