Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-11
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ist NJ LufttC, Minister OF Finance and Presiden
o. The Councl Of Minister'S! Mark that Presi
cchi Of tho Council of Minister'S! So that he is tc
give The tone to tho Cabinet, and his principles ar,
take about this! Who then is NJ Lattice, A Re-
p'hhcnn. an avowcd Republican,! an avowed Repub-
lican ~ thirty years standing. -
:. Tho PresideHt of the Council Of Ministers wal
borne at Bayouue in 1877, and was tho ,sop of car<
r"niet. lis now in trnde-kseps a banking house
ard, oh, horrible! Is, fact a shnpkeepcril The
Royaists say, that To have shopkeeper fr Minis
t'r "a enough alone 10 send dawn the Rentcs five per
cant. France replies. that she mcddes not with the
stock obbng politics of tn Bnurse, and that the Rem
tics go down aud will GO up-fr the President of the
Council is Republican, an homes, man. Latte 3D.
gan ut IN early age his commercial career. For
nv years he clerk. then supern: endanl, and u!-
tmltey, partner, in the banking house of Pc-agmax
After the death Of the elder Peragaux, I.nfitte.
for ten years. conducted the house, the of his late
partner being little more than sleeping one To the
firm. BY talent, industry. good sense, and straight
forward conduct, he gained good reputation, and
very large fortune. lie named succcssivelv
President of the Tribunal Of Commerce. and Gov
crnor of the BanR of France the emolumenls attach
Cd to which Office he would not receive although he
devoted his time and talents to that great establish
ment. He is acquainted with his native tongue
speaks plain. good common sense-undcrstands per-
fectly well how to express hmself-and has even so
improved himself in the of public speaking as to
pass for very go"d orator. In England Won would
not think hin,Foquent, but At least he will vie vii
puties, he has always supported the cause of lib
crty, was devoted hater of the Bourbons-protested
agains, a dissolution OF the National Guards-and
was the friend of the persecued Manuel. who
has been accused of having composed for
LATTE of his best speeches. IT. Lafittc
in 1875 after the second captulationof Paris when
all disorder and confusion presented to- he puhIir
Treasury E5O 900 serl'ng, To preserve the country
from rnin-and during the late Revolution of july
opened his bank all the poor and unfortunate who
applied for relief, gave them money provisions and
arms, and urged on TINT Revolution, TO march with
which he is now appointed President of the Council
of Ministers! Brs:dps these acts Of generosity he
presented 10 the fund for The relief of the widows and
wounded the sum of go 000 sterling! NJ Iaft,c
being elected for the departments of Seine and
Bases Pyroncss, selected the latter the place of
his birth, and has recently been reelected at Bay-
onne without opposition. 80 Baranger Tho scanster
Of France, he was friend in his imprisonment and
visited aud cheered him in his CAPTIVITY When the
% u-bons oppressed that admir- bic poet and when
In noverty and wreichedness he pincd, Latte fodes
him in his arms, gave him in his house an osvlur,
and dccaely Naced him in bureau in his vast es
tablishmcnt, where there however scarcely onv
tn 20 do, in order that the needy but independent
B"ranger might not feel that he was pensinner on
tn bounty ut his patron. This is Laii,te. He mov
hav' commercial enemies. and banking opponents and
Stock Exchapg" antagonists, but hr has no personal
foe; and DISPUTES the honesty of his conduct
the integrity of his political lfc his dcvotednrss TO
the cius ofthe people. The daughter Of NJ Latte
Is married 10 the Of Marshal My, tho Prince
OF Nnskwa. This marriage has been ca led one OF
rs entation, and Latte has been CHARGED with .
love of rank, and of spnndour and titles IF this
charge mad been true, this Republican Minister rupbt
have been Peer of France himself in Charles the
Zen u" reegn. if he would only have abandoned his
Pins is our President of Council and Nms.nr AZ
Finance Some wish he had accepted the post Of
Minister of tho Interior, and that banker had no,
been chosen as the Chief Of he Treasury ]. NAV
be hat this objection is good cuc-thongh the nm
doubted immense wealth Of this firm and solid c,n,
tast, added to his prudence and honour. would h,
sufficient guarantees against any rnuversution. and
would se'u"to he ren''er confidence. and the Gov
ernment support.
2. Marshal Marquis Nasou, Minister Of Voreign
AHsTS; Inc Marquis IS no new man to Europe. He
swell known and his mere name is tower of strength
lie was born at Epnay, in 177l and entered in The
service of the Volunteers organized in Paris in 1903
From that period 1914, I've never ceased IN earvs
ms country as soldier and various the wounds
he received on the field of battle. In 1894 on the
1st of July, before Mons, at the head of few oreno
adiers he contested with Sue Austrans; and when he
found himself alone in the midst of his euemies he
refused To sheathe his sword aud left for dead on
the ground. To follow him in his career would h.. n
long though a pleasing task. In 1900, he fourht in
t!olanA, and was wounded by a ball in his chest Al
the peace ot Amiens, he received the place of Com
mandant of the Department Of Tanaro. -asss,.J q,
the battle of Auster'tz and distinguished bneeIf IN
the campaign ot Prussia, in 1906. He subsequently
served under Victor in Spain, when he was wounded
seriously in his right foot Subsequently he served
unlcr Bernadotc agains, the Waleheren exnedifion r.
afterwards showed new proofs ofcourage and talent in
the war against Russia. On occasion after hav;no
two horses killed under him, and being wounded by
ball in his shoulder, he mounted the third charger anT
led on hrs troops TO victory. In 1915 he received the
command OF the body of the army destined To defenf
the Rhine, and to cover Belgium. Defeated however
at Antwerp, Louvan, &c, he retired to Lille, ant
there signed an arm'sce with the Allied Powers. An,
gave IN his adhesion to the decree of the Senat,
which pronounced the fall Of NapoIeonl In 1915 II,
was made Peer of France, and Governor of ParsN
and when Louis XVIII gave to Farnce a Charter In.
Marshal Maison was console Bously DISPOSED to err
port the King, because he believed that the Nonarc
gave with honest intentions, and did not intend sb
sebently To Withdraw altar the Charta which he m
peared freely to bestow. Since that period M.;so
has distinguished himself by his opposition to the Wi
leie fsction-snd e. all measures not fayourabl. T.
public hberiy--and bias been JEALOUS advocate =
popular rights in the Chamber of.PerTs Yaisor !,
undoubtedly, more great Military Commander tba
Dipiomatist. or Mtis;er OF State; but his acnn,n
lance with foreign countries and Courts the b,rb
spec IN which his talents and character are held he q
foreign powers, and the certainty which every On
VIII have when they read his name tla, France doe
dot intend to submit to any system Of foreign c,atio
or chichanery, will give great weight and i'm
portance to the new Ministry, Mason during the tim
OF Napoleon concealed his desire for Ices al
sOlute mi nd for