Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-01-03

ration and 0f course he was raised 10 the Chahl-
Der Of Peers, aud became the devoted servant OF
the Bourbons But this devotion was measured
and philosophical, and We are bound I'd admit that
if Charles X had followed his councils he would
not now be the inhabtant Of Hollywood. Chateau
BRAND had learned by fifteen years experience
and observation, that human society had made too
great progress since the commencement OF the
French revolution to be re-conducted to the state
of political and moral submission IN which 1t was
placed prior to that event.
And he was anxious to preserve to the Bour'
bons all their power and to France all her great
ness. This was his system. 1t was mistaken.
erroneous. and founded on false estimate Of
the character of the Princes to whom he was de-
voted, if you will, but at least il was generous,
philosophical and even patriotic. The Bonr-
bons had in Eng and forgotten every thing. and
learned nothing either from their sufernss or
their captivity, whilst Chateaubriand had learn
ed that Europe had advanced century, and that
the Bourbons must advance with it If they hoped
to preserve footing in France This was one
Of the first lessons which Chateaubriand set about
teaching Louis XVIII. on his return to France;
and we must do the deceased Monarch the justice
to admit, that no one member ofhis family so well
understood the wants Of their country, and
the way to preserve her from violence and
from agitation. When Louis the eighteenth
was Oh his death bed, and when the past and the
future were before him, he exhOrted his surviv-
ors to adhere to the Charter-not to pay too much
attention to the councils othe priests, and TO
member that if they did not march with public
opinion, they woult be swept away by its tor
rent.
During the hundred days, Chateaubriand fol-
lowed the King to Client, and there acted as Mi
mister of State. Then came the Ministry OF De-
cazes, and you NAV remember the violence on
some occasions evinced by VI. Chateaubriand
against the system of that Statesman. The over
throw of that Minister led to his appointment as
Minister Plenipotentiary at Berlin, afterwards,
in 1922, to his nomination as Ambassadorat Lon
don. where he had formerly been an exile and a
wanderer and in 1928 he was selected as Minis.
ter Plenpoteniary To the Congress Of Verona,
and subsequently Minister Of Foreign Affairs
This latter circumstance is the least brilliant
epoch in the life of NJ. de- Chateaubriand. for he
consented to act with such men as Vilele, Cor
bierre, and Peyronnet. lie soon found himself.
however. in bad society; and on the rejection Of
the law relative to the Rentes Of the State by the
Chamber of Peers he having refused to support
that law in that Chamber. deeming it bad one,
was ordered to be shawn the door of the King
Thus he left the Villele Ministry, and subse-
quently assisted to effect the overthrow of that
intoerabe evil. On the accession Of Charles the
Tenth, he was named Ambassador at the Court
of Rome, and there he enjoyed that ease and dig
nifty which we're 50 well suited to his state. TO his
respect for his religion. and to his ideas Of the
conyeniences ofhunan society. When Poignac
was appointed Minister by the narrow minded
banished King of France, NJ. de Chateaubriand
left his retreat, fastened TO Paris, requested an
interview with Charles the Tenth, was refused it,
gave in his resignation as an Ambassador, and de-
voted himself, from the autumn OF 1929 to the
summer of 1880. in assisting to secure the down
fall Of that anti-naiOnal Administration. When
the events Of July arrived, he was at Paris. made
his appearance in public. was carried on the arms
OF the people amidst the barricades of July to the
Chamber Of Deputies. and then protested against
the election of the Duke of Orleans as King, be-
cause, as he believed and insisted. Henry ", or
the young Duke of Bordeaux, was the Legitimate
Sovereign Of his country. His protests were
not regarded, his advice was not followed, he alb
dicated his title Of Peer. refused to take the oath
Of allegiance to the new Dynasty, and resolved
on leaving France for the retirement OF Switzer-
land. He was soon. however, aroused from his
reveries by proposition which was made 10 the
last Legislative Session. for banishing forever from
France the oldest branch of the House of Bour-
bon, and he wrote pamphlet, to which called
your attention at the time, entitled g DE la Res
tauration ct de Ia Monarche Elective" That
publication excited attention, and was the prin-
cipaI cause of the opposition which the Punishment
of Henry V. met with in the Chamber oil
Peers As the Bill was amended by the Upper
House, and as the Session of l85O-31 was sud-
denly dissolved, those Amendments we're not
agreed to by the Chamber of Deputies, and it be.
came necessary to revive the discussion OF the
subject in the present Parliament.
Invited by his friends to return to Frances and,
above all, pressed by the immortal Berenger, in
recent ode addressed to the Noble Absen tee,
NJ. de Chateaubriand is once more an inhabitant
of this capital, and has Immediately published
pamphlet with the following title:
..De la NouvelIe Proposition, relative an Ban
issement de Charles x, ct de sa Famille, Oh
Suite de mon dernier Ecrit.'.
ode la Restauration ct de la Monarchie cleo.
tive. Par NJ. de Cbateaubriand
You will perceive. from the title of this publ
cation, that the author has again addressed him