Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-11-26

of the French government, We may conjecture
what VII be lts course when tie period NOW rap
IDLY approaching, arrives which viii decide tho 10
long probematieal question Of peace or war
But we will deloin the reader no longer from the
extracts. The Paris writer aays
| =" There is little dluli that the Duke d. Drozlis
will be tbs OF unneral Sebastian, IL the
foreign department lie IS stigmalized rs the
leader OF the docfrinaire party, at.fm WHICH ~
nearly SYNONYMOUS with thai OF uleotist ~
! ls most uniayorabe acceptntion- II the min
| stly which was formed immediately after the fero.
luton, the Duke dc BrosIie occupied the higher
station of presiden, Of the council IN conjunction
with the department, Of public instruction and OF
worship, from which NJ. Girod Is about to retire 1t
was IN pursuance of the system Of Napoleon, who
sough. to sustain his power by mans Of all who
recommended themselves by their birth, THEN for
tune, or their talents that the Duke Dc Broglie
selected n, very carly age, to discharge ,mpos
tan. administrative functions, first in Paris NJ the
section OF hosnierior and afterwards in the various
countries which were occupied by the armies Vi
France. AT still cartier period he Ind applied
himself with ardor to literary pursuits, and wrote
habit .nlly for the public journals In the moth
of June, Isl he was raised 10 the poernae, but be
Ing then only IN his Goth year be disqualified
from taking part IN the deliberations OF the cham
Der Ills iirst public appearance was on the oeea-
sion Of the trial of the unfortunate Marshal Npy,
opportunity which he seizad with oil the enthusl.
asm of his character 10 struggle with the courage
Of convection in tpvor OF the accused Soon after
wards he boldly attacked the numerous exceptions
ofihc celebrated nc, of amncsty--those exceptions
by which il was in tact converted into un act Of
prescription These are merits however, which
will no longer be rem .mberedby the enemies Of The
system of the 18th of March, 10 which tho Duke do
Broshe is about 10 lend his active aud official sup
port need mol tell you thut ho ia the son Of the
Prince de Revel, and consequently the grandson Of
the Marshal OF that name, nor that be IL the son-p
law OF Madame de Stael, the daughter Of Neckar,
the celebrated finance minister Of LOUIS XVI
NJ Human, one OF The deputies er the depart
uoni oftho Lower Rhine, who possesses the To-
pucton ofbcing the greatest plplceo, Of the ngc
In tho science osGnance by the accumulation ~.
immense private fortune, has boen offered the port
folio oflhe Baron Louis, WHO'S also man Of enor.
nous wealth II is understood this morning, that
| NJ liumun hns acceded 10 the ovtrtures Which
have been nude 10 him, and us he IS one OF tho
mast popular men who ranged themselves on the
side OF The Petier administration, his accession
may be expected TO add considerable weight 10 the
new government AT tho last election he was re
lurnedby two electoral colleges, TINT of shelosadt
on the Lower Rhine, and tia, of ViIlofaneho in the
department of Aycyron. llo took his option ior
the former and through his influence, lhe brother Of
has friend, tho Duke Decazcs, was afterwards re-
turned for Veiranehe. Although Of very humble
| origin beng the of an old clothes man, M iiu'
mann has raised himself by h,s owr merit TO tho
.T, At
was inthc year 1891 that he first obtained seat IN
the Chamber OF Deputies Eisearlicst parliamentary
efforts were directed agans, tho highly penal enact
nenis, which fetnred the freedom of I'm press, and
iavor of thu application OF the trial by jury To all
literary and political jelnqaeneies. To Tho war
which was directed against the progress Of free
dom in Spain, be offered the most strenuous oppo.
s,tion. During the administration OF NJ. DO .llole,
he openly supported tho financial projects OF the
| Minister and did not openly oppose him On other
qucsitio more immediately affecting his popular
ty. The secrecy OF ballot which conoonls the votes
OF tic French Deputies rom their constituents l,ii
his Parliamentary conduct under suspicion, 30 thai
At the dissolution oitho Chamber IN 1897 he was not
returned by the collage nj Stu9lourg as whose re-
preventative he had previously sat in tbs Chamber
he found favor hpwoveI, in the eycs OF the electors
Of Vcfunche and after the accession Of V lsfount
Margnoc to over he became an ackoo glegsd
ndhcr,n, Of the Ministry On the appearance
II Prince Polignno u, the head Of affairs,
| NJ Eumann rrloined the ranks Of tho oppas
tioa, an Distinguished himself one Of the
leaders of The celebrated 21l who voted the address
to Charles y beBccchng him 10 dismiss from his
Councils The ministry otthe 9th Of August, Ahor
the revolution h. supported the Gnlz,, ministry but
although he did not oppose, neither did he cordial
~ support the system Of NJ. Lafiitio. lie coopera-
ted Ia the formation OF the Perrcr ministry, al.
though he dij moi then accept tho Office which was
offered 10 him. ani MS tWdy accession mny be ro-
gnfdcd evidence, TINT the system OF the l3th OF
March IS SIN 10 be maintained.
Thetaents OF Theirs, the historian Of the first
French revolution, one Of the founders Of the Ma
,ional md PREVIOUSLY ono Of the ablest Writers in
the Conslitutonnc have .aised him TO the rank OF
| Minister of public instruction III The new govern
men. NJ. Th,ers is considered by the IibcrnIs as a
renegade from their parry, and as huv,og sold him
self 10 the jstc micu tof the sake o,thn III icG and
power Inch has now been granted 10 him Ike hns,
! IN consequence become tho object oil their bttetest
lnvecllves II Is but justice, however 10 this highly
Tented individual 10 say, that IN his great work on
thcrcyouon which first obtained for him the repu-
faiion he now enjoys, he advocated, and who Wal
say that he did not advocate conscIen,lou5y the
maintenance Of the hereditary privileges Of the
pecrasc and most Of those c,her principles which
have noW procured for bm the hatred Of aIs former
friends. |, lslor his very consistency then IN sup
porting system, nearcs; 20 that which he former
Iy advocated as historian and publIcst, that he j:
now the object of so much yruencc & abuse. His
.tlalnments at public speaker and especially tn,
talent so rare in France Of being never uhprepare,
for reply, VIII make hts accession Of the creates
value 10 the new ministry The only man III tn,
Brush Parliament to whom ! can compare hm il
he ord Advocate Of Scotland, better kaown as ia,
sdt,ar o. the Ei,aburgh Review whose manner nnl
appearaact ,lany Of yoar readers must have bad