South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1834-07-05

I days after DULY 81 the doors Of the rep
resentatives chamber was closed and guar.
ded by Prussian troops. Lafayette con-
Quoted number OF the members of the
house of Lanjuinais, the President, where
they drew up a protest against this act Of
violence, and quietly separated. Lafay.
elite now retired once more to La Grange,
where he remained to 1918, when he was
chosen member of the chamber of depu
lies. Here he continued to support his
constitutional principles, by opposing the
laws Of exceptions, the establishment OF
the censorship ofthe press, the suspension
of personal liberty, &c, and by advocat-
| ing the cause ofpublic instruction, the or
ganizaion of a national militia, and The
iuviolabilty of the charter. In June.
1924, he landed a, New York, on visit
to the United States, upon the invitation
of the President, and was received 10 eve
Try part of the country, with the warmes
expressions of delight and enthusiast -
He was proclaimed by the popular voice,
"the guest of the na,ion," and his pre-
sence every where was the signal for festi.
walls and rejoicings. He passed through
the "a states Of the Union in sort of tri.
umphal procession, in which all parties
4 Joined to forget their discussions, 10 which
the veterans of the war renewed thei,
I youth, and the young were carried back
to the doings and su6erings of their ia.
theirs. Having celebrated, at Bunker
Hill, the anniversary Of the first confic,
of the revolution, and, at Yorktown, that
of its closing scene, in which be himself
had borne SO conspicuous part, and TAX
en- leave Of the four ex.presidents Of the
United States, he received the farewell of
the President in the name of the nation
and sailed from the capital in frigate
named, in compliment to him, the Bran.
dywine, Sept. Z, 1925, and arrived a,
Havre, where the citizens, having peacea-
bly, assembled to make some demons,ra-
ltions of their respect for his character,
were dispersed by the gendarmerie. In
December following, the Congress of the
United States made him grant of $780,
900, and township OF land, Sin consid-
Grafton OF bis important services & ex pen
ditures during the American revolutions"
The grant of money was in the shape
of stock, bearing interest at six per cent,
and redeemable Dec. 81, 1884. In Au.
gust, 1927, he attended the obsequies oil
Manual, over whose body he pronounced
eulogy. In November, 1927, the cham.
Der OF deputies was dissolved. Lafayette
was again returned member by the new
elections. Shortly before the revolution
of 1880, he travelled TO Lyons, &C., and
was enthusiastically received-a striking
contrast to the conduct of the ministers to.
wards him, and an alarming symptom to
the despotic government. During the re-
volution of July, 1880, he was appointed
general-n.chief of the national guards of
Paris, and ,hough no, personally Engaged
in the fight, his activity and name were
of the greatest service.
To the Americans, Lafayette, the init
mate friend of Washington, had appeared
in his last visit, almost like great hislo.
rical character returning from hey ond the
grave. In the eyes of the French he is a
man of the early days of their revolution
"a man moreover, who has never chang
ed side or principle. His undertaking
consstancyis acknowledged by all, even
by those who did not allow him The pos
session of first rate talents. When the
national guards we're established through
GU, France, after the termination of the
struggle, he was appointed their comman-
der-in.chieG and his activity in this post
was admired. Aug. II, he was made
marshal of France. His influence with
the government seems to have been, for
some time great, but whether his psinci-
pies were too decidedly republican. to
please the new authorities "a few days
after the adoption of the new charter,
he declared himself a pupil Of the Ameri.
can school, OF whether he was considered
as the rallying point of the republican
party, or whatever may have been the
reason, he sent his resignation in Deem.
Der 1880, which was accepted and count
Lobau appointed chief of the national
guards ofParis. Lafayette declared from
the tribune, that he had acted thus 10 con.
sequence of the distrust which the power
accompanying his situation seemed to ex-
cite in some people. On the same occa~
sion he also expressed his disapprobation
of the nsw law of election. Shortly be-
4 fore his resignation, he exer,ed himself
most praiseworhily to maintain order