The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-07-10

DEATH OF TALLEYRAND.-The following ell
oquent article from the Liverpool Mail, on the
death of Talleyand, will make the blood flow
quicker. lis truth will not he denied
Now that Prince Talleyrand, or rather the re-
mains of him. have been deposited in the 'base
earth from which lie sprung" il may not he con-
sidered an of indelicacy our partto pro-
nounce few last words, Ivy way of moral, over
his grave.
In all the stirring of the last fifty years,
so fruitful Of revolutions. anarchy and crime,
Taeyund played an active, sometimes an invis-
ubc, often II conspicuous, uniformly important
part. The master whom he served namely, the
"iirst whig," according TO the definition of DIR.
Johnson, and whom, il is snirl, he personally re-
senIbled, appears to have bestowed upon him an
unusual share Of his affection and protective in
Auence. On this ground principally, il not IN
tireIy, his nunberless escapes from the guillotine
and the galloWs can he accounted for. Where
ever mischief was at work, or some criminal
plot in connection, II king TO he murdered,
prince to be assassinated, or some thousands OF
iacohinss 10 be let loose like furles TO drink the
blood ofeach other, there NJ. Taleyrand, Prince
Taleyrand, or Priest Taeyrnnd, or Citizen Tai
leyrand, or the Bishop of Autun, was sure to be;
silent perhaps, q vampire at midnight, but as
ensanguined a scalring Indian; cool as qua
ker at meeting, but unreenting rs Spanish
monk, familiar with the acts of the Holy lnquisi-
ton :-srlrcharged with vengeance, bur meek as
saint; calm and decided; plausible, but unforgiv-
ing; bitter, emorseless-Saranic
We do not recollect in history a man who liv-
ed SD long and bore so worthless, so hideous, or
so repulsive IL character az Prince Talleyrand.
He was Of noble decent, Eborn manned to excite
comnlse ration, with dull unmeaning face 20
conceal the workings of his mind, nursed by n
bigot reared Jesuit famliarised to fraud and
fr,K 10 lio hntn al
having with double hatred the charity of hui
manized society, he was flung like an apple OF
discord, or a serpent of seductive powers, into
the very citadel ofrevolnlionary deiSm. He was
first dchnuchee, next poplsh priest, subse-
uuently became bishop of Rome, afterwards
leading worshipper at the fame of the Goddess
Of Reason, frequently div ided his time in perfor-
ming spy and dplomatist, invariably betrayed
every person and government that trusted him,
sold his best friends as Jews do old clothes, and
Mt last, rohpd in every dress OF shame and incon
sistency, of perfidy and dishonor he died
wretched drivellrr. his hair shirt exchanged for
a linen one, re embracing the fnummeries of the
clergy he had plundered, and of system of re :
| iigion VIII oh he had derided and despised
The prince had for many years gained much
celebrity as an invrterate hater of England. He
was, we believe, on good grounds, considered the
author of the execmble Berlin and Milan DEGREES.
We should do his character Injustice if we were
impress of his mind. They cruel as well
as toolish-the enenations of toruous Jesuit
in a state of mania. They were III IGlLeWGnd,
little la BonapGrie, great deal a la scoundrel;
reckless in his impotent ire Of the frighful con-
sequences. 81; this man, on the accession of
Louis Philippe, was sent enhassador to Eng
Land, and was even courted by the leading states
men Of the day!
Bat enough of Prince Talleyrand. He sleeps
with the worms not less scorned tllan they who
do not spare him because he was a popish priest
popish bishop, an avowed leist, n prince, a spy,
diplomatis good whist player and a consum-
mate knnve and hypocrite. He was a French
man, royalist acobin, citizen a republican. ii
priest, prince ana scamp; and in those varied
attributes of rogue and fool OF debauchee ami
priest, Of coriuror and hyp"crite, of nformer and
homicide we leave him 10 rot, like all remen,-
FRANCES Of his history, as an incarnation from the
intrigue, and love of selEpreservaon to en-
danger thrones, To ruin republics and at last
to court nonarchIcnl institutions, in the dotage
of an ilispent life, for purposes purely Of per-
sonal and n1oney-aggrandiSing nature
Let him rot, with The finger of scorn pointed
to the ,,ages of his diShnuored life, and his in
strucive but odious history We cannot say one
word more in relation 70 n man towards whom
we have words to express the eXecraton we
feel, both rs his public and private char
acter. He was, to say he least Of it, fortunate
and exalted scoundre!.