Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-11-07
From tile Correspondent Of The Boston Daily.
Pans, Oct. l, 1910.
NJ. TIL he II s.

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nate voice and look, but withstand ng he is man
Of great capacity. He is wha, we c5,i self IN ,le
man. He has written the best work on the French
revolution, he has been the mos, powerful writer
for the press in France, he has made capital and
effective speeches in the chamber of Deputies, he is
now prime minister; and less than 20 years ago he
was poor and unknown inheriting nothing but po-
verify and disgrace, living in obscure lodgings, and
not knowing from day to day when or how he
to get dinner. In April next NJ. Thies will be
forty four years of age and in less than half that
number of years he has built himself name and
developed character that may he envied by many
an older and better man. His father was lock.
smith, and at eighteen the son was entered as a
law student, and applied himself with alacIi'y and
perseverance to the study Of literature, philosophy
and history, identifying himself with the party OF
the people, and enlistng himself on the side Of The
rcvolutionists His talents great his writings
fnrcible. He wrote theme for the przs Of the
Academy of AK, which, al hough acknowledged
the best was in consequence Of coming from him
rejected, and the decision Of the prize was postpo
ned TO another year. In the meantime new COM
petitor for the prize appeared, who sent his manu-
script from Paris. The production eclpscd all o.
theirs, and was pronounced successful, when lo' on
opening the sealed a, kct contain the authors
name, who should it be but the little jacobn Theirs.
He had written an entire new treat Sc, and having
got friend to copy it and put it into the post Office
at Paris, ii had unexpected by the learned members
Of the Acadamy, gained for him the prize.
Having been admitted TO the bar of AK he did
n t succeed, because he was known as the po son
of poor man, and he concluded to come 10 Paris
TO seek his fortune. He was rich in hope, in ans
blion and in talents, hut even here he for
tine in obscurity and poverty. But he knew that
fortune was tickle goddess, and he watched her
with keen eye 10 take advantage Of the 81 chance
she should give him, to rise TO the station he cove
ted. In 1920 he made the acquaintance Of Manuel
the great orator. and Laftte and became one Of the
writers for the Consttu 'ionnel, Of the best pa
prs in Paris Here he shone pre.cminent for the
nerve, the richness and the beauty of his contrbu
tions, and soon he became person'lly acquainted
with great men of the day. He was frequent vi
,iior OF Talleyrand's and he is frequently called in
derision by the opposition, the "would be Talley'
rand" Of the day. He is a man of great judgment
and Of much observation, and rarely allows any
thing to escape his memory. From mere writer
in the Constitution ne he on became proprietor,
and, f,,,une having gone will with him, he assu-
med the dandy, and was to Q found every day at
Tortnis, and kept his horse to ride in the Bois de
Bologne. The Constitutional did not suit his
purposes afer a while. II was too cd fashioned,
and he wanted something fre-hcr Accordingly iu
1928 he founded paper called the National,
which took a stand more dem cratic, and was the
mouth piece OF the revoluionary party. In the
National NJ. lhiers showed his ir.siustry and hi.
v'gor He attacked the gov eminent of Charles Y,
and goaded on Polisnac to the utmost He kept
his pest when o.her journalists afraid to speak
and Was only diven from it at last by force. NJ
ihers took an active part in the revJlu'ion Of July
1880, and il was he with Laftte that induced tue
Duke Of Orleans to accept The crown. He ma le
part of the FIRST csline, of h1as Philippe. under
secretary to the minister of finances. He was soon
after elected deputy for AK, and made his fret aP'
pearsnce in the Chambers. The LATTE ministry
having been obliged to resign, Cassimir Perier be-
came prime minister. and the opposition counted
upon NJ. Thiers as their leader. but he disappointed
them, and came out with an eloquent aud able
speech against all their propositions, On the sub
jrct Of the Hereditary p eraee, democrat and ,co
bia as he always had been, he proved himself ever
more ministerial than the ministry themselves. Hi
speech on the occasion is said 10 have been mos
mastery. The hereditary plan fell 10 the ground
but from this moment NJ. Thiers was stamped a.
one Of the FIRST orators Of the Chamber, and he ie
sans his rank to this day. II is useless to fol "
him through all the politics of France to ths time
tie has, believe, either directly or indirectly beer
part Of every cabinet since 1880 until 1888, wher
he was found on the opposition benches.
In March, ls40, NJ. Theirs became Prime min
iser, and whatever may be said of his acts he IN
shown himself SO far an able one. There are man,
who doubt whether he will be able to sustain him
self through the coming session Of the Chambers
and the opposition making vigorous eff,rts L
oust him if possible. So much for NJ. Thiers as
public man. In private he is aff,ble to those
meets, and companion whose society is to be &C
veted, but beyond this we are permitted to kno'
nothing. 1t is said that he has not always don
what he should, and that he was indirectly conee
ed in the speculations and the Exchange about tn
first OF August; these matters Of private scanda
however, are Nha, YOU in America have nothing
do with