The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-03-04
Eventful Life of Louis Philippe.

A vsry interesting lecture was deliver
/ ed III this city on Tuesday evening, by
Rev. Mr. Abbott, on the personal history
! OF Louis Philippe, King of France. The
Lecture commenced with the observation
that OF all romance the romance of reality
was the most wonderful. The truth OF
the remark must have been acknowledg.
ed by all who followed him in the detail
of the chequered life Of the French King.
Louis Philippe is now sixty four years
old. His father, the proAigate Duke Of
Orleans, was as much distinguished for
his vices, as his mother was for her vir-
tues and piety. Under the care of the lat
ter, and the tuition of Madam de Genlis,
the youth of the young prince was passed.
In the Injuries and vicious court of the
Bourbons, he was pattern of sobriety
and virtue. He was early taught to re-
strain his passions. TO cultivate his mind,
and to endure fatigue. He walked ten or
fifteen miles day and laid on bed of
boards covered only with mat. He kept
a daily journal of his life, in which he re.
gularly kept an account of the manner in
which he spent his time, and performed
the duties which he owed to his parents,
to society, and to God. He was devout,
sober, chaste, and intelligent. His life is
unstained with vices, aud he has been re-
paid for his temperance with sound boz
dy and healthy mind. When very
young he entered the army, and there
won early the reputation of a good SOL
der. At the time when the reign of ter.
rol was excepting high carnival in blood
stained Paris" he was looked upon by
many as fit person to fill the throne va
Gated by the murder of Louis XVI, as his
royal lineage would conciliate monarch
lists while his liberal principles would sa-
tisfy republicans. As soon as report to
this effect was limited TO the leaders of the
rabble, his father was executed, his rela-
tions imprisoned, and he saved his own
life by sudden flight. For fifteen months
he lived in great seclusion in Switzerland,
and supported himself by teaching the ru.
diments OF learning to young PERSONS
He went to Hamburg for the purpose of
embarking for America, but when he ar
rived there he had not sufficient funds to
carry out his intention. He journeyed in
the extreme north of Europe, suffering
great privations, and with the blood.
hounds of his enemies continually baying
in his track. He approached many miles
nearer the North Pole than any other
French traveller. He eventually escaped
to America, in 1906. Here he support
ed himself at times by teaching French.
While in Boston he is said to have resid-
ed in the Province House, nearly opprc
site the old South Church, and he now
speaks of the kindness he experienced
| from several Bostonians with much graft.
tude. He then went to England, was in
vited thence to Sicily, and there married
daughter of its king. Upon the over.
throw Of Napoleon he went to France,
and his sequestered estates were returned
to him. Until the breaking out ofthe Rev.
olution Of 1880, he lived in ease and re.
tirement with the exception of the exile
he underwent during Napoleon's shor
j reign in France previous to the battle oil
Waterloo. Though immensely rich he
! fell not into the vices of the affluent, bu
in all his granduer and opuence, remem.
bered the lessons Of his youth. His for.
tune has been estimated by French wri
ter at $l00,O00,0O0.
Mr. Abbott gave an animated account OIL
the revolution Of July. and the causes
which drew Louis Philippe from retire
ment. He accepted the kingly Office will
reluctance. He urged with Lafayette, tha
the American constitution was the best in
the world, but that tie government which
France needed was monarchy surround.
ed by republican institutions. Since his
inslalment in the chair of state his quie,
has been continually harassed by attempts
upon his life,--which have gained him
the name Of the target king,-and domes-
tic insurrection. Mr. Abbott thinks tina.
considering the difficulties of his station
he has acted with moderation and wis
dom. He has strengthened himself by
alliances with foreign states, and if he
can escape assassination, there is good
reason to suppose that he will keep his
crown until his death; when that event
occurs, France is morally certain to be
convulsed anew with revolution.-Bostoa
Times.
Melancholy evidence Of Executive De-
pravity, and of the danger Of the des-
tructio,a of our Free Institutions.
Our readers are aware that, for years
past. the Locofocos have been in the
habit Of defending their own principles
and policy, by assailing, with the most
atrocious lbels, the conduct and charac-
tiers of few of the most prominent and
influential Of their opponents. Instead of
opposing argument by argument they
have showered falsehood and calumny
upon their most dangerous adversaries.
Among those who for these reasons
seemed to merit their attack and be the
especial mark for their envenomed arrows,
none has been more conspicuous than
our townsman, Thaddeus Stevens, Esq.
Their official organs from Washington to
Boston-from Philadelphia is Harrisburg
from the Globe to Keystone and Mage
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