The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-26

dp,eT 70 va ue i9elen, whom, IN this WY
The interest of the church was wonder6u..
" me duchess OF DINO. The daughter oil 81
OF Courianc, and born consequently in the WY
throhes, she had long exercised the double N.Y.
wuand pe, y But one lasts longer Than the a,L.
whether she wished, by change Of hsh'o'n'f
young again, or that the attractions the too
geo's court Of Louis philippe had exba "o
arIstoeratic disgust, she began To sol
iaubourg ST. German IN vain Mr. Tt @e
the new men frequently represented 10 hug. "eh
probable the reconciliation was, the hon .p 10,
tempted her, and that she never woula e.
where what she was about to lose IN renos.1
Mt do Talleyipnd's circle that is To saw ~
ure Of influencing affairs, and tina, of hsy"u'pe
81 intelligence for courtIers She persis,.J ; ~
she bolieyed-and this belief being sssos;,,.
religious sentiments, had, without do,,L,~
dcarer 20 her--she believed that her nsas. c's
faubourg 81. German would be m,,s I.S@
which she should get from Mr. de TalIevroeetq' ny
lie dissvowa of the past, At events *.
by this m haitering the Queen. And tbs ,s,'
had nothing chimericAl about it.; for The MY
Dino controlled her unce's will irteSis,,lj,'
ed, rs she was, with lively intelligence ssj I''
ing wit. ""u aaI
So Mr.. dc Taleyrand began his own s,lc,s
ton, although he was careful not 10 l.t ,r,.I
u appear 10 sueh Of his friends who. Ill., y mug
Mon,rsnd, Theirs and Mignet, would H,S s'es's
TO he surprised at IL. During the wear VI,
osded his death, he often asked nj, lh,., u
Pious books; and we have read, traced nm
Ell, ~ his hand, on little piece Of nanqr IL. r III
ing indication; "Ths Christian religion s,S,J
trW piTd n is maIinn." Al last came ina, ssa
moral inertia when man no longer sufnees n \
self, and, seeing the Phantoms of his hear, =.
around him, he resolved to call priest. II,
dressed himself 10 the Able Dupauloup-nolv !.
tackled by the malady under which he wa, ~
but extreme age bringing death near To him
The Abbe Dupauloup felt extreme rcnn,.
for Mr.. de Talleyrand. When invited 10 dirs'.
at fret declined; but on the invitation Of ,hs !
bishop OF Paris, he found II necessary 10 acso"
date hImSslfto relations, evidently pro6obs y
ehnrch--agitaleJ, nevertheless, by secr.t ~.
noes Was il not 10 be feared that Mr. a, rJ.
nhd's conversion was cruel mystiSea,ior =
pared by his Impiety, and last farce aud.roI.
acted on the verge OF the grayei Was MOI -.
thing possible 10 a discrimination that was on, M
great scandals of history Trembling lest h, a.
be duped, the Able Durauloup would MA.
have provoked an outbreak, which might ~,
his doubts. But Mr.. de Talleyrand's eyouiu,,
likeness disarmed him. lie determined th,,tI
10 write him u letter, which, recalling recoIsc,-
OF religion and OF the priesthood, should be Of a.
'nre TO Draw rom MT dc Iaileyrand percmps
answer. Mr.. de Tallcyrand did answer, an
answer OPENED WIN TINS sentence "Ihe rcOs
toms which you invoke, Nj. Able, are all y.rv h
20 me- and thank YOU for having OWNED N. ii.
which they have preserved in my thoughts Az
my heart.n The relations letween the pr,l
and the Abbc Dupauloup continued rtlr
berg the basis OF their conversations
such was the unct rta,nty Of mind Of the man
passed for the patriarch OF incredibly, that h, 4
fcrcd himself to be 'nsens'bly led not only pi
idea of complying with his religious duties, bu.
sides, to that Of publicly ahiuring his own d
which he did in declaration addressed To The Pa
and which was submitted to the Archbsho;
Paris. The Prince there confessed his errou, u
It trembling humility, only there was one vi.
he tried TO excuse. The Archbishop Of Paris vi
have no restriction, aud made mod6cations 10
act, 70 which Mr. de Talleyrand resigned himsl
much was he subdued and tanned
Meantime he had just been attacked with al
tai illness, and the news Of what passed vt
already betrayed itself, though vaguely, wliha
This was, for the worldly portion Of those who 4
rounded the Prince, subject Of indispensable u
prise and pain. That Mr.. de Talleyrand shoalh
made religion intervene between his arewsIb
and the ordinary practices of worship, such men
Messieurs Theirs and Mignet could think only d
able and very decent; but in the public rclsd
enjoined on the old man, by whom the mass Of
Chan, e Mars was celebrated, there was, scoa
ing TO them, outrage to the whole Of the reyoIuhs}
airy traditions, and they were indignant at IT, Nj
Monuond's anger was especially great; an anon
nous statesman, and candestine genius-an us
smpled rake, whose morals, and whose debts VI
desperate, possessing in the highest degree
grace OF lmPerunehce, anu .he ushdylsm o. ma
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the oeclarauon when was ''g ooJees a,
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