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

a.. o.r,v ofimprobity. Mr.. de Ialey a Al, ~
49,, and truth requires lt-hr: 10 =;
pee tss bnt a mddling mar. The merit OF all inc ~,
Iomatic nbors OF which he usurpeu 'he no"o,, VI
SI, AZ u,ueriyes. The treaties on when we READ
~ sisnatnre IN the quality of Napoleons servant,
h hiS e,S,er,s sword concluded. Repulsed oy tne
Es,nsror afler having been by the republic ne uiu
-, foreses the return of the Bouroons, ana orny
,honoh, il possible when they entered raris' 80
Hundred DAYS found at fault his foresight, 50 TO-
;sblv yauntrd At the Congress OF vienna; anu
.Ia;cb the division of the spolls of the woIia hau
MUS a,nong the victorious powers differences
''I';cb , skil6 pegotDtor would easily nave 'urn-
I ~ advantage he knew neither now 70 P,e'e,"'
H. 6,rmntion of the kingdom OF the Netheila'us,
yI,rh was to serve barrier To US on tne no''''
~or that of the kingdom of Sardinia, wn'ch was ~
.erye as II barrier at the southi ne a',,eu "''S.'
sa,;nst the Emperor of Russia, who nked US, 10
TSgI,nd. who was ardently working our run nc
ao,1d do nothing, absolutely nothing Tor the king
- saxonv. our most faithful alyi ana instead OF
o;vng FIance secondary power Tor heiSnooi on
e. h0rders of the Rhine, Russia proposed, he
son,ributed by mbeclity or treachery 10 estao'ish
prussia at our doors, principal and hos'ie power
H. Gas incapable of supporting himself under the
i iiV TO which even Fouche--the regicide
TSo,chS-had made himself necessary. lie had
,L;ng n do with the accession OF LOUIS Philippe,
~; ;s99n,6caut was his influence IN 1880. In the
~ s,rences ot London, reduced TO AN entirely sub
Tern mart he was shamefuly put out Of the deb.
items the object of which was the destruction OF
h fortresses raised against France, ana they made
I'm sion the treaty of the twentyfour articles, APP
nnd;y n those of 1915. He only knew OF the
PaJr,nle alliance after its conclusion, and then al
,I,,ed he idea of il to be attributed to him. Hum
lied by Lord Palmerston IN his fatuiiy OF great
nobIemap to revenge himself he deserted the wings
and England, and took sides with continental poll
tcs-he to whom Ignorant panesyr's,s nave in,Po-
add
LIED from London he was obliged IN order TO re-
,,in - remnant of influence, to humate himself to
the functions of hatterer; and he drew on himself
.one day, from M Theirs, the cruel exclamation
,Frhat MIR. de Taeyrand, under Napoleon, should
have become the courtier OF glory ana OF greatness
that indeed; but TO become the courier OF ms
Therefore, not one fact IS there whlch proves inc
capacity Of MIR. dc Talleyrand.
It's true he has passed through many storms,
and died in his bed. But when one only asplres 10
stand erect in the high regions OF politics, what IS
necessary, To have the soul OF slave; to know
how TO be faithess in misfortune and ungrateu; to
crinoe to tyranny; to feel neither the pride of sub
lime things nor the ambition of vast designs; to be
mediocre enough for people to dlsdain to hate you,
and vile enough for them to make use OF you, even
while thew despise That is called the genius OF the
fortunate man Let us descend to the humbest
condtons let US look at that unfortunate being
struggling with misery; let us calculate the extent
of The resources which lie IS obliged to put forth
to escape hunger, the strength of will that he uses
against despair. "You think yourself a great man,
Count because you are a great lord /" said Beaumsr-
chais. Lost in the obscure crowd, | have been
obliged to display more science, only to gain sub
sistence, than has been used for hundred years
in governing all Spain" No! Genius is not meas
ured by success. True greatness does not go so
easily unpublished, Alone, vanquished, exiled on a
spot in the sea- with the regards of the whole I'M
easy universe fixed on his impotency, Napoleon
was more imposing than at the summit OF his for
tune, where the snsgni6cence Of sovereign powers
half concealed them.