Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-12-25

the dissipated youths ofhis time, with an entee-
beled mind and body, he never would have been
able to have borne up under the mental anguish,
and to have survived the hardships of his long
years of poverty and exile. Here was laid the
foundation ofthat greatness of character, which
has borne him %triumphantly through the stormi-
est scenes, aud has finally elevated him to the
highest point of earthly influence and honor.
At the commencement of the French Reyo-
luton, Louis Philippe, though but sixteen years
of age, became the warm advocate Of republican
liberty. From the intellectual training he had
received he had unusual maturity of character,
As active Colonel in a regiment OF Dragons, he
was soon found at the head of his regiment, in
the thickcst dangers of many battles. In the
bloody conflict OF Jamappes. and in the fearful
cannonade of YaImy, this beardless youth, under
the veteran General Dumuriez, bore conspicu-
Gus part in the toll and peril Of the fight.
As the French Revolution advanced into the
regions of anarchy, and the reign of terror held
its carnival in blood-stained Paris, General Du-
muriez conceived the design of ~arresting its hor-
rors, by e%levating, by means Of the army, Louis
Philippe to the throne, upon which Louis XVI.
had just been beheaded. The royal lineage of
the Young prince, his patrimonial wealth, and
his popularity as a known republican, favored
the enterprise. Whether the youthful Louis par
~ticipated in this plan, is unknown. But the eff
feet was to direct the terrible and indispensable
anger of the revolutionary tribunal upon the
whole Orleans family. His father was dragged
from his magnificent domain, the Palais Royal,
to the guilotine. His two younger brothers,
under circumstances Of the most a%trocious bar
barity, were plunged into dungeon at MarseiIles.
His mother, sister, and revered instructor, Mad
anne de Genlis, became the subjects of the most
inhuman persecution.
Louis Philippe when in the utmost difficulty eff
lected his escape, and fed to Switzerland all
his immense fortune coniscated, a fieudless I'M
migrant, and penniIess. The Swiss government,
trembling under the gigantic power of revolution
AIRY France, feared to afford an asylum to a young
nobleman who had incurred its displeasure. I'm
der a leigned nlme, he passed many lonely
months wandering about on foot among the fast
nesses of the Alps. But trained to toll, and edu-
Gated to l6rtitude ofmind, it is said that his men
tel resolution did not fail him, while thu: hunted
as Il fugitive and an outlaw over the cliffs, and
through the ravines of Switzerland. While thus
eIuding his Argus-eyed enemies, a friend secur-
ed for him the situation of a teacher of a village
school, under the borrowed name of Corby.-
Thus Louis Philippe, Graded amid the magnii-
cence of the Palais Royal, inheriting by his birth
the titles and princely revenue of the Duke of
Orleans; the leader Of the armies of France in
many triumphant battles; the candidate for the
throne Of the Bourbons, toiled early and late for
fifteen months in this obscure village, instructing
children in Grammar, Geography and Arithine-
tic. And could he have remained in this Sc
cluded retreat,
From noise and tumult far
i. the enjoyment of a quiet home and a content
ed mind, his days would have glided away far
more happily than can have been the case in the
BSAliant and stormy scenes through which he
has been led.
TO be continued.