The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-04-10

tCOuf0 not dd0re nam, ne rs so tClcf'
edp M. de Montrand displayed ;
violent and passionate ardor in dis
putting his dying accomplice to thu
priests. All was in vain.
M. dc Talleyrand had always
great liking for M. Theirs and nj
Mignet. He liked their kind of tai
ent, and the originality of their fra.
ternal fortune and in them he flat
tered historians; for this sceptic
SO profound and so complete in APP.
pcarance, busted himself with an al.
most pucrile anxiety about the opin.
ion that posterity would have of him
NJ. Theirs, on his part, had beer
sensible to the advances made to hi.
plebian merit, by great head of the
revolution. 1t is true, that on the
subject of the treaty of the quadru.
! pie alliance, their relations had some.
what cooled, but they were not bro
ken, and M. Theirs had not ceased
to have easy access to the Prince.
He thought, he remarked that they
tried to estrange him, as soon as NJ.
de Ialleyrand felt sick.
The 18th of May, the signs of ap-
preaching death becoming more Wis
ible, was presented to the Prince,
that he might aflix his signature to
the declaration which was the OBJ
ject of so many fears, of so many
hopes. He signed; snort time al
ter the king appeared, ind it is re-
lated, that, touched by such visit,
the expiring gentleman expressed
his satisfaction in these wo.ds ut
is the greatest honor that my house
has ever received 1t is alsorela-
ted-and it is by clergymen, tha,the
fact, however improbable it may tie,
has been secretly propagated--tha
the King, having asked M. de Tai
leyrand if he suffered, and the lat
ter having answered, 'Yes, like one
damned'-Louis Philippe, in low
tone, let this word escape: 'Alrea-
dy?'-a word which the dying man
might have heard, and of which he
Immediately revenged himself, by
giving to one of the persons about
him secret and formidable indica-
tons. ....
The last hour came. The gan
creme was mounting from the intes-
tines towards the head the succors
of the church were brought, and the
prayers for the dying were said.
The number of visiters of mark were
considerable, and no obstacle was
put to their admission-the Duchess
OF DINO having an interest tina. the
last moments of the Prince should
be surrounded by a solemn and in
conteStable publicity. Now, an ong
the personages present, what diver
slty of sentiments, of prejudices, of
discourse Some were afflicted at
the Catholic solemnity of this death !;
the greater part, on the contrary,
found motives in that for consola-
ton and, among others, the Duke
ds,Noailles and Madame de Castel-
ne. : Many thought of the envious
violations Which a man, who had
,ssss ofs,ory W behind %an the
i bo"t to- to leave behind a 1Gu' dI ths5
we're ignorant that the 'ngfosrs, de-,
,osited in England, w"s ware not to he
,pened, confOrmabP,,sry to his will, till
liter thirty yearst.
Towards tour o'clock in the even
ing, they peFceived that he had but
few minutes to live. He was still
quite sensible and appeared attel-
tive tothe prayers. On hearing the
names Of his patrons pronounced,
Charles, Archbishop of Milan, and
Maurice, the Martyr, he added, in
a feeble voice, Have pity on me ?
At last, as the Able Dupauloup re-
called to him these words of the
Archbishop of Paris 'For NJ. de
Talleyrand | would give my life
she might make better use of it,
replied he, and expired
Nothing was to be wanting in Of
fetal pomp of his funeral obsequies
but the people, who doubted hi,
soul, assailed the inviolability of hs
bier with SCOTS. '"
Yet, strange and heart-rendng
circumstances. This man, who was
a traitor to his country, who d,spis-
ed humanity, who never hesitaed to
immediate, with one stroke of his
pen, millions of human beings, who
was concerned in all the famous in
EQUITIES, who made of politics a sci
ence, hard and dry to excess, abom-
Unable and fatal, was, in lis private
relations, of extreme kindneSs. The
people of his household were devo-
ted to him. To part With domes-
tic was for him so keen a distress,
that he could not resolve to do it..
He loved; he had friends. a
1t matters not. OF him who med
dies with the destinies of nations,