New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-26

lard whose friendship he had acquired ia the Unit
versity, NJ. Guizot was appointed Secretary Gene
raj 20 the Minister OF the Interior.
The return OF Bonspsrte from Elba drove him
from his Office back TO his professors chair bat on
the fall OF Napoleon attention was again directed
10 him, and he was sent by the Constitutional mo-
anarchists TO plead the cause Of the charter before
Louis XVIII. at Client His success Is shown by
the fact that one month after the King recntered
France the proclamation Of Cambray was issued,
in which new guarantees were given to the char
ter.
In 1915. NJ. Guizot was Secretary to the Minister
of Justice He now became identified with the
party that took the name Of Docfr5n0ires, from the
frequent use by their leader Roger Collard OF the
word doctrine a word that he had learned from the
religious teachers whom he had Ia his boyhood.-
The famous phrase " Can0Dk della Doctrine arose
at the same time it is said from remark Of the
Comte Beugnot that all his party the doctrinaires
could sit together upon the canape or sofa where
he then happened to be seated
On the assassination Of the Due de Berry the
friends Of a constitutional monarchy were expelled
from affairs, and GuizOt once more lost his othce
He returned 10 his professors chair, and thence
Numbered against the ministry OF the absolD.
fists in series OF lectures upon the phases OF
representative governments since the downfall Of
the Roman Empire The lectures became aston
isbinRly popular and the ministry. alarmed at the
spirit they were eyOking protected themselves ~
interdicting the course IN 1925.
His attention was now turned to more purely
literary pursuits and from bis fertile pen he rapidly
sent forth series Of most important historical
works. such as Collection des hemoires reiofJs q
Il, PeroJyflon 4 AHPleferYe' several volumes OF
~L'Hisfoirs 9ela RerOlmiea ARgiaerre, ~ 4 coHec
ftoR des Memories rciNfgs q fAnclenne Htst0Te az
Fra0cer and the " EsS0is sur ! Hisf0Ue de France
beside historical ESSAYS upon Shakespeare and
John Calvin and great number Of articles Tor the
Review Franchise
In is2s. heavy blow fell upon NJ. Guizot IN me
death of his wife. She was woman Of strong
mind of polished manners OF elevated taste sA't
of n pure heart She had been the companion OF
his lsbors more than dependant on his protection
and the harvest Of fame that he was beYlhii'hs
10 reap she had assisted him TO sow; Inc iast
hours OF Madam Guizot are represented as IePie'e
with all that was tender and touchihg' DOin
Catholic she could not bear the thought OF Oeins
separated in eternity from those she had lOVed IN
life and she professed herself Protestant whe the
shadows Of the Valley ofDeath were falling AROUND
her: and her Protestant husband almost enduring
the mortal agony she felt strove to comfort her
while he read in tones solemn as the scene,
some of the finest portions OF BOssuets celeDra'eu
funeral Grafton on the Queen OF England.
II was under the ministry OF Polignac that NJ
Gpizot was elected member Of the Chamber OF
IDENTITIES by the college OF Lisieux. On the eve
of the Revolution he was al Nisines but returned
10 Paris on the goth July. On the 9th he wrote
the celebrated protest OF the Chamber against Tue
roval ordinances. The Government regarded II as
sedjtious-the people thought il too timid but like
nearly everything else that NJ. Guizot ever dld II
was the very thing for that hour and those circum
stances
ON the Goth July in the meeting at the house OF
Lafitte he was the first and the most earnest to IN
sist on Immediately reducing the revolution 10 or
der and upon appointing municipal commission to
occupy elfspecially in establishing and MAINTAIN
ing order On the 3Oth this commission named him
professionally Minister OF Public Instruction Ont the
3lst he read to the Chamber OF Deputies the proca
nation creating the Ducd Orleans LieutenantGene
raj of the kingdom He now passed TO the post OF
Minister of the Interior and while thousand other
cares pressed upon him he in course OF few days
hanged and replaced 20 preiets l'6 sous preets
and 81 Secretaries General The guIllotlDe at
Washington never worked half so fast, nor TO hall
so good purpose.
The ministry of July was the dream Of the mo
ment Its materials were dlscordant It's policy
was unccrtain-it fell CasimiT Pererwalked into
power as the representative OF species OF conser-
yatism and received in the Chambers on the one
hand the support of Guizot and the constitutional
on the other, that of Theirs and his
liberals-while for the world eighihwonder, Dupln
and his party consisting of himself alone, came in
also to his aid and he became the fortunate leader
OF most Heterogeneous majority.
Order was restored in the streets and IN the
Characteristic gates OF AncOna were iorced-the
Perer sunk under the weight of his cares and died
leaving no other legacy to his followers than his
place. go,
The disputes of those who were willing TO wear
the mantle of the fallen Premier were sufficiently
warm but at last NJ NJ. Guizot and Theirs coalesced
on Marshal Soult, and the ministry OF Oct H. leS2,
was formed. Few ministers have ever rendered
greater service 10 their country than did Guizot
during this administration. die was Minister OF
Public Instruction and it was owing almost entire
IL 10 him that the law relating TO primary nstruc-
ton was enacted. June .. 1888 a law which
restored and carried into effect the great measure
Of popular education. which had been proclaimed
in 1859 but arrested by the misortunes oil the
times The several papers which he addressed to
the prees and other officers the occasion OF tins
law are models of simple and touching eloquence,
and speak as well for the heart as they do Tor the
head of the writer.
The ministry OF Oct n expired after change
full existence OF four years and the next great event
was the accession of Comte Mole 10 the premier
ship. Never did a ministry encounter stronger
opposition than that which NJ. Guizot leveled
against the ministry OF Mole The course which |
he pursued led many 10 believe that ms political
race was run and that he could never recover him
self tie Judged of affairs better than the world.
The Syrian question arose Grave events IN the
l. evant required strong man at London. and he
was appointed to the Embassy IN place OF Marshal
Sebastian will not enter upon the everlasting
bassador could possibly be more popular than was
NJ Guizot az London. and ne returned 70 France
far more powerful than when he left 1t.
Every one will remember how the complications
OF the Eastern question and the great unpopuauty
OF the measure OF certifying Paris, overthrow the
Theirs ministry, and once more opened the way 10
power before the feet OF NJ Guizot who In the
formation of the cabinet Of the Goth Of October,
became Minister OF Foreign Affairs and the first
subject in France.
The ministry OF Oct % has now endured for
about SIX years. 1t has contended with all ditt.
cuties and surmounied all obstacles. The ques |
tons Of the Notification OF Paris-oi the East-oi
the Regency-of the Right of Search-oi the Jour |
ney of the Due de Bordeaux to London-oi Ota- |
hete-of the University and the Jesuts-oi the /
Spanish Marriages the suppression OF the Re
public OF Grscow. have most severely tired the I'D |
the last two questions even now |
threaten serious trouble but thus far with rare /
ability and an unconquerable force, NJ. Guizot has /
sustained himself against all adverse influences |
and he seems likely enough for years 10 come to 1
hold his high position.
Let us go back to the saloons and the concert |,
with which we set out In the midst OF the gay /
throng stands the man whose history have been /
rehearsing. he is small short thin snd pale' The /
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