Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-08-10
CHATEAU BRAND.

VI saturday, Srh July. Chai-aubrianI was buried
lhe e.te Of France ID literature and P.ltcs fIiOw-
ed u l'7 grave this true evalcr-th.S Of genius
aad OF l.eart. Beuyer, Dupin, D-c,z :, MIne, Mole
HYDE de Ne vile, Victor Hugo, Beranrer, and many
,Gers-the French Academy The destitute in body,
populations firm the National Assembly; ana all he
hlos and colleges and i erary associations. We ms
me name VI LAMARTINE anJuI hreuumeratei presea
But the s-'un which the lite political nvu.si ,us
have paced him, may account for his personal absence
Bu his heart there, IS proved by this noble trb
NE To- Chateaulrand, from the newspaper In Ben Pub
Lc-to which lAMARTISE Contributes it he does not edit
Let u7 sand uncovered before this cofin.-t j. that
VI great writer who ais, great cltizen-o; mag
aHcen intelligence Of noble heart IF powerful reason
with the iea.ty If cheyaer the enthusiasm u tr buna
the principles ufa psb:an wrapped up the sentnen IS
Of patrc.an Such eas Chaieau5rIud
But that which strikes US NEST in tlis existence.
which must MT yet 5a Judged j. he movement nl IDEAS
which rrPfesanis ana VI wAich tsynJOi5e the change
and The progress.
'Charaubriand-born almost century back in an Old
chateau Of Bntany-dieI upon the frontier Of dcinu
cracy, wiki his eyes cas- forward 10 The fu rcpi-
caI aimo, in that Republic which in his youth he had
cOmblted, anil which III his Oil are tie tyre.ud.
II he cheva.er Lccame plebri4n-lhp cOu-tier Of a
monarchy leclne tie servant If The people. by the
light Of hts genius he marched from station ID station,
the road which the spirit Of the age is IT cling out
and starting from the traditions OF The old monarchy, he
had cleared by his impulse and the bound Of his
gena-,ho immense splce which separates what IS from
ahat had : d away. Ofen doubtless, he z i a5ray
lie nut always able d resist that Voice risn5 from
ancient .Hn0rica-aS 1t echo from the souls Of
his ancesiors-to ell and keep him back.-SensIliye
and faithful tie broken idols Of his youth Bn tie
poetic impulses Of the Bard were over:one by tile sound
sense Of the Statesman, until day the R5tora ion bru-
tally closed is palace doors against the 81 qnent patriot,
ism which was impntunate ID is blindness
IN Cha,ea Ibrand hoped ID BE- the saviour of The
MInarchy-he only is CassaAdra. In vain f m
1922 to 1880 did he struggle snatch Royalty from the
bonds which tied 1t down blind influences to old ira
d1ns, and to regenerae it with the life Of liberty and
progress. R1vaY treated him enemy, and persever-
ed in The path fatal itself to What finally leu it ID
ChcTbourg.
'From that momant the illu5'r1us writer desplired
of the cause Of Kings. He remained faithful to them
ilon sentiment Of honor, and that he might not as he
sIld himself, cut his life in twain. But though he was
moved 10 tenderness BY their lot he believed ~ longer in
their destiny. His heart cherished pi,us homage to-
wards the last Of the Of St. Louis in exile Ills il ~
ment acknowledged the Legitimacy If democracy, aud
parook in The hopes # Carrel and Bpranger.
ln this life which has just clse1, there is not only he
picture Of the rLnsl IrnatlOn Of single mind-bu q
lhDse Of an epoch
'Chaeauoriand, born 50 years ago, brought Up il the
monarcca and religious faith If lis ancestry, fling
in his basom his memories and his sentiments in order
to listen to The political philosophy Of democracy
eaubrand thus iransf!ured is Old France breaking with
the Pist-ak!ng lis sart-lvin5 with new life AMI as
cendIn9 step by step in the scale Of progress towards
Republic"
This is striking and sgnlG ant and pcrorally. a.
il We're represents in he person and career uf Chat
eaubrlnd, the past the present aud the future Of Fran
&C.