The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-04-08
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One who knew well, and opposed him holly;
thas describes this fallen man, and minister:
definitely, what is NJ. Guizot2 He is, above
all. man for power and government, and at
the same time the most independent of men,
submitting TO the yoke of the principles which
he has laid down Is his rul. of conduct, aud
holding his head high as 10 the question ofper-
sons; policy Of great value estimating all that
is worthy Of esteem; more convinced than EN-
thusiastc; prouder of the appreciation Of mis-
conscience than Of the homage Of the multi
tudei endowed, in the supreme degree, with that
force of will and perseverance which make the
Statesman; mortal enemy Of everything -e-
sembling disorder, and capable, il things came
TO the worst, of throwing himself without hest
tation into dsspotism which he detests, rather
than accept the anarchy which he ahhors."
ain 1880 VI. Guizot a simple Deputy.
tie was one Of the thirty who met at the house
Of NJ. Casimir Perier the first day of the
revolution of July, and he never deserted the
still smaller band Of patriotic Deputies who lad
the courage, during the following days, TO sit
and deliberate in the midst of the struggle,
while the cannon were roaring in the streets,
and the crowd of insurgents who protec Ted
them were sometimes engaged in COMBAT U nder
the windows
AS Minister Of public Instruction, NJ.
Guiaot presented the singular anomaly o.
asSteoaeht uiitthue tsldUitsIIutnt
of aCathoic country; yet his impsrtiality and
justice were such, that he never gave cause of
dissatisfaction to any party; and in his connex-
ion with literature and education, he gave 10 mis-
department of State business a developm mt and
an impetus which was unknown before he
was ever ready TO encourage and employ rising
talent; and not a few who have since carr ed
their bread by writing against him. owed their
inst advancement in the world to NJ. Guizot's
generosity"
How, then, IL this were Guizot's character
did he fail What made him at once the VIC
tim, and the agent, Of despotisml Those who
know Guizot best--who have studied him long
ter feelings, and stood among individually and
before France, as a man rifhoyt heart. An En-
glish writer says Of him:
ale has, after eight years Of Office, smas,ed
in his own person all the feuds, disappoin Is,
envies, bitternesses Of checked ambitions he has
sought out odium with all the relish Of matyr
he has made himself, not as NJ. de Chateau
BRAND termed himself, the courier of misfor
tune, but the courtier Of unpopulsrity. Other
Premiers-MM. Casimir Perier, Mortier, Brog-
lie, Sout, Mole, Thiers-wsre content 10 be the
ministers Of system; NJ. Guizot is the system
with 1t, that if he be hurled from office ton
row, every institution in France is shaken to its
elemental principle, while his personal quail; ies,
| no less than his defects, have tended To even ON
a contest, and exacerbate a struggle, which he
| has spared no pains to render internscine and
| supreme. There is no such incentive to hatred
as inverted friendship; and il is a curious Illus
| traton Of this truth, that Of the seven men,
bers who, nine years ago, formed with him the
Doctrinaire Committee Of the Coalition, disciples
rather than CONDUCTORS, pupils more than allies,
| the two whom he chose TO accompany him TO
| his celebrated conference with NJ. Thiers and
Odilos Barrot were MN. de Remusat and Du-
vergier de Hauranne the last ne author Of all
| the Reform agitation, and the instigator of the
banqusts,) now both Of them among the bitter
est Of his antagonists, the Cassius and Brutus oil
this patriotic instruction"
Guizot saw only his system--hard, positive
unyielding; he demanded its full support; moth.
ing short Of it would satisfy hlm; and thus
while just as an Individual, he appeared to con
seryative, and liberal, to men in office, AMI Il
men thrust out Of. or seeking Office, as cold an'
heartless. What but this could make him bin.
to the desPotism Of rs, when no was so quick
ly reused to the despotism Of 1907
Hereafter, Guizot and Polignac--Poiena
and Guizct-wilib be ins,parably linked together
ms must be the Kings whom they served.