Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-10-22
from the National Intelligencer.1

from the National Intelgencer.l
De Bienville, the Founder of New Orleans.
MEssRs EDITORS In your paper OF Fri
day, over the signature of ''Kronsm," ap-
pears an aflicle rejecting upon the memory
of Mr.. De Bienville, name held In high
veneratlon in Louisiana, cherished in the
hearts OF its citizens, attached to one OF the
lie ading streets in their metropolis, and to
one of the most growing parishes OF the
State.
As the article of Kronism was induced
by an extract from the Montreal Herald, re-
ferring to portrait of Mr.. De Bienville,
which have lately had copied from the
family gallery at Arlington, Canada, by
Mr.. Hamel, Of, Kingston, have an additional
reason, above that of being Louisianian. in
itself sufficient for noticing it. Kronism
says:
aWith an entire disregard of much supe-
rior men, the article referred TO, represents
the subject thereof to have been famous
above all others for half q century in the
early annals Of Louisiana. s
Thirty years previous to his death he
tDe BienyilIe) had been disgraced by his
monarch; he had frequently disgraced his
name and race by the most Perfdious con-
duct toward the Indians, and been the oc-
casion of the utimely death of the noble and
brave D'Artaguette, and the occasion of the
massacre of thescoIony of ST. Catharine."
Now as to the facts. De Bienville came
TO Louisiana With 6efyille in 1898. In 1900
he took comman MI of The colony at the age
Of twenty, ia Harpe.) Ia 1743 he asked to
be recalled to France, and continued to
reside there. Here are .forty,fve years out
Of the half century" Of service accounted
for In 1865, he earnestly interfered in
France to prevent the cession Of the colony
TO Spain. (Gayarr6, VOL 2, p. 1881 Si1fy-
serea yeurs after his first appearing in the
service of the colony!
Thehistorians of Louisiana are uniform
in theif high testimonials to De BienviIle.
have not time now to- multiply passages,
but will rest with a few quotations (see
below from the historical works, iIlsFrench
and English, by Charles Gayarre, Creole
of Spanish descent, and therefore not likely
to have any bias towards De Bienville, one
of the most laborious and intelligent of our
American Historians, one who has devoted
twenty yearssto the study of the history of
his native State, with such light in the way
of records and official manuscripts, obtained
from France and England, as no other
American has ever enjoyed.
But the historians of Louisiana are all to
be set aside by this Kronism, who promises
= shortly to make appear at greater length "
how much more he knows of the subject
than anyso of Them,
.z Your obedient servant,
J. D. B.. DE BOW.
"When he left Louisiana, he had reached
the age of sixty-fve; and he carried away
with him the regrets the esteem. and the
affections ofall the colonists, who called
him the father Of the country. With it, as
an object of his creation, he was naturally
and he loved il with all the fervor
Of parental heart" [Gayarre, lst Series
Of Lectures. p. $780,. 4a t=-
$ To the fear Of this power which he pos
sessed, must be ascribed his recall to France.
and his detention there for ten years. when
Perrier was appointed Governor in 1892
A man of undoubted integrity-a strict
observer of his word-punc,ilious as a
as to his honor and fair fame
attached to his country and to
his King true, heart and soul, to his friends,
TO his kinsmen and family connexions:
bland and courteousi in his manners; humane
aau ehe.ous possess n IN ~ d;s
t.c sG ;n 1p ~ asn af ra6ned and
alaaau, tas,es h ,ho. a; as a,
a., nao,l;a. -, .ha .na C. an - WV
,rb;ob III ao oissad LIZ ! had ' a,-aad.,,
rea ,, ms,hnoda-ha;n ,uer 4h;r,n ,.aa y
iii wben tha acrands Mon,.nnav ,i;ad
W;,b Ill 1basa oral;Gnst;ons ha n;abt hava
sol nm a. ~ fa;thfnl ran9assnt.t;vs of tho
aantlaman IF that ,;ma Whan ha iaf,
T.on;s;an. forevar ai,houob he was uoder
~ d;snia.snra of,ba raIrt Tho ooton;sts
were iopd IN ey,ress;no .be;r' r zoo and
wha,arar fs,,i,s Insans ,ahla nerbans fra,n
h,r,nan = na,nrs y be I NAV ha va canm.t,d his
no s-r - Tho nrov;noe ,vbare bs had
I;yed - old aga had neger haeo shaL.nM
and hs cs,,a;nIy ,rss nna IT tho nost honor.
ah;e and str;E;ng characters Of The nr;modial
b;s,orv af Tn mi, ma - IGarsrra ! 5ao1
s.That d;s,;n gnished man M. Rienvitle,
was then in his st,h year 1765l sill re-.
t.;ning howeye,s ALMOST MIN M, na;red the
moral and intellec,nal facult;es which had
charac1erized him thronoh life The bo,]v
was nothing but the wreck Of goodly shin.
which. after hayine been long buffeted by
The storms Of The world was now fast sink.
mo into The yawnino abvssn **
.Then f1765, De Bienyille. with the au.
!, 10 u pa -! ~ 49, CIV ~