New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-08

os y, emit Tor enemies TO bis country lie had only
cos F,nce by order Of Louis xvi on the very night
ass; Prince had stolen away from his peace ana from
~ Ip and Red 70 Varepnes Being badly received by
y p;nce de Condo and by the armed assshoage OF ,ne
E.sx AT Coblentz. rs princa TAINTED win .e popular
E Re had retired with few friends nrss 70 has'a tnen
rs and then Ia Hawe, whittier the scafolds aud
,reecns of his family had transmitted 70 him, before
~ 5er Of nature the title of King, which he bad borne
- modest majesty equally independent OF the scom OF
49, tbe misfnrtunes Of his family. and the greatness OF
ton He had not sold any terms either to Bo-
49, who wished 10 purchase IT, or 10 the cabinets Of
crss and Russia which wanted to make him abdcate it,
Jsosed prince had ever better maintained in his own
op during his prescription, the rank Of his ancestors
X bnor Of his country, and Of the crown-facn from his
90 but kept sacred deposit in bis respect BY dot
believing in his right in spite of adverse fortune he at
.1h made Europe believe in il and by respecting him
Ia he made the universe respect him. lie had been for
kxhe after the peace Of Amiens alone of all his party
l,sips. the whole world.
soohed and turned good account the long leisure
sleh exile had given him by studies, sometimes light and
kenes solid which had at first amused and Afterwards
Gpsned his mind in his youth. He thought like Monies
sisu he cOnvcrsed like T4leyrand; he wrote with thar
rsnuty and decate grace Of style which though does
IA Indicate the great writer displays in familiar literature
II easy elegance Of the coure united with the classical
uiy Of the of letters lie adOred antiquity IN us
aoaBs. its poets, and lis philosophers Horace was tne
Erual of his light philosophy Tsctus Of bis serious po
II This feeling for antiquity which gives grandeur ana
yity to the thoughts bad very much conduced to the
cism and the continuous majesty OF attitude which ne
Efh fortune lie had lived in social intercourse with
ksst thoughts and great men. In modern poetry, hters
he and philosophy he preferred, above all others Vol
Lre that genius OF lucolty grace and common sense
ID he dislked the sOphisry and defamation OfJ D. ROus
,u and the writers of his school He was dazzed by
4 spendOr Of M. de Chaeaubdand under which he said
Eeoud see nothing but surface without foundation col
= without design and dazzling without real light He
rnemes laughed at NJ de BOnald and his cloudy phoso
4, il which be could find nothing he said, but onigmas
he solved by the enigma Of humanity" lie Inclined
20 fhosp mil tiers. o
eurty because they have depth and who play with
r,ds and thoughts as they would with cookie shells Ills
jurisprudence and the small number Of verses or writings
iat he has left mere TITLES his serious thoughts he
mi for his council for his Conversations for the nantes
~ which he addressed to Europe and with the speeches
ch he drew up with his own hand for his Parliament
ese fragments are masterpiece of dignity, OF dipO-
,,cy Of proprety and of elOcuton. None of his Minis
m could have made him speak so well as he spoke by
,en He had the full compass of all things, OF all Cir
u,tances and Of all times he understood the spirit of
ne are and he knew how to make himself understood
nv n In private conversation whether gay grave,
No man Of Bis time could equal him He was without any
euston one OF the mos. intellectual men of his kingdom
y dut Of mind he struck out for himself distinct
i've character and the only repr0ach that can be made
against hnis that this character partly assumed aud partly
oentsous was in him rather the majesty OF an acted
ps than the resl greatness of nature But at least he
lever beIied bis part in him it sometimes the
edy Of the throne must be admitted that it was
better enacted
PORTRAIT OF CHARLEsx.
The King, who on ascending the throne TOOK Tie
zane Of Charles X had preserved amidst the early shows
approaching age the freshness the erectnes the supple
ness and the beauty of his youth. Thought which ma
lures the forms well the minds of men, had been but
le cultivated by the Count dArtois. As man OF i'm
pu all his qualities gifts of nature and scarcely any
dhe acquired fruit of labor and meditation; he was i'm
ued with the spirit OF the Gallo superficial quick,
spontaneous and happy in random repsrtees the friendly
and communicative smile the open look, the extended
hand the cordial attitude with lively wish TO please
ardent thirst OF popularity, very safe IN confidential inter
course with cODstancy-Tare upon the thronein friend
ship real mOdesty, restless seeking after good advice
conscience severe upon himself and indugent toward
others piety without bgotry noble repentance for the
only fangs Of his lfehis youthful amours serious re-
pec for the character of king to which Providence had
jailed him by his birth, rational and thoughtful love for
people, and honest and religious intention to accom-
h the happiness of France and TO devote his reign to the
nOra Improvement and the national grandeur OF The
which Providence had cOndded to him; all these royal
sposlons OF his soul impress ed upon his lneamens
lobebess raDkDess ms esy goodness, probty caniOur
he whole dcating man born to love and to be loved
Depth and sodty alone wanting in his countenance
blocking at him felt attracted towards the man. but dis
rnsiiul Of the monarch.
Hi. life was that Of gentleman of the frat races of the
monarchy ia those ages when force and address displayed
boldly exercises indicated the superiority OF courage
md the majesty of rank when gaantry the church, aud
be chase, constituted the principal empoymens of the
nces Niue having retrenched the hfst OF these from
he lie Of Charles " his time principally divided be
ween pcty and hunting and for this latter he preserved all
le aIdour of his early years love of horses taste for
crest life the cry Of the hounds the deh of hnntog the
eer and the rOebuck the excitement of the wild Tally no
md the concluding flourish the Frenchh0rns
lis enthusiasm, the manVuvre the combat and the VIC
Oy call forth that of the hero His hunting train and his
tables than amusement, they were a royal
lCeupafon for him His long residence in England coun
ny in which horses dogs the forest and the course
the bazonry of 9pueDt arstOcacy and the national
DTde of the people, had maintained and increased IN him
his hereditary passion OF the Bourbons lie caused
ports his hunting excursions TO be- drawn up by the his
uans of his hounds and horses and grave volumes pub
hhed during and after his reign still retrace with scrupu
bus fidelity and picturesque talent the narratives OF these
hhle exploits His leisure thus passedn conformity with
he habits Of his youth and with due consideration for his
ssth did not however, interfere with the duties which
bis conscience imposed upon him as king Ills pety even
bok precedence of his pleasures
This pety whose origin have seen at the co umence
nen OF this history in the passion OF the Count Arto Tor
Madame de PoasroD and in the oath he took by the side
cher death bed to devote solely to God the love he had
borne to her had in il neither excess nor puery, nor
enaoR outwaroly he confined it to the practice of the
Nous exercises required by the habits and the etiquette
aVcurts but his internal plety was IN him feeling and
hyeiion lie did not exaggerae H. as his enemies as
spstd him Of doing by mOHkish practices by secret
Fohethood with the order of Jesui by harsh intoer
nee by blind Obsequousness to the Court OF Rome, or
gs Nrye compliance the clergy of his own Court he
@htnued 10 be King not the less for being Christian.
Ne had sufficiently mbbed in his youth before the rsyou
100 the light philosophy or the reasoning ncredulity OF
age TO understand that II religion could still exercise
sftprtary ascendency France II coud no longer with
npany ten d to tyranny Simply however, being himself
~nynced by misfortune more than by reasoning that the
sgon Of his Orefathers the absolute truth OF the
% and the only salvation of souls he thought he owed
TO Goo and TO hs people to propagate belief in it, and
f4ror its supremacy by every means compatible with
se spirit Of his age and with the necessary liberation OF
sheT creeds As faithful Christian, though not seca
IN he thought il necessary TO set an example of rel
gSa, be did not therefore, feel himself compelled to
Nrelder his political government to his clergy de pre-
ksfed upon the throne like the most Catholic Of his
gctstors ST Louis and Louis XIV, certain royal aud
adtional independence of the court of Rome he dis
ssied the ambition and the spirit Of fraternity and dOm
afon al the priesthood which be looked up calcu
d depIess the and TO ALLEVIATE the people from
..nn-ha adared their God without lowing ths-r sect