The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-11
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''ReYue de Historic OntVerSelle, puOlsned III
1854; ''Du Role de la Famille dams l'Education,"
which was crowned" by the French Academy
in 1857; ;-stDc la Liberte des lltes en- France"
In 1858; ''Essais de Poitique ct de Literature"
In 1859; ''Du Gouvernement Parlementaire, lie
Decret du "a Novembre," in 1860;
"Deux Lettres sur la Reforme du
Code Penal" elizabeth ct Henri W." "Nou-
veaux Essais de Politque ct de Literature"
and "QUelques Pages d'Hstoire Contempo-
raine, in 1862; 'Essais de Poitique ct de Lit
terature" (3d series), in 1868; aad "Etudes sur
les Moralstes Francois" in 1864 But the most
noticeable of his published works was polti-
cal pamphlet given to the world in 1860, under
the title Of lies Anciens Partis." In this he
assaied the Government so recklessly that he
was subjected to prosecution by it, the result
Of the trial being months incarceration and
the payment of fine of one thousand francs.
cit was the pretentious elegance of the young
ambassadors literary style and speech" said the
Pail Mall Gazette, in commenting on his recent
diplomatic appointment, which brought him
into the Academy in 1865" Whether this criti-
cism be just or not, the goal to which every
literary Frenchman aspires was attained by him
at the age of thirty-six On the 7th of April,
1855, he was elected q member of the French
Academy, in the place of NJ Ampere. In May,
milton of his literary standing and abilities by
being appointed one of the committee of five
members of the French Academy to superintend
q new edition of the "Historical Dictionary of
the French Language" His position as per-
manent chairman of this committee he resigned
just before his departure from Paris, and not
little sensation was created by his presuming to
recommend to the Academy the name of his
successor, recommendation which was rejected
with great unanimity, amid much excitement.
Returning to his journalistic career we find
that his reputation and fortune as a writer were
30 well established at the time that Government
pressure was brought to bear so heavily on the
Journal deS Debdts as to force him for while
into purely literary labors, that he gradually
resumed his former line of writing, and by the
combination of elegance, force, and truth, con-
tributed in no small degree towards bringing
about that healthy sentiment in the public
opinion of the country which eliminated, at the
close of 1869, in the elevation of his warm per-
sonal friend NJ. Olivier to the Premiership
The progress of ''liberty under the Empire"
caused the gradual disintegraton of the Orlean-
ist party, and at the same time threw NJ. Pre-
vost-Paladol into the following of Olivier, in
whose peculiar views on constitutional
liberty" he has professed to acquiesce for
to power found him in full harmony with it and
its leaders, and in his most recent work of i'm
portance, la France Nouvelle, he has sketched
with his accustomed brilliancy the prospects
and destiny of the country under the new
regime.
At the elections of 1868 he had presented
himself as candidate for the Corps Legislatif
from the sixth circumscripton of Paris, but
only to sustain q defeat. His political career
was therefore still restricted to journalism up to
the date of his appointment as Minister to the
United States. The causes which most con-
tributed to bring that event about it is difficult
to define. NJ. Prevost-Paradol had been such a
prominent and persistent opponent of the
empire that there was probably desire on the
part of the Emperor to conciliate him and the
comparatively small body of followers who
are directly influenced by one who has been
more indebted for success to brilliant intellectual
powers than to fancy for manipulating the
masses by displays of mere demagoguism. His
accordance with the views of NJ. Olivier, of
course, made his entrance into the service of
the empire both possible and natural, and the
selection Of the mission to the United States
was perhaps the result of his well-known posi-
ton in reference to this country. He has a
perfect command of the English language, and
most prominent Frenchmen for analyzing and
comprehending the nature of our institutions.
Throughout the recent war of the Rebellion he
was firm, consistent, and enthusiastic friend
of the Union cause, and in the columns of the
Journal deS DeJatS frequently gave that cause
the effective support of his brilliant and
trenehant pen. The service thus rendered can
not be appreciated too highly, and in the hearty
welcome which will be extended to the new
Minister, he will have abundant proof of the
gratitude of the American people.
But, although there was an eminent fitness in
his appointment by reason of his friendly feel
ings towards the country to which he was to be
accredited, although the Emperor was predis-
posed in his favor, and although VI. Olivier
himself was in position to demand it almost
on the grounds of personal favor, his selection
for the American mission was not accomplished
without much difficulty There was trouble in
getting M. Berthemy out of the way, but this
was finally accomplished by his transfer to the
Belgian Court a transfer in accordance with his
inclinations. 1t is also said that the pro-
ject was kept altogether too long from
Count Daru, who was at the head of the Foreign
Office at the time the matter was was first aoi-
tated, early in the present year. Count Darius
official dignity sustained such a severe shock
thereby that it is asserted he at first offered a
decided opposition to the project. He yielded
at last, and his final withdrawal from the
ministry entirely removed this obstruction. The
appointment appears to have been fully deter
mined upon about the first of last February.
but it remained in allegiance until the middle OF
June, when, after q succession of conflicting
rumors, it was officially promulgated.
When definitely announced, however. it gave