Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-16
N. GUIZOT.
The Old Man El0quent-IlisV v nifty and
Yivaclty-His Relations with NJ.
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The Old Man Eloqsent-.His Vanity and
! Yivacity-His Relations with NJ
| Thlers.
Correspondence Of the N. Y. World.
PARIS, April 21.-M. Guizot saw on
the 18th inst. for the first time this
long while. It was at the meeting OF
the French Protestant Education Soci.
ETY.. was panied to see the ravages
time had made since I lest laid eyes
ON him; but how wonderfully we'll he
looks for q man turned of 86! Never
theless, the last of life seems near. His
eyes are sunken, and the bone sockets
almost Protrude the skin, which, more.
over, is drawn tight over all his bones
and looks more warlike than ever it did.
His voice, too, is failing. I did not
catch one single word of what he
said, though l. with all the per-
sons around me, stood up and bent
eagerly forward. His sight was nearly
gone. He was unable, even with his
spectac1es, to read a paper he held in
his hand, and which he was obliged to
get neighber to decipher for him.
This incident brought forth hearty
laughter from three ladies near us. I
thought their merriment unseemly I'M
til the meeting closed. I went to the
door and stood in order to have an
other, a better, and, I fear, a last view
of the great man. He soon came and
remained touching me until his car
riage drew up. The carriage was plain.
or rather not shewy, but large, roomy,
comfortable; the horses were unmatch
ed, one bay, the other white; there was
no footman. To my surprise, his voice
In conversation retained those old
Webster like tones which had so often
made the Chamber of Deputies shake
to it's foundation, and which Rachel so
much admired. 1T rains! It rains I"
said he, in his old tones, so rich and
50 musical. He was accompanied by
three ladles-the three laughers. One
was his daughter, Nine. De Witt; the
other his daughter-in-law, Nine. Gull
laune Guizot. I could not ascertain
the name of : the elderly lady
with. them. They had no sooner
entered the carriage than they all be-
gan to run him most merrily (evident-
ly) upon his inability to read, and he
laughed as heartily as the youngest of
them, and seemed in the Highest
spirits. It was the first time I had
seen NJ. Guizot laugh. Another little
incident struck me. He wore the grand
cross of the Legion of Honor and the
decoration of the Golden Fleece. He
tossed and kept back his overcoat, that
these orders on his coats breast might
be seen. ] was unprepared for this ex-
hibition Of vanity. They drove off to
pay visit. Despite his great age, NJ:
Guizot goes into company almost every
night, dimes out often, and receives
company once a week. He has been
offered the mission to England, but has
declined it on the plea of age. We're
he younger it is probable he would not
accept any offer from NJ. Theirs. He
thinks the latter's policy altogether
wrong, and almost sure to leal to u
restoration of the empire; it is too
personal; it is not sufficiently in unison
with majority of the Assembly it is
not government by parties !; it is the. de-
struction of all part ies except the party
of anarchy. ,....
The tendency Of party-I mean con.
servative parties-is to keep aioof frem
NJ. Thiers. M. Oasimir-Perier has
positively refused the Ministry of FL
nances and the embassy to London.
Duke de Broglie positively refuses to
hold any Office under NJ. Theirs. Duke
d'Audlffred Pasquier will accept no
post from NJ. Theirs. Messrs Benoist
d'Azy Gather and son) decline all of
NJ. Theirs offers. The more judicious
members of the legitimist party are
joining the Orleanist party. Such re-
publicans rs Messrs. Laboulaye and
Scherer are understood to be not ad-