The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-08

ate himself, but all was "spoiied by an odor OF
falsehood which escaped In spite OF him through
every pore Of his body--even In the midst Of his
Gavcty. which m de everybody sld."
Such good master had not lost his palms with
the Due d'Orleans, In whom the excellent prin-
ciples OF his nrst Instructor had not had time 20
take deep root. Moreover tho Il gent brought
into the world weakness which unce asingly
spoiled all his taens, nj which was adriitlY
turned to account by ID Ibois Ill his life. The
latter led him into dobauchery made him de-
spisc Ill duty and all icCency, aul " pereuaded
him INIT he had too much mind to be the dupc
Of relgOn which he said was politli invention
To 7 ightou ordinary intclsc.s and keep the re)-
pie In suDIectton." Hs inocuatcd tho ID Ike
with his fWOriLe principle tn 4 prOjity IN mdu
and purity In woman we're m,r, chimeras with
out existence IN ANYBODY ex'eDt Tow Door
slaves of early training. with these principles,
and the conduct that resulted from them, It Is
not surpnsing tnAt tho Regent was false u
such IN extent that no boosted OF his falschDod.
and plumed him self upon being the mos. skill
ful decelver In the world" lie aud his diuIh-
ter, the Duohesse ds berry, somstimsB disputel
which W ~ the Cievsrsr " tho twj In this re-
spect aud thi. In plbhc. Slin Sin)n notes an
other Failing II this pri1c'. which was an Inca
! pacity of following NJ ,nythiny, ana an iilb iity
to rOmprohond even how any me eiss could d.
40. VI hal A sort Of In i'ustbIiity " itch rem
der'I HIM indifferent TO ne mos mortal AMI
tho most dangerous offences, nj rs 1.-THE n srve
an phncioe Of haired .nl friend hip. gratitude
| and vengeance, IRE the sumo, AMI ,a tlcf were
wanting IN him." nothing c,ull oe obttinel
Torn hi IA. neither grace nor justice, eNeopt hy
W rNnf on rs fcirs, Or by Xironl importantly.
Nevcrth loss hc was tolertbly cjn5t ia- in
his at chment - 8 Iint 20 non, an on tho o.
clsiDn Of his diushters wa'r,le with tn
Prince Of the Asst m d. 'as author of those
memoirs AmhaWadpr % Span. In the course
Of g. mi sion the Litter VS. mfde gr n leo,
ana had the order of TIA, lion Fleece con
felrcd on his eldes, son. - fore this occurred,
however, saint Simon had witnessed the rise
and fan Of two remarkable men-Cardinal
AlberDn and JOnn Law. rhe former was
by birth u gardeners son, but had risen In
few years to he the absolute master of spain.
keeping the King aud Queen substantially " In
chain'. and in The narrowsst aud obscurest pris-
on, where he allowed them to communicate
with no one, and made them see, feel and
breathe through him, and blindy obey his every
WISH Yet this man mad conceived magnin-
! cent scheme, to which Saint Simon does not do
! Justice, and y might. perhaps, have been exc
| cutcd but for his sudden disgrace and bInish-
! ment, brought about by the Teens nurse, a
| rough co tutry WON Of Parma. its amusing to
| hear Saint Simon, who believed that great no.
/ plcs, and especially ID dukes. should have a mo-
! uOpoly OF state Affairs, comment upon the
" blindness Of allowing ecclesiastics. and par
! uculary Cardinals, to NEEDLE with the public
! business"
At tho request OF the Regent, Saint Simon
made the Acquaintance OF Law soon after his
arrival IN Paris, aud became quite intimate with
him. When Llw's Bank hal been supplement
ed with the Mississippi COMPANY, aud every
body WIS mad upon Mississippi stock. saint
simon WIS often pressed to receive some sh ares
for nothing, but he never would lead himself to
II. Nevertheless seeing millions sqlandered
everywhere he acceptcdfrom the Regent moi
crate increase Of the = lazy attached to one Of
his governments and tlc payment Of some state
bonds which he had inherited from his father.
He ascrioe the downfall OF Ii VS. system IN In
! ~ u the exhaustive demands OF the Due
dOrlcans. Considering the time at which be
wrote the good seuse of mis- re marks ON this sub
Jec, / surprising "if Law hld been content
with his bank.' he says. keeping 1t within
wise aul IN lderite limits, an ex ,reme hcnty
might have been afforded to commerce anu to
! private enterprise, because the establishment
always being prepared % meet it, Il Utilities, the
notes II issued woIll h!vs been as good as
ready money, and sometimes even preferable on
account ~ the .e of transport. But good as
this INSTITUTION might he IN ITSELF II c9uld only
be introduced with safety In areplolid, or In "A
| monarchy ike That OF England where the
nntnccs are governed b. those who furnish the
/ funds, nut In a trivial. changing and more than
absolute State Ike France solidity necessarily Is
wanting, consequently confidence. But TO ado
! TO the reality OF tins bank the chimeri OF the
| Mississippi scheme with its shares its jargon,
It's science ga continual juggle for drawing
money fr IN ons person to give it to another
was 10 almost guarantee that the whole ah,ir
! would end In smoke
saint simon's misgivings were literally veri.
Ged by the event. when the bank burst II
turned out that the Recent hid forced IL IN
Law fraudulent ovorissie Of bank notes to the
extent Of more than two hundred millions of
dollars Law could not wash his hands Of all
this before the world; he could noi avoid pass
ing for the inventor and Instrument and ne
would have run great risk At the moment when
all "as unveiled. Accordingly he lett the coun-
try' and the Duo dorleina was slah 70 let MN
60 lest the real criminal should oe proclaimed.
But saint SIMON was not amin to sne TX an
justly 81 the fallen Ani IL is IN inns kindly tish-
ION tnat ne SUM NJ the cnafacter OF financial