Evening journal., 1888-12-17
DUPONT DE NEMOURs..
A New biography of the Pour der {
This Noted Family-statesman Sol
dier and Publicist-A Busy, stormyLife.

4 De Nemours ct l. Ecole PhvsiOcratiqual
which is published by Gillaumin, Paris.
The review on criticism is here given in
full "The family Of DUPONT is SO well
known in this country that few people
stop to think of tho first Of the name who
settled here As soldiers and sailors, as
Legislators and philanthropists, as mer
| chants and manufacturers, in every form
Of public duty and private enterprise,
the successive generations have been dis
tinguished far beyond the average. Their
| great powder works near Wilmington,
| FIRST of their kind in the United States,
and always famous, are now only part
Of great system of factories
throughout the country, managed with
admirable skill and unrelaxng energy
and enterprise Never holding or even
seeking political office, the DuPonts are
truly representative citizens, using their
influence, due quite as much to personal
popularity and admitted ability as to
wealth aud the wise and right use Of il,
only as a means OF doing good Their
home is still in tho country, on the banks
OF the Brandywine, but their interests
are distributed far and wide, and every
where are conducive of general pros
perity.
"The family and business name. Du-
Pont de Nemours, perpetuates the first Of
their family who came to this country
and his work is well described in this new
book. II is by no means the FIRST biography
Of the man, for eight others are cited.
written by men Of note shortly after the
death Of their subject-or, as ia the case
Of that by Layergne, as one of
the French economists of the
18th Century. Now, however, we have
. life worthy Of the man, with a full
sketch Of his career and very apprecia-
tive account of his contributions to the
important school of economists with
whom he worked. One Of the first to
bring home to the reading and thinking
world the theories Of Quesnay the right
arm OF Turgot, one of the foremost civil
servants of the reign of Louis XVI, the
adviser Of Vergennes, the author Of the
Treaty with England in 1856, the friend
of Franklin the earnest believer in the
American Republic, the thoughtful advo-
cate Of wise reforms in the French As
sembly, the steadfast supporter of good
government and sound finance, escaping
the guillotine only by exile, he found a
home in the United States and. although
returning to France 20 take part in the
restoration of 1874 he came again to
Z.
home Of his son in Delaware.
Born in 1899. in 1868, on the eve of
the Seven Years War, NJ DUPONT be- |
came a writer on political economy. and |
Quesnay and Mirabeau and their protec-
tor Nine. de Pompadour, at once ac-
cepted him as a valuable recruit IN their |
campaign against bad systems of finance. |
He showed his honesty in persisting in a |
dedication TO Nine de Pompadour, after |
her death, and thus closing against him
self the entrance to any pnblic employ |
ment, now fully controlled by her enc
mics He worked hard through success
sion Of journals, to spread the true
doctrines that made the physiocratic
school, and apart from their theoretical
value, to reform French administration
by securing q large share of local self.
control, gradual abolition Of hard
taxes and a better practical recognition
Of the evils Of excessive interference
by the government in every class
Of individual business undertaking. He
worked for a modest measure Of licensed
liberty for the press. for the abolition Of
slavery and OF clasp privileges, for free
dom labor, for the suppression Of the
corvee, that tax in kind which was the
source Of SO much abuse, for reform in
finances, for the abolition cf the French
East Indies Company, for free trade in
Spain, for many Of the existing and ad-
mitted commonplaces Of our own day. but
which 100 years ago were burning ques
tions Adam Smiths Wealth Of Nations.
published in 1916, was largely drawn
from the writings Of Turgot and DUPONT
and their associates Nor were their doc
trines left in the condition OF theories
only. DUPONT was the intimate friend
and correspondent of Gustavus Vasa Of
Sweden, Of the Margrave Of Baden, and
OF the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and
laSored to help them reform their gov
ernments. Franklin had DuPont's argu
ments translated and published in
America, when he was forbidden to
speak in print in France He sought
refuge in Poland, whore he was emploved
by Prince CzartorysBi as tutor for his
bur was recalled to France bv
Turgot, who became minister and at once
drew to his side DRPont and his old asso
ciates His share Of the real reforms
then set on foot was very important
one, but the fall Of Turgot soon put an
end to their practical introduction. His ,
leisure was occupied in the com
position Of an heroic composition on
joseph the Second, Emperor Of Germany.
and version of the Orlando Furioso
and In corresponding with his foreign
sovereigns. He was hard at work in
helping Mirabeau, the great French ora.
tor, who had a hard father and much
palnfnl experience, and in turn showed !
unworthy Of sympathy. Dupont
was recalled TO work by Necker. and {
remained employed on various import /;
ant matters Of finance, taxation manu-.
factures, etc until the fall Of the mon.
archy. He then labored to save France
from the dangers that threatened Il. ana
oraVely laced Robesplerre and Barnave
and their associates ia his Efforts 10
guide the country safely through the
financial and other difficulties that finally J
overwhelmed ell parties in general ruin. ,
Called g the presidency OF the AS
semhiy With its dissolution N. Dupont J
was forced to find new means or living. /
With the help Of his friend Lavoisier, he
a printing and publishing
business, and through his own press and
with his own person he fought for good
government, sought to protect the King. I
was sheltered under the roof Of the Insti. /
tute by Lalande, escaped to his quiet
country home, where he wrote strongly |
against the crimes OF those in power
was finally imprisoned. but after his re-
lease, finding his efforts fruitless. he
finally sought refuge in America in 1900
making 1t his own home and the home Of
his sons. His first plan Of banking
house in New York failed from his ren.
erous help to the French ia the West
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