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wrote q great deal. and especially two works
ono Of which was published In Switzerland,
the other at Toulouse. By these two works
public attention was again fixed on Barere.
just as the new Government established
under tho Directory was entering on
its duties The electors Of Tarbos, whose
confidence In him was unshaken, chose
him as their member in the legislative Council.
but the Council OF Five Hundred declared tho
election null and void. Connding overmuch In
the power OF his friends, he returned secretly 70
France, but had to remain in hiding until tho
18th OF Brumaire, and. even after that. until
Bonapartes real intentions were made KNOWN
hardly had liberty been restored to him than NO
hastened to present the First Consul with
tribute Of somewhat gushing gratitude. He re-
fused. however, the offer OF tho editorshlp OF
Journal de rArmec, either because such post
seemed too inferior to the ono he had formerly
held, or because he foresaw the use Napoleon
would presently make OF tho national army Tor
his personal advantage. He proposed 10 pnoIlsh
an anti.British journal, and submitted his
plan TO the First Consul. who approved
OF 1t, and promised a subsidy which, accord
Ing TO Barero. he never gave. Generally
Bonhparte's communications with the editor OF
the new paper. through Bourricnne and Duroc,
were automatically reserved. This the editor
explains by tho consideration which Bona
parte testified for the psrtisans OF tho Ancicn
Regime Napoleon evinced, however, his APP
probation of Barere's political information and
experience by requesting him TO make weekly
secret report on public opinion and tho progress
of the Government. Then began q confidential
correspondence OF the utmost interest to tho
historian Of the period Tho letters wero pre-
served. and II is said Of them, to Bareres honor,
that the warnings and advice given by the old
Republican to the young dictator were inspired
by patriotism as much as by experience. Tho
correspondence, which began early In 1903,
stopped suddenly at tho end Of 1907. appar-
emily because Bnrere's ideas were those OF
citizen rather than OF a courtier, and,
consequently. unwelcome to the Emperor.
Henceforward, treated nth more than coldncss
by the imperial Government, foiled by its agents
in his candidature for the Senate. and by the
Senate in his candidature for tho Legislative
Council even prosecuted on several occasions.
Barere passed from an excessive admiration for
Bonaparte TO the severe rancorous and OF en-
unjust opinion In which his papers bIund from
1903 to 1915. This malevoent frame OF mind
CAV way to a calmcr and sanor view after the
final 'ataclysm OF the Empire. After 1918 he
applied himself to a History Of Napoleon ard
His Reign, which he often egrettel that he
never finished. An Imagination so lively as his
could not remain unmovcd by go much glory.
When, in 1910. the news OF the restoration Of
Napoeon's ashes to France reached him In his
mountain home, his old enthusi .sm was rekin-
died and broke forth ioyfully.
As Barere was classed among the suspected
during the last years OF the empire, he avoided
all political affairs. and lived the life OF OF
letters The products Of his leisure were trans.
latons of Young. of Tasso, and OF Tyrteus, q
History OF Neapoltan Revolutions and other
writings. some OF which were published while
the others wcre left in manuscript. He was
often at the Theatre Francais nnd at the Opera,
where his taste and learning were much valued
BY the actors. He was also much run after In
society By reason of his witty, graceful CONVEX
sation. You are the incest Of men, wrote DR..
ALBERT who was a judge of men. after see-
ing you l was witty for q whole week" One
day. when he had been dining with Mime.
R6camior, he sat next to La Harpe. who
asked his hostess after dinner the name
Of his neighbor, adding: Ono can easily
SEQ from his courteous grace of man.
ner that he Is one of the old nobility;
your Republicans are all so full of the rough
ferocity Of their opinions" Nine. Rtcam!er
merely answered with smle: :" He is one OF
my husbands friends; there arc so many Of
them that l cannot recall his name" The events
OF 1914 interrupted the calmest, happiest period
OF Barere's life. At the approach OF the storm
he had escorted the widow and daughter OF one
OF his relations to the south OF France. and he
was there when the empire fell He returned to
the capital in the month OF April. Tho few
pamphlets that he wrote during the first Res.
toration merely express liberal sentiments with
no hatred for the present nor regret for the past
He had no reason to expect any favor from
the Bourbons; he was satisfied with being
in n1 IL, o1l
His Memoirs show that Napoleon's return from
Elba did not excite him very much. Having be-
come a member of the Chamber OF Representa-.
tives. he urged the drafting OF a constitution
which should be based on that of 1891, and
should be submitted TO the approval of the ma.
tion. g II Napoleon" he says in the Memoirs
after the awful disaster of Waterloo. had had
confidence in tho representatives ana had como
before them like Varro. the Consul not despair
Ing OF the safety Of the country, they would hayo
granted him soldiers and taxes and his fatal
abdication would not have taken place. What
q misfortune II was that France ever separated
its destiny. either Of its own accord or not, from
that OF Napoleoni II revolutionary liberty
could only have counted on his sword. 1t would
have been tho surest weapon with which
TO triumph over Europe. France would have
been undoubtedly saved by his presence at her
head. although some politicians wished to save
her without him." Barere's moderate conduct
during the Hundred Days should have preserved
him from French persecution on the return Of
Louis XVIII. Nevertheless. his name was
placed upon the list Of the prescribed OF July "a
1873, and he had to remain In hiding in Paris
until the amnesty OF tho following 18th OF jan
uary. which banished him from France. Then
he TOOK refuge in Brussels. the centre OF col
ony OF French exiles. including, conspicuously.