The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26

income hJ l,OoU,VOU francs, exclusive OF tne
10000 francs a year which he was supposed to
receive from the clergy as Cardinal. He Is he.
lieved to have obtained from and through John
Law enormous sums, and although lie used a
large part Of these at Rome In procuring his
Cardinals hat. a vast amount OF ready
money remained to him. lie left an immense
quantity OF gilt and silver plate, admirably
wrought, rich furniture. rare jewels. fine
horses and sumptuous enuipages. His vast
property. real and personal, was inherited by
II nephew. n canon of Saint-iIonort, who had
never sought a bcnence. and who had lived Il
sanity life. The latter employed part Of his in
hcritance In putting up a handsome but mo lest
mausoleum to his uncle. and distributed the
rest OF the property among the poor. for fear
II might bring him a curse II he kept it. We
reproduce some OF Saint -Simon's concluding
remarks upon Dubois. merely pointing out
that they fail to credit the latter with the in
tellect but for which his achievements would
have been impossible. There Is many
an example NJ amazing fortune. even in
men who rise from nothing. but there is
none in n person so destitute OF all
talent III we. except that Of base and under
hand intrigued as Cardinal Dubois. His mind
was very ordinary, his knowledge most COM
mon, his capacity nil his appearance that OF a
ferret and a blackguard: his utterance dis
Us 'iiNs,u always i'NlldllIE. III lulSt
ness was written on his forehead his morals
unrcstrained. could not he hidden. Add to
these roints furies that might pass for fits Of
madness: a head inca Fable of containing more
than one thing at a time. or OF following any
thing that was not for his personal interests.
Nothing was sacred to him. no tie respected (:
open contempt for faith. promises. honor.
truth. integrity: great delight and continual
practice in making game OF all such things;
counting himself a. everything. and what
ever was not for him as nothing. and
considering il a. total idiocy to think
or act otherwise. With that. soft. servile. supple.
catering. admiring: taking all sorts Of forms
with the Utmost facility and playing any kind
Of part. often contradictory. to attain his ends;
but, nevertheless. very little capable OF per-
suading. His arguments were ALWAYS impul-
sive and ftful. involved. perhaps unconsciously
so, and devoid OF logic and precision unpleas-
antness followed him everywhere. Nevertha-
less. he had moments Of amusing vlvacity
when he chose and could tell diverting stories:
though these. were ~disflEured by his elocution.
which might have been good were II not for
a stutter which his natural d~uplicity had turned
into u habit from a desire to be uncertain In
what he said and replied"
With such defects it is hard to understand
how Dubois could have attracted any man.
and. especially. the Due d'Orleans. who had SO
fine Il mind. such clear-sighted Intelligence.
and who could seize SO quickly on all that dis
closed the real man. The explanation is that
" Dubois won him when a child. in his function
as tutor; he took possession Of him as a young
man, by encouraging his liking for liberty. for
a false air OF knowledge of the world. for the
allurements OF debauchery. and his impotence
of all restraint. He spoilt his pupils heart, his
mind. his conduct. with those 6ne theories "
learned lihertines from which the poor Prince
could never free himself any more than he
could free himself from the contrary senti-
ments OF reason, truth. and conscience which
ne took such pains to smother" Saint
Simon confirms the story that Dubois
had long been married. and was. there
fore. ineligible to the priesthood. He
paid his wife well to hold her tongue after he
got his benefceS: but. when he dawned into
grandeur. he found her extremely embarrass-
ing: he was always in terror lest she should
make him miss his great ecclesiastical digni-
ties. His marriage had taken place in the
limousin. As soon as he was Archbishop of
Cambria. he confded the matter to Breteuil.
conjurinR him to get rid ot every proof Of
his marriage. cautiously and without scan
dial. The wife never dared to say q word.
After her husbands death she came 10
Paris and received a large sum out Of his
'i''' WI "bI"h Siif INtI ohSCurplN,
but much at her ease. dying in Paris
about twenty wears after nu5cis. b.
whom she had no children" According
To Saint-Simon. the death of Cardinal Dubois
was a comfort to great and small all over
Europe. Th" most comtorted Ierson. how
ever. was the Due d'Orl"ans himself. He had
long Groaned in secret under the weight Of so
hard a tyranny and the trammels Of a chain he
had forged for himself. Not only could he no
longer direct or decide anything. but he was
forced to explain to the Cardinal what he de-
sired. whether in great matters or in small
ones. He was com PEELED to submit them all to
the will OF tn" Cardinal. who would fly into a
fury. reproarhing and insulting him. as though
he were n private person. il he CHANGED to con-
tradict him. The poor Prince also felt the iso-
lation In which he found himself. and. through
this very isolation and abandonment. recoC-
niZed the power of the Cardinal and the eclipse
OF his own. He feared him the man became
into'erable to him he longed to get rid OF him.
This was shown In a Thousand ways. but he did
not dare to do 1t In TACT. he knew not how. Iso-
lated, and perpetually watched as he was. he had
no one In whom he could confdr. and. II he had
attempted TO do SO. the Cardinal. warned Of II.
would have doubled his capers to hold by fear
what he knew he could not hope to keep in any
other way"