The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-17

| of the French possessions in CANADA MO
reau wrote on the subject Of the relations
of France and England a series of letters
which had wide circulation. under the
| general title of ''L'Observateur Holland
ais These letters, to the number OF forty
six, were translated into many languages.
| From the time of this publication Moreau
| had to live at Versailles; he became
sort of pamphleteer and legal advisor. Ha
was married to Mile. de Coulange and
mixed in the best society. His souvenirs
are full Of details about the Choiseuls and
| the Talleyrands.
He came TO be look npou as an enemy
of the parlements. His moderate opinions
| were obnoxious to the Jensenites OF the
| Parchment; he attacked them not as Jen>
| senists, but as enemies of the royal pre-
rogative The Parchment of Paris deliv-
| cred a judgement against the Jesuits which
obliged them to abjure their Institute and
to give oath to that effect. This judge
ment was rendered on the 22d Of Febru-
airy, 1864 son Sunday, the 18th, the rev.
erend fathers, confessors Of the King and
Of the royal family. received, from NJ. de
St Florentin, an invitation TO leave the
court He gave his message very civil,
his Majesty had much esteem for them,
but was obliged to yield to circum-
stance" All the Jesuits le&t Versailles
ard took refuge in Paris. The struggle
between the parlements and the Jesuits
was one of the first forms of the spirit
which broke out in 1883 France had no
written constitution, and the parlements
tried to form the embryo of a parlemen-
tary regeme. The court party stood fast
by the royal prerogative, and was helped
by the antagonism between the peers and
the judicial members of Parchment Mo-
reau took an important part nj agitations
which seem to US, at a distance, very
confused, and which arose from the want
of separation Of the executive, the legls-
lative and the judicial powers.
Moreau received a pension from the For
eign Office, and was, besides appointed
Councillor to the "Cour des Camptes, Aides
ct Finance of Provence. He lost his wife,
and some time afterwards married Miss
O'Neill, granddaughter of one of the Irish
men who came to France in the time Of
James II. In 1853 NJ. de Maupeou was made
Chancellor and grade des sceaux. Moreau
knew him and paid him visit. Maupeou
ceived him with the greatest courtesy.
HE asked me for my friendship he wanted
the help of my intelligence, saying,
4 have long known your worth The
Chancellor meditated great changes In the
Parlements, and asked for many details
from the Parchment of AK and the Cour
des Aides of Montpelier. Maupeou used
afterwards the information which Moreau
gave him.
The history Of the Maupeou Parliament is
well known. Moreau gives many details
upon this subject, chiefly those which con-
Germ the Parchment Of AK. He played a
very important part in the changes which
prepared the revolution in the French tu
dietary courts. It is not always easy to
follow him in the tntrigues which pre-
ceded and accompanied this revolution, and
in the personal questions which were mix
ed up with general questions. His likes
md dislikes play great part in his opin-
ions. He sometimes speaks well and some
times il of Choiseul, of Maupeou, of many
others He is f1attered when the minis
tiers use his pen,and angry with them when
they dispense with his collaboration. His
great friends procured him the sinecure Of
and he took the opportunity OF writing the
'Numero premier de Ia Bibnotheque de
Mime. Ia Dauphine.' This first number had
no successor, though it was much praised
at the time. Moreau was also appointed
Councillor TO the Count de Provence(who
became Louis XVIID.
in 1863, Chancellor Maupeou began his
open war on the old Parchment and the
Duke de Choiseul, their protector.
at was a time says Moreau, when
the Chancellor, if he had had proad views
and much patriotism, could have render
ed great services to the King and became
the benefactor of the nation by saving it
from the despotism of the Parliament. He
possessed sufficient authority to give force
TO the fundamental laws Of the Kingdom,
to restore to the companies their ancient
spirit. and to the Government its activity
and vigor. The Parchment had taken it
self out of all regulation; it was absolute
" necessary 20 bring il again within the
rules, and in the place which was assign
ed to it."
Unfortunately. all questions ct that time
were obscured and poisoned by personal
considerations. Madame du Barry, who
Aah pctl pItScIttu 10 lHe AlnS III 1toJ,
was, consciously or unconsciouslv, the
enemy of parlements. The Choiseuls. who
despised Madame du Barry. represelte
the opposite cause. "All goes wrong. says
Noreau. when the spirit of intrigue OBJ
scures the greatest designes." The exile
of Choiseuls at Chanteloupe was ore of
the great events of the reign of Louis XIV.
Moreau has nothing to say about it that is
not well known; he is more interesting
when he speaks of his mission 10 Provence
his relations with the Kings officers in
that province. and the installation Of the
new parchment. The people in Provence
had not the same feeling a. the people in
Paris The former Parchment was very
despOtic; its members formed an oligarchy-
which was master Of the country,and there
was an old proverd which said. in the
provincial patois. The Parchment, the
mis;ral. the Durance. are the three scour-
ges Of Provence" The new Parliament.
composed OF the creatures Of Maupeou
and of Moreau, was well received by the
population.
The last part Of the first volume OF Mo-
reau's Souvenirs has many details on
the final malady OF Louis XIV. AID on his
death. The closing chapters give a new
version OF the dramatic end OF the King
Moreau knew almost hour by hour what
was going on in the palace al Versailles.
/ lie tells Us how nobody at first dared 10
speak 70 the King OF the last sacraments: