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    Article LIFE OF PHILIP EGALITE, LATE DUKE OF ORLEANS. ← Page 7 of 8 →
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Life Of Philip Egalite, Late Duke Of Orleans.

not belong to him , and only stripped himself of his own rank , in order to obtain the first dignity in the state . The flight and subsequent arrest of the king became new subjects for triumph to the Duke of Orleans . On the acceptance of the constitution by a prince no longer free , his unworthy relation , who at that period held the balance of the two rival parties in his own hands , threw all his wei

ght into the scale of the jacobins , a circumstance which enabled them to triumph first over . the feuillants , and soon after over La Fayette , ¦ who lost his " character in the estimation of all good citizens , by the inconstancy of his temper . The legislative was still more favourable than the constituent assembl y to the views of Philipfor his influence having risenin the ratio

, express of the preponderance of the jacobins , he was enabled to nominate a prodigious number of his creatures to the representative body . The people , of whom a great portion was led astray , and the remainder- intimidated , subscribed to all the innovations proposed , and thinking themselves free because they were taught to believe so , waited patiently in expectation of the moment when they were to be rendered happy .

But it . was not enough to sap the throne , it was also deemed necessary to overturn the monarchy , and take away the . life of a constitutional sovereign . Lewis XVI . was at this very moment merel y a king by courtesy . "Forced to repair to the capital , and to reside in the midst of his enemies , his authority was at first illusory , and from the moment of ' his arrest he was detained in a state of the most deplorable captivity . Orleans , who

had already influenced the public opinion to such a degree as to r . ender the two most august personages in France' odious to the people , the monster Orleans left nothing untried to augment the hatred of their subjects ; and the king-was soon after first deposed and then murdered .. ! If the duke had possessed the talents of a great man , he would mir doubtedly have feized the vacant throne ; but , " impeded in his ambitious projects by the natural pusillanimity of his temperhe was incapable

, of taking due advantage . of such an . auspicious , event . A bold ' and daring usurper , in such-a case as this , would have acquired either a crown ox a grave ; but the cowardly Egalite , although he wished to reign , did not know how to die ! ' - Even after r ' ra ' nce had been converted into a republic Phili p did not despair of becoming a king . He was " , in appearance , a most zealous

partisan of the levelling doctrines of democracy , and " cunningly endeavoured to g ive all possible extension to the reigning system ' : that isj he . wished to make liberty degenerate into licentiousness , and to substitute anarchy to' the rule of the laws . - . Orleans , who had vpted for , the de ^ . th of his sovereign , and glutted his eyes with his blood , also incited the populace to the unnecessary

and ferocious massacre of ' the first and second of September . But the career " of this illustrious ruffian washbt . pf-long duration , for he himself fell a victim to the animosities of Bfissot , and Roberspierre , and was soon after actually transferred as a state prisoner from Paris to Marseilles . ' He revisited the capital only to experience greater humili-i stions . The dispute between the girondists and the mountain tarty was

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LONDON: Article 1
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 2
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 3
MASONIC ANECDOTE. Article 8
ACCOUNT OF JOHN WATKINS, L. L. D. Article 10
JOHN COUSTOS, FREEMASON. Article 12
BRIEF ACCOUNT OF COLONEL MAEK, Article 16
LETTER Article 17
TRANSLATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S LETTER TO MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, Article 17
CHARACTER OF RICHARD CUMBERLAND, Article 18
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 19
AN ACCOUNT OF DRUIDISM. Article 20
LIFE OF PHILIP EGALITE, LATE DUKE OF ORLEANS. Article 25
ACCOUNT OF PENPARK-HOLE, Article 32
ON READING. Article 36
CARD Article 37
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 38
CHARACTERS WRITTEN IN THE LAST CENTURY. Article 39
ON AFRICAN SLAVERY. Article 41
ORIGINAL LETTER OF DOCTOR JOHNSON. Article 45
ANECDOTES OF THE LATE HUGH KELLY. Article 47
PLAN OF EDUCATION. Article 52
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Article 55
ANECDOTES OF J—— SWARTS. Article 59
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 60
HOUSE OF COMMONS, FINANCIAL MEASURE OF FRANCE. Article 62
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 70
EPILOGUE. Article 71
PHILOSOPHICAL EXPERIMENT . Article 73
POETRY. Article 74
ADVICE TO A PAINTER. Article 75
THE ENQUIRY. Article 76
PROCRASTINATION. Article 76
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 76
PREFERMENTS. Article 80
MARRIAGES. Article 80
DEATHS. Article 81
BANKRUPTS. Article 82
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Life Of Philip Egalite, Late Duke Of Orleans.

not belong to him , and only stripped himself of his own rank , in order to obtain the first dignity in the state . The flight and subsequent arrest of the king became new subjects for triumph to the Duke of Orleans . On the acceptance of the constitution by a prince no longer free , his unworthy relation , who at that period held the balance of the two rival parties in his own hands , threw all his wei

ght into the scale of the jacobins , a circumstance which enabled them to triumph first over . the feuillants , and soon after over La Fayette , ¦ who lost his " character in the estimation of all good citizens , by the inconstancy of his temper . The legislative was still more favourable than the constituent assembl y to the views of Philipfor his influence having risenin the ratio

, express of the preponderance of the jacobins , he was enabled to nominate a prodigious number of his creatures to the representative body . The people , of whom a great portion was led astray , and the remainder- intimidated , subscribed to all the innovations proposed , and thinking themselves free because they were taught to believe so , waited patiently in expectation of the moment when they were to be rendered happy .

But it . was not enough to sap the throne , it was also deemed necessary to overturn the monarchy , and take away the . life of a constitutional sovereign . Lewis XVI . was at this very moment merel y a king by courtesy . "Forced to repair to the capital , and to reside in the midst of his enemies , his authority was at first illusory , and from the moment of ' his arrest he was detained in a state of the most deplorable captivity . Orleans , who

had already influenced the public opinion to such a degree as to r . ender the two most august personages in France' odious to the people , the monster Orleans left nothing untried to augment the hatred of their subjects ; and the king-was soon after first deposed and then murdered .. ! If the duke had possessed the talents of a great man , he would mir doubtedly have feized the vacant throne ; but , " impeded in his ambitious projects by the natural pusillanimity of his temperhe was incapable

, of taking due advantage . of such an . auspicious , event . A bold ' and daring usurper , in such-a case as this , would have acquired either a crown ox a grave ; but the cowardly Egalite , although he wished to reign , did not know how to die ! ' - Even after r ' ra ' nce had been converted into a republic Phili p did not despair of becoming a king . He was " , in appearance , a most zealous

partisan of the levelling doctrines of democracy , and " cunningly endeavoured to g ive all possible extension to the reigning system ' : that isj he . wished to make liberty degenerate into licentiousness , and to substitute anarchy to' the rule of the laws . - . Orleans , who had vpted for , the de ^ . th of his sovereign , and glutted his eyes with his blood , also incited the populace to the unnecessary

and ferocious massacre of ' the first and second of September . But the career " of this illustrious ruffian washbt . pf-long duration , for he himself fell a victim to the animosities of Bfissot , and Roberspierre , and was soon after actually transferred as a state prisoner from Paris to Marseilles . ' He revisited the capital only to experience greater humili-i stions . The dispute between the girondists and the mountain tarty was

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