No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses.

He suffered a violent attack of fever during which the people gave many proofs of their attachment to him. He was twice married. S.

Secretary of State from 1831 to 1833. He represented both New York and later Louisiana in Congress and he served as the U. He was an influential figure in the drafting of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825 a civil code based largely on the Napoleonic Code.