Dominique Joseph Garat

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Dominique Joseph Garat (Bayonne, September 8th 1749 - Ustaritz, December 9th 1833) is a lawyer, journalist and philosopher French. He was elected with the French Academy in 1803.

Born in the the Low-Pyrenees, Dominique Garat arrives strong young person at Paris, and launches out in the career of the academic prices. He obtains in 1779 the price of eloquence of the French Academy for his Éloge of Suger . Its Praise of Montausier and Éloge of Fontenelle are crowned in the contests of 1781 and 1784.

Writer of the Mercure de France for his literary part, it passes then to the Journal of Paris , is elected appointed with the General states of 1789 of the Labourd (Basque Country). October 9th 1792, it replaces Danton with the Ministère of Justice, and for this reason notifies with Louis XVI the sentence of dead (January 20th 1793) and brings a confessor to him. The January 22nd 1793, it replaces Jean Marie Roland with the ministry for the Interior and remains at this station until August 1793. In October 1793, it is stopped like of Gironde, but quickly released. The Thermidor 9 year II (July 27th 1794), it votes against Maximilien de Robespierre. It is then charged with a pulpit of Physiologie to the teacher training school, then sent ambassador to Naples, after the 12 Fructidor.

Under the Directory, he is elected with the Conseil of Old the (1799). After the Coup d'etat of the 18 brumaire (November 9th 1799), Napoleon Bonaparte appoints it senator, and in 1808, count d' Empire. Although he was member of the Room of the representatives during the Hundred Days, he is not worried under the Restauration and becomes member of the Academy of Science morals and political after 1830. Dominique Joseph Garat died in the Château of Urdains, with Bassussarry.

One says that Dominique Joseph Garat became, after having notified in Louis XVI the sentence of dead on January 20th, 1793, more and more grognon and contained and that its gold glasses which served this January 20th, 1793, did not leave more than one drawer to which it was interdict of touching. Familiar of the house of Dominique Joseph Garat, the priest of Ustaritz used them one day to read his breviary and when Dominique Joseph Garat returning from a visit saw them, he exclaimed: “ the glasses of the sentence ” and fell struck down.

Ministerial career

Minister for the justice of October 9th 1792 at March 19th 1793,
Minister of Interior Department (by interim between on January 23rd and on March 14th 1793) then named on March 14th with this function which it occupies until August 20th 1793.

Works

1778 : Praise of Michel of the Hospital
1778: Memory for the knights of Queyssat, major to the regiment of Chartres, the sior Froidefond de Queyssat, captain of infantry, and the sior Fillol de Queyssat, captain assistant medical officer of infantry, against the sior Belair Damade, clerk-trader with Bordeaux
1779: Praise of Suger, abbot of Saint-Denis, minister of state
1781: Praise of Charles of Holy-Moor, duke of Montausier 1781
1783: Actual position of the deposit of begging of the general information of Soissons, second account, year 1782 third account, year 1783
1784: Praise of Bernard de Fontenelle
1787: Historical precis of the life of Mr. of Bonnard
1792: Considerations on the French revolution and the conspiracy of the powers of Europe against the freedom and the human rights, or Examination of the proclamation of the governors of the Netherlands
1792: Opinion against the plans presented by Mr. Mr. Dupont and Sieyès to the National Assembly, for the organization of the judicial power
1793: Instruction of the Minister of Interior Department to his fellow-citizens, on the formalities to fill to take part in the issued helps the November 26th, 1792 and May 4th, 1793 in favor of the parents of the soldiers and sailors to the service of the Republic
1794: Political and philosophical newspaper, or periodic Considerations on the reports/ratios of the events of time with the principles of social art
1794: Political and philosophical newspaper, or periodic Considerations on the reports/ratios of the events of time with the principles of social art
1794: Memory on the Revolution, or Exposed of my control in the businesses and the public office
1797: Conspiracy of Orleans
1798: Legislative body. The Council of Old. Speeches 2 pluviôse year VII, birthday of January 21st, 1792 and the oath of hatred to the royalty and anarchy
1798: Legislative body. The Council of Old. Speech made after the reading of the message of the executive Directory which announces the new victories of the army of Italy
1798: Legislative body. The Council of Old. Speech made after the reading of the message on the assassination of the ministers with Rastadt
1798: Legislative body. The Council of Old. Speech made on the death of the representative of the Baudin people (of the Ardennes)
1798: Legislative body. The Council of Old. Opinion on the resolution of the 4 pluviôse year VII, relating to the maritime catches
1798: Legislative body. The Council of Old. Opinion on the resolution of the 4 pluviôse year VII relating to the maritime catches
1798: Legislative body. The Council of Old. Opinion on the resolution of Thermidor 27 year VI relating to the committed fields
1798: Legislative body. The Council of Old. Report/ratio on the resolution of the 29 meadow year VII relating to the violations of the press laws.
1799: Legislative body. Commission of the Council of Old. Speech made after the reading of the resolution on the presentation with the people of the new fundamental laws of the republic
1799: Legislative body. The Council of Old the Report/ratio on the Council Resolution of the Five hundreds, which cancels the court of the department of the Rhone delta
1799: Legislative body. The Council of Old. Speech made after the reading of a message of the executive Directory of the 18 vendémiaire year VIII which announced victories gained by the French Armies in the East, Helvétie and Batavie.
1799: Legislative body. The Council of Old. Report/ratio on the resolution relating to freedom of the press
1799: Legislative body. The Council of Old. Report/ratio on the resolution relating to the exchange of the Play of palm of Versailles against a national field
1799: Funeral praise of Joubert
1800: Speech made in the extraordinary meeting of the 4 messidor year after the reading of the official relations of the Battle Marengo
1800: Funeral praise of the generals Kléber and Desaix
1805: Memory on the Holland, on its population, its trade, its public spirit and on the means either of maintaining it in its independence like State, or to return its old prosperity like mercantile nation to him
1807: Glance on the Holland, or Table of this kingdom in 1806
1814: Anecdotes new or little known on the general Moreau
1814: Of Moreau
1817: Note on Mr. Ginguené and his works
1820: Judgment on Mirabeau
1820: Historical memories on the life of Mr. Suard
1829: Historical memories over the XVIIIe century, the principal characters of the French revolution, like on the life and the writings of Mr. Suard
1869: Origin of the Basques of France and Spain

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