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country for the next sixteen years. He earnestly desired a reform of the constitution also, and was thus attracted to the party of the Czartoryscy. Elected See also:

DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy to every See also:

DIET

diet since 1778, he was a conspicuous member of the patriotic opposition. In matters of importance nothing was done without his See also:

ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice, and he was esteemed as much for his See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character as for his talents. His See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence was at its height during the Four Years' Diet, 1788–1792. He was appointed a member of the See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee for the reform of the constitution, defended eloquently the right of the towns to the See also:

FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise, and was an See also:

ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of an See also:

ALLIANCE

alliance with See also:

Prussia. Thus he was one of the creators of the constitution of the 3rd of May 1791, although his aristocratic antecedents prevented him from going the lengths of the more See also:

RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical reformers. On the formation of the See also:

CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

confederation of Targowica, Potocki emigrated to See also:

DRESDEN

Dresden; but on the outbreak of the revolution of 1794 returned to See also:

Poland, was appointed a member of the See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

government, and entrusted with the conduct of See also:

FOREIGN

foreign affairs. - On the fall of Warsaw he surrendered to See also:

SUVAROV

Suvarov and was sent to See also:

Russia, where he remained till 1796. On his return to Poland he retired to the See also:

VILLAGE

village of Klimuntowo, where for the next thirteen years he devoted himself to literature.

At the end of the See also:

war of 1809 he was commissioned to go to See also:

Vienna .to See also:

PRESENT

present to See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon the petitions of the Galicians for the See also:

INCORPORATION (from Lat. incorporare, to form into a body)

incorporation of their See also:

province with the See also:

GRAND

grand duchy of Warsaw. He died at Vienna the same See also:

YEAR

year. The most notable of Potocki's See also:

WORKS

works is: Vom Entstehen and Untergange der polnischen Konstitutionen vom 3ten May 1791 (See also:

LEMBERG (Pol. Lwdw, Lat. Leopolis)

Lemberg, 1793). See See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August Sokolowski, Illustrated See also:

HISTORY

History of Poland (Pol.), vol. iv. (Vienna, 1901). (R. N.

End of Article: POTOCKI, IGNATY (1741–1809)

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