The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-01-13 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 33tb, 1883.

; POLITICS IN FRANCE.

TEE death of a man holding such a prominent
position as M. Gambetta would excite general
attention in any country of Europe ; but there
are peculiar conditions associated with French
politics which concentrate the public mind more
especially upon such an event in the land of our
nearest neighbours. It is true that he was not
Prime Minister of France at the time of his
death ; but be had held that position, and nos-
sibly would have done E 0 again. It was about
twelve months ago that, a:t r a tc.m of office
which had not lasted a quarter of a year, he was
driven from power by an overwhelming
majority. To many here, who arc unacquainted
with the details of French political life, such a
result was as unaccountable as it was unexpected
For some years he had been the foremost man
in the public life of his native land, whether in
war or in peace. By universal assent he had
been designated for the highest position which
it was in the power of his fellow-citizens to be-
stow. Through his influence one Ministry after
another had been overthrown in a way which
suggested insecurity as affecting the political
institutions of the young Republic. Ho had
gone in for tho new foreign policy which had
approved the conquest of Tunis, and had deter-
mined to watch over French interests in Egypt.
Apparently there was not a cloud upon the
horizon until M. Gambetta introduced into the
Chamber of Deputies what was practically a
new Reform Bill. The country was only juit
recovering from the excitement of a general
election, and the passing of the ocrutin de liste
would have at once involved another appeal to
to the constituencies. The Chamber regardeo
the raising of the question at such a time as in-
opportune, and decisively rejected the scheme.
An English House of Commons would prohabi_
have done the same thing under similar circum-
stances. M. Gambetta for the time was dow,l,
but there is little doubt that he was destined to
rise again at no distant day.
We have said that the death of a man holding
such a prominent position as Gambetta would be
bound to excite general attention in any country
whether in office or not. This was very forcibly
illustrated in the death of Lord Beaconsfield,
which took place twelve months after he had
left office, as it proved for ever. The sensation
which would be caused by the death of Prince
Bismarck or of Mr. Gladstone, both at the beau
of affairs in their respective countries, can only
be a matter of speculation. A brain of suet
calibre is more easily extinguished than replaced
The dearth of rising talent is often deplored by
writers and thinkers ; and there is no doubt that
men of the commanding intellectual status ot
M. Gambetta are scarce in France, and that
there are few, if any, rising Disraelis and Glad-
stones in England. The genius of the First
'Napoleon was that of a man of a thousand years;
it was paralleled only by that of Hannibal or of
Julius CEesar. Great intellects are rare, and,
unfortunately, seem to become more so. Three
centuries have passed since Shakespeare read
his plays before Queen Elizabeth in the Middle
Temple Hall ; and in all that range of years
England has not been enabled to claim a brain
of equal power and range for dramatic construc-
tion, But the brain of whatever quality has to
mingle with the earth when the time comes to
pay the debt of nature. Its work is done, but
its influence for good or evil must long continue
-over the minds of less gifted children of men.

In all probability the feeling that such a man
as Gambetta cannot easily be replaced ac-
counted for the extraordinary gathering at his
funeral last Saturday. France needs all her
men of promise as well as those of tried capacity
ald it was unfortunate for her that in one week
she should have lost two such able sons as
11 Gambetta and General Chanzy ; both of
whom made such strenuous efforts to repel the
German invasion of 1870. The restless spirit
of her people has led to an extraordinary num-
ber of changes of Government within a century,
a space which is not much in the lifetime of a
State with traditions so splendid as those of
France. In a hundred years four monarchs
have occupied the throne of England; in France
it would be difficult to say how many successive
forms of rule have been exercised over the
people. Two kingdoms, two empires, three Re-
publics, four Rovolutions, several provisiowat
governments—ad these are the results of
centuries of misrule, and of the repeated at-
tempts to govern the people without establish-
ing the principle of taxation and representation
combined. The French have tried Legitimist,
Orleanist, Imperialist, Republican, without ap-
parently coming to any definite conclusion
which shall be their permanent form of govern-
ment. The OrleaniA Monarchy lasted eighteen
years; the Second Empire went on precisel3
the same time ; the present Republic has had CL
existence of barely a dozen years, and all who
wish we'l to the establishment of a stable
government in France. will regret to see the
ablest of her men swept away by death.

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