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London, England, 1858-04-10 00:00:00

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DR. SIMON BERNARD.

The impending trial of Dr. Bernard has excited
a natural curiosity respecting his antecedents, which
communications from various quarters have enabled
us in some measure to gratify.
Simon Bernard was born, of respectable parents,
at Carcasonne, in the year 1817. His family were
attached to the liberal side of politic., and his
mind were early imbued-with-their views. When
arrived at the age when it was necessary to select
a profession, he resolved to pursue that of me-
dicine ; instigated to this choice, it is believed by
those who then knew him, by the conviction that
he could thus render himself useful in alleviating
human suffering. The auxiliary studies of the
medical profession were ill-calculated to develop
any tendency to hero-worship iu a youth of a re-
flecting turn of mind, whose first political le sons
had been learned in the school of French liberals,
at a time when idges Napoleoniennes were rather
in discredit, and when the Bourbons could inspire
no admiration for royalty.
Bernard's first entry into active life was as as-
sistant surgeon on board a man-of-war. He was
present at the attack on the fortress of San Juan
d'U.loa, and afterwards in the roads of Vera Cruz.
He is represented as having displayed great tender-
ness for the wounded, and singular coolness while
discharging his professional duties under heavy fire.
He afterwards took part in the expedition to the
Rio de la Plata, where the French encountered
severe loss ; and there his services, although he had
no patrons, procured for him the appointment of
chief surgeon in the Uruguay fleet. He remained
in Uruguay till peace was concluded with Rens.
The opportunities he had of witries-ing that chief's
abuse of power contributed materially to increase
the hatred of despotism instilled into him in his
youth.
On his return to France he finally abandoned the
sea, and from that time began to take an active in-
terest in political discus,ions. He attached him-
self to what was known as the school of the Phew/1,-
1 stere, that section of the Socialists who sought to
work out the ideas of Fourier. The main differ-
ence between the St. Simoniaas and the Font ierists
seems to consist in the former directing their atten-
tion chiefly to the phenomena of the natural dis-
tribution of property ; the latter, to those of its
production. The most distinguialiel members of
the former school were the Pereires and others who
have generally ended by becoming speculators on
the Bourse ; among the latter were many of the
ablest ellves of the Polytechnic School. The St
Simonian school early received the impression of a
fantastic character from the hierarchical tendencies
of Pre Enfantin. The Fourierist has maintained
a more rational character, but has branched out
into an infinite multiplicity of sect.. In fact,
Socialism in France does not mean a definite poli.
tical or social creed, but simply a habit of regard-
ing social phenomena from a particular point of
view. There are Christian Socialists and free-
thinking Socialists, republican Socialists and
monarchical Socialists, peace-at-any-price Socialists
and fighting Socialists. Bernard does not appear to
have adopted implicitly the views of any of these
subsections. He endeavoured to disseminate those
opinions of all of them which were most in
accordance with his own. For this task he was
qualified by a rare faculty of quick apprehension
and clear exposition.
In 1842, Bernard, then of the age of 25, became
editor of the democratic newspaper of the town of
Tarn. He soon, however, resigned the appoint-
ment and travelled through the east of France, lec-
turing ou Politic it Economy and the various social
theories which at that time divided public opinion.
His ardour, the boldness of his speculations, and a
certain wiunine kindliness and sincerity, which
spoke through all his words and action., won for
him crow 3s of followers. He took up his residence
for some time at Perpignan, and there established
La France, a democratic journal, man antidote to
the Jesuitism of the Spanish monks.
At the outbreak of the Revolution of 1848 Ber-
nard found himself irresistibly attracted to Paris.
As an assertor of democratic principles he was re-
markable throughout, but it was after the tide of
reaction had set in that he became especially con-
spicuous. On the very day that the law against
clubs was passed he oFetted one. 1-lis agitation
was by public addresses—for which his pleasing
and sonorous voice, his vivacious yet dignified ac-
tion, and a certain elevation of sentiment, pecu-
liarly qualified him. Some who have heard him
speak in public do not hesitate to compare his ora-
tory with what is recorded of that of Mirabeau.
As fast as the police shut up one of the places of
resort where he used to speak, he found means to
open another ; and he was in the habit of address-
ing audiences at various places in the course of the
same day. Prosecution followed upon prosecution,
till in May, 18 i 9, he was forced to seek refuge in
Belgium.
In Belgium he practised as a surgeon with great
success for about a year. He subsequently tFea-
, yelled in Germany. Wherever he went his n odesof treatment attracted attention and excitedien
ad
cussion- On his arrival in England he
out a pro
limited means precluded his following
ou d his
fessional career, and ho had the
se to
the teaching of languages as t means of canting
a livjihood. He has been an inhabitante of P_e.ys.-
water for somewhat more than six years. It is