New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-04-10

have however, TO regret that work on the East
from such pen as bis should have obtained no
greater popularity than his Ttnsraire to have
done.
Few men have made more ostentatious pll.
grimage. His train consisted Of twenty horsemen
his rich tent was stored with arms and Injuries
the cities opened their gates to hin-the sheks
came ont to meet and salute hnl--the Arabs Of the
Desert bowed themselves as he passed, and the
Governors became responsible for his safety with
their heads. SO Ibrshim Pacha had willed it.
At last he closed bis brilliant tour and turned his
feet homeward. Alas he could not return rs be
went. By the same vessel which had borne him to
Beyroot, and on whose deck he had seen his Idol
lied daughter-hs only child-his fair Julia-ofs
pursuing her grlish sports, be sent home her life
less form cold and encotfned-while to avoid the
agony that the association must cause he with his
wife took passage in another ship
The Dunkerquers had repented during his alb
sence and elected him to the Chamber of Deputies,
and on the 4th Of January 1894 be first appeared in
the Tribune All parties hoped and feared. His
speech equally disappointed those hopes and fears.
1t left Lamartine belonging to no party bat his
OVID ana ne ndO tue cTeOit OF LHhhlne spcecu tntl
everybody admired and nobody understood.
In 1885 he published Joceiyn which has been
styled magnificent picture Of passion sacri-
feed to duty" Then followed the chute
dun Ange which some have regarded as a chute
Of the poetic genius OF NJ Lamsrtine himself
though unquestionably it has many fine passages -
The Rscuealements POttiqass' appeared at a lat
IL Nth hne ra.
ceved much censure. The gentle spirit of the low
err OF Elvire has evidently felt the assimating pow
er Of political bitterness.
II was on the great question OF the East that
Lamartine first took high position in the Cham
Der, and the bases Of new European system
which he then proposed attracted at the time much
attention. His speeches against punishment by
death and in favor OF foundngs and the study Of
the Classics have placed him at the head Of what
is known in the Chamber as the Social Party-a
party which according to Lamartine's Exposition
seems to approach both St Simonism and Fourier
ism without agreeing with either-but it may be
difficult to determine with any exactness what its
views and purposes are. There was time when
this party seemed dissolved and Lamartine was to
be found among the Conseryatiyes-but-a change
of events has brought about a reorganization Of
the party with a considerable change in its phra
seoogy and the poet still leads on his dreamy pha
anx toward its undetermined ends.
1t was in the Chamber of Deputies that ] first
saw NJ de Lamartine. As | entered the Diplo-
matte box he was mounting the Tribune, and
heard him speak for some fifteen minutes. His
manner was calm, digniied and energetic, and he
commanded universal attention. His speeches are
often more stormy-but whenever his heart is in
the subject he discusses, he is sure, whether calm
or stormy, TO achieve Of the finest ,riumpirs
of oratory and give TO those who listen passages of
unrivaled beauty, harmony and grandeur.
De Lamartine is Of good hight and elegant form.
His face is a little thin and it is marked by the
deep lines which distinguish the nervous man. His
chin is slightly projecting, and bis nose large and
incinng to the aquiline. His eyebrows are heavy
projecting and ute arched, and his graysh hair is
arranged with the greatest attention over as fine
forehead as painter could desire to see. 1t has
been disputed whether his eyes were black or blue.
The former color seems now to be in the ascend
dant-though were TO be called to decide the i'm
portant question, should say that his eyes were
neither black nor blue, but very dark hazel. His
teeth are beautifully white and regular and ne has
an exceedingly coquettish way Of showing them.
They form one of the elements Of smile that is al
most irresistible and which contrasts strangely with
the proud and ironica look that he often wenrs.
NJ. de Lamartine is man of rare contradic-
tions-he is proud and simple, good -natured and
ironical, light and profound, ambitious and indo-
lent; he is equally in love with the world and
seclusion with pleasure and retirement. He loves
to be praised and disliskes to make scquaintances
In conversation he hears himself only, aud with
an extremely good.nstured contempt he laughs
at the man whom he cannot convince, psining him
with his pride much as he charms him by his af
liability With all these faults, there are few men
who have greater power over others in converse
ton, and though the impressions which he leaves
upon ones mind are never deep and always min
ged Of pleasure and regret, still he is man whom
one will always wish to see again.
AT his house everything s In the most exact or.
der, and though his fortune is something wasted
he will be found in the midst of studied elegance
in which his horses and dogs share their part, for
horses and dogs are among his favorites
In the Legislative Hall NJ de Lsmartine occu-
pies singular position. He very Justly has high
opinion Of himself but this very unnecessarily leads
him to hold other men much in contempt that he
is scarce ever able to control them They hear his
eloquence and are charmed with it but still they
do not follow him-not only for the which |
have stated but for another which is that he never
seems to stand upon any solid or practicable
ground His politics are q sort Of poetry. he
dreams. The purposes that he would accomplish
are far away in the distant Future-in another age
and another state OF Society Ia the indistinct
mists which lie over all his beliefs and hopes his
spirit seems to wander without guide or compass,
and who will follow the man who does not himself
know where he leads Few who have heard him |
will forget his style-impsssoned and fervent yet
De Lamartine is not a man Of passions. Few will |
forget the ambition Of glory and the pride which he
always displays yet all viii feel that be is no
boaster and no lover Of show His sentiments are /
great and generous, but they scarcely ever aim at
practicable results and while he wishes to NIL the |
world with his presence and glory, he is surprised
10 find that he cannot govern the little knot Of men
sometimes called his party. Yet he is always |
oushing on-always confdent-always satisfied, !
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