The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-11-21
GENERAL CAVAIGNAC.
TO CAVAIGNAC.

Dash all ashore2 and civic fight
Demolish wrong, establish right2
Alas it must be- Well for France,
Awakening from her frantic trance,
She finds at last virtuous man
To regulate her rushing van.
Never wilt thou, sage Cayaignacl
Pursue Ambitions tortuous track.
The shade of Glory seems to tend
That way, but melts before its end.
What name more glorious than was his
Whose life midway went all amiss?
He well surveyed the battle field,
But i'll what that soaked soil should yield.
Losing the train that limped behind,
He lost all energy of mind
Like smiten viper, now aloof
TIC bite, now crushed by heel or hoof.
Mindful of Washington, who hurled
| Back from the new the WORKOUT world,
! Remember, First of Mem that thou
To thy own heart hast made the vow
That France henceforward shall be free
Henceforward is her trust in thee.
WALTER SAVAGE LASDoR.
"Never wilt thou, sage Cavaienac!
Pursue Ambitions tortuous rack.
We trust that Savage Landor is proph-
ct and that the present dictator of France
will prove worthy of the eulogium pro-
nounced upon him. Certainly he gives
promise Of being mindful of Washing
ton" and his discretion has gained him
the universal praise of the civilized world
Like Lamartine he is man of peace, but
being a man used to war, uriike Lamar
tine, he is well calculated to govern the
''ferce democratic" of warlike nation
Lamartine is not less great man now
than he was six months since, when hold
ing the supreme authority in his hands,
but he was not the man for the times. The
people whom he had to govern we're not
sufficiently educated TO be ruled by a phi
losopher. Something of the Napoleonc
element was required in the dictator of
revolutionary France. and happily for the
people of that country, their last great
baptism of blood produced for them the
man needed in the resolute, unambitious
and peaceful Cavaignac.
General Cavaignac is said TO be of l.
IRISH origin, and that his family name was
Kavanah. His father was a member of
the Constitutional Assembly of France in
1859, and a nephew of General Cavaig-
mac who served under Napoleon. The
present dictator Of France gained his mil
itary honors in Algiers, where he was
constantly in service from the breaking
out of the Algerine war. He appears TO
have been always inclined to republicans
ism, and was an object of suspicion with
the government of Louis Philippe.
AS early as the year 1881, his brother,
with Trelat and Guinard, was brought up
on trial before the Paris Court Of Assizes,
on a charge of having conspired on occa-
sion of the administers trial to substitute
a republic for monarchy. Their de,
fence was sin gularly bold. They ac>
knowledged their position as republicans,
and defended it, were acquitted notwith-
standing, carried home in triumph, and
for the lime were idols ofthe popular par
ty.
In 1884, the same Cavaignac was impli-
Gated in the instruction at Lyons.
General Cavaignac, in the meanwhile,
advanced through the different grades of
his profession in Algiers. 1t is not many
wears since he was made General. His
sympathy with the movers in the late rev>
olution appears from the fact that he was
enc of the first list Of the provisional gov.
eminent, to whose first decree his name
was signed. They appointed him their
Governor of AIgiers; and he represents
AIgiers in the Assembly.
General Cavaignac is about forty-five
wears of age, man of the most determin-
ed will. but of the most humane disposi~
ton. Since he has been invested with the
supreme command he has carried himself
with moderation, and shown great discre-
ton in all measures: sympathising strong
" with the attempts TO republicanize Eu>
rope he has opposed every design on the
part of his countrymen to mingle in the
quarrels of other nations, when he has
Lad reason to believe that war would
grow out of snch interference. A letter
writer in Paris for one of our city papers
gives the following account OF the salons
of General Cavaignac and Marrast, who
are now Inc IndStel >PiitS ]" 'Ne- .t
( Finally, the reception proper conf
mences. Oficer>corps and oftcer-corps
GefIe with their Colonies past Cavaignac,
in military order; serious silence pre-
walls few words only are now and then
exchanged. The passing procession lasts
three hours, and then the salons are grad
uaIly deserted. CavMgnac remains alone
with few friends; he dons the conven-
lent Fee cap and the African bernous, en-
camps on divan, and smokes the fragrant
and costly Latakia from Turkish CHS
bouque. Even now there is little gossip
among the company; Cavaignac is mel
ancholy character, and his life in the des-
ert has taught him the oriental habit of
silence. At last Cavaignac remains alone;
he sits there long time, silent, thoughtful,
whittier tend his thoughts ?
Far different is the scene around Mar
rast, the sensual editor Of the HoLtdire-
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