The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-07-10


ton In the nelghborng Polish provinces, we Sc
the seeds of future wars and convulsisns whiA
may indeed change the face of Eastern Europe
but which are not likely to change it for the better
| Should these anticipations be disappointed, nope
| will rejoice more than we. Should Hungary maxi
| good her claim to an admission into the common.
wealth OF nations, we shall be ready, IN due time
to bid her friendly and cordial welcome. Should
she chapter to herself in the future history
of Europe, sincerely hope that il may be neither
short nor melancholy one.
Three or Four OF the Public Characters Tn
Paris.
oDILLoN BARRor.
True to his principles, and Of dlsntcrestcd pro-
blty, M Odlllon Barrot might, with more energy of
character, have formed party TO which the coun-
try would have looked for guidance and have car
ned TO power; but, wanting the reputation Of
practica aptitude for affairs, the most that was ac-
corded them was an inactive esteem There was
e@"g nu Us sympathy but no., encoar
22d of February is considered to have been def.
cient-fataIy deficient in tact. lie ought to have
accepted the conditions offered by the government
namely-to allow the guests to go separately to the
banquet, instead OF folIhing procession caculat-
ed 10 cause a disturbance of the peace and as
soon as the guests were seated, Co1nntssairie de
Police would protest against the meeting, and his
rocfS-rertat be made the ground of proceeding
al law, for the sake of testing the legality of re-
form banques. Toa man whose mind was inn
bued with constitutional -fbve, himself a lawyer,
tempting. Pleading in court of justice, there was
afforded to HIM the opportunity OF achieving a
moral victory, and, perhaps, OF laying the founda
ton of plan for working through the institutions
tor the correction OF institutions instead of by APP
peals to brute force. BY refusing the offer made
to him, NJ Barrot did the great harm of allowing
the mass of the people to fall into the error that the
banquet had been forbidden, and that the govern
ment had drawn the sword His last act, wise as
1t was in conception, and noble it in its at
tempted execution, only served to compromise M.
Barrot with the republic. He disappeared in the
tumuuOus finale of the monarchy a beaten, re-
pudIated, Inundated man, whose name, inscribed
tor moment on the list of the Provisional
government, was dsdalnfully erased; and one ofthe
most unpopular OF men on the night of the 9th, was
the powerful orator and patriot-he leader of the
form party for eighteen years. M Odillon Barrot as
his name indicates, is of Irish descent. His features
are Enthusiastically Hibernian and ofhat order which
vorite-for now IT is, alas but treacherous-es-
culent, was well justified by resemblances that
could not escape an acute and witty people But
although the countenance be of ordinary Celtic,
tellectual order. The voice is in accordance with
so noble a. temple of legal and constitutional
thOught-t Is of the church-organ, rather than of
the trumpet kind. The orators manner is some
what ostentations, and his dress and walk are in
dicative Of strong tinge of satisfaction-so
far not belying the Celtic blood, either in its Hi
bernian or Galhc tevelopement Such is M. Odi-
lon Barrot, an effective orator.. yet imperative
:
bold and noble in his movements, until the moment
OF action comes, and then lost
FLocoN I'm TIM MAY MINISTRY
The leadership OF the house devoved on M.
Flocon, for neither the foreign minister nor home
minister could answer the simplest question. And
who and what was M Flocon Ills own des-
cription of himself is, that "he had been a
consprator all his life" lie did not look Pierce;
bent thick-set igure--a white, swollen visage-a
dull, smoked eye; and yet this habitue of the es-
taminet had, by his attendance in the stenograph-
er's gallery OF the Chamber of Deputies, and his
subsequent contributions to the Rfforme Journal
acquired sufficient use OF speech and language to
enable him TO shine, by comparison, with his col
leagues, although his shining was not brilliant
Flocon belonged, by sentiment and temperament
to the democrats OF the Blanc and Albert school;
but he could not make up his mind to separate HIM
sell from Ledm Rolin, who had appointed him
editor OF his journal, the Rfforme. 1t was in the
Office OF this then obscure paper that the conspl-
rators met on the night of the 23d February, and
resolved upon striking blow for the republic.
flocon shoudered his gun bravely, and next day
fought at the Chateau dEau, and helped to burn
and destroy that post opposite the Paais Royal, in
which, for a long hour and half, some threescore
Municipal Guards resisted till they persisted to a
man. Heated with this achievement, the mob,
comparatively handful Of desperadoes, rushed to
the Tuilenes, through an army that might have
crushed them, but which stood without leaders or
orders; entered the chateau, caused panic that
at this day appears absurd; frightened away the
a.
play of horse, foot, and artillery; crossed the un-
defended bridge OF the Chamber of Deputies;
smoie down the Regency; were about to shoot
M de Lamarilne by mistake; then followed him
TO the Hotelde-Ville. When a dynasty fell so,
Flocon deserved TO rise Between segars, bill
lizards, and the leadership OF the Assembly, how
pleasantly must have passed away the brief period
Of his ministerial existence!
PIERRE LERoux.
less dangerous Dlogenes never rolled his tub
into the haunis ct civilized men. His appearance
was that OF man innocent Of the ways OF the
world, and absent even TO the point OF forgetting
the washhand basin and brush Beneath prodi-
gious mass or mop OF black hair, as wild and en-
tangled the brush wood Of virgin forest, slum-
Der pair Of misty dreamy eyes, while the specta-
tors ears are RECALLED with the sounds OF sing
song voice, going through an inermnable history
ct human society, from the earliest days to present
times, for the purpose of showing that the world
has hitherto been on wrong social track, and
struggling IN the tolls OF great mistake. So lit
tie had Leroux's treatises been read that couple
Of speeches were listened to with comparative at
teniOn. by degrees, they begun to be AS tedious
as twIce-told tales. The auditory would begin to
doubt II they had moi heard the sentences be-
fore. Memory that people call treacherous, by "A
modest selfapplcation, proved doubly treacherous
with regard 20 her devoted worshipper, Leroux, all
whose efforts proved 10 be but one well learned
theme. No; hc did not learn his Lesson by heart,
but used TO read II. II he did not tax his memory,
as We were by strange lapse OF our own forget.
ting, he was not sparlng hIs industry, for he used
10 commit To paper his endless dissertations Gao
day. however. wicked wight, determined TO exc
tingush our hight, produced one OF the philosophers
printed books, and proved that the essay or speech
TO which they had been listening. was a mere tran
SCRIPT by the philosopher himself frsm his printed
publications.. Pierre Leroux never recovered this
blow.
CAvAfcNAC.
4 man who never sought To pash himself INTO
notice or 10 attract attention 10 AIS acts. lie
drew up n report once Of an affair n which he had
been severely wounded, without mentioning his
wound. Appointed governor Of Algeria ~ the
Provisional Government. he set AZ once about his
duties, and It was remarked ihat the first paper
which he issued on HE appointment was el a sln-
euaiy superior kind. Called home TO take the
poet OF Minister Of War, he applied himself to the
duties ot his department as u he had no other
object 10 attend to. lie sought not 10 attract aten-
ton to hnnselfb by speeches, end he dreamed not
Of intngues. When. TO his clear Judgment, bat
tie was impending, he prepared to meet u when
n camc. he monnl.d hla Lnr-c and Lnspecied The