New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-26

c}cs--Wh you nos sec why suoulu you
consent to be dragged hither and thither BY
patty names to the sacrifice Of your own
most vital interests Why consent to be
the mere footballs Of aspirants who regu-
larry use you but as ladders whereon to
mount to the goal Of their ambition! Be
entreated for once to disregard mere catch
words and think and act for yourselves
II The Europa brings US the intelli-
gence of the death of ARMAND MARRAsr, for.
mer editor of the National, newspaper and Presi.
ent of the French Constituent Assembly. NJ
Marrast was one Of the most accomplished and
powerful OF Partisan journalists. A writer of
rare lucidity and elegance, he welded pen
as trenchant in its sarcasm as was elo.
quent in its appeals to feeling and imagination
Endowed with uncommon rapidity of intellect
and talent for business, he rarely failed to
push himself forward into prominence. and
was able not only to make the most of his
position, but to hold it to the last moment
He was republican by conviction, and long
contended for the triumph of republican princi-
PIES But he never gained the perfect conf
dence of the people they felt that he was at.
ected by the greed of personal ambition, and they
always distrustsd his integrity and his firmness
and though no single man had, perhaps, larger
share than he in the revolution of February,
he failed to secure a place in the Provisional
Government, and was fain to put up with
the honors belonging to the Mayor of Paris.
In the Constituent Assembly, however, his Pc
culiar abilities secured him the most elevated
functions. After the melancholy days Of June
he was chosen President of that body and re.
manned so till its close. He conducted its de-
Iiberations with skill and impartiality. He pos
sessed in an unusual degree the knack of con.
trolling its tempestuous agitations, and Of get
ting forward with the business to be DONE
During the administration of Gen. Cavaignac his
word was potent with the Government, and in
making the Constitution he had large share of
influence; indeed, its enemies used often con-
temptuously to call it by his name. Whether
its destruction had anything to do in Fastening
his death we are not informed, but we should
doubt it. M. Marrast was eminently man Of
the world, and not likely to experience any poig-
nant suffering from nured sensibiities He was
aristocratic and luxurious in his tastes when
President of the Assembly, the balls at his hotel
were the most brilliant entertainments in Paris !;
their cost always outran his salary, which We
believe was 10000 francs month; and he ap-
piled two or three times without success for an
enlargement Of his pay, On the ground that it
was necessary for high functionaries to live in
splendor in order that the working classes might
have employment.
N. Marrast was bornin 1902, at Saint Gaudens
in the Haute Garonne, mountainous province in
the region of the Pyrenees. His father, who was
alawyer. died early leaving his son to be educated
by the mother, who afterward kept school, Az
the age of 90 or "a, he went to Paris and be-
came teacher of Philosophy at the College of
Louis. Grand. From this post he was expelled
for a speech made at the funeral of the cele-
brated Manuel, in 1927. When the'revolution of
July brought in the liberals it did not bring in
Marrast, who had bitterly assailed the doctrines
of NJ Cousin and was personally disliked by
Casimir Perier He now entered upon journal
ism as one of the editors of the Tribune, repub-
lican paper, whose conductors we're the object
of special persecution ON the part Of the Govern.
ment Marrast became its chief editor and was
condemned to prison, but was let off less severe
ly than his colleagues. In 1884, he was active
melting to insurrection, and was again impris.
oned He was tried before the Chamber Of
Peers and distinguished himself greatly BY his
defense He was condemned, escaped from
prison and fed to England, where he married
Miss Fitz Clarence, an illegitimate daughter Of
William Nv. The general amnesty which &C.
companied the marriage of the Duke d'Orleans
allowed Marrast to return to France, and in 1887,
some time after the unhappy death of Armand
Caryel, he became attached to the National, and
as its chief editor struck some Of the weightiest
blows which finally overthrow the monarchy
On the memorable night of Feb. %, ls4s, after
the massacre in front Of the hotel Of N. Guizot,
it was Msrrast who harangued the excited mass
over the dead bodies OF their comrades and sent
them back to renew and control the struggle
which resulted in the downfall of Louis Philippe
Since the end of the Constituent Assembly,
NJ. Marrast has lived mainly in retirement He
has been nominally connected with one or two
journals, but has held nc public position and has
had little or no influence on the march Of affairs
DEATH OF Hon. JEREMIAH MORROW
Ex-Gsv Morrow died on tho 22d instant, At his
farm on the Little Miami, Warren County.