Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-31
NEMAHA.
Foreign correspondence.


destination, you will have received the
news of the death of General Cavaignac,
and the particulars relative to the sad oc-
currence and the funeral. Therefore it
will suffice to sketch in a few lines the po-
sition the deceased occupied among his
fellow-men, and in the republican party
of which he was n of the prominent
leaders.
The name of Cavaignac has been, for
more than half a century, familiar to all
those who have followed the political
changes that have taken place in France
during that period.
The father of the General was a mem
Der of the Convention and n of those
who thought it their duty to cast a vote of
death for Louis the Sixteenth. Cavai-
gnac's brother, GOdefroy, a mar of talent
and of great sense, could be found at the
head of all attempts aiming at the over
throw of the monarchy, either before or
after 1880. The part be took in the days
of April, 1884, and his attitude before
the Chambre des Pairs in the prosecution
that the Government directed against a
great many republicans after those days,
won for him the admiration of even his
enemies. Godefroy belonged to hat
republican fraction surnamed the puritans,
and his ardent love for liberty and demo-
cratic institutions can be traced in every
page of his writings. 1t is said he had
great moral influence over his younger
brother, Eugene, and many believe that,
if he had been living, the sad mistakes
the General made in exercising the die
tatorial power and the disastrous events
that were the consequences, would have
been avoided.
AS for the deceased, brought up among
soldiers, his natural capacities, his cou-
rage and bravery, a presence of mind
always a this service in the midst Of dan
ger, soon elevated him to the grade of
general. He belonged to that African
school of tactics, popularity called the
sabreurs, which produced many distin-
guished generals, such as Pelissier, Can
robert, Bosquet, Lamoriciere, Changar-
nier, Bedeau, sc.
When the Revolution of 1913 broke
forth, Cavaignac was appointed Governor
of Algeria blythe Provisional Government
and soon afterwards called to Paris to
take charge of the War Department.
June came and the discontinued working
classes once more erected barbados and
Paris was the theatre of the most formi-
dable instruction ever known before
Cavaignac, invested with the command in
chief of all the troops hastily gathered
against the insurgents, had ample oppor-
tunity Of displaying his military genius.
After five days Of a desperate contest the
insurgents were yanquished, and the vic.
tor received the entire control of the exc
cutive power for his reward.
Thus far the politician had not yet made
its appearance in Cavaignac, and, unfor.
tunately, during the time he had in hi:
hands the dictatorial power, he proved tc
be as bad a politician as he was a GOOD
soldier. Although a republican he wa:
not the man of the people, but onlyrepre.
scented the middle classes, what we cal
the bourgeoiSje or the b~outiguiers. The
atrocities he allowed to be committed OF
the persons of the prisoners made during
the battle, the summary executions tina.
followed by his order or at least his con,
sent, the reactionary policy of his admins
~tration, all that combined rendered hin
so unpopular that, at the presidential.
election, the great majority Of the work
ing-men voted for Napoleon, not because
they loved or had the least confidence IL
that man, bat only in hate Of Cavaigna'
whom they surnamed the butcher Of jane
The death of Gen. Cavaignac is never
theless an event to be regretted, not ONLY
by the bougeoisie but by all the nuance'
of the republican party. The Govern.
ment feared him, knowing very well tina
in case of sudden action he would place
himself at the headOf the insurgent forces
and THROWN the contest the weight of hi,
sword, a weight not to be despised. TX
overthrow the present regime all would
have accepted Cavaignac as the genera
of the instruction, only to cast him of
after the victory.
The funeraltook place on the 31st ult.
5 the hearse being followed by about $4,000
people. The government took unusua
precautions to prevent an outbreak anC
only a hundred persons were allowed Il