Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-26
THEIRS.
sketch Ofthe Partisan Hero OGthe Hour

The Christian WdtclmaR and Reflector
gives sketch Of THEIRS, which we copy:
NJ. THEIRS is the hero Of the hour. At
first sight person would not imagine that
he had before him one of those men who
have done the most for their country, one of
the most marvellous organisms which areable
to accomplish the most difficult tasks with
readiness and ease. Remarkably small in
stature. his physiognomy bears no impress
of distinction, his gestures are rough, and
his voice light and piercing, clamorous
rather than sonorous. Nevertheless, an en-
tire political assembly will hang upon his
lips, more than those Of the most Ciceronian
orator. because no one surpasses him in she'd
ding light on the most difficult subject. He
induates with ~iearness a question Of finance
or a diplomatic imbroglio. Nothing is
more simple than his exhibition Of the topic.
Piquant, spiritual, his words rise and fall
with his subject He sacrifices nothing TO
rhetoric, but when necessity demands he
knows how to be cutting, biting eloquent.
1t is the policy of NJ. THEIRS to address
the average class of minds, leading step by
step to the point 10 which he wishes to bring
chem. Thus he is able to speak in his shrill
whistle three or four hours without produc-
ing fatigue. At the commencement of his
parliamentary course he essayed the lofty
style His periods were full and harmoni-
Gus but his failure was complete. He had
no CAPACITY in this direction. One day he
abandoned conventional rhetoric, yielded to
his fancy, spoke wholly at his ease, and at
once took his place among the first orators
Of his age. At twenty years Of age he was
as winning as at forty. Notwithstanding
his historical laboTs, which are very consld-
| cradle, notwithstanding the reverses he has
suffered and the Disappointment he has met
/ taking everything into consideration, he has
no reason to complain of his fortune. Born
! in the port Of Marseilles, of parents but lit
/ tie removed from indulgence, educated in
/ college at the expense of the State, he arri-
/ we'd in Paris in 1920, without cent IN his
| pocket lie took lodging with has friend
] MIGNEr, who has since become one Of our
| most renowned historians, in room IN the
| fifth story Of a house now occupied by La
| borers. There he first tried his pen as a
| publicist, commencing in a widely circula-
/ ted journal with articles in the true spirit of
/ artistic criticism. He was at once a marked
| contributor, and became one OF the most
| powerful newspaper writers Of his age. He
| contributed more than any one else to shake
I the throne Of the Bourbons, and az the same
! time rose 70 great literary celebrity. In n
! period of his own security he had cOmmeD-
| ced a history Of the French Revolution,
| which he had dared not issue under his
/ own name; he had borrowed that Of a writer
/ then well known, since entirely forgotten;
/ but from the second, volume he appeared I'M
! der his own name, and the name Of the
/ Revolution, read with enthusiasm 10y the
/ entire Liberal party, laid the foundation Of
his European reputation.
] The revolution Of July brought him lato
! rubliC relations. 1t was there that he dis
/ PLAYED all the resources Of his versatile and
| brilliant mind, vet without forgetting litera-
ture, as il proved by his great history Of the
! Consulate and the Empire. The Republic
| laid him aside to return him soon @ the
| Constitutional Assembly. into which he
threw all his brilliancy. EIiled in conse-
| quence Of the coupe ciat Of December, at the
close Of the two years he re-entered France,
and when Paris again had a taste for the
Parliamentary regime, it sent to the legisia-
tive body this incompatible orator, ON whom
20 many times il has showered applause.
In his green old age, M. THEIRS has pre-
served the laborious habits Of bis youth.
/ Though he lives in an immense dwelling and
! enjoys all the advantages Of an immense for
tune, he rises AZ 3 O'Clock every morning and
works without cessation until be goes 10 the
/ Legislature. He takes a siesia Of a few min
utes AFTER dinner, and then iii 10 o'clock is
a. busy and lively as ever. Bet themoment
Of bis triumph is when he enters his parlor.