, 1866-03-29
TIRE LI0ERALS on FRANCE.

GAxs AAbGEtAAS OF FxkANVEs .
In the present crisis Of our country, when
Congress and the people'aEc engaged In con-
Gict With the one-nan power Of tho President,
1t Is not little encouraging TO find that tho
foremost men in France are prcoccupied by
the same Solemn duties as far as their parti-
cular incubus is concerned. We have recent
II called attention to the forc,ble speech of
n. Theirs and 10 the installation OF Prcyost-
Peradol, and It will, no doubt, be equally i'd
terestlng to many Of our readears 10 know
also something about su1ue OF the Other cham
pions Of liberty, particularly as most Of them
are at The same time ey1npathizer1 with our
party and antagonists Of the pro-slayery
sham Democracy. -
Mr.. Berger, the veteran statesman anil
jurist, who WAS recently the object Of public
ovation on his visit to England, is Still active
in the Legislature Notwithstanding that he is
bowed down by great age. Whenever be
rises TO speak there is still the old Jupiter
ffown upon his brow which formerly was the
terror Of his adycrsaries- He. Is poor, but
independent, and has always been SO. One
day. after having been worn ont by his argu-
mcnts ut the bar, he was seen to enter
nursery, where he spent a hundred francs for
the same eveningto lady, ut whose house
he spent part. Of the night in fashionable ex.
citcmcnt-
Jules Favre Is imposing in personal appear
ance as Senator Of ancient Rome. His tow
cring forehead makes him one Of the most
marked personagcs In the Legislative As
sembIy.
Tliers is ever buttoned up In green pale
tot and ever smiling, while his small hands
ever grasp those Of his colleagues in friendly
converse. and his eyes sparkle brilliantly
through Ills glasses, while he Is speaking. The
Charirur! says that in his noble bearing he re.
sembles Augustus L: IL :.s;l, .,s:.: .s,r arst M
poleon ; In his statesnanlike aspect, Cayour;
and in his intensity, Prudhomme.
Glais Bizofn looks thin and worn out, like a
man consumed by an internal yolcano. His
head is balds his beard thick; his voice
hoarse his whole person looks As unlike IN
ordinary par1Iamcnlarian as pure blooded
Arab race horse Is unlike common Jade.
Garnier-Pages and Marie, both e1-membe1s
ofthe Republican Provisional Government,
are both venerable personases; the former
With his long hair flowing on tue back of his
head, looks like philosopher, while his be-
nfgn expression reveals the philanthroptst.
II. Marie, with his glasses fixed on his nose,
and his constant activity, might be taken for
q notary OF the old school, If his uoble cast of
countcnance did not disclose the genius Of the
Humanitarian thinker,
N. uav1n, the editor Of the S;eele, resembles
Mr. John Bright, not In size, but in the
mingled expression Of good nature and ss-
gactty.
Jules Simon Is beginning to grow bald, but
he bears himself as erect Is In his younger
days, and looks every inch q man Of great
force and genius. But the most picturesque
looking Legislator Of them all is Eugene Pei
letan. His face is bong, his eye dvep as cav.
ern but full Of fire and fervor; his beard Is
long, and his whole presence calls to mind the
revolutionary sircs Of 1928 Lis writings, like
those Of all idealistic reformers, arc n full of
honey as Of vinegar, and when he speaks be
tascinates those who listen to his insinuatiag
and well-rounded periods; bat If touched By
the passion Of Ideas, the idy1lic orator vanish:
cs, and the inlexible man Of action makes hls
appearance, shaking thrones, as his Ideas
ebake the universal conscience Of France.