Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-12-16
TIE CITIZEN ROCHEFORT.
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Paris Cur. of the London Eerald----


Pen and Ink Sketch of the "Irreconcil-
able,
Paris Cur. of the London Ferald.
Hurrah, hurrah, and one cheer mUrei-1
What Can they really be shouting for the
Emperor. There is q strange movement
away below in the hall. real enthuiasm is
there; let us listen. What cry is that?-
''Vive Rochefort II Rochefort is coming
Rochefort has came. Yet 1 had my eyeon1
the door and saw nobody enter. There he
Is How did he come IN ~fIhe same way
he wishes to get into the chamber says
Gavroone, ''by the window !"
There Is hurry scurry on the platform.
President is excited commissary looks like
n hen on hot griddle. Huzza, a tall,
slim young man is helped up the steps and
comes forward smiling. Huzza acain! lis
Rochefort The little bell IS agitated, and
whiIs the President is fantically endeayor-
inc to restore something Ike order. j
shall endeavor briefly TO trace the portrait
of this man, who has taken a sommersault
notoriety within short twelvemonth, part
ly by his own audacious w.t. but chiefly by
the blind inpolicy of a government which
made him somebody by lending the charm
of the forbidden n his piquaRt and too Of
ten indecen sallies.
BE is ugly, but SO was Mirabeau, the
ultra radicals say. A face such as one
might meet any day on the Capnabiere OF
AIarseilles, or TO come nearer home, Ia the
purlieus of Hatton garden, behind a hurdy-
gurdy and a learned monkey. A complex,
ion sallOw, turning to the green that Is
found on occasion in the countenance Of
the Emperor ne loves to aekball A nose
pert, audacious, intrusive. rising, prom
ontory- like, from the physiognomy- prom
iment forehead, and eyes which sparkle
with malice. There is portrait Of Roch-
eiort which represents him very much with
the air of Texan editor, who is in the act
of handing his familiar answer TO the chal-
lenge of Col. BHncombe at the whisky store
round tn corner; but tonight he does not
look ferocious. In fact, he is timid un-
easy, oppressed with emotion. He wears
dark moustache, and nourishes a flour.
ishing tuft. a Ia Yankee, under his Chin
As whole the mans appearance is not pre-.
possessing; candor is wanting, and for the
moment, hrmness.
''0rder, order" He commences to speak.
A dry, loud voice cut into pauses by a real
emotion.
CITIZENS My emotion will give you, per
haps, poor idea ofIny energy. But when
turning after an absence from his cOun-
try it is natural to be OPP essed with emo
tion-(a pause, duri1g which he caresses
the chintuft.) You 90 not know me vet
nevertheless, You show the confidence you
have in my word, and am thankful to you.
At Brussels, as at Paris, / have followed
day by day the movement of the great re,
volution which is preparing -[cheers] and
/ fol, I
with you this long time past, from ny
youth. Even to-day took the oath lat
tention1- because l am ready TO do any.
thing to serve the cause of the people =
| [Cheers.1 The oath is a grave question;
know that or the morrow of the revolution
those who took it will be put on the index
but let the revolution treat me as it wishes
/ am at its disposition entirely. [Cheers.
The oath is less humiliating for the candi
date than for the government, which show.
by exacting il what an AFFECT fear II has tC
see certain men in the chamber.
Rises the commissary with waning
lyon have no right to question the oath
beside you have taken ii. The President
interieres: there is general discord, anc
the commissary returns to the attack:
You can't speak of the Republic uadel
the Empire" Rochefort washes his hand.
with invisible soap in imperceptible water,
smiles sardonically-this man could play
Mephistopheles without making his lace
and appears relieved from an oratorica
embarrassment Order is restored, he has
tens to conclude with the wellfoTmeC
phrase, ssCitlzens-You know me- aim;
have never concealed it. All that I wisl
to do / cannot say" Under current o
applause he retires. saying he has to gotC
u private meeting in the Rue de Crimee
A citizen mounted after Rochefort, who
described himself as a workman. ant
brought down thunders OF applause and {
warning from the commissary by declar
! ing the sum of his idea Of the present po
icy of the people was to demolish the per
sonal power. Cries OF "Vive Rochefort'
again arose, and the President arose to say
that he should shout in favor of no person
but of the principle, LOehe.ort was bu
the instrument aphorism which
brought down the house. Undoubtedly h
speaker of the night, thin, elderly man
with long hair turned back (style of Gar
nier-Psges,) next came TO the front, anC
| was listened to with great attention, When
ever he referred to ''the enemy, they knew,
he was cheered to the echo; he confessed
himself won to Rochefort. whom he had seeI
far the first time, by his sincere manner
The popular idol (who, it appeared, hai
not left the room). got up after him. anC
solemnly pledged himself to resign his sea
the mopient his electors demanded il o
him, or ind that his courage was not equa
to his conscience, or his conscience to hi
courage. The declaration, l fancy, vim
him the election. A crowd of orators
tttrbd sine noinise, appeared afterward il
quick succession. Eleven O'Clock, the houl
at which orators at electoral meetings ar,
legally compelled to shut up. was at hand
the president ordered the dates and hour,
of further meetings to be read out, ther
| tinkled his little bell, addressed a few
words to the assembly, recommending i
to disperse in an orderly manner, and de
clared the meeting dissolved.
The crowd cleared out Of the hall, and
promptly. Rochefort, surrounded by {
| few of his more ardent admirers, remained
to the last, and when he did emerge on the
filthy courtyard lie was welcomed Will
cheers The place was very dark. Liam
terms wanted here" cried Gavroche. The
score of policemen at the gateway helped
70 clear the passage for the tribune Of tn,
people as he moved off in the midst of al
admiring throng, economically, on foo
TO the west, while the writer, pleased OF
the whole with his pilgrimage. took three
half-penny ride on the top of bus bacl
to civilization and the regions where MAJ
is plain 'sMcnsieur," and not "Citoyen."
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