The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-17
THE CITIZEN RoCHEFnRT.
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Emperor. There isa strange movement
away below in the hall, a real enthuiasm is
there; let us listen. What cry Is that2-
give Rochefortl |" Rochefort Is coming
Rochefort has came. Yet l had my eye on
the door and saw nobody enter. There he
Is. How did he come in2 THE same way
he wishes TO get into the chamber says
Gavroone, "by the window y
There is q hurry scurry on the platform.
President is excited commissary looks like
a hen on q hot griddle. Huzzal A tall,
slim young man is helped up the steps and
comes forward smiling. Huzza againl '1is
Rochefort. The little bell is agitated, and
while the President is fantically endeavor-
ing 10 restore something like order. l
phall endeavor briefly 10 trace the portrait
of this man, who has taken a sommersault
notoriety within q short twelvemonth, part
" by his own audacious wit, but chiefly by
the blind impolicy of q government which
made him somebody by lending the charm
Of the forbidden 10 his piqusnt and too Of
ten indecent %sallies.
He is ugly, but 80 wa Mirabeau, the
ultra-radicals cay. A face such as one
might meet any day on the CaDnabiere of
Marseilles, or to come nearer home, Ia the
p%urlieus Of Hatton garden, behind q hurdy-
gurdy and a learned monkey. A complex
ion sallow, turning 10 the green that II
found on occasion in the cou~ntenance Of
the Emperor he loves 10 blackball. Anose
pert, audacious, intrusive. rising, prom
o~ntory-hke, from the physiognomy-s prom.
iment forehead, and eyes which sparkle
with malice. There 10 n portrait Of Roch-
eFort which represents him very much with
the air Of q Texan editor, who il in the act
Of handing his familiar nsw to the chal-
lenge Of Col. Buncombe atthe whisky store
round the'corner; but tonight he does not
look ferocious. In fact, he is timid, un-
easy, oppressed with emotion. He wears
q dark moustache, and nourishes q -four.
ishing tuft. a Ia Yankee, under his chin
As q whole the mans appearance Is not pre-
possessing; oandor is wanting, and for the
moment, hrmness
''Order, order" He commences 10 speak.
A dry, loud voice cut into pauses by a real
emotion;
C1r1zENs-My emotion will give you, per.
haps, a poor idea ofmy energy. But when
one is met by such q warm reception on re-
turning after an absence from his coun-
try il is natural TO be oppressed with emo
tion-(a pause, during which he caresses
the ohintuft.) You do not know me yet;
nevertheless, You show the confidence you
have In my word, and 1 am thankful to you.
At Brussels, as at Paris, I nave followed
day by day the movement Of the great re.
v~olution which is preparing
which we will bring about together. / am
with you this long timo past, from my
youth. Even to-day l took the oath fat
tentionl- because 1 am ready TO do any
thing TO serve the cause Of the people
[Cheers.l Phe oath is a grave question; /
know that on the morrow Of the revolution
those who took it win be put on the index;
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I am at its disposition entirely. [Cheers
The oath is less h%umiliating for the candi-
date than for the government, which shows
by e~xaeting II what an abject fear 1t has TO
see certain men in the chamber.
Rises the commissary with a warning
''You have no right to question the oath;
beside you pave taken it," The President
interieres; there is general discord, and
the commissary returns 10 the attack:
You IAN speak of the Republic under
the Empire" Rochefort washes his hands
with invisible soap in imperceptible water,
smiles ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS man could play
Mephistopheles without making his face
and appears relieved from an oratorical
embarrassment. Order is restored, he has
tens 10 conclude with the well-formed
phrase, "Ciuzens-You know my aim; !
have never concealed il. All that L wish
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applause he %retires, saying he has to 90 to
a private meeting in the Rue de Crimee,
A citizen mounted after Rocheiort, who
described himself as a workman. and
brought down thundsrs Of applause and a
warming from the commissary, by declar-
ing the sum of his idea OF the present po-
Icy of the people was to demolish the per-
sonnl 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, Lochefort was but
the instrument an aphorism which
brought down the house. Undoubtedly The
speaker Of the night, q thin, elderly man,
with long hair turned back (style Of Gar
nier-Pages,) next came to the front, and
was listened to with great attention, When
ever he referred to "the enemy, they knew, F"
he was cheered TO the echo; he confessed
himself won TO Rochefort, whom he had seen
Ear the first time, by his sincere manner
The popular idol (who, it appeared, had
not left the room), got up after him, and
solemnly pledged himself TO resign his seat
the moment his electors demanded il OF
him, or find that his courage was not equal
TO his conscience, or his conscience TO his
courage. The declaration, l fancy, wins
; him the election. A crowd of orators,
turbd sine nOmine, appeared aiterward in
quick succession. Eleven o'clock, the hour
at which orators at electoral meetings are
legally compelled to shut up, was at hand
the president ordered the dates and hours
of further meetings 10 be read out, then
tinkled his little bell, addressed a few
words to the assembly, recommending IL
to dispense in an orderly manner, and de-
clared the meeting dissolved.
The crowd cleared out Of the hall, and
promptly. Rochefort, surrounded by a
few Of his more ardent admirers, remained
TO the last, and when he did emerge on the
filthy courtyard he was welcomed with
! cheers. The place was very dark. "Lan-
terms wanted here" cried Gavroohe. The
score of policemen at the gateway helped
10 clear the passage for tho tribune Of the
people as he moved off in the midst of IN
admiring thronG Economically, ON foot
TO the west, while the writer, pleased on
the whole with his pilgrimage, took q three
half-penuy ride on the top of a bus back
to civilization aud the regions where mar
is plain Monsieur, 7" and not "Citoyen."
ONE OF THE MOST singular member of the
Ecumenical Council will bea Chinese Blsh'
op, who is at the same time a manufactu'
rer of umbrellas. This is Nj. Louis FauTie
Bishop of Kong Tcheon, a native Of Bor'
deaux, in France, but since. nineteen year,
a resident Of China. The Bishop wears q
long mustache and goatee, and from his
crown bangles the queue Of the Celestials
he is dressed in Chinese costume. TIT
Bishop has a large orphan asylum in hi
charge, and in order to support II, he hal
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