The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-08
LES ENFANs TERRIBLEs.

| LES ENF,ANS TERRIBLES.
| Pen and ink Sketches OF the "Irrecon-
cilables" Of the French Chambers.
The Paris correspondent Of the New York
Times writes under date of June II:
What do tt ey look like, the ''Irreconcilables,' "
the enfdns terrib,es of the new chamber ? De-
sire Bancel is the type OF what might be call
ed the fighting professor. A middie-s!zed,
strong. squarely-bult man, with dark skin,
hair and eyes, compressed lips. aud deter
mined look, he suggests man OF the barracks
rather than the school room or the tribune.
| He wa,ks firmly and without parade to the
tribune. bowing modestly to the applause that
greets his coming. He also bows to his friends
on the platform and to the commissary Of po-
lice sent there TO watch him and suppress him
| if necessary. While the chairman is getting
off his little speech. Bancel sits with folded
arms surveying the audience and glar rclug
curiously at his enemy, the commlssaIy.
ing 1.-THE brilliant orator, the accomplish
ed scholar, the ilustrious patriot Ran
eel starts to his feet and launches. with q
nervous energy that eectrifies the house, the
magic word: "Citoyens I" You must under
stand that this word ls q conquest OF these last
| few weeks. and ID one OF the largest OF what ls
| ing men are e1pec.ed to gloat over crumb.
The word went under in 1852. with the Mar
| seillaise and the Republic. and has now come
| TO the surface again With the Marselllalse and
an attempt at the Republic. Once conquered.
the Parlsians hold to it. and cherish 1t, and
caress it, like lot OF big babies, the most
adorable Of toys. Bapcel quickly conquers and
tion found itself startled, and hastily inquired,
why, where does this man come from ?" He
is second Danton, only more sober, more
contained in his expression. bis gestures are
natural, his periods rounded, his language 1s
always correct; under the inspiration OF ex-
element, he has bursts Of eloquence which
throw his audience iuto frenzy. He enters
the Cham Der pledged to the overthrow OF the
empire. he was the first to declare himself an
| 'sirreconcilIable." and when asked IN public
meeting whether he would not accept the en-
pire with liberty, be exclaimed, mo, We refuse,
the presents Of Arta1sr1es !" .. -. 81
trict OF Paris aud from one OF the districts OF
Marseilles. was born at Cahors. iu the south of
France, OF Genoese parents, and lS, therefore,
Of Indian blood. he Lii but IS years old, and
few months ago his name was only known to-
his brother lawyers at the law courts sWhat
has 30 sudden'y brought this stranger forward
and made him take the lead in popularity of
such men as Tbiers and Jules Favre, and the
old leaders and orators Of the liberal party
Camille Desmoullns one day, the 18th OF July,
1889, in passing by the garden OF the Palais
Royal, sprung upon table and uttered the
cry. "Citizens to armsl the country ID in
ddnserl" AMI from that day and that hour BE-
came the popular leader OF the revolution. so.
too, Leon Gambetta ina short hour revealed
himself to the Parisians, and imposed himself
upon them as leader. Like Camille Dasmou-
lns, be uttered cry and his popularity was
ixsd beyond contesiatlon. He defenled the
persons implicated in the Baudin affair last
winter; it was his first political speech, and for
twenty years no su"h speech has been heard
at the Paris bar. It was Berryer in the skin OF
q young man and a radlcll republican tho
same distinction Of manner, the same hdute,u,
the same energy of diction. the same irresisti-
BILE argument, with the addition OF the voice OF
thunder and the warmth and mobility OF the
Italian. Notwithstanding his youth, Leon
Gambetta has been christened the Jupiter
Tonnant Of the Democracy. It is believed that
not man in the new chamber, not even NJ.
Rouher, will be able to contend with him for
he has not only o voice and command OF
words, that dominate everything, he is not
only ''tribune," properly speaking, but he is
a man full of facts, Of learning. OF study, and
OF political philosophy. With his superb elo-
quencs, his extraordinary powers OF lmprovi.
sation, his proud, intlom;tahle air, his great
moral courage, the Democracy look to Leon
Gambetta as the Moses who is 10 lead them
out OF the wilderness. 90,
Jules Ferry, the new member from the sixth
District Of Paris, is another OF the astonish-
ments OF the late election. A young man like
Gambetta, and, like him, unknown outside of
the law courts few months ago. Ferry ls an
other OF the many thorns planted in the crown
OF the Munster OF state by the radical Demo-
cracy. NJ. Ferry was born in 1882, in the De-
partment Of the Vosges, at st: Die. He stu
died law at Paris, passed q brilliant examna-
L.. lao, r1o IN la %
as one Of the looming men," he was revealed
to the Parlsians more particularly by pam.
phlet published few months ago entitled
Lies Complies Fantastiques de Id. Hauss-
Manu. It was this pamphlet which started the
terrible reaction against the Frefect Of the
Seine AMI nearly cost him his place. On the
figures for the first time presented IN this pup.
Legislstlf which Brought the government to the
admission that there had been irregularities"
in the projects accounts. This was "the cry"
of NJ Jules Ferry It was enough to create
sudden popularity with the over-ta1ed SUBJ
iects OF N. Haussmann. At first he was
brought forward tmidly, to tell the truth, for
be was so little knowo. Then he had to con-
tend with two superior and wrl-known men,
NJ. Geroult, the outgoing member and Repub.
icsn. and NJ. Cochin, q Liberal, and man OF
wide influence in social life. III. Jules Ferry
is built in the form of an athlete, and pos
sesses all the grace and vigor Of one. He is
tall proud, handsome man, and bears all the
traits of a gentleman and polished man. His
face Is long, oval and pale, his nose prominent,
he wears long flowing side whiskers, his hair
and ewes are black, and in general appearance
he looks more like an English "mylord" than
a French barrlster. He is the gentleman OF the
Democracy.
NJ. Raspall, the fourth and last OF the new
members who 20 into the Chamber as "irre-
concilables"- is to say, as pledged to the
immediate overthrow OF the Empre-ls mag
nifcent patriarch Of seventy five years OF age
already we'll known to the public. He was
prominent actor in the Republic OF 1849, and
has been before the public since the first en-
pire as professor and doctor, and as publish
er of books on rational medicine, or what he
calls medicine for the people. Tall, straigbt!,
with superb head and flowing white beard,
be recalls to mind "Moses and ali the Proph-
ets." His head and demeanor before an au-
dience are enough of themselves to elect him.
But he is an orator besides; he is witty, espe-
cially clever at repartee, and his speeches
make an impression more by cleverness than
by the development OF great doctrines. He is
q man of great moral courage, and bears the
impress Of his courage in bis manner and
bearing. He hates Louis Napoleon for his
trial and imprisonment in 1852, and because he
killed the republic; and he will go into the
Chamber the most irreconcilable OF the four
"Irreconcilables."