The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06
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The two greatest orators in France
By Och e anas1ssood their power 70
moves the feelings of the people=sare
Gales FavrSs and 0ambetta.s The fEst
has SO lost characser, both in judgement
and az man of action, among his col
leagues, that he does not sppear il bis
seat in the assembly, The blatant de-
fance aboat not surrendering foot of
wall or an inch of territory to the Prus-
sians, and the breaking down and weep
ing AZ hi Interview with Bismarck,
were too much for his. countrymen, and
they covered him with reproaehes and
ridiclue. His conduct on these occa-
sions hayeaeVen lessened the effect of
his pleading before the courts, where
he was once a powerful advocate. Gam
beta has not lost character like Favre,
but it is the subject of no little discus
sion. Most of his friends aver that he
Is as strong. in the council chamber IS
he is II She tribune or IN the reunions
Of the people, but there are men Of his
party who distrust his Judgment as a
leader. He showed, from the fall of the
commune to the late elections, an adj
mirable discretion, but committed a
serious blunder in putting forward ex-
IRENE radical candidates in opposition
to the conservatives favored by Theirs;
for this aroused the apprehensiOns of
the right In the chamber, and drove
them into that union which overthrow
the ola president. The republic was
slowly but surely gaining ground,
every day, under the rule of Thiers-
who NJ derstands his people and his
epoch a we'll as any man living whom
the ipIpatience of Gambetta, in thrust
I'M tcI ward his crude men, some of
whose skirts were stained with the blood
of the commune, alarmed those who had
something to stake in the country, and
formed the present tripartite coalition.
Those of the left center, sharing the
opinion of Talleyrand that in politics
blunder is a crime, are naturally bitter
against this young chief for interrupt
ing as he did the growth and develop
nent of the republic. On the other
hand, the friends OF Gambetta say that
The zeal of his followers in the extreme
left got beyond his control, and that
they imposed their candidates upon him
and especially Barodet, whose election
stirred up the right to relentless battle.
In this there is probably some truth,
for Gambetta is a shrewd politician
and he ,Dust have seen, by supporting
Theirs in a sufficiently conservative
policy to maintain his power, that he
became his natural successor. Gam
beta, as the fiery orator of the tribune,
where he appears as if led by impulse
alone, is deceptive. He knows what he
is doing when he looks as If burning to
a white heat, and his words are as dis
Greet as if he wrote them down in the
quiet of his cabinet. He is one of those
men who, beginning their political life
es agitators, become conservatives after
assuming the responsibilities of power
and it is safe to predict, if Gambetta
proves successful, five or ten years
hence, that no man will be a stouter de-
fender of the then existing institutions
than he. His position at this time is a
singular one he strides the left and the
extreme left, a foot in each, and even
reaches to the edge of the left center.
He is the political friend of Theirs as
well as Of Jules Favre and of Ranc, and
he has done more toward keeping the
three divisions together in Legislative
action than any other man. His affini-
ties are more pronounced for the left,
and his manifestation, of friendship for
The extreme left is probably for the
purpose Of using it to arrive at the pos
session Of power. The extreme left is
turbulent, with something of the spirit
of the commune, in the way of sacriic-
ing it's favorites, and this doubtless
Gambetta is well aware of hence, the
day when he shall have climbed to the
place which he covets, if he ever does,
one of his first acts will probably be to
draw up the ladder after him aud leave
his radical friends below in the lurch,
whereup pom there will of course be the
usual chorus about being betrayed.
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