New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-27
BAZAINE'S SENTENCE.

The Paris Ga,tiois gives the following account
OF the manner 10 which Marshal Bazaine received tue
announcement his sentence by 'ne Nersanes court
Marshall
After thu c,osc Of the speeches he withdrew TO his
rooms whittier he was followed by the members of ms
family his wife his pvGSnS., sS Two Heplews her
Roniet Madame Assain. aud some others. faithful TO
tb@ very lssi honrin all about dfteeu During the
hours which the elaboration lasted, the Marshal con.
yersed freely familiarly even gaiy n his life had
net been at stake, while the brave friends who
rounded hun oppressed with anguish. After the
lapse of few mnutes, Madame Bazaine. whose
her daughter, Msitre Laohaud, and Col. Lucci-
oni' retired TO tue chapel to pray Cor vhiette,
the gallery which untes the Grand Trianon 70 the
TrianoD-so1s bols' IN order to catch The lst news ~
was there M1ltre Georges Lachaud found hun at $50
He, after hearing the sentence was returning to tue
Marshal to prepare him for the visit OF Gen-Pourcet
"Whst theu' inquired Col Vette; is he sequittedP
without responding, Maltre Georges Lachaud made
to the MarshaPs rooms, followed by the Colons who
stumbled ike man Intoxicated. AZ the sound OF the
with his friends a6vanced toward the Young advocate
aud learned at from his downcas features, with
"Then they have condemned me TO DEATH he said sn
ply ciaspug the hand of Maitre Georges Lachaud And
then. in view OF his significant continued silence,
he asked, BY what majority I" Unanimously
replied the partner OF his ihpsIie1s dsGndeI Ia low
hen IL nothing had occurred he RESUMED the In
orrupted conversation Everybody else present burst
into Gears, the condemned man alone remained sepos-
scssed that moment Col. Yette entered the salon.
Advancing to the man whose slave he has rendered
himself for eighteen montns his strength failed him,
aud he fell heavily on the ioor While the company
tun turned towards the adjoining where haitre
LaoDaud was resting Ho found nim the thresno 4,
advocate fatal ticngs In midst this affecting
scene NJ. CoumandaDt Guioth, the aidedecamp of the
Due dAuIale arrived. Ills presence II Is needless TO
say, produced painful emotion.
THE APPEAL FOR MERCY TO PRESIDENT MACMAHoN.
The text of the appeal for mercy addressed
to President MaeMahon by the Court Martial at Yer
saiIes in favor OF Marshal Bazaine is as follows;
The Court Martial has jus; pronounced judgment, and
with the sanction OF the Minister OF War, tue
honor TO communicate II to you AS jurymen, our con-
science alone Eus Gide Us, and as Judges 1t has been
duty 10 apply MEMORABLE law The Marshal,
however received the command OF the army under the
unfortunate circumstances ana the Court cannot
forget that every time he was engaged IN the battlefield
he Was equal to hmseif Neither the army forget
the glorious services rendered by the Volunteer OF 1891
COMMENTS OF PARIS JOURNALS ON TILE CoMMUTA-
TON or THE SENTENCE.
The Conservative newspapers of Dec. 10
approve the Communication of the sentence passed upon
Marshal Bazluo and state that the judges after hav
Ing fulfilled duty imposed upon them by justice by
passing the sentence OF death accomplished duty they
owed 90 humanity By their appeal for mercy The Re-
publican journals generally speak in tone Of reserve
with regard 10 the Communication of the sentence. The
Steele, howevey says At Wall occasion painful surprise in
the and that the Extreme Left will
seize the opportunity to their proposal for
amnesty. The Temps
Marshal b. zaiue has been justly sentenced. but
also in measure TO feel ourselves jointly responsible
for his shlpwreeS. We must frankly admit that the
frequency OF our political changes disturbs
ooLsclehonsness ana weahens our sense OF duty ana
Triauon the effect Of which su6sists fully and
completely! Is above all "a solemn warning 10 the
It's look neither TO the right to the
LETT in the cOuutrys crisis, but TO pursue, without
celebrating, the line OF mihtary duty But II Is also
warning tne whole country. A nation which claims
the iumcnt O duty OY lts officers must entcayor 70
Ienaer1 easy aud certain ana with that object aa end
must be put 10 revolutions from above and from below
accustOm tnemsey u the established state
Of things and e1tntush ior good the eternal ana mortal
question Of the TOrm of government.
The Df5ots briefly records the facts and "bows to
solemn judgment which adds another catastrophe to
the various ignoble strange incidents which
during the last three years dled national annals.
But 1t permissible 10 hope that mercy may be
allowed TO temper the neXible rgor OF military law 7"
The Journal de Paris thinks that the Chief Of the State
may be called upon exercise his prerogative of
mercy, taking into consideration all the attendant cir
cumstuces OF the the services, the time that has
elapsed since the acts impusned were committed,
and fortunes which the prisoner must have
endured The Presse takes similar view, and cannot
but ieei deep for the position Of man who had
attained To an iIlustIous rank, whose Marshas uni
foTnis still blackened by the smoke OF battle" The
Monde which lad always approved M. Tniers's reluc
tauce TO place the Marshal his trial that that
question has been settled, calls for "wse and far
seeing policy" The S0r regards the condemnation as
sat lsfdcOn given Justice but 1t is consolation to
France II the decision of the Council Of War dimin
ishes spects the glory OF our vanquishers
IL does not constitute complete and defnitive
restoration OF our honor. However culpable may
have the conduct o. the COinmanderinChie of the
Army of Rhine, the success OF great war does not
depend solely upon the weaknesses the irresouon of
single man" The Unicers condemns the exulting tone
OF the utra-RepuOlican press and observes that TO
"such Judgment that pronounced by the Council OF
War every Que should bow but should rejoice"
The Imperiaist papersthe Gdnois, Ordre, Pays. and
Pairie-whe admitting the authority OF the condemns
tion call upon the Government TO place upon trial the
"Men OF September"