, 1873-06-02
FRENCH PRESIDENTS.

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q. From tho Neto York Ersniug Post "a. |
TH1Ens
Ono day during tho Bourbon restoration, o
restlcsa young man ontorcd Paris, with ossay i
ON vauvonargues in his pocket, and III exceed.
ingly 6harp tongue in his head. Ills yotco lad
ious, witty, sarcastio arll FREQ LARGO n politics,
with An INCLINATION to bio liberal, sinco liberalism
promised notoriety. They usod to hken ms
tongue to that Of d boil, from itn continual
,wagginG whom Monsieur Adolphe ,palleo tue
january /, 1880, appeared tho National; and
tho little man from Marseilles. with m odd
;Bparklo In his oyo thnt now md then ilashod DO.
lis din,inutivo shoulders nocepted his destiny. i
lie Ind already distinguished himsoH as m art
critic, besides having otFered to fight tho whole
company ut tho Theatre FrancaiB, which was n2 !
of Wow. He had publshod q volume Of pom !
clinRs among the Pyrenees, and had hold posi- |
ton on tho Constitutionnol as kind OF pen-ot-
.all-work, whore bis wit bud nnado him celebrity i
History Of tho Revolution, which got linn tue
ropute Of q Jacobin, who, forotold Taloyrand,
would grow up to be somebody.
lie had Just given up in despair Of evor beng being
yious to. paper pellots-and had unWisoiy con,
cludod to write o general history Of tho world
for which he proposed to put . giralo round tho
Garth with Capt L. Placo's scientific e1poditi'on.
when Prince do Polignao'B accession cauaou him
to stay In pnrla and found newspaper It brla-
.tloi With points, this National TOR which judges
imposed 1neB; md to which tho people san-
ecribca fast enough 70 cover inc limos @ teniola na
splendid diatribe, ho orphaned Ills position in
tkat famous articlo-'Le noi rcgne ct no gou-
yorne pas'-which was long tocHn in the cafos.
The Dourbons gave way as Last, IMots amd was
yontod bis spleen on tho Duke OF Wellington
: and the "Agamemnonnte, us ho formed tho
iron old mans administration n England. Ho
WAS for sonding armios to FREQ thc poies, Hal. a..
foreign Cabinets disappearing. when he became
Primo Miniator he laid aside his solioltudo for
the opnrenaed aud beteok himself to sober work,
fortified Paris and deyolopoa the military E9,
episode Of 1870 drow down upon him the wrath
Of Lord palmorston, and ho vacated.
From first to last he opposed Napoleon IL,
| and his vote against tho Wat with pruasla
| brought visit from Paris mob. But when tho
| fortuues of franco cbbod ho showed Mmaolf
| genorous-ns generous as ho had before shown
himaolf brayo aud wien hor doBtinios wayored
| in tho balanco he took tho holm and brought hor
| snfe1y oyor ono Of tho most critical and monao-
! ing periods of her national existence.
It ia now almost llfty yoars ainco there was
ontorod at the Military School Of st. Cyr g
shat stiSf 81 bong tic son of q Poor Of France.
81. Cyr was at that dato we'll atocked with
tho progeny Of noblomen. Its catalogue
bristlod with MontmoroneyB, Harcourts, Luynos,
DIV in going to Paris and making rout at tho
| Theatre Franens or giving Liberal Journalists,
such as then was n. Thiors, roason enough for
q duel. Tho former was generally comrasaed ny
partiuin; tho Inter In nny OF those ways whicl,
Young men know how to uHo when disposed to
30 riotous; and no doubt but that young Mac
AIahon, tho son of q Peer Of France, thon ieroo
leon, still later tho right hand Of NJ. Ihiors, bu'
to succeed him nt last, may lngo lntn awake
many night spccuIating on whom ha migh
fix . quarrol. Young gentlemon Ut 81. Oy1
tho s poaco p in d small way; ind to. them {
Liberal journalist waa vorHia to 70 worried pS
tho cat and thon disposed OF. Everybody re-
me1nbcrs-for 1t WAS tho talk Of the Aalons-hoN
having had dozen tuols, ut last salariod fonc
ing-master to attond to TINT department, ant
how, tho fencing-nastor having beon cut down
ono day % substitute for his nastor, the 1attel
who at onco accepted, and entercd OIL his duties
Tho riot when Talnla. acted Ctnna, rnauo up O.
Napoleon, and all st. Cyr wns proaent III 4 body
illustrates tho oxploEivo condition ct tho atmoa
|
urayely remarked tho Qaotidienne the nex
snorniuc: 0Thoro wero hrnt,red duols on thu
memorable night, but [resrotfuilyl only aove'
proved fatal"
orof tho flercest typca tape desss sort person
as tho conservatives style men who thorough!
| moan what thoy say. Tho, Revolution Of 1853
} found him battling with tho Arabs in Algiert
III 1848, when the crials Was. ho was 2 = colono
m officer Of tho Legion OF Honor, ConBorva
tivo-throe things differing in terms, put staud
Ing for tho same idea. Louis Philippe won
, down. Men liko MacAIallon looked on IN ailou
. contempt, and then callod for regime Of order
Had they and theirs cast their lot with the 1se
: never have mado his coup .detat. When tho lot
prisoner at Ham ascondod tho throne, MaoAla
!. hon sworo fourth fealty and took what Prov
b bo worry liberal dole Of honors. It WAS {
2 this stage Of his career that ho learned to 80
! nothing, but having saved Ills master at Mage1
= tn, he had at least earned tho right to be sient
although, being the idol Of tue PeoPle tho En p
| out OF the way bY sonding him to govern th
:: Arabs and got killed II possible.
]: SINCE then MaoMahon'a opinions have been
scaled book to France He las obeyea all ord9 a
!: Thiora-"l little dada," as no 10 styled BY col
. soryatves half in contempt, BY the republican Pr y
half in hdm,raton-nobody. knows. What =
4 In 18os, ut suliy, near Autun 10 will be o5 yea
= old July is, 1918. Descended from m aneio
L. family ot Irish Catholics, who followed the es
arts, he is not probably an cnthusiastio Nopn
0. lionn.
o Obituary.
% WASHINGTON, May BE. F. Hammond, I
dian Agent for Colorado River ResorVation Al
! 2oua, died at San Dernardino, CAL, on his way
:: the post.
- Mrs. Mary Mapoa Dodge has covered hor co
81
d Blae hna addod 80 much Of geniality and char
Ii during the last four years. paoo will bo oco