The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-01
.CAsSAGNAC AND GAMBETTA.
ALL ABOUT THEIR QUARREL AND THE THREAT
ENED KICK.

that which has beeR raging between the lie
publique Francaise and the Bonapartist jour
nails. This is not the first time that you hav
heard in such connection of NJ. Paul d,
Cassaguac, chief editor of the Pays and TIL
most fiery of all the Bonapartist writers
Several times during the Empire, as we'll al
since, his violence OF language got him int
serious quarrels, and his reputationis certain
ly better established as q duelist than as s
| Journalist. Even in the former capacity, how
ever. he can exhibit a good deal of dIscre
| ton, as his afflirs with Lullier and with Rant
prove. In his recent
| QUARREL WITH THE EDITOR OF THE REPUBLIQUI
FRANCHISE
he exhibited similar prudence. The matter
not having led to any serious results | should
not feel it necessary to allude to it but for al
| incident connected with it which has entirely
changed its character.
ALL ABOUT IT--How IT WAS. -.a4
The father OF Paul dc Cassagnac is, as you
are aware, the NJ Granier who took it into
his head, some years ago to add to his patro
nymic the name of De Cassagnac. He was
an ardent defender of slavery at the time
when under Louis Philippe the question was
warmly discussed by the French press. AT
that period he was the editor of ministerial
Journal and was not held in much esteem as
writer. He got involved as second in a
duel in which one of the principals was killed,
and in which his conduct was severely i'm
pugned. @'@'
After Louis Napoleon was made President
Of the Republic M. Granier de Cassagnac
attached himself to his fortunes, aud after
the coup detat in 1851 he was the only French
writer who dared to distinguish himself as
IT'S apologist. The Emperor owed him re-
ward for his conduct, ond he was accordingly
49, re a.; Of ha
subsidized by the Government, and was
named Commander of the Legion of Honor.
He was likewise, if remember rightly, Sc
lected as the official candidate to represent
the Department du Ger in the Corps Legisla-
tiff. That to all these honors and benefits he
added much public consideration and esteem
/ can not take upon myself to say. One
thing, however, is certain; the papers found
in the Tuileries revealed the fact that he was
en- compile courd,a with the Emperor's privy
purse. You can, therefore, readily understand
that NJ. Granier de Cassagnac has strong per-
sonal reasons for
REGRETT1NG THE EMPIRE
and detesting the Republic. Now it so hap
versy with the Pays the editor Of the Repntb-
Hque Franchise brought up some Of these facts.
The reply became embarrassing, and M. Paul
de Casssgnac contented himself with rejoic-
ing that after all, his fathers affairs concerned
himself alone; that he was sufficiently Qrand
gdrcOn to defend his own words and actions,
and that Paul de Cassagnac "n'dcceptah de
solidarite qtavec Paul de Cassagnac" The re-
ply may appear somewhat harsh on the part
of son; but under the circumstances l do
not see how NJ. Paul de Cassagnac may be
blamed, the more particularly as bis father is
proprietor of another journal, O1dre, and was
in position to defend himself
>, A CHALLENGE TO NJ GAMBE1TA.
The course adopted by NJ Granier de Cas-
sagnac proved the sagacity of the son in leav-
ing the father to fight his own battles. After
through a huissier at the Office of
the RepubHque Hrancaise, letter repelling
what he calls the calumnies against him, he
sent challenge to NJ. Gambetta, as being
for what had appeared in that
Journal, and in it he seems to make use of
bis decorations, his high position and his
sixty eight years, to prove to him that he con-
'ers high honor upon him in consenting to
light with him.
REFUSED.
OF course NJ. Gambetta refused to accept |
he challenge Had the object been to OBJ |
ain satisfaction from the party really re-
ponsible, there would have been no diff. |
July in doing so. It can not be disputed that |
n. Gambetta is the political director OF the |
Pepublique Francois, and that he is daily |
consulted on its political policy, but he is
leither redacteur en- chef nor even a simple |
ditor of that paper. 1t is even a question |
whether he has ever written line for it. To /
be challenge thus sent, therefore, the Repu5
que Franchise replied that every article pub
shed in the journal, was covered by re-
of the author, but by no
ther-and that if M. Granier de Cassagnac
eemed himself offended, he had only to go
. the Office of the journal to get the name of
be writer. It added generally that NJ Gam
eta had something else to do than to place
imself at the disposal of any one who might
IKE it into his head to send him challenge,
r to use the words of the reply, " Du premier
U dit dernier renu."
You can readily imagine that NJ. Granier de
assagnac did not anticipate any other result.
[e must have been fully aware of the az
of the Republique Franchise and of
le readiness of its writers to cover their
rticles with their personal RESPONSE ility | I
he previous controversy of the Journal with {
is son must have convinced him of the fact,
he had even any doubt of it. To seek to
AXE man responsible who had not attacked
i'm, and who probably had never seen the
ticle until it appeared, was neither consist
1t with common sense nor with the So
lied laws of honor.
MAKING A SCANDAL.
One would have supposed that ref lection .
ID the obvious ridicule of the position would
I'VE induced NJ. Granier de Cassagnac to de-
IT at this point. Such an act of prudence
as not consistent with the object he had in
ew-that of making scandal. He accord
ely replied to the note of the Republiqm
ancdise by fresh letter, in which he
reatens "to make NJ. Gambetta acquainted
tn his boot"
HERE THE AFFAIR RESTS
+ the present For one or two evenings II
Ter the publication of this rejoinder became
lown crowds gathered in the ST. Lezare Sta
IN to see NJ Gambetta attacked by his ad-
rsary on his return from the Assembly, but
the performance has not as yet come off,
9 conclusion has been arrived at that the
lligerent old man has thought better Of the
after.