The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-26
AT THE FUNERAL OF THTERs.

| PARIS Sept. St is 10 o'clock at night
tho night Of the day that has seen tho funeral
| Of Adolphc Theirs. The last OF the stragglcrs
has left the cemetery Of Pore Lachase. Order
regns In Paris. The last sabre is shcathed, the
last big gun is gono homo to the arsenal. The
people. gloomy. stern. silent. trusting TO the
coming elections. have refused TO give the Gov
eminent any excuse for recourse TO those Wig
orous measures" so dear to the hearts Of the
Cabinet OF Marshal MacMahon.
Who was this man round whose bier eight
hundred thousand Frenchmcn have gathered
on this memorable Sth Of September under tho
cold thick rain2 Here is what the Pnys. the
organ in chief Of the Bonnpartists said OF
him eight days ago in an article signed by Paul
dc Cassagnac: "Thicrs Is one OF party OF
| blarkguards, coward. toads. assassins. incen-
| diaries. thieves. He Is filling an odious and
contemplate role, which soils his gray hairs
and dishonors the last days of an existence that
ought to have ended long ago" SO much for
the opinion Of the impcralsts and clericals,
the latter Of whom. In their journal the Unire3s.
told us yesterday that it IL the finger Of God"
| which has stricken down Theirs Just IA he was
about to sign mis- election manifesto that lie
which might havo been fatal to France" But.
in the opinion Of other high authorities. Theirs
was a great and admirable man. The French
VI N"hhNi ma hhN' A'ANki"l'hth MS WIZ u Nl'n-
sage Of condolences the Queen Of England has
done the same; the Ministers of Russia Italy.
Spain. indeed Of most Europe. followed his
corpse to the grave; and on the hcarse. high up
IN the beating rain, glttered u grcut cross Of
flowers. 10 which were attached the cards of the
present and Of the ex United States Minister'S
Washburnc and Noyes; and letter. written by
the hand Of Senior Castelar, to Madame Theirs
anrms in burning words the admiration Of the
greatest man in Spain for him who was 1--WE
days ago the greatest man in France.
A week ago stood at Versailles. in the Cham
bcr Of Deputies studying the physiognomy OF
the grand hall which has echoed so often with
the simple but terribly incisive eloquence of
tho little iron man who died on the 81 Of
Scp'omher-the same day Of the same month
on which Oliver Cromwell turned his face to the
wall and went to join the fallen OF Nascbv A
solrmnity fell on mo as stood In the tribune
from which he had spoken. as sat in the seat
Go. 40 where he had sat- where hoped he
would sit again in another month. The red
rows Of velvet seats swept round in an eddyine
circle. with the tribune for centre. Tho cx-
trcme one ON the right was the chair Of Paul lie
Cassalnac. the nigger-hcadcd bully of the EN-
pirc. Nearly ON the extreme LETT was tho chair
Of Gambetta. But Theirs sat as nearly AZ could
be- in the centre. a position exactly characteris-
tic Of the balance and moderation that distin-
guishcd his life and his opinions from the day.
sixty long years ago. when ne nrst took his seat
| In a sub editors desk in the Office of the Con-
sttriohuei tin the 9th Of May 1873. when he
resigned official power rather than give way
either to the pressure Of the radicals or the
pressure OF the rcuctionists.
1t was self-made man whose funeral we f,l-
lowed to-day 1.-THE son Of ruined dry goods
merchant oil Marselllesl man VINO owed to