The New York herald., 1877-09-04

and TO pass In silence hs personal corruption on ac-
count OF his great knowledge, his astonishing activity
and his treiess energy. THIS L. among other things
what the herce leader OF tho International SAID Of the
President of the French Republic in his address tho
workingmen on the OF the Commune
That monstrous gnome has charmed the French
bourgeolse lor almost half century, because he is
the most consumrate intellectual expression Of their
OWE ciass-corruption. Before ho became statesman
he mad already proved his lying powers historian.
master IN small foguery, n vrtuoso perjury
ana treason, craftsman all the petty
stratsgems, cunning devices and base perGdcs OF
party war.are; never scrupng, when out of oice, 10
fan revolution nor TO st lie blood when at the
helm oil The State with class preudices Standing him
his private life as infamous his public life Is odous
even now, when playing the part OF French Sulla,
nc cannot help setting of tho abomination OF his
oeeds py the righteousness OF his ostentation
THEIRS EARLY DOMESTIC LIFE
Let us sec how far this unceremoniousiy strong
worded verdict is justified by facts. First of ALL what
DR.. Karl Marx audes Ia saving that the .'prvate
life OF ~ Theirs is as Infamous his public life Is
odious," Is ths:-When d. Theirs young fell las
fall vast majority of Frenchmen) in love with a mar
ried woman oil The name OF Nine. Dosne, the wife of
stockbroker This lady had daughter by her hus-
band and had, by by, one by N. Theirs. Tho
relation between the lovers lasted long tho lady
lived and, so far n. Theirs was according TO certain
notions of the French. truthful man. In coun.
tries where, in France, thero Is no
divorce, mistakes which made by young
people who marry and after a short
time that they are not tit Tor one an other, have
no other escape than that OF subsequent concubnage
with some one else. Had NJ. Theirs merely eloped
with the wife of the stockbroker no one IN France
would probably havo had nythng TO say against NJ
Theirs or Nine. Dosnc but what he Is accused OF low
is, first OF all, that he always remained in business
transactions with the husband OF his mistress
spEcrLArEs.
From the tmo that he came into power with the ac-
cesson of Louis Philippe to the throne OF France he
took advantage OF tho political Information he pos.
sessed, communicated 1t to the stockbrokcr and gave
him thus the chance OF specializing at the Stock Ex-
change with full security OF success. or course
the profits which the stockbroker realized were
shared by NJ Theirs and 1t chiefly in this way that
tho fortune OF the Dosne family and Of NJ Tniers him
self has been made Furthermore long before me
Dosno died NJ. Theirs, with view 10 secure to
his legtnato daughter his name and his
fortune, married his own child. This scan
dalous fact is known In France by any one
who knows anything orM. Theirs, in justification Of
whom, however, II must be said that IL always
believed, even by his enemies that hc never had
with his wife any OF tho relations implied by
the marriage. 1t seems to have been a
purely practical trick calculated to secure
tho happiness OF his illegtmate offspring
The young Nine Theirs at full liberty to live as
she liked and to love whom she liked, and the hand
some woman is known to have taken full advantage Of
this privilege. II was auson to this fact that
when NJ. Thiers began to assume power over France
andto speak oil his patriotism, jocular people called
him 'The father Of France and OF his wifo."
As the details Of the lives OF men in prominence arc
often falsiaed, and. accordingly questioned by the
public at large, this fact might also be regarded as
an invention.
In tho we'll known residence of NJ. Thicrs, in
the Place st. Georges, there part of the house
crammed with all sorts OF most valuable antiquities
and works OF art TO which Nine. Theirs never had ac
cess People VINO enjoyed the intimacy of N. Thicrs.
knowing that only himself and Mile Dosue had access
to that warehouse OF treasures used to make endles
comments as to whether NJ. Theirs and Nile. Dosne
were studying or studying love In that retreat.
FORGOTTEN
Th!s part OF N. Thicrs life being put aside tho
figure oil the little President appeared in quite differ
and rather attractive light for when out of the
political arena NJ. Tners always one of The
most pleasant of men. Full OF wit and spirits
he had little Of that noisy and frivolous verbiug,
which is characteristic Of the French nation. Hi
learning and knowledge something mar rveIlous
as was his industry and energy During the whole O
his past life it scarcely ever occurred to him t
live in the fashion OF his Partisan fellow
citizens. Tho rising sun was always sur,
to find NJ. Theirs at WORK, and 1t wa
plague TO his subordlnates and Ministers to keeE
the appon tments which NJ. rhicrs made for them fo
when any particular business was be transacted
Thiers seldom appointed for any other hour thar
that of SIX or seven in the morning
CHANGED MAN.
Though q rather joval man formerly the sobriety
OF his life later years not less remarkable thar
his industry. and as for passions NJ Theirs had onlj
three--a passion for works OF art, n passion fol
horses and passion lin regard to which he wa
like the Emperor of Germany for playing a
soldiers. Every one who has met ". Thier
in the street might have seen him in his brown over
coat aud his little hat, suddenly stop to look passion
atcy at some handsome horses passing by. lie would
stand pleasantly struggling his shoulders long a.
anything or the horses could be seen. There is NJ
price he would not give for animal that took MS
fancy. People who visited the wcknown horse
dealer, NJ Cherry, in the Rue Montague, were almost
sure TO find n. Theirs here-if not ior the purpose
buying, at least for the purpose Of looking at horses
HE MILITARY.
As 10 his love Tor military maneuvres and his
curious craving to assume the role OF general 1t Is
matter OF vorsa knowledge. The satrical part o
the French press has ALLUDED and over again Il
H. Theirs desire OF adding TO all the honors he pos
sesses that OF having at least once in his life made
review of the troops in a military uniform, and on
horseback, position for which his small stature and
his general appearance so little lifted him. The mill
tary love for things in the mind OF u. Theirs must
have had early origin, and it is very likely that, like
many men Who unit Tor something, desire il just u
a reverse proportion OF their unAtness, 81 Thiors,
though compelled to give up all idea OF becoming a
military man, nevertheless, preserved during the
whole of hts life The wish upon which his witty
compatrots ridiculc him much.
There was, however, practical and important re-
suit OF this weakness OF NJ. Theirs When he had To
write his History OF tho Consulate and The Empire''
strategy ana military matters in general be-
came one OF his iavorite studios, and when
reads his work now one Is puzzled
by tho great military knowledge displayed
in that book. The military campaigns OF the first
Napoleon are treated in q way which rendered the