, 1879-07-31

sketeh of ,thn Life Of tho Great French
1.enacr--Ga.nbottal ns IL Nrent Military
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yur,s Disn1sch IN Eondan sfaninrtt.'
This mornings RqaId!i1n< Francahe announced
The publication by Aandoy t. Flscl,bachcs OF
volume under the tit1c, mud IN such tcrma aa
permit II TO he supposed that II ts published by
the authority ol tho eminent statesman 10 viIom
IL rnfors. Though tic writer Is evidently not
only m old IrIent! of II. Gambetta. but also in
Tin usuecnt possession Of lits intimacy am, con
ndeacr, the publication Is likely TO causo him
no slight embarrassment. Ttie boOk might iavs
sHfen LETT nuwrittsn; hut u IL was to have been
written at all II would have been better 10 III
trust the task 10 less partial bloEraDhcr. than
tn lrcsent author. whoto praise Is not always
discriminating, and who should have, III the
interest OF bis sub}ecst rc'rRlt,e.i from re-.
opGufllg controversy With Tie facts Of which lie
il rrrs tmpurfectlY acquainted, md which may
have consequences Of Tar greater moment thnn
ta's cundtsct hiring the war. novcr Joined Ia
the ultcty ngai,,st ". GarnbetLa fos trying 10
continue tIc war to the bitter end. The coun-
Try i,''qucstioIatly required purifying hS pass-
and determination he saved tt,r honor Of his
country and won for IT. the respect Of fta enc.
mics aini Of itseff. What ". GamOottn deserves
to lie blamed for Is his mcdlI!l,g With military
matters ind oyorruftMg the advice n1rl opinions
Of soldiers o! experience, when his knowledge of
Tie difficulties of n,oyln. raw utH undscp1lned
army have hean 10 abunlantly proved that II
was altnoal hoped that liz b}tutei wa4 consctuus
lind thai u Is not SO; but tat stloutd not pre-
vent any fatr opponent dutng II. Gami,etta the
justice TO sdrn!t that by Its iIsion,ttnb1s cnerEy
he preserved hts country from II loss fnr lihrder
to bear than even tiIut of Alaare-lorralne,-
loss ur her honor and sclf-rc.pect.
Leon Michel 0atnbetta was burn ut Cators on
Tie Both OF Octobcr. lE}s. His parentn were
small tradesue0ple, his father keunnE what Is
the first i,sta,,so ut q clerical school, where bis
b.ocrapher hints he encountered the sons Of tie
locsII gentry, whose airs probably contributed In
no slnnll degree tu lay tic foundation ot that
ISM which mar bs said to give tho key 10 H.
political career. The stories Ut h!s having will
fully nut out bis eye 10 eecapn going into
or.lt:rs, nni having led dlsslpatcd youth 10 tic
aull!tntie) nrc efrectualsy rcfutcd. as law
student iii Paris, the handsome allowance mudu
him by lis family enabled him to live respect
ably, and biz associn,cs were men Of strong con-
Bohemian toek companions. How hi, speech ii,
the bauln trtHl iirst ulnde lin fanl0lss Is within
tic recollection Of most Of us. This speech
was tile foundation of bis career 1t threw
latff. where he speedily made Ills mark us d
speaker. But It is Chiefly u addressing large
meetings that n. Gambctia Is At Ills best. l
should hardly Gull Gambetta r'r 1kttate graris,
bul he cail sway crowd, rouse II 10 enthusiasm
or frenzy, uud enforce upon It the duty Of mod
usation and aclf-control With power. yiyor, u1ll
SUCCESS TINT no orator Of 1noLcrn times has ever
surpassed, aud low but Daniel O'Curf,e'l have
cqualed. TIE blo2raplcr narrates fairly enough
| his conduct on the 4th Of September. and inut.
Gates that the tnyAslotl Of the Legislature br the
mob did not meet with bis approval, though he
| certainly tonk advantage oi It.
| A largo porlIun Of the bonk Is deyotcI TO n
minute recital OF ". GaInbettats conduct during
the war. The Object Of tlle writer sceInA To be
to establish That the prussIans would have been
I beatctl II the Generals whom hu appointed had
properly seconded him. But the gentleman who
has undertaken this vinacat!o,l goes 50 far. as
70 express his regret that Zen. d'Aurcllcs
should not have written nn account OF thu
rampagn OF the Loire, which ended iu
the second orcupation, of Orleans: That ar-
long ngo as 1871, mud In Its prefaec 10 1t Gen.
l'Anrelles Is very soyero upon ~. uambrtta.
tlo writes, among. other things; ." fatwelvo-
| month be required to tTaln good Corporal. cnI
upy n.nn !u,proylso himself Minister Ut War!" "
| The writer labors more successfully to show
that II. tinmbcttu dhl not deserve tho cpithet
OF "Fon fnrieux" wantonlv and unlnsly be-
slowed upon him by n: Thors. Unlncstioil:
ably no one VIM was in France at the time, and
who knew her condition, can deny the claims to
respect Of Il man who, from the 1Oth Ut October
To the end Of JAnuary, ra!scd, equipped, armed.
md sent to the front G0o.oo0 men. Ills infs'
tako WIS the supposion that, it you takc d
mar, put uniform ou his back and q rltv I'll
| Ids hAr, you thereby mako tUldier OF lin.
Ills b1ogfaphcr, af1er describing how he re-
signed md Withdrew to San Sebastian. proceeds
10 ,read o., very deltea's Erouna !'e ~, sass:
rupted, II IN not over; and. although he appcart
hencolortI, as dlplonatlst cndcayoring to ar
rive III result at y dstant too dtstant, date
running thereby the risk OF lcsse1'lng his &c
future expectations tle contingency of cain
palgn for Which no doubt llc Is not atlxlo1is but
which he Is aswars ready ~ recominenco ahoult
1t be ncce.sary for tue snfSty Ct W tho Kepuhlit
the Renublic l,atl Rurnaned hin, tie Caraot u
! tlefent; he may possibly hhvo in 6toro Tor hi.
| tletractors slrpriae which they Ate lar fEon
expecting, an'l one might ouote number o
utir officers anl those suilic OF the beHt VIC have
WHO would be most happy 10 use their utmost
sktll and enersy to rrAllzt his nf!ttary con
| ccptinns. Hy the results III tho caInpniEn d
167o-'7l, Al. Ganbetta proved that one mus1
great or small, must be necessarily of shorl
tluratiuu. Tlosu results only prove TIM
with tho mcaus now employed 1ho. conl'
tioila Of w:.rlurs have aatpEct,er elauged
lcgtulls hus forever baufshctl frotn otir future
couIcts tho ehynir0us spirit TINT prompted ou1
anccstors to nuke thu gallant challenge
4Icst3rs 'es A"gfa's, lreT !es ~ lrs,al.rs' @ NV
ut,cu on time wns regarded Us grcat soldier
and the inventor OF n snodel slaaF corps, va!
as a fnctor Of slcccss ~ tl.o Franco-Gcrn.at
war entltsly d.stnnscd by the ordnance manu-
iucturer, Krnpp. VI. Gambettn knows this, ui,t
neltl,cr as n statesman nor as military organ
txer IL he likely 10 forgot It, Whon tourists
used 10 Walt Khnc!and in byronc days, thsi
rul,ic, pointing to ruined torsresscs and d.
niantlCl castles, generally remarked, TIN
Freuch. haye passed tllAt war; 1t IL our turt
now to say, lllc rrussiails hayo been here.
I11no dues uot respect what Is '1one without It.
aid. Our ilnprovlkcd armies would, no doubt
have nt4uircl greater solidlty il thu war hat
lasted longer, aud 1t would therefore l!uYc beer
Hitting to n.eer between tho sllbafs. and prepare