, 1879-06-22
sn.cfcl Cor7rspondence of The Tribune,

1ncuhTanon 10 Tue press l0Skeau ol 10 tue Deere
t.ry Of the Academy, II. Mariner should be ap
ndnted to deliver the address Of welcome in his
n1sce N. Olivier is too stubborn-or, if yor
xil, too b1azen-to cit down under such
sharp 1ebuke- Hereplied by instantly forward
iug protest to the Figaro, accompanying it BY
COPY of the speech he was to have delivered
hare read it through carefully, and really, tt
rive the gentleman ''of the light heart" his
due, lmust confess see nothing Objectionable
enough in It to account, alone, for all the com
motion it has created. After suitable eulogy
of II. Martins History OF France, and long
tribute of admiration paid to the eminent quail
ties Of Ii. Theirs, the writer, the thinker, and
the statesman,-that is, the statesman that he
xas until the events of the Prussinn Wat forced
him into the foremost place amongst his coun-
tfyuen.-he remarks:
II, Theirs deserves we'll of the nation for under
taking the difficult tasE OF herating the territory.
cised; no Impartial judge will refuse the indefatt
rable old man his admiration. Day and night he
was at work: from the council chamber he passed
10 the rostru1, to the battlefield to paFleys with
relentless enemy, employing the last moments Of
his life in rcscung soil from the foreigner and
onr capital from anarchy.
The most ardent admirer Of the dcfunct Lib
erator could scarcely have used more fattering
terms than these; but
TIE STING OF THE ADDRESS
for what the venerable Academicians have been
pleased to consider sting) Is in the tail. This,
b5-$he-by, is the only resemblance to an epfgram
/ can detect in it. 4 mora prosy, 1ong-wiuded,
and artificial piece Of literature I have rarely
read BE proceeds:
=. But pr1or to those days, Fate had offered him 8
1ofttcr ereatnees II, on The 9th Of August at the
frfirn f1ff6Y
reverses, he had reasoned Us he did on the 4th OF
September about the invaders Of the Corps
be hfd said Is a
no 1eyolutionl Let us all sacrifice our personal
feelings to public perls, by the force Of things
esnt ~ ne Se would nssnt have CONE to the
head OF Affairs, yet lost He would indeed
have eaved the country, and prsuentzd the
biz patriotism, II. Theirs did not take this
view of his duty. Another man, boasting neither
his authority nor his intelligence noble Gen.
chansafnier, was led BY simple impulse OF his
heatt to more far-secing course. Remembering
the tradition of Carnot, be forgot his imprison-
ment, his long exile, and his ruined career: Una
tens to headquarters, embraces the Emperor, and.
though bowed down by years, shuts himself up in
Metz 10 struggle and suffer with his old Lleuten-
2ntai
This is the magnanimity VIC should hold up to
the admiration Of the present tine; for it having
Is VIC have all so much to forgive each other-no
one sets the example OF generous 1oTgetfulness,
what will become Of us!
And now suppose ne borrow the hint from II.
Olivier, and forget all about him.
a fierce struggle hiss been going on in another
direction regarding the
THREE GREAT PRIZES
awarded to the exhibitors at the Salon. Two
medals OF honor, and what is known as the
" Prix du Salon. had to be given away. The
last has, to. the surprise of most people, been
awarded to II. Flameng for hts "Appel aux
Gtrondins," mention Of which, you may remem-
Der, was made in my concluding letter about the
Salon.. The medals Of honor have been given to
Catolus Duran and ii. de Saint-Marceaux,-to
tue former for his two fine portraits, and
to N. de 6aint-Marceaux-a new-comer-
for the group Of sculpture which By common
consent was the best in the exhibition, repre-
Tomb" Public opiuon thoroughly approves
these decisions, which give evidences OF . merito-
rous wish to break through the silly old con-
Tentions OF the past. But the wor Taged furi-
ously before the awards we're made a power
fut group in the jury-mcn OF routine, brought
up in fetish worship OF SchooI-tradltIons
bitterly hostile to the idea OF acknow Lodging
The merit Of a portrait-painter and beginner,
even though the portraitist was all but tunriYaled
his country aud the beginner sculptor Of
apa,nst thann II Eerson fs the rainier of A
hid.o,s .N1 al .asnti1n - a Iat xorthH
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sha5owr n1en S H. b.s a'sn sent IN rr1rous
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IN r,,. -uu,n !, .ety apsaao 49,. " ~. Hoiv
f.h;ii eao".as u tnI ~ ;<-bfr ~ rs.ss ~
hn~s Ivp9'uis na1 iei. uSs"e sn,;n1 9 Fs1g,icrr
vs. a member Of the jury TIL the cye
filth should have forbidden bis competing for |
prize after he had helped to choose his rivals. |
Happily, Justice or fear of public reprobation, |
rot The better If The fetish. and II. de saint.
Marrcau1 tfiumphs.
. l catch myscif continually wondering, though |
have lived here for many Years, at The rapidly
With whic,, men rise to fame and sink again into |
obscurity in France. Ii. de aint-Marceaux is
IN example Of the rise,
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