Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-08
GAMBETTA
Ruled by a Woman who Is not only
Handsome, but who Is also GiTted
with Brains and Ability OF
IN Uncommon Order.

Paris letter in the Chicago Times: SIT is,
perhaps, worth remarking that the salons of
Nine. Juliette Lambart are almost the only
ones that Gamhetta visits with anything like
regularity, and tkat the intimacy of the two,
If not Z prelude to marriage, will be very apt
to set the ready tongues OF the idle
chStterers IN motion In most sinister
way, though, for that matter, some OF
the monarchical prints have made pretty
broad illusions already to the intimacy
of the middle-aged pair. Ii is in the cafes,
however, that general mart OF personal INTEL
hgence, that the broadest details are given of
Gambetta' S social intrigues. There is hardly
a salon IN Paris, where, under cover, you may
not hear of his IiGisOn with Nine. de Beau
mont. Ii may not elevate your ideas of the
republican morality to learn that the COM
patriots OF the ex-dictator lind no fault with
the intrigue itself, but protest Indignantly
that the democratic Sampson should allow
his heart to be caught by the imperialistlc
Delilah, for Madame the Countess de Beau
mont is oWp cousin TO Marshal MacMahon,
and there was many bitter reproach dur
ing the troubled year that the parties have
gust passed through that it was in the salon
OF this mistress OF GambettS that the poll
cIes of the democratic party were matured.
Madame the countess Is most beautiful
woman, and her fondness for Gambetta is a
freak which carried her at once from her
own peculiar social circle. Her mother was
one of that proud and exclusive De Castries
family, the head Of which IL the duke, the
brother-in-law Of MacMahon. How little
morals of the conventional sort are counted
an this liberal land is best illustrated in the
fact that Gambettas relations with this beau
tltul woman are commonly known, every
where talked Of, and if there is ever re-
proach made, 1t Is, as ] have said before, not
against what would be considered In sucr
straight-laced countries as England ard
America scsBdalous disregard fot public
prophecies, but that the Sampson Of liberty
should s.lfer himself to be lured by this De-
hlah of monarchism. A few months ago,
when it was g question wh) should succeed
Dufaure as the head Of the ministry, the
liberals, with one voice, proclaimed Gam
BETA the natural leader Of the government,
and the popular decree was unmistakable,
though not pronounced, that he should be
leader Of the mInlstry-for q long tune it
was even asserted that ne would be. La
France, the principal organ OF Emile Girar-
din, went so far rs to announce the ministry
III { mbetta nc its head, and all Paris
went Oft TO bed sure that his name would be
published In the Official JoNyRel next day as
chief Of the new Iulnistry-that Is to saw all
Paris except favored few who have the en-
tree of Madame tue Countess de Bsaumont's
salons, for there it WIS madesknown by this
keeper OF Gambetta's counsels that under }
circumstances would ne accept the prefer of
ministerial power. His future cannot be
compromised, declared this astute power be-
hind the throne, by such wrangles as must
be inevitable IN such chaotic condition OF
things What will happen said
she, will be this: NJ, Grevy will
be forced TO select a coiorless cabinet
with, perhaps, NJ. Waddngtou, perhaps
the president Of the senate, NJ Martel, at its
head. This cabinet will bear the shock Of the
change from MacMahon to Grevy: that will
carry the country over one chssm. This
achieved, there will then remain one or two
burning questions to be decided; after that,
plain sailing. To extinguish these burning
questions IL may require one, two or three
changes of ministry, because their solution
will create such heaItburnings, enmIties,
such strifes and disappointments, that the
successful ministers will be doomed poll
ticIans. Among these bUrning points is the
amnesty, impeachment OF the Napoleonic
ministry, and the reinstalatiOn of the parlia
ment in Paris. The statesmen who commit
themselves pro and con to all these questions
will leave track of rancor behind them,
whether successful or not. 10 Gambetta's
position he cannot afford to succeed with his
friends or fall with them; he must be neutral
until the public energies into a free state Of
constitutional action, when, If things shape
themselves properly, he will take the head of
the ministry, which shall be as peaceable and
enduring as the English cabinet. THIS pro-
gramme, laid out IN February last by mad
anne, has thus far been followed almost to the
letter"