The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-01-08
cANaoBERT AND THE COUP D'eTAT.

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In a speech IN the French Senate on
the 18th of December, Marshal Can.
ronert said:
You are aware that bitter attacks
have been lcveled against me because
i am chairman of several military
committees. / held that craftsmanship
under NJ. Theirs, and have continued
to hold it ever since Well, people
say, why don't you discharge the
Marshal: You know he Is hostile to
u.s." Well, gentlemen, as a soldier, as
Il Marshal, give you my word l have
never had any thought in my mind
but the good of the army, and that
do not conceive myself to have the
| right of being hostile to the govern
ment of my country, and that to the
laws of that country | owe implicit
obedience. No doubt | have an Opin-
ion of my own, but keep il to myself.
| retain religious feeling of gratitude
and regard for Il family which has
been Overtaken by sad misfortunes.
But do not think that any man of
heart and feeling should attack me on
that account. As a Marshal | can de-
clare honestly have never allowed
myself to be swayed by political bias.
THE Minister of Wa- here signified
assent. And l will add that | hope
the army will never mr,ldls with pol
tiles. When il does the destruction of
the army and that of the country will
be close at hand. II has been said that
| was one of the authors of the coup
d'etat.
NJ. Schoclclier nnterruptingl-Say
the crime OF the coup d'etat.
Marshal CaErobert-I speak of it be-
cause il has been laid to my charge.
If yoa want to know the truth, ] knew
nothing of the preparation of the coup
d'cf0 nor its execution.
NJ. DENOTE (interruptingl-IOu are
pleading eXtenuating circumstances.
Marshal Characteristic, l should
state the contrary if that were the
truth. People have also written and
spoken of my ordering the troops to
fire on the bou!gYards on the 18th Of
December. Well, the fact is that Or
dcred the firing TO cease. | have been
heavily illuminated for Seven-and-
twenty years, but here il is the whole
of France am addressing. l say that
that firing on the part OF the troops
was IN ,t5Surdity, AMI that no general
would ever have done it, The buglar
who was sounding the cease firing"
call hy my side was killed, poor fcl-
low. h.; "a bullet which was not meant
for him. The firing VS. unquestion-
ably the work Of some scared con-
scripts. do no: mention all this to
excuse myself; | do not think am
called Ia do 80; but to you, ms collcag-
ues, think IL right 10 To give an en-
p.auation. | avn quite content TO he
Marshal Of France. and If | feel proud
of the title il il because | have won i,
on fields %: battle in which / have
made nay mark. | have linked my
name with that OF our country, in
who's: service mean IL spend my dy-
ing days
The Times correspondent says in
his ra.is special
Marshal Canrohert has not pleased
the militant Bonapar.,>ts by repre-
scnting the boulevard firing of Decem-
Der, 1851, As the unauthorized act of
young conscrip's, excited by tumultu-
ous cries and few shots
NJ. lie Cassagnac writes III the PIys.
Marshal Canrobcrt did not see il
WIS labor lost To attempts vindication
of his conduct before the bitter and
lll l'istt.tbit tiitliiit- ll>ttIlEg 10 MIN,
and he should have long Possessed the
esteem of honest men. That should
have been enough for him; whereas
he has the air of denying part of his
share in the 2d of December. and Of
an apology. The I'd ofDe-
cember Is glorious date for all who
really love France and wish her TO be
safe from the wretches of demagogism.
We will not have the date attenuate,l, |
or ashamed. We want il
proud, avengefui, and throwing on all
our foreheads the luminous ray of
grand solidarity. II the ~ OF
December, like the 18th Brumaire, in
spires in Us any regret. IL Is solely that |
of not having been there employed in
it,"
NJ. lie Cassagnac was only 10 years
old in ISL. The Radical papers CON- |
ment sarca>ticslly on the tar,iiness Of |
[ he Marshals disclaimer.