New-York tribune., 1880-03-08
ADDRESS BY Z. B. WASHBCRNE.
TIE rN-lnNls1EH;s RECoLLECUONs OF TuE HEBREW


ADDRESS BY Z. b. WASHBCRNE
1ur rx-Nnxls1EEs BEcoLLEcuoNs OF THE HEBREW
srATEsMAN.
CHICAGO. March 7.-The Hon. I. b. wash
bprue. ex-MnsteI 10 France. this after
noon delivered an address to Hebrew citi-
zen. at tho Sinai Reformed Concrega-
tion upon tho occasion Of 4 memorial service
toAdopte Cfemcux. paying to that deceased states
man Of France a warm tribute Of respect and adml-
ration In tie course of long and elaborate review
Of his life and political services he sadi
Jhe first words To De- said ot Ado.pnt CremieuX shou
he tia hc GOOD man IL mus lnlc' ~ 'i- - 49,"
the lo,iy ana the oppressed. Dis whole career Wa.
record ol courage. and sympailn. ana OF bo' WI ""
. t.ieuf a. nm advocate we're all devoted the
vinLcaton of civil and religions liberty ana 10 sree @
forefront on he ra,hparts of freedom \ Rernbhcan
from priuciplt and ccuVlciiun 4'h hl7 car ".''
great and .euerou, principles which We believe n" pe
IN, ou'v sure ioundlIon oI ,"e 'pl ~, ,' ,Ec
IOi of last month 81 t- a-e of eighty }i"uf years l'
oriciull name Isaac M'cse but u va. chpnS.d ~
V,nfs studied ~ AK. and became barrster u, his
native In yariois political ta'S ab'ut l99V n
distinguish cd himself orator ana Tor MS hD'' i
opinions lie soon established himself 40 barris'r H.
PARIS and acarNed great reputation IN 'he poH'4'"l
lie cnicr,d political he IN 1912 as Deputy FROM
ChiuOu. aud served ull ISIS lte si on i' Il l' "' ~,
lstS Lc Was elected a. Deputy to tne C"nstiiu-
cut ard 1t is.atto Assembly acting nhd vol ug always
on the terrible night OF The 2d o December wh'n Ma
po,con turoi led tie lepunhc amn uuou anu m ga,
Maz4,. Durlg Near the whole rein o., N4go.e'n Le
son. ~ November, 1869. he WI .ct'd a DeluN "
tc Corn. L.el..atf. Ncc hc took I~ seal 0h me *
IA limo n 81 crk u uis awof,c. His - conncc cd
with many acls a. legislation ana many o'cltc- was
l, who rendered te imou. docro "li,a ciasen i'i. &
their scg'~ the u'ainors Mariefrh'-" c"Hlo~ n I'
" NiXod Cpmui- "us ~ under lh' LiuPic' "h"sc il'
famous iloencnf- drove rom fi.Lo' Ito 1' IT, 80 ,
OF htr most DIS in uisbcd ana in1tt steu slue' Alu
,!e i- other decree wn ch 20 JuiJ htars rs hiue'
tIc " i cree CreniruS. "hlch h1'ui"@eI ~ , u'Hs
30 600 OF his onsts Ai-rrn. Ana the trruci
uau.r VIII never forget hls IfN@l' " , i .-""
100000 francs or TIE hpeIhtl"h a., lh / ~"
~. Crcmieux MN of tte hgnc-i sense OF h"hoi'
gIt leiI n .tr.iaiIpA al mean aud unworthy acu"n'
Drutz. Jow wAo had surrendered np ui- Dn'.."7 a..
IS r 40 Bordeaux. 1nGlug his treason uNeiWhtlmcu 10y
g,,r G,.d memo re- iiac4ti" me di,neushcd ad
yoriie ad tr-cd hn letter ih r'pil, N-lch cicAt'd
much sensation 70 the time. H. said;
justly n tie yes OF The public France IL deaf 10
iac Modification Of cDEIdcr u nee s-lry 10 submit
CD suaIuc when o,e has comm .ed o. eau zee
nothing thai VIII excuse u cfime NiH % u''e-'' hn'
ou on. voU count as your cOi cirO % ic you VIII
80 OF the Provisional G. ,yenment o. 1915 be-
was one %. a., first seven named br iur Ctmnei tHd
plorAupI 20 t.r people from fhF f"ci u~ we IhcF
" r. ,re. Lau.ari.n Leiru li'li, enicnt Duro"t
d. ur.. Arae' and Gamer i ee. "itn tue dratn oi
CIemi,uN. one Oi tIat number 10" sutyiier ol 'he
Iac Crcmieu1), F,ocon, Louis Banc aud A'Otr LOUIS
Observation-Disclosures aycr from his hieD character
aud FROM hi' weil-Aown kepu3 can,n, Il was u"iuia
that Crlmeux should bc made Mnsicr oil Justice ol ihe
provisional Government OF l54s Under the RepubO
wnich ioloWcd he was oectcl member OF the Cnam-
b,r of Deputies and araln in 1869. sent abroad in
the spring OF that year, and It was frum this time J
knew him. The terrible news OF the al. OF Sedan ana
Tie capture Of the Emperor made known III Pans
s,furdny night. September 3. ana awakened the most
profound emotion among an classes o peopr, VINO pte
and the new Government was established. Its mem
0ers were the uino Republican DeP9uos Of
in,.ux Was OF those Deputies. and he
What caused great deal of amusement ID thi, immen-e
bui good natured mass Of ptope Hat th1t IL tne Ios,
hs venerable mat without stopping to g"' another he
rode ali he bafrneaded through The strroiA 10
the Mui-ry OF Justice. ans at once took possession oi
post. Ana that was the way WIN ~ me olher hln
rtrrs. Eacn one TOOK possession oi the department !"
which hc had been assigned And ~nat was An extra
ordinary tact thnt among al the subsecrctrlr heads
o bureaus, enpo,es nos single objection or pro
mt wont a. u nothing had happened
Notwithstanalnk that a siege was ineyiiabio The
man in Paris, the capital of The country.
IL soon became apparent however. that II must
city. ca mieuK was desgnhted for th7 most Important
and rc-rO lHhc position AictW ara th"r' were )"hed
t0 blm two other members Of the Government, GiHis
BizOln and Admiral fOurcnOu. trcmeuX qutlcd ffris
Tor Tours his great mission on the IL ~ Septrnper
and h!s cu-deleg gates. G. Gai-B ZIn and Admra Fourl
chou followed him two DAYS after o. the lVlh OF sep
tolner all The gates OF The city were closed ana we
f0uud ourselves shut IN for period whlch extended
through more tnan four long weary ind ulsha months
NJ Cremi'uX and 81 fniers, the aie usiriou> Presi-
dent Of the French Republic were cont inporafies ana
friends When VI. 1Diers visited Bordeaux after tue
armisice be went FIRST the house oi NJ CrcnIeux 10
seck hts advice aud counsel.
In 1872 Cremeux was azain elected from Algeria
deuuty To the National Assembly at Versailles. aud III
1875 conferred upon ann his last and greatest honor
~ ectOn IA Lie Senator under the ffcnch Republic
| In personal appearance NJ. CremenK was bcloS mo
medium height, aud with somewhat slender body His
face was thin wriuked aud weakened but what dstn-
/ pui he'd HIM was his "rlfOrmcd head covered "th
ck bnshj black hair. retaining color up to tue mo
hm, few dayS before left Paris In Srp"ul-
bcr 1877. lie lyed simply and without pretrnsOn IN
mat part Of Paris known as Pissy ana where had my
own residence. His private fe was pure nnd without
rrprnach He was honest just. generous and beneyo-
| lent But what viii make us name forever honored by
the what hc has done Tor thcr race through
out tho world As Prcs dent Of the Universal Ise. te
| Alliance OF Paris he had nn authority and nhuence
among his people which no other possessed. Whcr-
ever Jew was pcrSccutrd there appeared the Old He
brew advocate II might he ~ Con-autiuoplc on the
plains Damascus or under the eternal sun Of Egypt-
IL was In ls4O that Cremeux went into Syria defend
the Grand Rabbi OF Damascus, agninst whom had been
made the iOn absurd as II terrible that he
had cut the throat OF monk IN order 10 moisitn with
ms blood the bread that the jews eat during Easier.
aud those accused with him. ~ iccOgniiiOD oi that
great service j. SAID be ecoTted out OF The cOun-
| try hy l. 1000 jews ON horseback.
THINK me last Jourh the dlrtneuiAhed orator huu
made for the purpose of vndiclting he
after be had papsci his cgh ieh year Even AT That
rrrlt he retained 10 remarkable degree Ills mental
and py ysica actvly. Indeed. 1t might be said lac was
IL. he eloquent and Courageous advocate; the able
Minister Of Ju.cc the useful Legislators the orator at
the tilbune The Lie senator OF The French Republic
and above an, the good aud honest man aud devoted
patriot. Adolphe Crl mieux, whom Won now mourn.
Ionorod ana rcvcred, his name SHAH live IN all your
memories.
IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK.
| MEMORIAL SERVICES Is TEMPLE EMANU-TL-Ap-
DRESSES BY THE REV. HENRY :. JACOBS,