New-York tribune., 1880-02-28
THE LATE NJ. CREMlEUX.
MS cu,RAcTrR AND srATEsNANsHlP.


LoE-DrBATE on THE AMNESTY.
! troo,, rur rrcrLAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRfUNEI
! PANS Feb I3-GoOdness like genius, Il ot all
lands all races all forms OF civilization 20 re-
| Aected today as saw the remains OF my Fe"el"-
ble Old friend, NJ Cremeux, borne TO Tue -Id'
They were carried thither m-ior so oIda'hS ~"
ritual of the Israelitsh Consistory OF Par's-a Pl"
deal coffin and hearse Of the lowest Glass wnIcn
little more than week previously had also -Dolno
TO its last resting-ploce the body of the late Madame
Cremieux for ffty-fve years the wife, companion,
friend adviser of the great orator jurseonsu' ana
ulain. good man for whom we mourn.
made Cremieux's acquaintance in the salon OF
the lamented Madame Ernest Desmarest. on the
night on which the news ran through farlS t""t
Victor Nor had been shot by Pierre Bonaparie.
had seen him in my infancy. while III 10y huiso
arms. at the Hotel de VILE whittier was taken oy
tbe rood peasant who guided my infant footsteps
for few months, during a chance visit maoe
b, my family TO Paris She was drawn into depu-
tation of Citoycnnes who were proceeding down the
Rue dc Riyoll on their way to harangue the ProNl-
sional Government. | had heard IN babVhO"u Il
GOOD deal about the ferocty Of French RepuOllcahs
in the Reign Of Terror. | had been already Shown
tbe portraifs of Marie Antoinette ana Louis ANI''
aud went at the recital of their tragic end MY
interest had also been excited in behalf OF tier
son. the little captive King" and had Durheu
with indignation at the story OF his martyrdom "n
der the lcnob!e cObbeT Simon when hcard inero
bod heon q revolution remember looking out OF the
hotel windows to see whether blood ran I'D the
srrec,s. The sharp March day on which my bonnie
was drawn INTO the deputation of citoyennes my
first impression was that we had got entangled IN
| hand of poisarrd-s VINO meant ferocious mischief
But q, the women were very prettg dressed ana
os some of them caressed me not a little. plucked
nm couraqe and my Young eyes drank IN all the
SIGHTS presented 10 them on that memorable day
W. gathered force like the avalanche a.
we advanced. WOrkwomen and grIsetles oe
/ puted hy the thirteen ACCOMPLISHMENTS oil lHI7
/ iolned the feminine band IN the Pace o'
! 7 Hotel de Vile. where procession was
oreauized. az the head Of which marched the
citoyenncs. We had some parleying with senIi-
iels and were at length admitted 10 the Palace oil
! III. Civ. and taken up grandiose stars to sim
more grandi0se roou--la sale :. Jean. rs "iiei-
wards understood. Lamartiue and his colleague
were seated round a long table H. was ihc tai'.'i
man among them. was very elegantly dressed very
artistic in his air and manner. and woic-his greatly
struck me-a pair of new lavender kid glove
/ Ions Blanc and Cremicux were about the same
height but the latter had a bu-hy head Of curly
/ hair Which added to hi. height H. ras then one
/ Of the upliest men had ever seen or imagined /
thought be was the yellow dwarf ~ person vs. ho bad
! expellod the poor old King and Qlcen tHc interest
ing Duchess of Orleans aud Der two htlc boys WHO
used 10 BE- held Mp 90 models OF inianiiIe "is
dom and proprietv. The tr1ih was that trcmiruN
after putting the King aad Queen in cab and telling
the Jehu not 10 spare his horses in driving them bee
yond the reach Of excited Insurgents, took
fhe Duchess OF Orleans aud her boys
TO the Chamber aud did all that lav in him u"
get her proclaimed Regent. At that time he wa,
a meIcural. busthuQ little man, with the of'i.c,i
face imaginable. l. was the face of Greek
statue done in coarse clay. and smudgcd and dc-
faced in the baking. The chest was narrow. the
shoulders were mp to the ears, and the legs very
short and sIiudling. Louis Blanc appeared % me %
handsome boy: He was the youngest OF the gentle
men round the table, and the citoyenuo5 were moro
IN sympathy with him than with his colleague
Arago was % majestic old man, Dupont
de PEure was Wruklcd a. dried apple
and his mouth appeared TO be perpctually occupied
IN muuching a Glove rccollect the confused feel
ing which / experienced on seeing 50 many men in
the place Of a King. Lamarhue received the pcti-
tiou. which was presented by rather handsome
dark-eyed woman. moro lady-like than the
citovcnnes around her II prayed for an extension
Of the electoral franchise 90 the uncmmciplted
sex: 10 showed forth. as well as remcm1er tuat
and that a, women gave 'hcr to hc ,oldier- -o
they were entitled 20 make their voices heard
Oh questions involving the issues Of peace or
war. Lauartine in reply. said: " The Provisional
he greatly emphasized tina word. to make the
petitlouers understand he could do nothing FOR
profoundly thanks yon for your moral sup
port and sympathy Th, petition shall be enrolled
/ In the archives Of the Republic. Aud If ever we
/ render by our dement's a third Revolution nfcc--
sary. tins document shall bc taken from u.s. rc'"s-
! itory and read TO the people 10 snow Them What
! their fathers were" am not qulte sure oi the
words But gsc the exact scLse of the rcpv whlcu
! was All vague phrlscoogy. aud very senscless. Al
/ the end when the former gentlemen had uttered
/ the word " fither-." trcmieuX impfiuouSy cHtN;
| "Wby not say the mothers vlycnt les ncr", dc NOS
/ F.aucaiS" and, interrupted an oratress, rnanci-
reminded Cremcux on the evening that was
first introduced To him of this scene. lie RENE ui-
bercd II distinctly and be- said that what TN work
! women pctitioned for IA ~ Would soon oT late
! have 70 be granted. II would be better Tor
! women to exert openly their lntuehcc than
| secretly. The sense of responsibility womb DE
/ developed IN them. and the infrigdRic would not
| dominate Courts. Cabinets md Parlnmcnts.
! Women were naturally ~ closer sympathy than
men with what was noble and heroic, whilst essen
TALLY practical IN the application ot thcir princl-
| pies hc coed woman had the iaiih which over
comes mountains. which ono of the hr~t quaI I'M
| cations for q legislator. CTemcuX ascribrd--pcl-
haps tins was excess of mOdestE-his own success ~
long career, begun under the most depressing CIR
Cumstauces to his having regarded MS VIE AWAY
! as his best counsellor. That night remember he
! sald 70 me: "The greatest evil that could befa
| ne would be 10 survive my wife" lie was
! then seventy -four wears old and IN exec lent
hcnlth and spirits. When he told mo his age ! re-
| marked that he had the vivactv OF young mind.
| "I have' he replied and think always shall.
| God, | am sure will not obige to traverse the
! limbo of second childhood. pray him daily 10 suf-
fer me to live 20 the last moment and am prepared
TO receive the last call Every night in retiring To
my bedroom | embrace my family, as though
were meyer again 10 see them"
Five months later VI. Cremcuy was thrown up by
another revolution to head IN the Prov
yinccs a National Defence Government. lie
was on the pOInt of cOnvculng a National Assembly
TO relieve him Of the aTluous task, when Gambetta
dropped down from balloon and assumed the
! diciatorship The old Hebrew advocate, Of whom
Gamheffn lad hern two XenrS preYIOnslY the score