New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-15

able 10 do something at The elections. Ny great
hope is now 10 live for another year to see what
they will bring forth"
a FIGHTING EDITOR.
De Cir,rln had great talent FOR rnnnine paper
Tie had a keen weather eve, although sh".'-
sighted ana he understood the Ga1l VINO loN'' 'h"
soand OF the drum and clarion and las small '"s'e
for the flute or dulcimcr q maNiia Of ms was that
the hardest wall could DE p.cr'rd hy ara oii-h'm-
mered nail If the blows were strong and Ntiii ai.
He also u.ed 10 say that q journal was rofh-
inc if not militant. II might be a hee
lance or rcgllar soldier but to he IN
health il ought 20 feht. The public enjoyed
n war Of words rs much as y fight m which bones
were broken and blood was split. II din not mind
whether the combat1nts were wo.-Tl.ncd g'1lia-
tors or not provided they fought with pines 'n'
spirit. once heard him iu,t9rc, The >0a3a'd as %
case in point. lie know that, as be knew every
other English journal, through his ecfc'arys trans
lations. "What.0 lac asked. " could Dee more stupid
than Tie Standards views on every suh"ci
lie understood that it had small
spect for literary style. Yet II o.
ished. Whvf Because it was militant. Its
bmnptiousncss was pardouad bccans" there WIS
really fight behind il. For journalistic conh1's p'
Cirardin was well endowed. ile detected with un-
errinc in e.nct the weak point of his enemy 'Io r.
and thrust in at it, he WIS doi I'm par}inc NJ
tacks. aud he never knew when he was 6'a'cn IN,
deed h. often when hr hao ihn worst uI va
la, enemy by Growing over l'h dn i,.,'.N or
thnurh fac himself were victor. NA1i H'
slid one day did not hamper him ine nrhi d. WIS
mo- use throwing il IN his face for iaat tit A' ~ w
him from pinning his enemy 10 son
alton. - ,,.,
VI de Girardin went through life unhlnshlnely.
Yet there was much III his career 10 10 ng n'o'' TO
thc cheek. lie was twice before the As-itr lonrI'
Tho frs, trial was on the cha -gc of having, with
two partners distributed Fictitious dIva"n'.'
poclctcd the shareholders money. and closed with
full hands. The second trial was in connection
with the st. Berain mines, which presented anal
ogies 70 the Emma mine; and besides this w. de
Girardin was implicated in the Tcsfc c' cabr' joh
which hastened the dissolution Of the Ori'anlS'S
regime. In his financial dealings he had no moral
sense lie no more thought of the moral bearings
Of an afI4ir in which money wac 10 boz made than q
General in the field OF battle does of the command
in which we are enjoincd not 10 murder All nc
considered was whether il wonld or would not sue
ceed The world practically sided with the success
ful man. and why should he stand out against II Z
He brought a keen clear head to work upon the
projects submitted TO him, a reason why he was on
the side of most Of the great inventions ana IN
provcmens Of the last fifty years lie was Tor CIV
ing instructions to the masses, loi I'i"'1n
ing old and cumbrous fiscal laws, Tor
freeing women. for emanclpatng negroes
for a ehean Dostal service for the Peace Society,
when he had nothing 10 gain by a war. and was an
excellent captan to his journalistic henienants.
lust and good master to his servants helping n',lia
10 All his first wie's rotations. IL II also true that
his heart hungered for the diHnerested love 81 a
pnre-sOuled woman. This treasure was never nm.
His first wife only valued hun az H''iHt
partner and he did not regard her in any other
light. His second wife was. when he married, h,i'
youug fair. beautiful. corrupt, iUNolou9 ana 'hc
yy,0rcanatic widow of a German sovereign, Prince
Frederick Of Nassau. She was the natural daughter
of some other Grand Duke VI. GlrardW >cpnai,d
from her and dlsavOwed her two youngest danEh-
tcrs The eldest whom he acknow lodged; dlea ol
Group at Biarritz IN SOL, IN the arms of the In
nreA, IuCrnie.