Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-15
poor R0GHEFoRT."
THE STORY OF Els DESPERATE STRUGGLE
WITH GAMBETTA.
How the President of the Chamber Shared
and Crushed his Enemy-Roche-
forts Defense.
PARrs. December 20. 1850.

day he entered Paris on sort of trium-
phal car, and was received with loud accla-
nations and enthusiasm by the joyful
crowd, and now to-day his once brilliant
star has suddenly dimmed and almost gone
out OF sight. Many things have since &C.
Cured and events have crowded upon each
other with rapidity which suggests a
much longer time to accomplish. For
some time before amnesty was voted
Rochefort was regular contributor to the
journal Ii Rappel. and in his articles of
biting sarcasm he did not spare Gambetta,
whom ne accused Of opposing amnesty
through personal hatred and jealous fear of
rivalry. Gambetta's Italian blood has i'm
bued him with tle cunning Of the fo@, and
merely bcwing ms head, he said, 81 can
wait. On Rochefort' z arrival a. the French
capital L'I7ltransigeaHi Immediately made
its appearance, which Journal was e5tab-
lished with the money OF Bonapartists and
royalls5s who looked upon the fiery pole
mist as d fitting instrument for their de-
struc5ive eud. Rochefort then surrounded
himself by
BAND or COMMUNISTS,
And combining their uunition they have
shot at Gambetta with the same persist.
enee and ardor as though aiming at a
crowned head. Gambe5ta's impassability
had led his friends to suppose that the
shot had missed the mark, but although
- r+l halo
pricked and nangled. and each wound laid
away IN the vindic5ire memory Of the sui
ferer. Before Rochefort came to Paris
Gambetta aad said 30 his intimate friends,
Let him come give him full liberty to
attack me but waea / shall make il known
to the public that it was [ who sent money
to him at Caledonia 10 aid in his escape, all
this abuse heaped upon me viii come home
10 hin" Ganbet5a's patience seemed to
be inexhaustible, bit circumstances have
since proved thai if he waited long for his
revenge. il was because he had determined
on the complete ruin Of his enemy.
Poor Rochefort his nervous, exclt-
able nature. his want Of firm character
and stability, have made him but poor
little mouse ia the lions claws.
At the funeral of Mr.. Albert Jolly, Dep
MY OF Seine-et- Disc, one OF the most elo-
uuent OF young lawyers and the most prom
ising OF statesmen, many speeches were
made at his tomb expressing regrets at the
early loss Of this admirable republican, and
amone the orators was Mr.. Gambetta In
the journal La BepuJfQue FraRcaise no
discussions are entered into and no personal
attacks made, but the J'oitaire is used for
such purpose BY Mr. Gamoettas intimate
l. d
inc this last named journal stated that
every one at the funeral of Mr. Albert
Jolly were asto1ished no5 to see Mr.. Roche
fort there, since he owed to this eminent
lawyer the fact that he had not been con
demned to death by the council of war
during the Commune. Mr.. Gambet5a had
opened the batteries. Mr.. Rochefort re-
piled In mis- journal that he had not charged
Mr.. Jolly with his defense, and that far
from being under obligations to him, ne
had procured MIR. Jolly the occasion OF
making himself known. After which the
I'oLaIe appeared with an anonymous arti-
Gle signed < distoricus, in which it was
said 5aa5 lIr. Henri Bochefort had accepted
Mr.. Jolly IS his lawyer from the hands Of
the celebrated lawyer, Mr. Lachaud, and
it was owing to personal intercession with
Mr.. Theirs by Mr.. Jolly that Mr., Rochefort
owed the suppression OF completely in as
sassinatiou, which would have incurred
TIE SENTENCE OF DEATH.
Mr.. Bochefors replied that neither he nor
any OF his friends had ever intereeded for
him with Mr.. Theirs, and he defed
"Historious to prove the contrary
50 Historicus cited several circumstances
tending to corroborate all he had said
Rochsiort then again detisd him TO name
a single one Of the twenty friends who
were delegated to see Mr. Theirs for him
WhereUpoA - Historicus - printed the fol-
lowing letter to Mr. Gambetta, written at
the end Of the month OF July, 1871:
Ny Dear Gamhe.ta: beg your pardon for thus
snatchiug It you on Your passage before you are
even installed at The Chamber but they talk Of the
vacation oi the Deputies, and I am afraid to have
no more than time Young man, Mr., p, en-
poycd my paper, has, l believe, spoken to you
of my situation aud OF the sort Of judicial Of
which am the Victim. Not only took part in
the acts and deeds OF the Commune, but from the
first to the last day did cease 90 otest against
all measures of violence by my acts and by my
articles J saved I've OF six prisoners, and ii did
not save greater number it was precisely because
my recommendation had become more suspicious
than etfeCtual.
All the members Of the Commune who have been
arrested and questioned have declared that not only
they did not know aud had had no relations
with me- but that they deiiberated continually
about aVrestlng and the fact is that after having
written article III which l strongly opposed the
fearful decree IN regard to the hostages, Raoui
Ri.;ault seas his agents to arrest me, and had
every trouble IN the world to avoid the fate Of
Chaudey
have been accused of Indicating the house OF
Mr.. Theirs. have but one word to answer: 1t Is
not true. I never spoke of tire hotel of the Place
Saint Georges but to dissuade others from demol-
ishing is.
All that recount TO you here may tend to ease
your conscience with regard to me.
Earnest Picard, who detests me, had excited pub
lie opinion against me, and deceived the public by
designating ue rs the chief OF the movement to
which remained Z stranger, lnasmuch as was In a
diving stale a. ArcsChon when it was produced
Now MY dear Gaubetta, shall in fifteen days or
three weeks pass before the council OF war, ana
although toey may have sensIb'y been brought TO
reason on my account, and light may have partly
been thrown on the affair, there is no doubt that
they viii make me pay for my name and my past
political career
possible that the sentence which viii be pro
nounced AGAINST me, and which VIII be composed,
believe, OF a strong dose Of years OF prison. might
be converted into hanishment Ny health IS eX-
tremely miserable, and have no desire whatever to
mingle IN political agitaJi3us l would have wished
10 60 into exile either to England or Italy, and
there finish a history Of the second empire which
have received the order for promise to rid France
OF me during an uniin ed time
You must have my dear friend, a very serious in
Huence over Nr. THEIRS, obliged as he is to court
with yuu more than any one else. Before the Cham
her separates and my affair comes up, would YOU
not occupy yourself q little with it, Mir THEIRS
could taiS about ii il he wishes with the Govern
ment Commissioner charged with sustaining the
accusation and OF reporting the dispositions Of the
members OF the Commune with regard to me He
will himself perceive that all my polemic was Inn
tied 20 protesting against the shells which fell in the
Champs Esysees ana almost at my door.
| commit QNstlf dear f2qr1hetta n, r-,f,r
friendship, sure inst whatever you may do yoa viii
perform a good action.
A thousand shakes OF the hand
HENRI RoCaEFoRT
BoCHEFoRTs STORY.
The Foltaire appeared in the morning
and that evening at seven o'clock Roche
fort arrived at the office of the journal in
great state of excitement. He demanded
to know who had written those falsehoods,
but the director refused to disclose the real
name of Historicus After while Mr..
Rochefort became calm and commenced
long and diffused pleading he