National Republican., 1881-10-29
PARTISAN POINTS
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
The bohemian Clan-Galns and Losses at Baden
Victor Fugo's Liberality -tambetta and His
Native Land-Tbe Removal OF the
Pope-Americans In Europe,
Special Correspondence of THE RnpunMcAN.

toward this capital Of gaiety and confusion. The
artists and others Of the Bohemian clan are flock
ing in from their seaside resorts and country
sketching tours, and are now beginning to mix
their colors and worry what brains they possess for
the benefit of next years Salon" Many poor
soph now residing in Latin quarter garret thinks
that he has the theme and the ability to elaborate
IL which will carry off the Rome prize--one which
enables its winner to study in the academy there
at the expense OF the government. and which
every tyro is hoping to gain-and Is willing in tn
mean time to exc out precarious existence on
cheap lunches and wine at ten cents quart The
sSxanisi,ss who have @ been spendlng the season M
Bains taking possession of their luxurious
dwellings, which have been inhabited for some
months by no one .snye very trusty domestic or
two, and begin to air themselves and their flnery
in the Bois and on the bouevards. Huge tales OF
gains aud losses at the tables of Baden are heard
IN the hotels and cafes. De Fouspends n hundred
francs to buy riding whip for his mistress, while
my bohemian friend Jones has hard time to rake
together twenty cents for his dinner: Cairville,
A SCAMP OF THE WORST TYPE,
boasts of winning forty thousand francs at Monaco
while my temperate and respectable colleague, st.
more plainly by his humble aspect than the most
eloquent words could tell that he lost on In ruul-
cite the sum total Of his allowance for an Italian
are full to ,overhowing, mostly with Americans,
who have been climbing tho Alps all summer
Baedefer, and have taken quarters where French
lessons included in the bill of fare, Of which 1t
is said they are not always the dryest or most I'M
winter in "Parry" Heaven help them they are
so funny sometimes, so very droll and unsophsti-
caied-the Innocent Abroad who has the colloquy
with the guide about Christofo Colombo
Is real cosmopolite In comparison. And they go
about seeing the elephant with such ardor and
good nature that they are an object of general ad
miration, especially to trades people, who charge
them 10 per cent moro than articles are worth, as
peopS to BRING snt these sono
their ieecng. to whom they pay a percentage of
from % TO 0per. cent. on all purchases made by
them. But this Is Parry" and i costs something
always to see and know the world. Who docs not
find a certain amount of consolation in the fact2
VICTOR HUGO SENT 10000 FRANCS
TO be given to the Paris poor yesterday, according
TO his annual custom, md one fthe richest bakers
In ahigh-toned quarter sent small boy to jail for
n month because he took some rolls from his
counter. And so the great world goes on with
confused harmony and strange unison OF contra:
riety-good and evil jumbled together, peace and
war struggling for the mastery, and wrong gain
ing in most instances temporary victory over
right. The Parisians, and In fact nearly all
dependent on the official crowd are very indig.
nant about the condition Of affairs in Tunis and
Algeria. Public demonstrations with reference to
republic on the north coast of Africa
are becoming quite common In various
sections Of the country. While these Indignation
meetings do not assume any special or united pur-
pose and are inspired and conducted generally by
men who are covertly or openly opposed to tho
volume Of discomfort which Is not safe In couil
try like France is to-day. The massacre of the
station master and a number OF others at Qued-
popular complaint against the ofliceBin command
OF the forces now engaged In the African CAM
paign and very disorderiy assembly in the Rue
81. Honore, composed of men Of every political
complexion, has published its protest against the
annexation policy of the government and its
DENUNCIATIoN IN LOUD LANGUAGES
manders in question and their superiors in the
Cabinet Before this can reach You you win, nc
ceptation Of ministerial portfolio and the forma
tion of Gambetta Cabinet. Nobody is quite GER
tain whether the result Of this change will be
nounced himself as strongly in favor of peace.
able policy SO long as no humiliation or danger
party as regards ngI nnmbers, ~ believes sleeve hat Ga@
beta is sincere patriot and that the day
that sees him President OF France will sec
the Republic so strongly fortified against all III
enemies, domestic and foreign, that 1t will res
ON as sure and firm foundation as any govern
pe @en m se tive B there his
Frenchman since Bonaparte," as he is called by
some foreign admirers, both by parties which arc
openly his enemies and by half-traitors in tn,
ranks of his own faction, who are not less jeaou,
of his fortunes than of his ability to reach the ear
and the hearts of the people. The slncerest mer
and the purest patriots have ever found their in
huence over the throng to be deusive, unsteady
and fecting. Ricnzi swnyed the thoughts ant
THE ROMANS OF HIS DAY
as the wind sways sapling; yet they deserted ant
destroyed him. Savonarola had similar ex
perience at Florence each at the hand of the race
from which the central figure of French conteInpo
rary politics is descended. And, whatever may b,
the superficial horror that Is awakened by til,
mention of their Names Marat, Danton, and Robes
pierre were successfully crowned with laurel and
cruciied with the bitter cup of ingratitude sting
ing their lips by the same crowd that had beer
their applauding admirers transformed into theil
execrators and murderers. Marat might be said L
Ss G seG qi IN nc
special wrong he had done her; but Chariot,
Corday was applauded by million who woulC
have done the same themselves. This new Cesar
greater Bonaparte, or whatsoever NJ. GambettI
may be called, has the chequcred fatt
of Se, many fyyor predecessor him in 5so
mercurial character, and of the ftfulness of thei
allegiance. He has not people of the Saxon rae,
to depend upon 6nt Is trying to teach people
moved by caprice as by q principle. What thu
result will be all guessing, but no one venture
to assert. II is not, however, the day of sudder
and precipitate revolutions, and coup detat o
any serious moment Is almost moral impossi
biity. There seems TO te very straight and well
defined course laid down for the government /,
follow, and they do not seem inclined to depar
therefrom-yiz,, the Increase of facilities for pub
THE LIBERATION OF THE SCHOOLS
from priestly influence, the propagation of Wild
views and liberal doctrines, tho maintenance o
reduction ofa taxation which Is now onerous for
large class OF me people. These plenks Of tn
3din platform pr properly laid @ viii comprehend the intro
which will unite to hold the fabric together Iii
can be shown for certainty that the intentions o
the republic nre peaceable, that there will be n,
further dispute over Alsace and Lorraine, and /
the African difficulty is satisfactorily arranged
mutual disarmamento Of the Great Powers ofEurop
Is looked upon as probable. But II France main
tains its attitude of intended revenge for tn
events of 1S7O-71 an offensive and defensive alli
ance between the three most powerful
monarchies Of the continent-Russia. Austria
and Germany--will probably be entered int
to hold in check the aspiring policy of the repub
the latter Is regarded with considerable suspicion
not unmixed with dread and contempt by tn
Powers named. They are not certain that tn
Gallc republic is not an unhealthy example I
the millions OF their citizens, whose ignorance an
subsection to priestcraft make them the wiin
many politicians here who believe that the thre
monarchies named above are not the only one
in Europe that regard France as an eye-sore, an
as an increasing menace TO their peace, If not
their very existence In their present form.
III GAMBETTA Is THE MAN
much in need Of nSmolv tbe dIsebarge f armie @re
the decrease OF taxation, and the increase of In
tellgence, may the day Of his elevation to tn
the worst now. The report that His Holiness tn
Pope Is seriously contemplating the removal OF HI
residence to Austria has excited deal Of com
ment from the French press. II is generally be
lieyed that If he, moves from Rome the Italian
viii not permit the Holy See to be re-establishe
only countries In which the Roman Catholi
priesthood exert any particular political inhuenC
nthese days OF iconoeaSn. Italy has repudiate
all the large cities where there is con
merce and Interchange OF thought with n
outer world and even In the country the peopl
haze but fictitious reverence for the empty fol
mulas of the church and the hypocrltical forms
the priests who lurk about like huge black bui
yards, taking all they can get and giving nothin
but chat in return" taffy," as an English dams
would say, The French newspapers say that
number Of the expelled congregations of prizes
and nuns are returning to their former haunt
aud that, without the slightest opposition from ii
local authorities, they are pursuing the usual ten'
of their way. This Is exactly what might be el
peoted. Nothing but education and intelligenI
among the masses can extirpate the
FIESDIsH INFLUENCE OF THE JEsuITs,