The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-01-19

ment which Bismarck described a. that OF
the " gentlemen Of the pavement" and per-
formed the duties Of his Office for . while
within the walls Of the besieged capital.
Stimulated by q patriotic belief that the for
tunes Of France could be redeemed under
his leadership, he escaped from Paris In
balloon, at the imminent risk Of bis life, and
was landed at Amiens. From thence he
made his way to Tours, where he acted a.
the chief Of the Committee Of the National
Defence. Chiefly IS the result Of his in
spiring energy the army of the Loire was or
gsnized, force Of one hundred and eighty
thousand infantry and artillery, with large
force Of cavalry besides; and had he been
military man possibly the tide Of victory
would have turned in favor Of invaded
France, notwithstanding the surrender Of
the army at Metz As we'll as Sedan. Wien
At the end of January, 1871, he issued de-
cree against any of the officials Of the late
Empire taking part in the pending elections,
Bismarck opposed him and Gambetta re-
signed. Tn. election of N. Theirs to the
Presidency and peace with Germany fol-
lowed. NJ. Gambetta sat In the Chamber OF
Deputies as leader of the Extreme Left, but
gave the President steady and cordial sup
port, the more valuable because 1t served TO
attach the extreme radicals 70 the new ad-
ministration. Since the beginning Of the
Third Republic he always resisted reaction
ary tendencies, but outlrved his popularity
among the extreme theorists and the rabble
who follow them. As president OF the
Chamber Of Deputies he was successful, but
his brief administration 6 premier In the
early part Of last year was = failure, ~ his
friends say, because premature. He died
the strongest Of French statesmen, though
cut Of Office, and oil Europe feels the shock
of his departure. The late eminent II. Du'
faure said of him: " know No man to whom
the destinies Of . great country might be
more safely confded. BE will be . kichelisu
without cruelty and Colbert without van
ity." What his future would have been Il ID
vain to conjecture. He loved power and
Frenchmen, need hvro. No man 10 LEFT "
them now Who ILLS the eye Of his country ~
the great man and who psrsoniiss the dispo.
silion TO Avsnge the disasters Of the var with
Germany. II, as results Of Gambetta's
death, France, like the United States, will
become content with the Standardization o
affairs by officials who perform their duties
each without dangerous supremacy In ths
regard Of tho nation, aud the peImansncy o.
the Republic becomes in this way al assured
fact and II cordial relations with Germany
should continue to be maintained, ~ result
OF steady progress unbroken by foreign com
plications, the death Of II. Ganbetta may
come TO be regarded - nearly IN advantages
a. the removal Of brilliant orator, . true
patriot, and great statssman can Be.
Gambetta was strongly bulk nan, Of The
average height Of Frsnehmsn, with tendsn'
cy to corpulency. He loved tho country and
took much exercise. His home was 1t VILE
d'Avray, near Paris, where he died. He VA
disinterested In his services to his country
and comparatively poor, the property he had
accumulated being made principally by hi
! newspapers, the Republique Franeaise ant
La Petite Republiqus. II. Gsmbetta was I
bachelor.