The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-01-28

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French Chamber. Warming 70 his Wort, he
excited HE hearers more and mHre. They
I'd, into the .hemicycle about the foot Of the
sane Their shouts became pc me mere iTFsSausns
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Of stormy Deputies: He turned every inter;
forget the thrill that ran through us all as one
him He planted hls doubled ilsts on The Ss:k
covered down on HE petty assssilsnts::
s' .e sHss frame Asa,''Ffaa r. : ss%
fast. furious. and flaming. They covered
for %.s T heard Sn h :Ssh w..
viz e sad ' ssses
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nance; Paul Dc CassaYnac and Robert Mitchell
Bndry ana sSe Duo az IA
cnuld howled themselves hoarse. Old Rouher
spirits his white face hidden on his hand.
CoGueIin was watching Gnmbetta. He might
wei Anna sss haSs Poi
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Ing. with a smile. a reflective recluse. appar-
mind the aaes!nes ss II human natr over MS
soon, ended with that memorable sentence
s@ae rS anf tSsso words he
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Ing II In the wound. Then he turned and de-
scended from the tribune; His friends crowd ID:
back. The Hight moved nnoasiiy about eagerly
comforting with each other; but there was no
until later IN the evening" No one fcit able to
go on with business. We in tho galleries
leaned back painting and exhausted. after that
about silently. forbidden to cheer; but we
glared ut each other. and would have throttled
That clarion note called all friends of the re-
public into the ranks and warned , them Of the
nuW pnr g history tory ne lew days
plot being ready MaeMahon's coup was made.
The old Ministry under Jules Simon was dis
missed. The new Ministry WAS formed. the
Chamber dissolved. and tho battle began. For
months the Ministry used every form Of in
country was put to the old torture Of Ia peine
forte et d,rr. Gambetta held oil the strings Of
tho combined resistance. Every issue was in
Ia han n md Tn Ia IA tatya
clear sightedness the republic again owed it's
life Through all these trying months he never
And yet. in. face Of this they toll me he was
not n grent lender OF men. They tell mo no
was not IN organizer. that he had no executive
ground as ei it W. We're %ss and Bothered old MotRs
and held his squadrons in check for many
not Parliamentary lender..-,and yet they can
not forget 1873 and 1871, But what is all this
to meY The sp purpose 81, o. this paper Is to lay
Tribune Of France. II l. to tell you how. on
such "a day. this man held me to his great heart
that one swift hour. his thought surged in my
brain. his blood pulsed In my arteries. his soul
% ben x a ws heS took SeIas
WAS there is. none like him. none. nor shall be.
ever any moro. for me. u. 4. n.
PARIS. Sunday. Jan: 7.-Yesterday !! saw him
%ony that cared sd to sss 20 much as the pso-
pie themselves in and around the procession.
rSg asys s se hs
pass pas before the bisr whsseon lay the. great
1 nesth ower ss" This eha";~s ardent; was faint
with the perfume Of the choicest flowers, sent
seen him was when President Of the Chamber.
he had driven out from the court OF this Palais
Bourbon, seated In his Official earriaxe. sur
gistening in the sunshine and jingling to their
trot. For he loved display. and he believed
se aa Sssne Pre
from this same building. now black with Grape.
An army for biz escort nation fer
By thousands delegated Tor this duty from ali
soldier of her army. this son Of two Gsscon
shopksepers vas IS, borne e his grave The
nations sh tearaHfSWine past the spot where he
there seemed 70 me to walk the ghosts Of the
in the last rites to the man who did so much
toward, and came 30 near. saving them from
sSas IN En-
eaIamnles that had ciouded their vision. The
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Ri: PSs.s Sssp snf tp ss had do
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incarnation Of the republic. They were, moth.
e t % tss% S him sbs World
than the death Of a man; 1t is great force
great Hhs put cut
crowds had seen him. fewer had heard him
but they mourned him. each one with personal
poignancy.
I don't care to inquire whether he died
either a little too late or q little too early
to his probable influence In the future. II
is enough that he. did a great work and did 4
we'll History will marvel Mt that career 80 full
Of surprises and OF grandeurs between the lit
Ito shop in Cahors. wherein he played as a
child the modest students quarters in the Rue
Bonaparte, and the little bedroom at tho Vile
d'Ayray where his Soifin rested on o Kitchen
house a few days before his death. there came
q stalwart peasant volunteering his blood for
He did only. in Offering himself. what Icon
Gambetta had done for fifteen years for France
Of finest vitality. into the arteries OF the anRmit