New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-06
MARAT AND ROBEsPIERRE.
Two POWERFUL PORTRAITS.

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1s,. and heart they fulfilled the requisite conditions Is,
the luatic OF which he displays the chiel caractescs
furious exaatop constant oyer-cxciteihent iSvyi
ie antoms,ism and tctanus will under
the cous;raint aud rule OF 1xei idc' anu in ,eSs
IN tis the usual physical symptoms such as sleepes
ness n ivid tut bad blood, foulness of dress ana
person. with, during the last ye months OF us v;
frcm incongruons races. born of mixed blood ana
tainted with serious moral colnmoilons; no nao an
within him a singular germ: physcaiy' nc 10 al al
sbortion morally preender. and one VINO eovets al
places distinction His falher VINO was P c be
sayat his mother OH dcalist meant that he soua 10
philanhropist. while he himself always o ae e
SAYS 1t would have pleased me to be scho9hste ao
fifteen professor. at eighteen an author anu ao
apostle and martyr to humanity Prom my ad if
infancy had an Intense love OF fame weh c newer LETT
me for moment" lie rambled over EuroIe or , yese,
saSornate positions Kissed author dstrused as
a man OF science and ignored as philosopher, h
rate political writer aspiring to every sort OF celebrity
and 10 every honor constantly presenting himself as
candidate ami constantly rejected, 100 ereat
fass nossessing no critical and OF mediocre
intelligence he fitted only to teacn some ,hr
AS professor or doctor less bold ana icHy or
follow with occasional slips on one SIDE On he saws
had anything to do wtha SUBJECT wcI bo oT mv
hold oa1 for se candct make up my mind to sub
ject over again that has been well DONE OF 10 pU o 20
the work Of h msrsy @tsyes or Commits mistakes
His treatise on Man" is tumble OF pnyslologicM anu
moral sq bar hazard Of sratous and
incoherent suggestions in which the docIrnes o, tue
and and are
substances with essential relationship nelng con- on
neeted together solely through the nervous nua ths
ud is not geatInoas for sprituous by which II Is
renewed contains geatine the SOUL excltea oE ms ,
sxeiies .aii Ills outcs is the reverse Of the great
truth already discovered by Newton more IMAM ceneny
fury OF experiment and calculation on Heat -, anu
Electricity he merely puts orth eepie n.y. y, the
wall he inserts needle in piece OF rosin 10 make t
conductor which piece OF sclennc trc sey onai
flied 10 Comprehend the great discoveries OF ms age
Lapace Monge Layoser or toureroy S o1 Ub
ordinate who without the shadow OF caii, a' w
take the place of legitimate authorities In po'cs b ne
adopts every absurd idea in vogue growing ot o. ue
sContrat Social based on natural right anu WHICH he
renders still more absurd y repe n a. sooiasts Who
phy Biologists astray in the moral world derve a., @
from physical neoess msn has nothing he has right to
any surplus with which another gorges himself h,
and. rather than die OF hunger he may cut anoners
throat aud eat his throbbing flesh Man mas rs guy
to ts res OF his fellow creatures
oppression he has right to repres 10 oiHa ' b 10
own happiness" It is plain enough what this leads TO-
But let consequences be what they may wna'e,e we
always in being vain glorious OF his
encyclopaedia mr otence as he Is OF ms soeia ni g.
Physics will render him immortal Iney VIII a' iS, h
effect complete transformation IN VpscS mc
Not ONLY has he discovered the true theory OF govern
%en but ne tnsSra and s6ape events He makes pre-
dictons, on the average, twice week. which ama,
s s1 Snt Of g ne me to made
predictions the leading points OF the heVouton, az
who demoiish and reconstruct slowly he Is sufficiently
strong take down, put up and complete az nS
were supported by few thousand determined men,
for i s III sx machine well sgong and the
Nation free and happy. In less than year there Wou
be doarshng formidable T Se ca Tia c
as commander-in-chief of the army ana always NC
having ing Ss SsT the the s
On any difficulty occurring 1t is owins 10 ms S h
clan: his diagnosis the beginning OF the Revopton
is always correct his prognosis inlalDie MS thera-
The panacea and he should be allowed to prescribe 1t;
only insure satisfactory 9PeraIhi ne ancef there
fore be put in his hands that he may perform tie
Humanitarian operation Of tSo % g works nave
signed them with my ana am bot ashamed OF IL
mo al 5u ob he worse for In other words in his
own eyes. Marat is In advance OF Gis H.
through MS superior genius ana character nc Is INC
snch are ths symptoms by which medical men recog-
not be put in Confinement, but who are all the more
dangerous; the malady as they would express ~ III
well known IN nnatic asyums. Two propensltes' one
an habtually perverted Judgment ana tne orner
and nowhere both more prolific than IN SarSt
Never did with such diversified cgi'S vpr d
man after so many abortive specnatlons ana such
repeated % Ee Of these two
him augments the other: through his faculty OF not see
inc the as they are he attributes TO himself virtue and
nnns Satisfied that he possesses genius and virtue he
regards his misdeeds merits ana ms crotchots as
truths. Thenceiorth and spontaneously. his malady
and becomes cOmplcA, ucAb W tuo
ambitious deirum comes the nld,d lor xxx To-
smpoies should strike the public once; II they burn
slowly or miss fire, 1t Is owing TO thelr oeihg st1I
ont by enemies the envious: manliesty tney
have conspirsd against him. and against nun bots nave
never ceased =. &. Il is not surprising That, with
such system reverie should become more intense
more and gloomy and at last settle down INTO d
confirmed nightmare that IN ms aslorteo ,b or mi
objects should appear distorted that even IN inc Iui
daylight men and things should seem awry, as IN q
magnfying dsocating nirror that, frequently on the
and his chronic disease too acute his physician should
bleed hum arrest these attacks and prevent their
R he has taken his bent henceforh falsitIes spring
up In bis brain as on tser naSe ssa even
and mathematical 4. According to him. the
shssiat,ns and pagariss Laplace and Monge are
even "antonatous,' so many calculating nlacnihes'
av noise in The world has not idea OF his own - he
steals from others without compromising them ana
his Disciple and horn blower is OF still thinner stun All
are scnnI,s: 81 could cite hundred instances o,
dishonesty by the Academlcans OF Parls, hundred
breaches OF trust -; twelve thousand francs were
intrused 10 them the OF ascertaning now W
direct balloons and they divided 1t among themselves
squandeng II at the Rapee the opera ana III Drotheis
In the potical world where debates are battles IL Is
still worse The Friend OF the people " pas merely
rascal for adversares Praise of Lafayettes courage
and disnterestelness how absurd II he went to
America it was because he was Tilted cast on by a
Messana -; he maintained park OF artillery tnere a.
snowder- monkeys look after ammunition wagons
these are his only exploits; besides ne Is thief bsy
Is also thief and Maouet clown: Necker mas
,onceiyed the horrible project OF starving ana poison
ing the people, he has drawn on himself Tor All eternity
fhe eYecration of Frenchmen and TIE detestat0n Oh
mankiud" What is the Constituent Assembly but a SCI
of low rampant mean, stupid feilowsf[" lnIainous
vile scoundrels monsters athrst Tor g0ld ana
blood Won traffic with the monarch, with our fortunes.
With our rights with liberties with our IVES
he second legislative corps less rotten than the
arst one" In the Convention Roland, the onicious
Giles and the orger Pasoun, is the infamous mead OF
the monopolizers" lsnard is o. )nggcr, buzot