New-York tribune., 1886-08-22
SUNDAY EDITION.
AUGUST "a, 1880
IMPULSIVE BOULANGER.
SOME NOTES ON HIS CORRESPONDENCE.

SOME NOTES ON HIS CORRESPONDENCE.
| rrRox rHE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT ov TIM rrrBrvEi
| PARH, Aug o.
| Duc fAumale Is " jam" to the newspaper press IN
this dull season. II not exactly to the honor OF
| the writer. But il he had not denied writing the
letters thrown in his face before their fac-simles
were given in Royalist journals il would
not have been to his dishonor either.
What was his situation when he wrote them
He was field officer in an army corps headed by
the Duc fAumale, who disposed Of all promotions
and who lived in such atmosphere of fattery
that, however much IL shocked mis- taste he would
be still more unplcassntly affected were he ad-
dressed off parade as General" and treated as an
ordinary superior officer. A CAPTAIN, major
or c0lone! of Royalist family could
have been more sparing Of incense than one Of
Republican family who went to school with Gle
menceau and has remained his Intimate friend. Bou-
LANCER saw this, being smart man. lie Is also
man of little breeding and goes too far in nearly
everything that no does.
What is very curious in him IS that while he is
smart he can never keep his head level" lie
had to get tho support of the Due fAumale Ia order
to be promoted and therefore had. in vulgar Ian
gua2e. to butter him Bat he spread the butter
too thick in a letter asking hun to recommend
him for advancement He went int o the came cx-
cess of effusive and colrse fattery in thanking
him for having supported his claim to the grade Of
brigadier general aud SO exaggerated expressions
Of thankfulness as almost to be impertinent. Ono
might fancy that as he wrote he said to himself
Don't lay it on thickr In supporting the bill
in the Senate for the expulsion Of the Princes he
was too extreme tat least in form in his
hostility toward them. His language
smacked of tho Captain Bobadil On the
occasion of his duel with Baron Larenty he
went to the ground in an open carriage drawn by
champing horses and accompanied by an aide aud
an orderly officer. His coachman and footman had
trco c0ckades IN their hats. lie declared at
the military club when it was all that. not
thinking the poor old Baron worthy of powder and
shot, he fired into the air. When his correspond
ence came out he was too prodlgal Of his explana-
tions and denials to newspaper n-
reviewers The opening letter OF the lot
was not, it is true, what De textually wrote. But
the Others of which fac-similies have been printed
were. These verbal denals were followed by an
avows sent to the Hovas agency-an avowal
cOuched in an arrogant aud presumptuous tone and
which addressed to NJ. Limbourg, the Duo
dAumaies land agent and advocate, who had
vouched for the authenticity of the two letters Of
which the papers have given fac-snIlics.
General Boulangcr taxed in the debate on
the expulsion Of the Princes with having owed his
grade Of brigadicr to the Due dAumale. lie also
denied this. al allhongi Ee might very we'll have said
that he owned the impeachment inasmuch as be-
ing under the Due. he alone could have recom-
mendei him. and that he probably did 10 because
he found him good officer. At any rae thae
should not prevent HIM from serving the Republic
as he best could. General Bonlanger has some h3e
qualities. But schooboys would say,
he thinks himself o great fellow. and
General Thibaudln was War Minister.
Bsaianger was Director Of Infantry at The Wai
Office. He was at first hand IN glove with ThIbau-
din. aud then qnarrelled with him about Captain
Maupan, the Minister'S private secretary. Wien
Thibaudn resigned and Admiral Pcyron was War
Minister I'D interim BOulanger was the acting man,
and caused Maupan 10 be transferred TO regiment
which to punish 1t for its unruy ways, had been
transported to Algeria This was an ugly ven
geance. being purely personal.
At runis, the general. got the French Govern
ment into with the ltailans. lhe taan
singers the boards Of the theatre there did nos
| the French officers. but pressed TO their hearts
| those cast to them by their own cOuntTymen.
took place. The French judges did nos
severely punish an Italian VINO had assaulted
French officer. whercupOn General Boa
LANCER, who commanded in the Beybcst
IN an order OF the day invited"
his subiltefns to take the law into their own hands
since the tribunals did not protect them. III
Italians scowl at yoI, nse your swords lie
showed too much zeal IN express ng his deterninA-
tiOn to protect tne Republic against the dOrIcanA
who are rather 10 quietly undermine than to
resort violence. 1t may be said of him that he
is good active man OF business VINO talks TOO
often, too loudly and too much.