St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-04-18
THE eREArFRENcH ADVENTURES.

Boulangism is only the expression
of the dissatisfaction of all classes in
France with the Republic and its
leaders, and another instance show
ing how easily the masses may be
deceived and led astray The prime
causes for the establishment of Bou-
langism lay in the universal con-
tempt in which all the Republican
leaders, with the exception of Frey
cinet, are held in France, and every
day the newspapers reaSsert that
truth. To be ruled by men whom
one would be afraid to receive in his
house-by a Constans, convicted per-
jurer, and charged by the leading
newspapers with malfeasance in of
fee, and who was compelled for
few years to disappear from the po-
litical stage; by a Tirard, time
server, whose incapacity is not de
MED by his most intimate friends,
and whose moral character may be
compared with that of Boss Tweed :;
by a Jules Ferry, supporting his fam
lily out of the French treasury, and
ready to sacrifice the world to his
ambition; by a Fallieres; by Rou-
vier, who barely escaped conviction
by a majority of one voice after a
protracted trial on charge of the
grossest and vilest immortality; by
an AndrieuX, the acknowledged pro-
tector of a well-known procuress of
the Rue Duphot, in whose house he
was arrested when it was raided, and
whom he saved from prosecution and
convicted; by a Floquet, another
time-server, who, after basely insult
ing the Car of Russia in 1867, be-
came, when in power, his most exalt-
ed adulator.
Boulanger's impudence, therefore,
did not kill him, but increased his
reputation, and his horse won the
the day. Boulanger's greatest popu-
larity came from his horse; and if,
indeed, he restores the consulate, as
it is his avOwed intention to do, and
following Bonaparte's example, be
comes First Consul of France, he
owes to that horse at least the same
honors that Darius bestowed on the
one who won him the Persian EN-
pire. Boulanger is a graceful rider,
and his horse is a thoroughbred.
When he attended military reviews
and parades, both horse and rider
won the admiration of the lockers
on, and the newspapers spoke about
the graceful rider. Rival journalistic
enterprise Immediately published
sketches of Boulanger and his horse,
with their full history, and for the
history of the latter it is needless to
say that unlimited scope was given
to the reporters imagination. Illus
tratiOns of Boulanger were seen
everywhere, in the rum-shops, in the
stationery stores; and the more dis
satisfied Parliament was with Bou-
LANCER the more popular he became
with the people at large, who took
that way to manifest their feelings of
disgust and opposition to the course
of affairs.
What are Boulanger's prospects?
He may overthrow the present Cabi-
net, and he may even be elected Pres
ident, if at the next general elections
no party secures a working majority.
They may then combine for electing
him, but only to wear him out, just
as Gambetta was worn out, and in
Vulnerable others have been, and
their usefulness impaired. Boulang-
ism came from horse and a song,
and will finish i'll a song, as, accord
ing to Beranger, everything in France
commences and ends by song
TGuillaume c. Tener, in the April
Forum