The morning news., 1889-04-12
Old TIME FRENCH DUELS.
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From the Ne,o York Press.
PARIS, March 22.-A very peculiar kind
Il parliamentary music is in the air, and
tbnos got so lively last week over at the
po1ais de Bourbon that any number of
soconds were appointed to arrange for
ovanging outraged honor. Why, even NJ.
polIieres. minister of fine arts and public
,,.trpctiop, was anxious to cross swords
nth the writer of bitter newspaper
.r+icIe. and at recent afternoon session of
tba lower house several paires de temoins
ware told off, for all the world as if they
were so many corporaps guards going out
for fatigue duty. Happily. though, the
ortcorne of all these meetings and prelimi-
norv conferences was nobody killed and one
even scratched.
Rows in the French Chamber often lead
to duels, but the Ferry -Boulanger meeting
NJ a few years back was not parliament
sry duel, since it did not grow out of such
s6uarrel; still its motive was SO purely
noitical that it has a right to be classed
among those that originated in words ex-
changed during heated debate. The first
of this sort of encounters in the chronicles
of French legislative bodies had its origin in
the meeting of the national assembly of
Auq II. 1890 The body was debating the
RESPONSIBILITIES of the events of Oct and
Of .the previous year, and Oudard
made a speech repelhng certain insinua-
tons INDUCED ia by Chatelet, which raised
a yeritable storm of angry cries. The
"backs" ut was the name then given to the
royalIsts, who to-day are called "whltes)
behaved in such manner that Camille
Desmoulins was led to eXclalm they
e'seemed like so many devils on whose bare
heads bucket of holy water had been sud-
denly dashed Cazalis retorted that all
tbe members of the left were brigands,
and he looked so fixedly at Barnave that
the latter shouted:
Are you speaking collectively? If you
are YOU are talking like fool, and | shall
not notice it, bot if you wish to insult me
personally will not suffer it."
''What | have just said" answered
Cazalis, "was intended for you personally" :"
Barnave replied with an insulting epithet,
and the next morning they went to the
Bois de BJulogne with their seconds. Bar
nave shot first and missed. while Cazalis
pis ol hung fire.
Upon my word owe you every sort of
apology, said the latter, as Lis second, st.
Simon, was reoading the weapon.
Say nothing about it. That's what
am here for," replied Barnave, and they
began conversing amicably. 81 will be
sorry if 1 kill you," said Cazalis, "but
really you are very much in our way.
What l would like to do would be to give
you wound which would keep you away
from the assembly for few weeks
81 am more ge2 erous, replied Barnave;
"all | want is to Craze you, for you are the
only orator on yonr side, while my a seace
would hardly be noticed" His bullet
struck Cazalis Oh the forehead, but as it en-
countered the stiff briln of the hat he was
wearing it only produced a bruise and ever
after they were good friends.
Some few weeks later the DIke de
Cbartres found occasion TO say, during the
debate on the abolishmelt of privileges,
that he was quite ready to fight all the
chiefs of the popular party, whereupon
Charles Lameth took up the challenge The
two members left the hall, proceeded to
courtyard belonging to the building where
the assembly was sitting, drew their swords
and fell to with grea ferocity.
Lameth was badly wounded in the right
forearm and on the breast, and that even
ing a mob of his admirers sacked the man
sion Of his ducal antagonist. Not all the
dues of the members of the national as
sembly, however, were fought with politi-
cal enemies. Occasionally two men of the
same party would have go at each other,
aud thus Bouille killed De la Tour d Au-
vergne in duel with pistols In Decem-
ber, 1890, the Count de Latour Maubourg
WOuuUeu COuub MudU6du SO severely CndU
he was confined to MS bed for some time.
While so laid up, his brother, the great
Mirabeau, called. ~ am much obliged to
you for YOUR visit" said the count, land it
is all the more agreeable to ME for the rea-
son that you Will never give me an oppor-
tunlty to return IT..
During the Reign of Terror there was no
dueling, those in power finding it much
easier to send their insulters to the guillo-
tine. Under the empire deputies voted
laws, but did not discuss them. Quarreling
was out of the question, but with the Res
toration dueling began to flourish again.
The tirst one Of any co sequence was be-
tween Gen. Foy and De Corday. During a
speech the general, who was a stanch re-
publican, said: at is TO foreigners that we
owe the terror of 1875 If foreign armies
bad not then occupied France instructions
would have broken out in 100 places. Do
you suppose that without the foreign bay
onets we would have endured the insults,
the outrages the atrocities of a handful of
Wretches whom we had seen in the dust for
thirty years 2"
AT the word "wretched" all the deputies
OF the right began to veil, and De Corday
managed to raise his voice loud above the
Ohers: You are an insolent fellowl" he
exclaimed, addressing the general, and the
next morning they met in the BOis de
boulogne. They drew lot for the first shot.
Glauce favored the general, and he fired in
tne ar, wtereupon his adversary followed
his example.
another general named Lafond, having
spoken OF the old army with contempt, was
GGaaAenged by Adam de la Pommeraye.
lhey fought with pistols, but neither was
Voucned, as was the result, also, o. an en-
Gou Ter between Forbin des Isnaris and
benjamin Constant, who fought seated in
arm caalrs, placed ten PAGES apart, Con-
Staht Delng too weak at the time to stand up.
N 1872, while Larabit was protesting
against an order of the ministry of war
lorDiodllg the artillery officers garrisoned
aI oIrasoou from making any co nplaints,
even when they had legal grounds for dong
so bugeaud called out, "The first duty of a
solder is to obey"
Must he obey even to the point of max
Ig Jaller OF himselfP asked. with sneer,
ueputy named Duloug, alluding to the
@ aHle oi tne general as commandant Of the
qiladel OF Blaye, where the Duchess de
neTIl was imprisoned Bugeaud went up
n, ~ Duloug aud do enanded an explanation.
i ius va given, and the general EXPIRE sed
uNlseli satisfied, but distorted account Of
we He Incident having been published, he in
the civilian.
ms white cravat showed above his coat
Iuar' ana it was at that aimed, - ex-
ialued The victor to some one who asked
~" ne managed to hit Dulong over the