The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-15
PUBLIC OPINION.
General BouIancer.

He was the leader of faction of agi-
tators with the least sense and the most
ambition. n.-Cincinnati Gazette.
The suicide Of Boulangcr removes tho
Diss Debar of French politics In
dianapolis Sentinel.
At last Bou'anger has attempted
something in which he has succeeded. -
Philadelphia Inquirer.
His suicide, like Palm ac d:'s WIS the
only way in which he could save hims If
from wois fate.-Boston raid.
When he stood over the grave Of his
mistress and decided to solve the mys-
terry of the future, perhaps he made no
mistake. ke.-Minneapolis Tribune,
Balmaceda- -Bonlancer. Thee are al
literative examples for yoa. Bariias
The world will not compla Ii If you ,o'-
low where they have icd.-Detroit Free
Press.
BCuangcr, the man of ,Stiny is
dead, and 1t may be sad Of him as of
another, the last state OF that man
was worse than the first. .'-Isa tmore
Herald.
1t will be fortunate if France p offs
by the exposure of 70 llan-iSm. But it
does not take much to make a hero in
France, as this mans life shows.-Phil
adelphia Press.
The ass r;ion that @Gcnnral Roulaf e
er's death will str, ngth'n Fr.nce" is
bosh, of cOuis'. For nor ;har a y"ar
past he has had 10 following st. Louis
Globe Democrat
His death marks the end Of the last
and greatest attempt under The Third
Ia 10 t1 ~ I'm &c
backward and make France again a
monarchy. Buffalo EXT resS
The cal lesson Of the career hus pitt
fully ended is a simple one. 1t Is
summed up in WoIse; s familiar adyi e
to Cromwell Bouianccr could Lot fling
away mean ambition for i noble one -
Boston Post
With one sentiment il BOuangcr's
"poitical testament" there vii! be a gem
tral agrecm' nt-thc eXpr ssioa Of re-
gret that he did not di on the field of
battle fighting for his counNy.-Grand
Rapids Democrat.
The suicide of Gen. Boufanger by the
tomb Of his former mistress seems to he
not inappropriate termination CT the
career of Frenchman who had been a
sham warrior and Il sham statesman.-
Milwaukee Sentinel.
He was selfish. mean, and cowardIy. a
slave of ignoblc ambitions, and vi tim
Of well-earned failures. Even charity
for the dead should not onccal a lesson
SO powerful In the diScourasement of
arrogance and vice.-Troy Times.
He was an opera bouffe hero from the
beginning. and never did anything either
as a soldier or as a statesman to Justify
the hold which he gained over the affec-
tions of his admirers. or to explain the
dread which he aroused in til" min IS of
his enemIcs.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
I:e was selfish, vain. and unprinci-
pied. He was a brilliant so dier and a
capable commander, but he never had
any higher motive than -glorification
and sclf-advancemcnt. The manner of
his death was a fitting end to a sensa-
tionai and dishonorable carCcr.-Indi-
annapolis journal
He overrcached hins If In his attempts
to attain tho height of his ambition. and
instead of becoming the dictator of
Franc and cond Napoleon, he end
I'd his life mserablv on tha grave of the
woman for whom he deserted his family
and disgraced himself Philadelphia
Call.
The mob Of Paris and the aristoc -acy
of France might have foryotten the
wound in Boulangcrs neck: they might
have overlooked the liaison W tn Bonne-
main and the desertion of the wife; but
they could not conceal their disgust at
the cowardly flight from danger. This
| disgrace. added to tn others, marked
the end Rochester Post Express.