The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-01

s1.k AZ Halmaceda. AL
pcn the heels q sn.. shs better man
snoueh Balmaceda ~ 3. .he force 81 his
bslmaceda had r'se e. !, distraction and
naturai abilities 2 - .srv;cs Tn III
nad wrought his e -. -.s de..rvedlv
three years ago Ds. $3.50 8 n. ahlest states
popuiaf ana re -. 8 bour he allowed
man OF Chile. y 3 =. hest 80 him
his ambition % -., roue-, of ths
usurped the con. -... ras haat.r =
legislature ana =. ~ 4. .ttsmnted f,;.ht
pessles ana, DALE 8. 49, - rubl;c erecnt;on
preferred saic'os "a s,lIowed b;s aren't
snae would hsvs nan zone wrong"
de was 80 &c.. - sr,a Ga
after having gven - ,o,,ntrr of Mn
upright sefvlcs "a 8. Rvror s.;d 80
might naye .,.t ono stew r,to
Napoleon Do s. Kim the w..h,notov
1ne ngnt nv s..I = ,ao,,na 1870
q his county = ~
nothing but Z 49, $500.
"a wnien ' ~ S "a sdorn 4 tale.
r,1is-- 49, 800 dramatically on the
- 8 =; Z, ,s;etress. was a far lighter
1880 8. -'.,..s mere adventurer. and
=, -. characteristic of an adj
- - 9 ~ mendacious and corrupt.
g : ~s,ss-.' ..Sx-e eancation. sunerior talent
- s S...-s rvesence. he did good
-.r....- q. ,,...snizinc the French army
r.. .. ~.nacitv as military man
-. , n;s. t,~ <z1,en of the French govern
, - ...xs| him immensely nonular
80, a. ..,s.tIou- lowing childish popu-
-. - = p.-;. ne lost his head. COM
- --.. :. 80 &be mart of a nilitarv dam
s-~~...~ - s.. weak ENOUGH tn sunnose
IS - - s,,<t;r, himself Mt the head of all
~. $500 s.alcontenfs of Franc. he
3 ss..,s l...,,,s. Z nilitarv dictator
. - ~ s.s s. fif1dled furiousIv ON the
q, : 81 .,s,I., a .Revenpen AGAINST Ger
800. ~ nth the sunnort of the
pa ,, md the Orlean;sts and
|the r. r1c 4blican enemies of the existing
ronseipS1iss French Republic. he UNDER
stoor S f1tVert the government by carry
40 r. iIoulion against it. He was COM
~ k66(1n at the polls and the proofs
x1unlity in the use of the public
|lan13 = II, scditious conduct were so
|S1ro 81 Is was tried by the French
oy;cted and with his fellow CON-
M u "a to Brussels. He had been
1om all his offices: had been
= IL regulation and found him
npecunious exile from his native
odared not return. as he would have
iened to prison for life. The expos-
IS IL venality: his low intrieues with
Doss IL desertion of his wife. made
lii Iltable object of contempt to all
zDurl md while there are Boulangists
III france in the sense of reactionarv
e, a The government. he left nobody
Is yri5oo Is moor al to do him personallv
any reverence after his judicial exposure
By tn h the French Senate. He sought
osylun s. the Jersey isles. where he re-
mained stunned by everybody. until the
death 4 liz mistress.
With III political consequences reduced
TO dphes: with his money gone: with
no hops & any insurrection in France
that meant resurrection for Boulaneer
this briIlhnt but base. shallow. vain man
found Hle no longer worth living and be
has peri,hel bv his own hand He wa. am
adventhrer Of the tyne of which Alcibiades
Il the most illustriou. historic representa-
tive. Had Boulanger been the representa-.
tive Of ary nobler cause than his own
petty personality hs would no more have
stopped 70 suicide because of failure or
misfortune than did Garibaldi. Mazzini.
Kossuth or General Lee. but he was a
cheap creature. full of superficial. SNOWY
talent, but utterly destitute of uatriotisrn
o. capacity for self-consecration. ma.
tsfots do not steal the money of
heir country and lavish it on prostitutes.
while pretending to posture as political re-
formers. Boulanger was a mere political
.-.-..,.- r0 -
- !. - paycu ~. = o.s ssaAe' anu W
q eambied away his honor and self
and when he lost ne did what
Eamnies out of luck for life not seldom do,
~; ne shot himself and tumbled into the
lszave ne had dug with his own hands and
bad long been waiting to receive him.
suicide IN ancient times was excusable;
prutus, Cassius, Hannibal. Demosthenes,
CATO chose It as the alternative of being
dragged at the heels of con-
querori triumph. to be hooted and
peiteu oy the Roman rahble. and then tor
Iureo % death horribly in dungeon, but
'Aey u'eu only wnen their puoiic cause
vas lost and TO escape inhuman execu-
hon. even a. r.i,.n. ofscer of .ho
,,o wen rs gallant oneer OF the
uniteu states army would shoot himself
rather than fall into the hands of sayages
Ia tlie hv ;n.h.. 80 &c GA 49,.
hawk. But in modern times no natriot