Students interceding with M. Thiers for the life of Rossel, 1871. 'Much interest was the fate of Rossel, and it was hoped that the Committee of grant a commutation of the [death] deputation of eighty Parisian young men went to Versailles to ask the President of the Republic, M. Thiers, to intervene for this purpose. They carried with them an M. Thiers to order the judgments of the Council of War and the Council of be submitted to the Cour de Cassation. They declared that Rossel's youth and character, his ardent patriotism,
Students interceding with M. Thiers for the life of Rossel, 1871. 'Much interest was the fate of Rossel, and it was hoped that the Committee of grant a commutation of the [death] deputation of eighty Parisian young men went to Versailles to ask the President of the Republic, M. Thiers, to intervene for this purpose. They carried with them an M. Thiers to order the judgments of the Council of War and the Council of be submitted to the Cour de Cassation. They declared that Rossel's youth and character, his ardent patriotism, and his talents had excited general the eyes of many fanatics he would be a martyr. His execution would provoke much grief and regret, possibly hatred. [They] told M. Thiers that they knew him personally to be an advocate of M. Thiers, in the act of effecting his escape when he met them as he was getting into his carriage, and referred them in a few kindly words to M. Barthélemy St. Hilaire. The not strong argument in its favour, and he hinted as much to the deputation as he got into his carriage and drove off, refusing even to listen to their St. Hilaire accepted their petition'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.
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