Alphonse Peyrat

Alphonse Peyrat , born with Toulouse the June 21st 1812, dead the December 31st 1890, was a Journaliste and a Politician French. He is known to have been editor association of the Presse , founder and director of the newspaper the national Future , and finally Député then Senator of the the Seine.

Biography

He made brilliant studies with the Séminaire of his birthplace, then he followed the courses of the School of right. But, not feeling more taste for the Jurisprudence than it had not tested any for the priesthood, for which one had intended it, it left Toulouse suddenly and went to Paris. It was in 1833.

A few days after its arrival, it was presented in the offices of the Tribune and, without any recommendation, proposed with Armand Marrast, editor association, an article of criticism on the Mémoires of the revolution of 1830 , that Louis Bérard had just published. Armand Marrast lute the article of the beginner, found it excel and inserted it like “leader”. This article, as vigorous by the bottom as by the form, appeared so aggressive at the public ministry as the newspaper was seized and, a little later the manager of the Tribune was condemned to three years of prison and 10.000 francs of fine. This beginning in the career of journalism made noise, and Peyrat was attached at once to the drafting of the condemned newspaper, where it made with talent the reports of the meetings of the Room until the month of April 1834. At that time, the Platform , succumbing under the weight of seventeen judgments to the prison, and fines rising with 159.000 francs, had to cease appearing.

Peyrat then became secretary of the director of the National , where it published articles during a few months. It turned over then in its birthplace and wrote the southernmost France there . But at the end of little time, it returned to Paris, where Emile of Girardin admitted it with the number of the collaborators of the Presse .

Eager to realize by itself of the political state of the Italy and the Spain, he visited these two countries, then, after having founded a transitory monthly collection the Personalities , became again, as from this time, one of the regular writers of the Presse . When, on an order of the general Cavaignac, of Girardin was imprisoned during the Journées of June 1848, Peyrat was one of the instigators of the courageous protest signed by sixty-eight members of the press and the bar against this violation of all the rights.

In the Press , it could particularly treat the relative questions with the foreign politics, the history and the religion with a sure scholarship and much of strength. J. Brisson wrote: “One noticed especially his correspondences of England sent London in 1854, a series of articles on the infallibility of the popes, nationalities and, later, the businesses of Naples. ”

The month of November 1857, it succeeded Auguste Nefftzer as editor association of the Presse , station which it left definitively on December 1st, 1862. Three years later, it founded the national Future , newspaper in which it made a ceaseless war with the Empire. In November 1868, it took the initiative of the Souscription Baudin, which attracted continuations to him, and continued to be an editor association of the national Future until the beginning of 1872, time when this newspaper was sold and changed its political line.

At the time of the elections of February 8th, 1871, he was elected appointed with the National Assembly in the Département of the Seine, the last but one of the list. He went to sit with the members of the extreme left, with which he voted constantly. Deprived of oratorical faculties, it did not take part in any the discussions of the Parliament. It was restricted to propose with the Room, on May 16th, 1871, to proclaim the République, and, on May 19th, 1873, to dissolve within fifteen day.

He was elected Senator of the Seine on January 30th, 1876 and was re-elected on January 8th, 1882. He died during its second mandate at the 78 years age.

In addition to its work as journalist, it published several works, where one finds his qualities of writer and thinker. Like says it one of its biographers, “it rather seeks the energy which the brilliance, it prefers the tooth and nail with the grapeshot and never its powder with the sparrows draws. ”

Works

Answer to the synodal instruction of the bishop of Poitiers (1854);

a new dogma (1855) , erudite history criticizes dogma of the Immaculate Conception;

Critical of the men of the moment (1855), delivers which contain a study on Misters of Montalembert, Thiers and Guizot;
the Empire judged with independence (1856);
History and religion (1858, in-12);
Collection of the articles of critic published in the Press until 1859;

historical Studies and nuns 1863);
elementary and critical History of Jesus (1864);
the Revolution and the book of Mr. Quinet (1866).

Sources

Larousse : Large Universal Dictionary of the XIXe century (15 vol. Paris 1863-1890);

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