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82 VIOLENCE AND THE LABOR MOVEMENT
and appeals to legal murder, Ravachol remains the
propagandist of the grand idea of the ancient religions
which extolled the quest of individual death for the good
of the world, the abnegation of self, of one's life, and of
He is definitely
one's fame for the exaltation of the poor and the humble.
the Renewer of the Essential Sacrifice."
(5) Museux, in VArt social, said : "Ravachol has
remained what he at first showed himself, a rebel. He
has made the sacrifice of his life for an idea and to cause
that idea to pass from a dream into reality. He has recoiled
before nothing, claiming the responsibility for his
acts. He has been logical from one end to the other.
He has given example of a fine character and indomitable
energy, at the same time that he has summed up in
himself the vague anger of the revolutionists." (6)
Hardly had the people of Paris gotten over their terror
of the deeds of Ravachol when August Vaillant endeavored
to blow up with dynamite the French Chamber
of Deputies. He was a socialist, almost unknown among
the anarchists. He said afterward that political-financial
scandals were arousing popular anger and that it was
necessary to thrust the sword into the heart of public
powers, since they could not be conquered peaceably. In
order to carry out his plan, he went to Palais-Bourbon,
and, when the session opened, Vaillant arose in the gallery
to throw his bomb. A woman, perceiving the intentions
of the thrower, grasped his arm, causing the bomb
to strike a chandelier, with the result that only Abbe Lemire
and some spectators were injured.
In the midst of
commotion, with men stupefied with terror, the president
of the Chamber, M. Charles Dupuy, called out the
memorable words, "The session continues."
Arraigned before the court, Vaillant was condemned
to