Le Rappel (French for "the Recall") was a French daily newspaper founded in 1869 by Victor Hugo's sons Charles and François-Victor and three others. It was published from the end of the French Second Empire until 1933.[1] At the start of the Third Republic, it embodied a radical-republican tendency and as such was highly contested by the French government.[2]
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| Founder(s) | Charles Hugo François-Victor Hugo Auguste Vacquerie Paul Meurice Henri Rochefort |
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| Founded | 4 May 1869 |
| Political alignment | Republicanism |
| Language | French |
| Ceased publication | 1933 |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Country | France |
Publication history
editThe newspaper, which benefited from the law of 11 May 1868 on freedom of press, was founded on the initiative of Victor Hugo on the eve of the general elections of 1868.[3] Le Rappel was started on 4 May 1869, with Charles and François-Victor Hugo, Auguste Vacquerie, and Paul Meurice as its principal contributors.[2]
As a contribution to the first issue, Victor Hugo wrote a manifesto consisting of an address to the five co-editors:
It is a call. I love the word in every sense. It is the call to principle by conscience; the call to truth by philosophy; the call to duty by right; the call to the dead by reverence; the call to punishment by equity; the call to the past by history; the call to the future by logic; the call to action by courage; the call to idealism by thought; the call to science by experiment; the call to God in religion by the extirpation of idolatry; the call to the people’s sovereignty by universal suffrage; the call to humanity by free education; the call to liberty by the awakening of France and by the stirring cry Fiat Jus!.
— Victor Hugo, [4]
Impact and influence
editLe Rappel quickly became one of the major organs of early radicalism, opposing Napoleon III's empire but also denouncing crimes happening around Europe at the time. On 29 August 1876, Victor Hugo denounced the massacre of Serbs by the Ottoman Empire in a long editorial called Pour la Serbie, protesting against the impassivity of European governments.[5] On 27 April 1881, after Jews were slaughtered and driven out of the city of Yelisavetgrad in Russia, Victor Hugo used Le Rappel to denounce the pogrom and to express fury at the massacre.[6]
Notable contributors
editNotable contributors have included:
- Arthur Arnould[7]
- Ernest Blum[7]
- Philippe Burty
- Albert Dalimier[8]
- Georges Desplas[8]
- Alfred Gaulier
- Charles Hugo
- François-Victor Hugo
- Édouard Laferrière[7]
- Édouard Lockroy[7]
- Henry Maret[9]
- Adolphe Messimy[8]
- Paul Meurice[7]
- Camille Pelletan
- Louis Puech[8]
- Félix Pyat
- Henri Rochefort[7]
- Théodore Steeg[8]
- Auguste Vacquerie[7]
References
edit- ^ Marva A. Barnett (29 September 2009). Victor Hugo on Things That Matter: A Reader. Yale University Press. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-300-16105-2.
- ^ a b Victor Hugo (14 March 2019). Novels, Plays, Poetry, Essays, Memoirs & Letters. e-artnow. p. 74. ISBN 978-80-273-0372-4.
- ^ Matthew Josephson (2006). Victor Hugo: A Realistic Biography of the Great Romantic. Jorge Pinto Books. p. 462. ISBN 978-0-9742615-7-7.
- ^ Barbou, A.; Frewer, E.E. (1882). Victor Hugo and His Time. Harper & brothers. p. 122.
- ^ Marieke Stein (2007). Victor Hugo orateur politique, 1846-1880 (in French). Champion. ISBN 978-2-7453-1448-2.
- ^ Halsall, A.W. (1998). Victor Hugo and the Romantic Drama. University of Toronto romance series. University of Toronto Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-8020-4322-1.
- ^ a b c d e f g Avenel, H. (2018). Histoire de la Presse Française Depuis 1789 Jusqu'à Nos Jours (in French). Creative Media Partners, LLC. p. 573. ISBN 978-0-274-39999-4.
- ^ a b c d e Le Rappel, 26 octobre 1907, p. 1.
- ^ Le Rappel, 16 juin 1904, p. 1.
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