{"id":2895,"date":"2025-05-13T08:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.htba.fr\/arhistar\/?p=2895"},"modified":"2025-11-09T17:36:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:36:35","slug":"imperiale-visite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.htba.fr\/arhistar\/?p=2895","title":{"rendered":"Imp\u00e9riale visite"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Imp\u00e9riale Visite<\/span><\/p>\n

Auteur : G\u00e9rard Chauss\u00e9e<\/span><\/p>\n

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          <\/strong>10 Octobre 1859<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arcachon – Imp\u00e9riale Visite<\/strong><\/p>\n

(en direct via la Tribune de Bordeaux)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lundi matin : l\u2019Empereur, sa femme et le petit Prince s\u2019en viennent chez nous \u00e0 bord du train imp\u00e9rial. <\/span><\/p>\n

H\u00e9las, la date est mal choisie, ce jour, Zeus est col\u00e8re, le bassin tangue : \u00e0 l\u2019arriv\u00e9e en gare d\u2019Arcachon s\u00e9vit une imp\u00e9tueuse et imparable temp\u00eate. <\/span><\/p>\n

La famille imp\u00e9riale descend du wagon princier, impavide.<\/span><\/p>\n

La Marche de l\u2019Empereur, imp\u00e9n\u00e9trable, impressionne.<\/span><\/p>\n

Las, la pluie redouble, impitoyable, c\u2019est de pire en pire.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Le couple imp\u00e9rial est accueilli par les vivats d\u2019une impatiente population en v\u00eatements imperm\u00e9ables contenue par des \u00e9chassiers imperturbables qui dominent de leur haute taille.<\/span><\/p>\n

Impassible, une section de gardes imp\u00e9riaux maintient \u00e0 distance les importuns.<\/span><\/p>\n

Une jeune fille impressionn\u00e9e, rougissante, offre \u00e0 l\u2019imp\u00e9ratrice Eug\u00e9nie un bouquet en soie de violettes imp\u00e9riales.<\/span><\/p>\n

L\u2019\u00e9difice de la Compagnie des Chemins de Fer du Midi a re\u00e7u pour l\u2019occasion une d\u00e9coration impeccable, un magnifique dais vert empire conduit \u00e0 un tr\u00e8s beau salon orn\u00e9 de couronnes tout aussi imp\u00e9riales.<\/span><\/p>\n

Le pire serait-il enfin derri\u00e8re nous ?<\/span><\/p>\n

L\u2019empereur du Japon a envoy\u00e9 un message d\u2019amiti\u00e9, l\u2019empire du milieu et l\u2019empire ottoman se sont abstenus.<\/span><\/p>\n

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D\u2019impolis impertinents, p\u00eacheurs imp\u00e9nitents, sans doute imp\u00e9cunieux habitu\u00e9s \u00e0 croupir dans la gare, se mettent soudain \u00e0 siffler. <\/span><\/p>\n

Impr\u00e9paration ? Impr\u00e9voyance ? Impond\u00e9rable ? C\u2019est impardonnable.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ces impudents de la pire esp\u00e8ce importunent ! Quelle impudeur impensable !<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh ! C\u2019est pire que tout ! <\/span><\/p>\n

Ah ! C\u2019est impubliable !<\/span><\/p>\n

Ouf, la garde imp\u00e9riale les fait d\u00e9guerpir.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Le comit\u00e9 d\u2019accueil arcachonnais compos\u00e9 du maire Alphonse Lamarque de Plaisance, entour\u00e9 d\u2019imp\u00e9trants accompagn\u00e9s de son homologue et successeur \u00e9dile de La Teste, soupire imperceptiblement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Le maire, qu\u2019on ne peut accuser d\u2019imp\u00e9ritie bien que l\u2019opposition conspire en tout temps contre lui, respire profond\u00e9ment avant d\u2019entamer un imp\u00e9rissable discours. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cet homme a de l\u2019empire sur lui :<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00ab <\/span>Madame l\u2019Imp\u00e9ratrice, Sire Imperator, vous \u00eates venu ici \u00e0 Arcachon pour le Meilleur et pour l\u2019Empire !<\/em><\/p>\n

(applaudissements nourris).<\/span><\/p>\n

Malgr\u00e9 l\u2019impermanence du beau temps, nous savons tous que le soleil ne se couche jamais sur votre empire colonial.<\/em><\/p>\n

(\u00e0 ce moment, la pluie redouble h\u00e9las, c\u2019est cent fois pire !)<\/span><\/p>\n

Oui, l\u2019Empire est quelque chose, et l\u2019Empereur n\u2019est pas rien, quoi qu\u2019en ait dit Charles Quint.<\/em><\/p>\n

(vifs applaudissements)<\/span><\/p>\n

Oublions Waterloo et la funeste ann\u00e9e 1815, l\u2019an pire !<\/em><\/p>\n

Et si les choses peuvent empirer, ne nous en faisons pas, elles le feront <\/em><\/p>\n

Car si quelque chose ne peut plus empirer, \u00e7a empirera quand m\u00eame !<\/em><\/p>\n

(Bourrasque de vent, c\u2019est le pire tout pire !)<\/span><\/p>\n

Ici, \u00e0 Arcachon, les mots ont plus d\u2019empire que les id\u00e9es !<\/em><\/p>\n

(silence g\u00ean\u00e9 de la foule)<\/span><\/p>\n

La libert\u00e9, c\u2019est l\u2019Empire que nous avons sur nous m\u00eame !<\/em><\/p>\n

Quand on r\u00e8gne par l\u2019opinion a-t-on besoin d\u2019un autre empire ?<\/em><\/p>\n

Et le pire dans le pire, c\u2019est l\u2019attente du pire !<\/em><\/p>\n

Dans la vie, rien ne va jamais tout \u00e0 fait mal, tout peut toujours empirer !<\/em><\/p>\n

Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 Louis-Napol\u00e9on, le Dernier Empereur, enfin l\u2019Empire contre-attaque !<\/em><\/p>\n

Vive l\u2019Imp\u00e9ratrice !<\/em><\/p>\n

Vive l\u2019Empereur !<\/em><\/p>\n

Et Vive Arcachon !<\/em> \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n

(applaudissements nourris, la foule est en liesse)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sous l\u2019empire de l\u2019\u00e9motion, le maire transpire, s\u2019\u00e9ponge le front.<\/span><\/p>\n

Il pleut toujours, l\u2019imp\u00e9tueuse temp\u00eate bat son plein.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fraichement d\u00e9cor\u00e9 de la L\u00e9gion d\u2019Honneur par l\u2019Empereur, l\u2019abb\u00e9 MOULS, empourpr\u00e9 de satisfaction, se lance dans une diatribe contre l\u2019empire des sens, lan\u00e7ant des impr\u00e9cations contre les impies impassibles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Il pleut toujours des cordes, le temps est compt\u00e9, vite on conduit l\u2019empereur dans l\u2019atelier du sculpteur ou le pied droit imp\u00e9rial est moul\u00e9 et son empreinte coul\u00e9e dans le bronze, une tr\u00e8s ancienne tradition locale.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dans quelques centaines d\u2019ann\u00e9es, qui sait, peut-\u00eatre iront-ils rejoindre une promenade de front de mer ? <\/span><\/p>\n

Qui vivra verra.<\/span><\/p>\n

C\u2019est alors qu\u2019\u00e0 la surprise g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, Alphonse Lamarque de Plaisance, se lance \u00e0 nouveau dans une impromptue et improbable harangue, laissant le public d\u00e9concert\u00e9 et imperturbable :<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab <\/span>Chers compatriotes,<\/em><\/p>\n

Ce chef-d\u2019\u0153uvre en pied imp\u00e9rial, d\u00fb \u00e0 un cerveau de chez nous marchant main dans la main avec le c\u0153ur de notre belle et jeune agglom\u00e9ration, contient \u00e0 tout jamais dans le vide de ses flancs la pl\u00e9nitude du g\u00e9nie arcachonnais …\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

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Les Six cents embarcations pavois\u00e9es sur le bassin qui devaient accompagner l\u2019Empereur sur le bassin ne sortiront pas, c\u2019est impossible, le pire ne pourra \u00eatre \u00e9vit\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

La visite imp\u00e9riale sera \u00e9court\u00e9e.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elle n\u2019aura pas dur\u00e9 plus d\u2019une heure et quart.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mais l\u2019Empereur reviendra, il l\u2019a promis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pour le meilleur et pour l\u2019Empire.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(de notre correspondant de la Tribune de Bordeaux, Alain POSTEUR)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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