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have a prompt solution to this matter ; but the solution
which we demand we by no means impose on the As-
sembly. We declare that we think this demand neces-
sary. We do not cay when we formed this opinion;
but this we cats declare, that fur several days the docu-
ttentt on which it is founded have been in our hands.
We do not wish to influence the Assembly in any way;
We merely wish to state the case.—(llear, hear.)
M. Flocon declared that the Committee had, in his
opinion, failed altogether in ita mission, having sought
for particular causes ittld btitertilly avoided the general
and true otits.

M. I)upin wished to place the question clearly before
the Assembly. It was necessary altogether to separate
the political from the judicial question in the matter.
The Assembly had no power whatever to decide the
judicial question ; all it could do was to decide
whether two of its Members should be stripped of
their parliamentary privilege, in order to be handed over
to the law officers of the Government. The Assembly
had nothing whatever further to do, so that all that was
said about judging and condemning the Members al-
luded to, was nothing but mere words. The Assembly
would, therefore, first have to place aside the political
question altogether. Next, it could not separate the
affair of May 15 from that of June, as they went to-
•gether.—(Cries of " No, no," and "Yes, yes.") Let
them remember the Dijunction Act, and how un-
popular it bad been. He would now, therefore, for-
mally propose to set aside the political part of the
question.
The President—l now put to the vote the question to
set aside the political part as proposed.—(Agitation.)
M. Flocon—l propose the order of the day on the
whole report—(Great confusion)—without distinction as
to the parts composing it.—(Renewed confusion.)
The Minister of Justice wished to observe that in the
affair of May 15 the persons implicated would be brought
before the ordinary courts of law, but that they who
were accused of participating in the insurrection would
be sent before the court-martial.—(Great agitation.)
The President—l now propose the pure and simple
order of the day on the report, which will close the dis-
cussion; it being understood that the report does not af-
fect the demand for the authorization.—(Great noise.)
This was carried by an immense majority.
The President—The subject now under discussion is
the demand of authorization.

The Minister of Justice—From the motives just ex-
pressed by the President, I have to call for a discussion
on the subject forthwith d'urgence.
M. Bac proposed that the demand should be sent in
the usual way to the bureaux. The Assembly ought to
have time to study the new documents. The matter had
not been sufficiently studied.—(oh, oh.)
. The. President.—A division has been called for en the
question of urgency.—(Rumours.)
Great agitation was manifested whilst the vote was
going on, and whilst the secretaries were reckoning the
bulletins, the Members collected in groups on the floor
conversing and gesticulating with great energy. It was
now broad daylight, and the appearance of the Chamber,
with the decaying lights in the lustres, the worn look of
the ladies in the galleries (which continued crowded to
the close), and the feverish agitation of the House, pre-
sented a strange and unpleasant spectacle.
The following was the result of the division:—
For the demand of urgency
Against it 292
Majority. • 201
The President—ln consequence, the discussion is to
take place forthwith.
The moment the urgency was declared M. Louis Blanc
and M. Caussidiere left the Chamber.
The President—A formal division has been applied for
on the demand for authorisation of pursuits in the case
of M. Louis Blanc for the affair of May lb only.
The following was the result:—
For granting the authorisation
Against it
Majority --252

The Presideni—lii. consequence. the Assembly ac-
cords the authorisation to take judicial proceedings
against M. Louis Blanc for the affair of May 15. The
discussion now opens on the case of M. Caussidiere for
the same event.
M. Flocon expressed his regret at seeing such a de•
termination come to against a man who was a friend of
his—who had fought in February to found the Republic,
and who had shared in the responsibility of the Pro
visional Government. Then, referring to the case of M.
Caussidiere, he observed that he had been already pu-
nished for the affair of May 15, having been deprived
of his situation as Prefect of Police.—(Marks of de-
nial. A voice Ho was obliged to give it up for bad
conduct!") He would demand, was it fair to now again
visit him even more severely for the same matter? As
to the affair of June 23, the Assembly must not forget
that, if the authorisation to prosecute were granted tOr
that event, it would be to send him before the Council
of War. He felt convinced that, if such a result could
have been foreseen before the present discussion had
begun, the matter would never for a moment have been
permitted to go so far. He then went thrOugh the circum-
stances connected with M.Caussidiere's conduct in June,
and declared that it was impossible to find in them any-
thing to criminate him. The Hon. Representative then
touched on the circumstances of M. Caussidiere's family;
spoke of his brother, killed fir the Republic; and, allud-
ing to his aged father, remarked that the old man
Would indeed have been happy, had he, after beholding
the glorious revolution of February, at once yielded up
his last breath.
M. Mathieu (de la Diorne) also adverted to some cir-
cumstances of the same period, and expressed his belief
that M. Caussidiire had not been implicated in the in-
surrection. He referred, amongst other things, to the
fact that M. Caussiere.-cbad accompanied him and otlic4.
Members to General Cavaignac with a view to enter
into seine conditions with the insurgents.
The President of the Council said that, in truth, he
remembered that five or six representatives, amongst
whom was M. Caussidiere, had called on him, and spoke
about treating. He refused, the matter having become
so grave that it was absolutely necessary to master it
completely. It was agreed, however, to issue a procla-
mation, which the Members could undertake to have
distributed amongst the insurgents,
M. James de Montray declared that he had accom-
panied M. Caussidiere and the other representatives to
General Cavaigaac's house, and there the proclamation
was agreed to, which not a little contributed to dis-
courage the insurgent party.
M. Blaine spoke to the same effect.
The President—The Assembly will now vote on the
question of authorising a judicial pursuit against M.
Caussidiere for the affair of May 15.
The following was the result of the division:—
For the authorisation 477
Against it ....
Majority
—209
The President—ln consequence, the authorisation is
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accorded. The Assembly will now vote on the question
of granting the authorisation to allow proceedings to be
instituted against
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the insurrection of June, which will have the effect of
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no!"
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yes!")The following was the result of the division:—
. For the authorisation
370
Against it
Majority against it —BB
The President—ln consequence, the authorisation re-
lative to the insurrection of June is nut accorded against
the citizen Caussidiere.
The Assembly then rose at six o'clock in the morning,
adjourned to Monday.
Immediately after the Chamber had decided that if
would at once take into consideration the demand o'

the law officers to prosecute Louis BLANC and CAUS
SIDIERE the two accused left the Assembly. There
are various rumours current as to their adventures.
According to one account they were arrested before
leaving the Assembly, and shortly after six o'clock
were taken to the Conciergerie, from whence, in the
course of the day, they were transferred to Vincennek
Another account states that they have not yet been
arrested. The following extract from a letter written
by Louis BLANC, which appears in some of the jour-
nals, seems to confirm the truth of the report that he,
at least, is still at large

" Struck not as guilty—that is impossible—but as an
enemy, by men in whom political passions have silenced
every sentiment of equity, I go out of the way (je
necthigne) in order to protest more effectually against
the,eonsequences of the state of siege and government
of f9rce. , I cannon believe that France will patiently
suffer the, regular course of justice to remain suspended
much, longer. When the day for discussion comes I
shall be there. " LOUIS BLANC.

" Aug. 26, 1848."
The journals of Saturday, of every shade of
opinion, compliment M. LEDRU ROLLIN on the elo-
quence of his speech of Friday. As a specimen, we
select the following from the National, the organ of
M. ARMAND MARRAST, who was from the first the
most able, as he has been the most consistent, of the
opponents of M. LEDRU ROLLIN in the Provisional
Government :

" The first part of the speech of M. Ledru Rollin was
of incontestable eloquence. Never was he better inspired
than when, invoking the souvenir of our revolutionary
assemblies, he showed the peril of these investigations,
which create hatred, light up vengeance, and sow division
in the national representation. Proscriptions cause pro•
seriptions; the conquered of the eve may be the con-
querors of the morrow, and it is always a serious injury
to the country when deliberating assemblies are deci-
mated. M. Ledru Rollin, in noble language, made an
appeal to concord, to the spirit of union and peace. Like
him, we wish that all the fractions of the Assembly may
rivaliso in zeal and passion in the interest of the country;
like him, we hope that the sad spectacle of a committee
groping into the private lire of the men who took part in
the foundation of the Republic, to cause the condemnation
of the Revolution of February, will not be again pre-
sented. In the criticisms addressed to the parties who,
on the eve of February, opposed the accession of demo-
cracy, there was something bitter which was natural in
the mouth of one of those who has been the most at-
tacked. M. Ledru Rollin, in defending his policy, be-
came an accuser. Who can feel surprised at it? We
do not speak of his socialist theories. M. Ledru Rollin,
previously so firm and effective, appeared to us to lose a
portion of his advantages in arriving on that ground.
He found eloquent words, noble accents to defend the
Red Republic from the reproach of attacking family and
property; and, in our opinion, the purity of sentiment,
the excellence of intention, compensate for what there is
vague, incomplete, and perhaps hazardous in the prac-
tical measures recommended by the speaker. In con-
clucon-
cluding,M. Ledru Rollin made a new appeal to the ideas
of fraternity, and the assent of the Assembly proved to
us that the sympathetic
M. PROUDIION has presented to the National As-
sembly a proposition, which has been referred to the
Committee of Agriculture and Commerce. This pro-
position, which ii. PROUDRON says is the only means
of restoring confidence and credits, is to the following

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