The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-19 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1848.

Until the meeting of the National Assembl
France will necessarily be subj:cted to continual dis
quietude. Until the aggregate representatives of the
country shall have met together in the capital, and
shall have consecrated the Republican Government
by their cordial and unanimous acceptance, Paris will
remain a prey to the turbulent and disaffected, to the
audacity of Anarchists and the schemings of Com-
munism. Not that we anticipate any disaster
whatever to that cause of moderation which has
again and again obtained the encouragement of the
multitude, or any peril, even the most momentary,
to those Provisional Ministers who have repeatedly
received the homage of the population. No—the Re-
publican Cabinet which was inaugurated on the 24th
of February, has been confirmed on the 16th of
April ; the statesmen who were elevated on the
shoulders of the people during the downfal of the
Deputies have been rewarded by the unpurchased
acclamations of the million on the platform of the
Hotel de Ville. There is no immediate danger to the
Provisional Government. Frenchmen of all classes,
of all factions, of all sentiments, have fraternized
for their protection. They are armed with the love
of the populace, they are rendered invulnerable by
the prestige accruing to them as the recipients of the
national confidence. Confidence I—that is the word
which they should wear es an amulet against destruc-
tion. Confidence !—it is the symbol of their unity,
of their wisdom, of their devotion, and of their
valorous and patriotic ambition. Confidence !—it is
the epitome of those heroic truths which have been
c'elivered to France by the inspired lips of LAMAR-
TINS. Listen to the words of that Great Tribune,
ss he addressed himself, on Monday morning, to a
deputation of the Parisians:se." At the period of the
First Republic," said he, " there was a fatal word
which destroyed everything, and incited the best
citizens to turn their arms against each other. That
word was distrust! And, nevertheless, it was then
explained by the situation of the country, menaced byl
$ coalition abroad and by enemies at home.
Now that the mere proclamation of our principles of
fraternal democracy and respect for nationalities has
opened in all Europe the horizon of France, and in-
duced all nations to salute us as friends, instead of
waging war against us—now that the Republic is
accepted everywhere, without opposition at home,
and, protects the prosperity, security, and liberty of
all—there is but One word corresponding with that
situation, and that word is confidence !"
" Yes, yes!" cried the Deputation, " Confidence in
the Government."
" Inscribe that word," continued LAMARTINE, "in-
scribe that word on your banners and in your hearts.
Lot it be the watchword of all citizens and of all
parts of the empire, and the Republic is saved. The
Provisional Government sets you an example by the
deserved confidence which each of us evinces to-
wards his colleagues, and which he receives in
his turn. It gives you to. day a proof of
it by refusing at any price to disunite and
separate themselves from any of the members
wlto constitute its force by their unity. The
indi-
visibility
of the Provisional Government will thus be
the civic conquest of this magnificent and unanimous
manifestation. Paris and the departments, re-as ured
respecting its power and the attachment you bear
the
arto
it, shall unite, in imitation of us and you, for
salvation of the Republic, and will enable us to
deliver entire to the National Assembly the del., of
the country which the people of the 24th February
hail committed to our hands. That confidence which
I recommend you, citizens, is the word, the senti-
ment I heard expressed on the days of battle at the
very spot, on these steps, in these courts, by the
mouths of the wounded in the heroical struggle of
the people. Yes, I heard it expressed by those who
capired here for the Republic, and who seemed to
wish thus to bequeath to us at that supreme moment
die word which is to save the new Republic and the

viuntry."
After this persuasive an impassioned appeal, it is
scarcely surprising that the deputation should have
ithdrawn, crying "Vive le Gouvernement Pro-
vi;oire tout entier !" No : the Spirit of the Genius of
tl e Revolution had already diffused itself over the
.em. blage ; the auditors already appreciated that
at t
ment of Confidence which the Orator had apos-
trophised.

nowe.Ter solicitous we may be to r^cognise in the
lic.-/inaltepwObfichth:anParloyisional Government that una•
iv the Public Mind:onawe inspire this saving confidence
ecannot possibly expect any-
t.; lin.g approaching
cordialße reciprocation of feeling
between the Moderate Republicanism of LAmAR-
7/tig, DUPONT de L'Eure,
Ultra-Republicanism
PAGES, and
ARMAND MARRAST, and that
doctrines tra-Republicanism
of of
which merges into the
EnDLEDRU ROLLIhNe,
Communists in the imaginaanticion;
LOCIS BLANC, ALBERT,
fel; i cL° heart
Feautiful as is the trustfulness of
Mich throbbed to the delicious rhytihNthaAtrnlcpbo Jocelyn,
we can by no means instill into our bosomo
a
those sanguine ideas which were addressed byn him
ofm
to the members of the deputation. " Citizens,"
he, if any difference of opinion, such as maybe e:. d
p _,cted in the gvat councils of the country, should
p-evail respecting administrative questions, the unity
exists in their patriotism, in the same love of the
Republic, in the same devotedness with which they
are animated towards Paris and France. Their
union is the symbol of that of all the citiz.ns I"
Yes, it is the symbol of that popular unanimity which
influences on the one side the devotedness of the pa..
iotic chiefs Coo RTAIS and Duviv.tEß, and on the other
the anarchical predilections of the disaffected leaders
of the Clubs and the Communists, such as CADET and
ELANgur. Such unanimity prevails among the
erembers of the Government as is discoverable among
the different sections of the eommuefity. The an-