The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-22 00:00:00

throne. We were, therefore, compelled to resume
our labours. This time we had a twofold mission
to fulfil—the establiThment of a republican form of
government, and the foundation of a new social
order. On the 24th February we gained the republic ;
the political question is solved. What we now seek
is the solution of the social question—it is a speedy
relief for th:, sufferings of the labouring classes—it
is, in short, the application of the principles contained
in our declaration of the rights of man.

" DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
" The object of our society is the maintenance of
in other words,
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irsaal t limitediuonn
of t h
e rightsrepublican o rn e men
0;
Egalite, Fraterzz ite. rmula—Liberte,
" The first right of man is the right of existence.
This right implies another, namely, the perfect de-
velopment, and unshackled exercise of the physical,
moral, and intellectual faculties of man : it is this
right which constitutes liberty.
" Liberty is equal to all men.
" The natural consequence of this liberty is the
right of association ; of manifesting our philosophical,
political, and religious opinions.
" Labour is one of the conditions of the life of
man. Society is bound to provide work for each of
its members, and the means of existence to those who
are incapable of working.
" No poor under the republic.
" Agriculture and industry, those two great sources
of the wealth of nations, are deserving of all the
solicitude of the state.
"Under property we understand the individual or
collective right of making use of what we possess.
" This right is subordinate to the interests of
society, and must be regulated by law.
" The revenue arising from property, as well as the
produce of labour, are subject to taxation.
"Taxation should be gradual; that is to say, in
and intellectual education is due
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indispensable.
"No man may be deprived of the blessings of
moral,
members.

public education.
"Instruction should be open gratuitously to all.
"Law is the expression of social relationship.
"The will of the people can alone establish and
maintain it. Justice is the guardian of the laws,
rights, and duties. Justice should be open to all, and
rendered by the elect of the people.
"The only sovereign is the people.
" Sovereignty is indivisible and unalienable.
" The Government can only exist and exercise its
power in virtue of the delegation of the people.
" Every citizen is elector—every citizen eligible.
" Every citizen is admittable to public offices.
" The army is the people organized for the defence
of their rights and their territory.
" It consists of all citizens capable of bearing arms.
"All men are brothers.
"Fraternity is the moral link between nations; it
establishes common interests b?tween them.
"Every Government that violates the eternal grin•
ciples of Egalite, Liberte, and Fraternite is the
enemy of the people. To put it down is the most

holy of duties:
" To the work, then, brethren !
" The world beholds us. Ours be the task to
assure the present, and lay a foundation for the
future. Let us unite Let us close our ranks for
the electoral struggle which is preparing. Let
us not forget that those who are not for us are
against us ; no transactions are possible between the
supporters of privileges, disguised to-day as Re-
publicans, and the fervent apostles of democracy.
Our task is immense. It is not France alone that
looks to us for salvation ! Let our aspirations spread
beyond the limits of our country. All natidns are
brothers, and let each of them share our ideas of re-

generation.
" In the name of our brothers, we, members of the
late Secret Societies.
" Roussel (Prosper), Marchand, Dorgal, Boivin,
Arago (Etienne), Ledoux (Joseph), Leroux.
Juin, Desmoulin, Albert, Montmahon, Caus-
sidiere, Baland, Flocon (Ferdinand), Grand-
menu!, L'Heritier (de l'Ain), Foix, Dugros-
rez, Lechallier, Voirnier (Victor), Galland,
1-'ornin, Vilin, Vanante, Cahaigne, Jourdan,
13eohet, Dieumegard, Bernard, Palanque, Gal-
lois, Rocher, Cosnier, Ducoudray, Pilhes,
Fayolle, Somerat, Dessaigne, Desmaisons,
Barbier, Detis, Bulot, Boileau, Zammaretti,
Laugelot, Lamotte, Mandriere, &c."
We find in these papers some curious details as to

,he events of Sunday—details well calculated to

throw light on the motives of the ultra-Republicans,
and which would go far to prove that they are in
fact mere tools in the hands of those who seek to
restore a monarchy.
On Sunday, according to the Monde Republicain,
M. BLANQUI went to M. LEDRU ROLLIN, and said
to him, " Give me a categorical answer, are you for or
against us ? say yes or no." M. LEDRU Rows, wish•
ing to avoid a positive answer, began to say, " At this
moment we ought to be united," and was proceed-
ing, when M. BLANQUI again demanded, "Yes, or
❑o ? You make no answer. Adieu! It is no
M. LEDRU Rows, on being questioned upon this by
M. LANARTINE, was blamed :by him, and told, " You
are wanting in your duty—you ought to have
arrested him." The same journal says :—" Yester-
day morning a person was arrested with the following
circular in his hand The chiefs of sections are
invited to go at six o'clock precisely to the Hotel de
Ville, where there will be presented to the Provi-
sional Government a petition for the dismissal of a
certain part of the members of the Provisional Go-
vernment. If this petition does not receive a satis-
factory answer, the people of Paris, who made the
revolution of 1848, will do themselves justice.' "
It is somewhat singular that on Monday morning,
before the arrival of the post from Paris, a personage,
formerly high in the confidence of Louis PHILIPPE,
stated that there had been severe fighting in the
streets of Paris on the preceding day, and expressed
an expectation that ere long the Princes would be
restored. This is the more singular when we recol-
lect the revelations of the Revue Retrospective as to
the relations formerly subsisting between BLANQUI
and the Government of LOUIS PHILIPPE. The fol-
lowing passage from the Messager seems to confirm
the suspicion that there were personnages rather
than persons connected with the attempted ernente of
Sunday. It says :—" One of our subscribers asks
who could have been the two horsemen, in blue half-
uniform coats, with embroidered collars, who on
Sunday were near the esplanade of the Invalides at the
moment when the last files of the workmen of the
Champs de Mars crossed the bridge on their way to
the Hotel de Ville. One was short in stature, with-
out beard, and Avith long hair. At the following
words spoken by the workmen who surrounded him
and his companion, Can we rely on your assistance ?'
He replied, Yes, my friends, rely upon me,' and the
workmen then said, You know that we have mus-
kets, only take care that we have balls, and that will
suffice.' "

The following from the Assemblee Nationale shows
the sort of liberty patronized by the Clubbists :
"Our readers will find it difficult to believe that a
'Comite de Salut Public' can possibly exist at Paris,
and yet we can certify that the following facts are of
the most rigorous exactitude. The journal La Com-
mune de Paris is installed at No. 16, Rue de Rivoli,
in a vast edifice, which belonged to the civil list of
the Duchess d'Orleans. On Sunday, whilst dis-
quietude reigned in Paris, and whilst the National
Guard paraded the city in every direction, some men
of suspicious appearance addressed exciting observe.
tions to the groups, and seemed anxious to plunge
into a quarrel. A respectable old man, who made
some conciliating observations, was suddenly brutally
seized by some strange-looking men in blue blouses,
with a large floating sash of red cloth, and a cravat of
the same colour, and dragged to No. 16, Rue de Ri-
voli. A curious spectator followed the cortege. He
witnessed all that we are about to relate, and his cha-
racter and position, with the consideration he enjoys,
do not permit U 3 to doubt his word. On arriving, he
saw in the interior of the hotel a garrison, with the
same aspect, the same costume. Armed men, the
musket in the hand, were placed as sentinels at the
gate of the hotel, in the court-yards, on the stair-
cases, at the entry of the apartments. After passing
entresolan . guarded by sentinels, our informant,
following the old man and his cortege, passed through
a vestibule, and through some small saloons crowded
by armed men, and arrived in an immense saloon
splendidly furnished. He there saw a person of
middle height, of about forty years of age,
.with a beard, of a brief and haughty manner of speak-
' ig, of a sombre and bilious physiognomy, who
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unex-
pectedly surprised in the midst of orders which he
was giving. to those around him, violently questioned
the chief at the head of the cortege. This man replied,
Citizen Sobrier, I bring before you a suspect. I
believed\ it right to cause him to be arrested by your
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instant,' said Citizen Sobrier, in a theatrical tone. A
person who, like our curious informant, had followed
the cortege, stepped forward and explained the facts.
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