The Arkansas advocate., 1830-11-10


 scs performing by two cantates, and with couplets in honor of the veteran oi liberty, and of the brave men who have so gloriously fought forit. 4e7s plets, sung by M. Adpiphe Nou ri were vehemeatly applauded. At the dessert, Count Alexander dc llaborde, Prefeet of theSeime, rose and proposed the following toasls:-The French Na- tion and the King of the French" The company replied by an unaninoas =cry and reiterated aeclamations.
 The second toast was gwen hy Gen eir;sl eir;sll I!.eshau. ST. of the Municipal Com fnission-.s'l'o General Lafayette
 After the aceianations with which this toast was received. Gen. Lafayette rose. and in the midst of the most pro- found silence expressed himself in the following terms:--
 Ny dear fellow colleagues, it's with delicious emotion tttEisst-i thank j'ea fer the manner in which you received tho .oast proposed in your name by my hon orable and patriotic colleague. When the population of Paris rose spontanc- ously to repei aggression, and to recon quer its rights, the rights of us all, the imprescriptable rights of the people.in proclaiming me its chief; i'll asseciating my name with triumphs it has recom- Ipensed the vicissitudcs of a whole life. This people so great during the combat,
 has shown itself still greater by its gen
 erosity. To-day it is with the deep root ed sentiment of its sovereignty,its true interest that must organize its victory.
 Already all the patriotic opinions have frankly rallied round aconstitutionaland popular throne. The aeelamations of the capital, the accounts from all the de- partments, testify general assent 10 their choice. There will be difference of sentiment onmany other points-all opinions are free, the press is at hand to enlighten, to warn, public men, and all theeitizens; but there is an observation which my old experience ought to sub nit to you.
 The nation had conquered in 'S9; na- tional and social rights had been pro- claimed and organized, force could do nothing against us: then arose that fatal system of anarchy and division, the de- plorable consequences of which you all know, and have we not since seen agents of that false system, eElissaries of Cob lentz and of foreign powers, impudent- ly claim their salary? But the exquisite good sense of the actual population will preserve us from that misfortune. You arc no longer those generations of the ancient regime astonished at learning that they had rights and duties, you are the children, the pupils of the rev olntion, and your conduct in the great days of glory and liberty has just shown the difference.
 Surrounded by so many persons, for merly and recently distinguished, who awake in me so many recolIections ol gratitude, and of respect; and among whom am pleased to meet our heroes
 of tie barrlcades, invited by the magis-
 trates of the capital to this capital to
 this patriotic banquet, l feel that they
 have intended to give to the National
 Guard of Paris testimony of affection
 in the person of a chief, whose constant tsentiment has been that of respectful subordination to the civil authority, how ean1 express to all and to each the emo
 tions of my heart? ] shall con6ne my
 self to proposing to'you the following
 toast" "7he glorious Puristaa Population" ]"
 At these words, "the glorious Pari-
 sian Population,n the acclarations .of
 the company burst forth with increas- ing vivacity. The orchestra played
 patriotic airs. Gen. Lafayette rising indicated that the banquet was conciud- ed, and the company again assembled in tine saloons. There only ore subject offered matter for conversation: the | EsPlendor, the rapidity of the great events which we have just witnessed, the hero le courage of the brave men who insur- ed the glorious success; the generous deyoicdncss of fhe citizens, wl,o placed themselves at the national movements; the solemn acts whiel, have confded the destinies of the country to King who is the defender of the rights and liberties of all. This was the subject on which every body conversed with a noble pride. an entire confidence, and that unanimity of feelings which the tri- umph of the most hcly of causes ought to inspire.
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