The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-11-06

,,o,s- its ,yriters9 May this new attempt prove
naiStarv and final warning to these honest but
',,oal- minds, which rush blinGly upon war and
anorchy. whilst they think they only obey
ing the inspirations Of liberty and nationality"
The Constitutional saPs:-"Fanatical dema-
qoguism has again armed one of its stupid sec
tarians-and at what moment, great God!
when France had so much need of internal
concord and union in order TO meet foreign dan
ger, when the force of the government could be
the only salvation of the country. The wretch
who fired upon the King may be said to have
! fired upon France itself. Did the poor crea-
| ture who made the attempt reflect on the dam
gers to which he exposed the country? Our
| Brutuses are found in the lodge of porter
| Such are the glorious martyrs who are created
| by the odious propaganda of anarchical liberty!
We shudder at the idea that the fate OF great
empire may depend on the madness with which
such ignorant men are innoculated. Thanks to
God, the blow has failed-for the sixth time
God, which protects France, has preserved the
! life of the King"
The Courier Francois does not accuse any
party of the crime of Dames. In civilized
country, like France, it says, all parties have
horror of assassination; but all parties do not
labor to destrey the wild theories that lead to it.
The Temps, on the contrary, does not hesitate
to threw upon the war party the responsibility
of the crime The France says * 1t will not
be possible to make use of this event as a pre-
text for turning public attention from the grave
question of peace or war; nor can any legisla-
tive measure arise out of it. The ministry, be-
sides, cannot attempt to attribute this criminal
attempt to the revolutionary party without draw
ing upon itself the accusations of the Conserva-
tive party, which may reproach it with having
improperly excited passion for war and anar-
chy, at the same time that it awakened the fear
and suspicion which were exhibited when the
first proposal was made for the enlbastiHen,ent
of Paris"
The Nationel has the following:-"We ex-
pected TO see the counter-revolutionary party
lay hold with fury of the attempt which has
been made upon the King. They do not in
quire whether the man who committed the
crime is unknown, isolated, living in solitude,
and exciting his mind by his own writings.
They do not, before they accuse and calum-
Mate others, inquire into his habits his previ-
Ous life, and his character They are not even
certain that he is i'll the possession of the pleni-
tude of his mental faculties. The necessity of
these questions is not felt. The attempt has |
been made, the criminal has been arrested; he |
has injured only himself. The opportunity is |
a good one. They revive the most absurd ac-
cusations, and identify an entire party with this
act, which is offensive at once to morality and
to the dignity of the human character. They
proclaim TO Europe that all those who have en- |
protested for some weeks past "a
gainst the cowardly policy ofthe last ten years
and raised with conscientious frmness the cry
of national honour insuted by foreigners, are |
accomplices of this deed; that their doctrines |
are savage, their passions ferocious, and that |
the carbine of BARNES is the commentary OF |
their writings, and the postscriptum of their
pamphlets.
The Commerce, in noticing the attempt, calls
i a horrible crime, but like the NatiOnei, alb
stains from all expression of sympathy for the
King The Capitoie has an article on the same |
subject, but it contains little more than a re-
that verdict of insanity should |
be brought against BARNES, as in the case of Ok
ford. The Quotidienne also condemns the
crime, but carefully abstains from any express
sion Of satisfaction at the escape ofthe King.