Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-25
TUESDAY, MARCH 81, ls4s.
THE EUROPEAN NEWS.

. . ilL EUhOfEAN NEWS.
Our confidence that the further progress of car
mage and conquest is stayed on our own borders is
sufficiently great to allow us to take deep interest
in the news of what has lately occurred in one of
the finest countries of Europe, and the sequel Of
which may, for aught we know, be repetition Of
the scenes Of horror Of the great Revolution which
deuged the streets Of PARIS with innocent blood
something like fifty years ago.
We have collaled all the particulars which the
English newspapers furnish of what occurred in
Paris during the three days, 22d, 23d, and 24th Of
last month, and also the notices per Telegraph of
day later Our accurate London correspondent
also, with greater choice of materials before him,
has, in his Letter published on the preceding page,
made a digest Of the news, which will assist still
further the readers comprehension of the whole.
We have, besides, had kindly placed in our
hands the Letter of an intelligent American now
in Paris, the perusal of which has much interested
us as giving his impressions, from hour to hour, of
passing scenes, but the main facts of which are
more fully stated in the printed accounts. The fol-
lowing account of the origin of this commotion-a
revolution, should its consummaton keep the pro-
mise of its progress far we have already heard
from it's more clear and Ineligible than any we
have met with, and, being brief, transcribe it:
seFEG 2OThe on dit of the day here the antagonist
cal position Of the Governments GuIzor and his col
leagues and THIEns and the People Of Paris The trouble
is the Opposition party have been holding public dinners in
different parts Of the kingdom called Reform Banquets.
few days ago of the Ministers gave notice to the Oppo
sion Deputies that public meetings should be held
that attempted the Government would put them down by
force. There greater scene than followed this
announcement, not only in the Chamber of Deputies but
throughout the city People talked of Revolution and Lbe
y; the Opposition Deputies made formal protest against the
tyranny Of Government and at the time gave notice
that they would organize banquet to be held forthwith in
the City Paris and dare the Government interfere with
it and Tuesday is the day apart for the display.
yesterday, the knowledge OF the moving upon Paris of
large bodies Of troops to the number Of eighty hundred
thousand men, by order of the King and the strengthening Of
the garrison the dealing out of munitions of WAL &c per-
fecy parayzed business Of all kinds the city, The People
Of Paris and National Guard Of sixty thousand armed men,
have declared that they will allow the banquet inter-
fered with by the Government. To all appearance
on the eve Of bloody contest if revolution What
will be the consequence One the other party must back
out no can tell what will be the result In my opin-
they in power by revolutions and revolution brought
about by just such Of arbitrary power It strange
that wise LOUIS PnLrrrE has shown himself
be- should he this occasion has done through his
Ministers"
We copy this opinion Of the merits of the case
with the rest OF the extract because ii is in the let
ter, and We do not feel at liberty to suppress it.
We not quite sure, however, that the opinion is
entirely just as to the merits of this controversy be-
tween the Government Of France and the Opposi-
ton. The Government may have been imprudent,
but surely not guilty. it could have had no other
intention than TO prevent tumult. The sympathes
of dsinlerested auditors of the news WILL we should
think, be rather with the Government, which has
become obnoxious to the Revolutionary party chief
y from its successful exertons to keep France out
of war; and TO maintain undisturbed the peace of
Europe. But, whatever our readers may deem
of this, either now or when they shall be better
informed, we think we cannot err in supposing that
almos. the whole body of our own countrymen
would deeply lament such revolution as would
throw ALT the political elements of France into chaos
with the chance Of coming out of it with much
worse Government than that of the Citizen King
to end probably in the establishment of another Des-
posm, and to bring on, almost matter of course,
a General War in Europe.
1t is provoking reflection, in the suspense in
which this news will leave the public mind on this
side Of the water, that it may be something like
fortnight before we shall receive any fresh advices
from Europe. When they do arrive, may they
bear to us news of restored peace and order in Paris
and throughout the realm of France!
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