The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-30

y.rnn'ent of the republic consider IT the arst suy to
De diseharged ami shall ba happy if my can
be usefu'ly employed R.ssivs. &C.
NAPOLEON BoNApARrE
G,ntlemeu rhs nation has destroyed thu treaties
81 islo The old soldier OF Waterloo the last brother
OF Napoleon, enters from that mom-n4 the bosom of
tne great family Tbs time OF dynastiss has passed tor
has fallen with tho la1t Of the Bourbons I Sam.ud
that the government of the republic hall issue decrss
and has disappeared with ali tina. was imposed upon ma
by foreign powers Accept, SC
Gentle men-Ths people of Paris having d.stroy.d nv
their heroism the last vsstgss Of foreign invasion has
tened from the land of exile to place yssf under IN,
banner Of ths republic just proclaimed
without any other ambition than that Of serving my
and them Of my dsVosS
ness to the cause they represent, as well as Of my
NAPOLEON LOUIS BoNArARTE
Paris Fob. %.
The following proclamation has bsen issued abolishirg
The provisional government considering that squslty
one of the great principles of the French republic and
tna II ought In consequence, to be Immediately carried
Al the ancient titles Of nobility abolished and the
"a 's ons wucn were steacne tnereto are proniot-
public document whatever.
The journals Of this day contain the following most
Lord Normanby's o6icicusem.ntn communicated
this morning to M. de Lamavtins, Minister Of Foreign
Affairs the dispatches he had received from Lord
merson relative to the disposition Of the British go
vsrnmsnt towards tho new provisional government Of
falmer1LOQ announced NORMAN
by that England did hesitate instant to aeknow
ledge the right Of the French nation to changs the
matte usage does mot authorize the English govern.
ment to accredt dehnitive dplomao agents the pro-
,sn the h' go
government by the National Assembly the English 60
vernment Will eccredit its Ambassador to the French
public. In the mean time Lord Pllmsrston authorizes
Lord Normandy TO msintain with tho rovsonal 20
ysrnment Of the republic, not only the usual inter.
course but all tbs relations Of good understanding and
amity which ought to animate the two governments.
The Monilerr publishes decree which wiz be read
with universal satisfaction in England Slavery Ia to be
abolished ut once. The following 10 the decree:-
FRENCH REPUBLIC.
Liberty -Equaiiiy-Fratsrnify.
The provisional government of the repu bic consider
ing that French land should any longer bear slaves
commission instituted under the provision
in the shortest delay the for the Immediate emanoi-
patton Of the slaves in all the colonies Of the republic
The following important document Is published In
the Moniteur Of Sunday
Circular of The Mini.sr Of Foreign aGair. the Ds-
plomatic AGENTS of the French Republic.
You know the Paris the victory Of the
people It's hsroirm its moderation, its paciacAton the
the oitizens it, In that ipterregnum Of the visible
powers the reason Of the public alone the govern
The French revolution has thus entered into It's de-
anitive period France Is republican. The French re-
public has occasion to be acknowledged In order to
exist By natural Law, we'll by tho law Of nations,
it exists it is tho will pnan, which does not
demand its title but from itself Nsvsrrnv,v.., tSa
French republic, desiring to enter into the family Of
governments nst ed regular powers, and not
phenomenon coming to disturb the order Of Europe Is
proper that you promptly make known to the govern
msnt to which you are accredited, the principles and
tendencies which will henceforh direct the foreign poll
cy Of the Freach government
The proclamation tho French republic is not an aot
Of aggression against form of government In the
world The forms have diversities - ls
climate the forms OF character, the geographical sit
ustou the intellectual moral and material development
of nations Nations like individuals have different ages
Ths principles which govern them successive phs-
-monarchca aristoorsical constitutional repubii-
the expressions of the different
gees OF the maturity OF the gsnCB OF the diGsrvnt
nations They demand more liberty in proportion
they feel themselves capable Of supporting They
demand more equality and democracy in proportion
they the inspired with the feeling justice
and love for the people 1t is question Of time
ton astray in outrunnDg the hour of that msturi
setting upon il The monarchy ana the republic are net
Ia the of true absolute principles which
r ased to each other and which can live lace to fsos
while they understand and respect each other.
War then Is not the principle of the French republic,
public in 1892 Between 1912 and lS4s there is half
century TO return alter the lapse of half century,
OF empire, would not be to advance it would to
retrograde with the advance Of time The revolution Of
The world and ourselves wish to march to fraternity and
peace.
II the situation Of the republic In l792 explained the
the differences which exist between that period of
history and that in which live explains the peace
Apply yourself to the understanding Of these deren
ces, and explain them to those around you.
In 1872 the nation not Two nations (peupies)
existed on the same soil terrible struggle still pro-
loDgsd itself between the classes dspossssed of their
privileges, and the classes who had just succeeded In
achieving equality and liberty Tbs oia.ses dsposessed
united themselves with the captive royalty and With
jealous foreigners to deny Its revolution in France and
impose upon it the monarchy, the aristocraoy and
tbe heocracy by Invasion At the day there
longer any distinctions and inequality of classes Lii
bsrty has freed all Equality before the Law has leveled
everything fraternity, Of which We proclaim the sp
pcstion, and OF which the national assembly or
ganise the nenents is about to unite all There is not
sngis citizen In France, to whichever opinion he may
belong, who does not rally printipe
Try before everything else and who does not render by
that very union all attempts imprcgnabe to the attempt
In 1904 1t not tho entire population who entered
into tho possession of tho government II the mid
die only wished to exercise liberty and enjoy
1t The triumph OF the middle classes at that time
T wished itself the rights achieved for all
IL necessary for it to operate strong diversion
peope) on the ed Of battle in order to prevent t from
entering into the exercise OF Its own government This
diversion was the war War was the idea Of the Moner
chans and ths Girondins. It the idea Of the
most advanced democrats, who wished like the
sincere regards and the complete reign of people
itself comprising In that name all classes, without
clusion or preference, as the nation is composed.
In i79a the people was only the instrument Of the re-
aud for the people rhe people is itself the revolution
In entering into it, carries into its necessities
labor Of industry, Of instruction Of agriculture, OF
morality prosperity Of property cheap
living Of navigation and in short OF civilization which
are but one word
In OF France and of Europe UMPIRE
comprcnonu ana 10 hcc'pt tne great harmony
nations among each other to the benefit Of the humsn
The ilsa Of tbs age which was closing only In
the heads OF some philosophers PHILOSOPHY the pre-
sent day Is popular Fifty Of liberty OF thinking,
ofspeskpg and OF writing have produoed their result
Books jounas and tho tribune have acted the spos
ties Of European Intelligence Reason spreading every
where and overstsppiDg the frontiers OF nations
created that intellectual nationality which will bs the
achievement of the French revolution and the copsu
ton of international fraternity all the globe
In short in 1922 liberty was novelty equality wsss
scandal and the republic was problem. The title OF
nations which had only Just been discovered by Fene
lon Montetquieu and Rousseau completely for
gotten, buried prosned by old euda dynosc and
dotal traditions, that the most Legitimate Intervention
OF the people in its affairs appeared moptroy to the
statesmen of the old school Democracy made the mo-
osrchs and at the time foundations OF secety