New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-29

of the instruction. or ui any insuTectiou thri
may occur hereafter on the same grounds ara
merely endeay0ring 70 put the Revolution m ts
true light and. A. tar as possible. Ia the brel limit.
of a letter. % unfold the workings of the rea.
causes Of its various phenomena. Tue iusurrec.
ton was AGAINST a legal Government, chosen los
the majority of the nation. To attempt % over
throw n. was % violate the only basis on which
the Republic can be established. 1t was not the
bourgeoisio alone that the iusurrecti0n attack ed
struck az the national sovereignty also. lts
defeat was then necessity, and the victory. Of ~
der sad of the established Government, the only
victory that one could wish for even with a Dis
tinct understanding ol where and how the siru-
gle began.
At the same time. my sympathies were and are
with the people. desire that they may never
be elsewhere than with the cause Of liberty, and
with its representatiyes-all the more II they are
feeble and i.norant To say this OF the people OF
Paris, is possibly not to gam the assent OF the
majority of my readers but 1t is necessary 10 do
them Justice. IL is, perhaps, more common 20 re-
gard them rs a brutal mob-ready always for pll
lage aud destruction. In truth they are not per-
feet and are too easily excited into desperate and
ills JUDGED action rs witness the iusurreclOn. But
let those who brand this people with iniamy re-
member what they are. From early childhood
they are compelled % constant and imbutins
toll accustomed 10 poverty, slowed IN wretchcd
kennels not tit for human habtat.0n, aud exposed
10 all the vices that 60 hand IN hand with misery
and ignorance Who has a night 70 be surprised
when such people are FESTIVE and rebel against
the institutions which have made them what they
are But make what deductions you please,
collect all the faults and ntrmtles ana errors %
the people Of France into one mass, aud SIN they
are a nOble-a glorious people. Loo az the ne
voluton OF February. end deny THIS II you can
What devotion, what hcrosm, what magnanllnl-
Is What other such spectacle Is there IN all tue
D.. .N.a fn.H .HlH.a
now as in February they have always been the
same. II they have appeared and acted other
wise, 1t has not been their fault, but the !auit Of
those who made them contradict themselves
Travellers come here skim over the surface,
glance at fashionable society, see the corruption
OF the upper classes, and proclaim that there IS
rottenness, icentiousness and danger in France.
They DO not 20 down among the people, and are
ignorant OF the soundness, the virtue, and the
truth that is there. The race Of French laborers
is fresh, generous and interrupted race the
future OF France is in their hands
Well, the bourgeoisie had the Instruction
they put it down: and for the moment some ignO-
rant spectators oi that terrible affair presumed 10
assert that the Social Revolution was ended. The
victors did not so deceive themselves at the
ment of victory-alas, how dearly ught,-ihey
felt that, in So far as they had been cOntendng
against an Idea they were defeated. They did
not dare to act as if they had gained the day Il
would have been madness to have done So they
have not done to this hour the very pay OF the
men in the National Workshops, the refusal OF
which was the signal of the revolt, has been regu
larry continued Ia the shape OF charity. And hard
is had the echoes of the last cannon ceased IN the
streets OF Paris, when they voted three millions to
aid the formation of associations OF workinen.-
poes that look like victory over the Social Idea
And why did they not pass such vote before the
insurectOn II would have prevented II. But
thaxr affor : Rapausp the defeat
of the insurgents was the victory OF the idea for
which, blindly, desperately and enormously they
were contending the resistance capituated at
the very moment when to all appearances 1t was
triumphant.
But this party has not yet learned the danger
and folly OF opposing the RevolutiOn-tor when do
parties learn anything IL provOkes again the
conflict which has ROBBED France ia mourning and
filed the world with horror. This report Of Odil-
on BarrOt and his associates is It's challenge vi bat
tie. The point on which the issue Is now ~ lde Is
wholly different from that tried IN June the tao
tics are changed but the purpose IS the same. 10
put down the Revolution. The men concerned i'm
the movement of February who have been most
forward on the popular side and who have at
least been occasionally imprudent and nJudiclous
in their action are fixed upon as the scapegoais
in their persons the Revolution is TO be repudiated
aud driven forth and then the old order OF things
is 10 be restored rs skilliuy and gradually may
I
at least with the authority firmly held by men who
will prevent forever the return OF the mc0nyeulent
notions of social liberty now in vogue. This s the
design but can it be executed Let the history
of similar efforts serve for prophecy as to the fate
OF this.
Beside the report of Messrs. Barrot Il Co. the
week has not been wanting In important events.
The mortgage-tax project OF the Minister OF FL
| nance has been virtually rejected by the Assem-
| bly,, and was withdrawn by the Minister, with a
lament for TIA twenty millions OF which It's loss
would deprive him. Gratuity OF instruction has
been established in the Superior Normal School,
| and a new law for the choice OF jurors has been
adopted. The law on the Press has been the &C
casion of a long aud brilliant debate, in which
Ledru Roln has again indicated his right to the
title OF a great orator and jealous defender OF
liberty; while another member NJ. Marie, has
proved himself recreant 20 the principles OF the
| Revolution, and renounced the ideas tor which,
| under the monarchy, he was a constant advocate.
| After three days discussion the Assembly have
at last decided to adopt the principle OF caution
money Thus the Republic, learning nothing
fnm the experience Of the Constitutional Mon.
a.chy muZzles the Pres, and prepares evil Tor the
| future.
The bureaux have been considering the propriety
ofiranscrring the hall OF the Assembly 70 the Iull-
cries. The movers Of that measure said that the
Tuieries was the palace Of the Sovereign the AS
people, ergO the Tuierles was the only place
where it could properly hold its sessions. This
rather transcendental argument was met oy facts
as such arguments often are. The Tuileries was a
most inconvenient edifice for the purpose OF the
Assembly and could not be adapted 70 It's use FOR
c SIS than five or SIX millions of francs The old
Hall OF the Chamber OF Deputies will probably be
altered TO contain the Assembly the expense Will
not be more than three or four hundred thousand
cranes.
Tie project tor the State to buy the Lyons hail
road has also been the subject OF warm discussion
in the bureaux. The Company being unable TO
complete their contracts are anxious TO sell at cost
and take Government stocks. The decision OF the
Assembly will no doubt be in favor OF the purchase
In time all the railroads of the country VIII be In
the hands of the Government The Minister Is IN
tending 10 obtain them gradually by negotiation
instead of taking them by authority OF law. 1t Is
fact that the majority OF the stockholders desire
70 sell the directors who are IN the interest OF the
stock iobbers have alone made the huobuo about
- exproprstion'
The Committee on the Constitution nave hnlsn-
ed hearing the delegates OF the bureaux, and are
now engaged in revising their project. Several
alterations ofimportance will be made, but think
the Pig5t 10 Labor rM be retained. The Commit
tee viii report next week.
At the last extremity, Italy implored Of r rance
the aid often promised, and II was refused This
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