The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-04-05

Ii seems to us that the given by certain sena-
tors for their unwngness TO congratulate the citizens
OF France upon the resumption Of the rights of self gov
eminent. are not only wanting in the spirit Of republican
sympathy but are in themselves illogical and inconsistent
with the course which this country has already taken.
1t is perfectly true. that when the memorable news
Of the Kings abdication was brought to the Cham
Der of Deputies, the leaders Of the present provs
ional government announced that the existence of
law appointing the Duke de Nemours regent, made
it impossible that the recommendation OF the Duchess of
Orleans should be accepted without discussion And as
the dangers that pressed upon the public tranquility
too imminent to admit of the delay necessary for this de-
bate. it became essential that until such time it could
properly be discussed, the functions OF the
should be exercised by provisional administration AT
the time this proposal made, Lamartine and Dupont
de rEure expressly stated that they only the
SENATORS Of the public authority until such time the
people of France chose express in what manner the
government should be conducted
AT the time of this declaration in the assembly there
seems to have been purpose on the part of these
distinguished men, in the section OF the chamber
which they belonged aside forever the claims of
the Of the Duke OF Orleans, or even of the noble
lady to whom had been desired to inust the regency
Of the kingdom during his minority Openly, the face
of day. was added that the monarchy of France had
been declared elective when Louis Philippe assembled the
throne, and that the people entitled TO say what
king should reign them. And the previous dis
position of the throne, made by Louis Philippe after the
death of his eldest son, although then ratified by the
Chambers, had afterwards been aside by the act of
the King himself, il behooved the people, who had not
manifested their appreciation OF this change 10 be con-
suited upon the subject And with this view il was, as
we have said before, resolved that the provisional gov
eminent should be appointed in order that the citizens of
all France might express their opinions.
While this motion in progress OF execution
that multitude which had done the cause of liberty such
service in the streets of Paris found its way to the
Chamber OF Deputies. They came from violent combats
with the municipal guard-from battle in which their
naked arms and breasts had been freely exposed to the
bayonets of the sodiery. They triumphant from
the struggle bearing with them the signs and trophies OF
their wounds and victory. There was much in what
they had achieved to stir the blood almost to madness
They had risen upSagainst King who seemed, by the
power OF military force, to keep the people at his feet
They had risen up against King who had surrounded
their habations by cannon that could at any moment
have lcveled them with the ground. They had risen
up against King, who to prevent such rising had made
every mans neghbor spy upon his actions, converting
the social circle into hall of accusation Yet nowith-
standing ALL notwithstanding the spies which watched
their every movement and the police who hung like
boodhounds upon their the guns
which pointed at their dwellings, the soldiers that stood
armed. BY thousands to oppose their progressnowith
standing the murderous fire which had received them on
their marchthey had risen up in their naked strength
and VIGOROUSLY all these teors at defiance Can it
be wondered that in the moment Of success they should
have penetrated the hall OF the Chamber Of Deputies
in less quiet and orderly than that Of men as
sembing mere spectators OF an every day debate
Remembering how the victory which they had gained
by the revolution Of the barrcades in 1885, had been
snatched from their grasp by the appointment of another
King, yet more tyrannica than the whom they had
dethoned. surprising that they should have heard
with Indignation any plan which threatened their
victory with like calamitous termination Is it strange
that under such exctements they should have spoken
with voice that compelled the members OF that assem-
bly, to feel that they debating in the presence OF the
French nation ttan
The call to Lamarine. who then occupied the floor,
which neither he nor any of the deputies of the
Chamber felt themselves authorized to dispute. They
demanded that the provisional government should con-
people Ol france aS 10 manner IN winch the
task of ruling Themselves should be begun They de-
clared Lamartne and his colleagues ministers of the
French republic, until the people consulted and
clothed with their authority, they were directed to re-
tire to the Hotel de Vile to assume their duties This is
brief history of the formation OF that which
subssts under the of the French Republic and
which senators have hestaed to congratulate upon its
possession Of authority.
provisional government does, indeed in its own ma
ture suggest the idea of transitoy existence But in
case like to that OF France, such an institution must
necessarily precede the solemn settling of the ounda
tons Of the republic. And the longer it remains in exist
ence provided that the elements for the formation of
the new system in the meanwhile carefully tended,
the surer the prospect of the formation of State whose
constitution will endure In France, there doubtless
many individuals whom the old system of the monarchy
was DEAR and who would sacrifice much restore its reign
and glory But, in comparison with the masses OF the
people, they are but in ten thousand Ii the re-
public could, in its first revolution, raise armies and
maintain its existence against allied Europe it will now
when the prejudice in favor OF democratic rule is infinite
y stronger, and when foreign power ntereres to op
pose its growth suffer shock alarm from the pres
ence of the few elements OF monarchcal prejudice which
yet remain within its bosom
The provisional government then, deliberately appoint
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