The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-07-29
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.;ss E,,roortiuato be an exposition Of the opinions
&c the9 American people upon the French revolu-
tion. The writer is on the subject Of European re-
yolutions. gynghis own views, and from the large
ness of his style, the views of the Bostonians on
the condition and movements of the French radical
revolulionsts, and the Chartists Of England. OF
the former he says, speaking to Blackwood:
Believe me, we are not vet ready to claim fra
ternity with the Provisional Government Hon. 1Ce
apples sa seems to be their salutation TO America;
but for one, reject the Odorous impeachment NO
one is very cordial, yet, IN returning 1t. There
is general gaping and staring; but the prevailing
disposition towards France is TO wait andsee if she
will be decent You will agree with me, that this
caution is creditable to the Model Republic"
The ineIegance of the above paragraph is much
more pardonable in an American, than the feeling
that gave it birth. BIackwood's correspondent
must be miserable advocate of those conservative
measures of government, the oppression of which
as a means, dove Louis Philippe from the throne
and created the revolt of June.
We should be sorry to know that this contributor
to England's tory Maya speaks the sentiments
of all the citizens of Boston. When informing
nation Of the of feeling exhibited by an Amer
lean community on the receipt of news shelving the
condition and progress of great social revolution
uISldllCcs lTubI SIlOuiQ De Inc cldraCterIZ01
feature of the article We do not belieUe this urter
of the city of shops and traffic. when he says-'' No
one isvery cordial in returning the salutation of
France; but the prevailing disposition towards
that country is to wait and if she will be de-
=" cent" There are many republicans in Boston
and we know that their bOsOms thrObbed with ioy
at revolution that is to free thirty millions of peo-
pie from the Infamous oppression of the monOposts
that is destined to liberate labor from the thraldom
of capital, the existence of which has brought to
the most abject restitution fully one-thrd of the
people of the French empire.
Again, he says: " You will agree with me- that
this caution is creditabe to the Model ReDuJLic =
For this sentence, which is base trucking to Br-
tains tory drones the writer deserves the scorn of
every republican; and yet with an impudence that
is only equaed by the general false coloring of his
entire article, he assumes to speak for the whole
Republic. Is he an American, and has he yet to
learn that the sympathies of the entire American
people-with the exception of a few like himself
are at enlisted in behalf of the oppressed
wherever they struggle to overthrow their OPP
pressOrs THAT we of the g Model Republic re-
gard the present revolution in France as the certain
period from which the general social reform of all
Europe will date! 1t must be so, else his vile mis-
representations merit, and will certainly receive a
deeper condemnation than his ignorance would pity
In speaking of the effect in Boston, created by
the Chartist movements in England, he says:
wish you could have watched as l did. the
feelings of our whole people, while lately, between
the arrivals of two steamers, there was a solemn
feeling of surprise to what would be the result of
the Chartist demonstration Till the news came
the stoutest Of us held our breath assure YOU
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