New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-20

IhursiAy. The night bcicrc Moik, declining 10
Gnn a Ministry. the King sent for THEIRS, hoping
d, appcasc the storm by putting tho power in the
hands of the Liberals. The people hear Of this in
the morning. and snme Of them are content LA.
xcs,cYks issucs proclamation az Commandant Of
the National Guards having been appointed TO that
csN,e hy the new Cabinet. At . o'clock placsrd
appears on the walls, aligned by OpiLLos BARRor,
statinK that the King has abdcated, and that the
cncwn rests On the head Of child protected by his
ns,ther LOUIS pnmIrrE 10 king no longer.
Trusting to tho popularity Of the Duchess of Or.
leans. no hopes tina, she may stay the tempest
which he can no longer govern and thus preserve
fne throne for his family. He leaves Paris for
Nsailly With his household escorted by a troop Of
cairsssiers No sooner Is he gone than the mob
break into the Tuilorcs. destroy the furniture and
,eisinS tho sacred symbol of royalty the throne,
parade il through the street. and then burn it So
cnas the reign Of the Citizen King Himself a
fugitive from his Capital. his palace plundered and
his ,hrone burned up in the public streets What
10 royalty worth after tina,
Rut in the Chambers the dramatic scene We
spoke Of 10 being enacted, tho very catastrophe Of
all The House is called to such order is
possible. seou, three.toarths Of its members being
present aud Nstionsl Guards and people crowdng
the apartment and lady appears leading child. 1t
70 the Duchess @: Orleans. the widow OF the oldest
scn Of Lows PHILIFrE, the lamented Dake of Or.
lesns--s man in whom the world met loss which
cannot be estimated. for he WINS man Of large
mind and noble heart. who understood the epoch
and loved the people and had he lived. such
scene would hardly have been The child whom
the lsiy leads is her son this morning he was
the Coun, of Psris-now he claims TO be King of
France. She makes her way with difficulty through
the crowd. and reaches seat. The presence of
the child impresses the assembly, but does not put
an end to the uprosr.
AT last silence is obtained, and then a member
rises and says that the King has abdcated and
Conferred the Regency on the Duchess. That is a
critical moment. Shall the act be confirmed VIII
the Chamber AID the people accept the new King
and Regent No voice from the gallery cries,
"tis too late" So it is all over with the House
Of Orleans The shrewd statesman, the great
manager Louis PHILIPPE, mas waited till it
was too late. few concessions a month since
mish, have saved all and put off the evil day. But
neither the King nor GUIzor were long headed
enough to make them. They have rushed upon
their ruin and now in a day the whole labor OF
tnete SlsutttH Yeas 10 s"tPb away 10 SSNS-+iN
nothing or less than nothing. The blindness OF
men repu.ed 80 shrewd is astonishing
In the Chambers the word has been uttered that
IL too lste, aud what is to be done. Now we see
of what stuff the leaders of the opposition made
TIE more prominent shrink from the emergency
They cannot so with the spirit they have them
selves awakened One is in doubt what shall be
dooe; another says the new Government must be
upheld. ODILLos BARRoT supports the Regency
but that is emphatcally too late. LAMARTiNE and
LEDRURoLLIN declare that there must be Pro
vsional Government. The session is declared to
be closed the President puts on his hat and goes
out, and so do the Princes who had come in with
the Duchess. Then comes a session of another
sort. The people carry one of the Deputies to the
Chair and amid a scene whose like France has not
seen since the times Of So Provisional Govern
ment is constituted and in it neither THEIRS nor
BARRor are included they not men for the
Republic whichis shouted from all lips in that
Chamber.
On the same evening THEIRS, BARRoT, d HAU-
RAsSE and LANoRIcERE publish proclamation
which seems sort Of last effort on behalf of the
monarchy the Chamber will be dissolved they say
and new Ministry formed. But it is too late
The next morning the Republic is proclaimed and
the provisional Government constituted in the
Hal Of Deputies is confirmed by the general voice,
and enter upon their duties and tranquility begins
10 be restored
Such 10 briefly the history OF one of the greatest
political events Of modern tmes-perhaps II we re-
gard ito immediate consequences the very greatest
One of the striking things in it is the little
bloodshed with which it was accomplished. We
have seen one estimste which says that six HIM |
bred were killed, but this seems to be an exagger
alton. The people conducted themselves with re-
markable moderation and displayed anything but
a ferocious saoguinary spirit, while the troops
were as little disposed to do them injury. The
wounded must be numerous many having no doubt
been hurt by the charges of cavalry made to dis
perse them and in the not very hard lighting which
did take place but we ace no reason to suppose
that the killed amount TO any considerable number
The fact that great revolution has been thus
accomplished, is strong proof that the French
prepared for the 'freer form of government which,
acc ding to all appearances they IRE now des
tined 10 have.
But the consequences of the Revolution are not I
confined to one country. Those who remember |
how the Three Days shook the whole of Europe |
and with what difficulty the absolute princes then
kept their thrones will not expect nor the people
are every where stronger and their rulers weaker |
that the victory willend with France alone Doubt
less while we write all Europe 10 on fire. Constu'
tionsl if not Republican Government must now be
given to all Italy TO Bavaria, TO Saxopy, to Prussia
Austria can no longer hold her millions of subjects
in subsection aud even Russia though safest of
ALL will not be wholly unnvsded by the new spirit /
of freedom. The millions OF Poles will be reused |
again to assert their nationality, and the whole Sla
vonic race will catch the inspiration. Who can
guess at the results Verify, it seems as If the /
great day of national regeneration were advancing
upon Europe, as ii new era were beginning for
the whole world In this crisis France, as If by |
some mysterious, provdentisl destiny holds most
cka n. nnot atom with the m ore