The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-04-08

The hrst important Tact, Is, That feace reigns
in France, and the Republic promises well. The
completeness of the Revolution cannot be doubt.
ed. Not a city, not a neighborhood, in any
part Of France, murmurs even al the change.
Is il not wonderful The old Monarch had
four hundred thousand soldiers-the best in
| Europe, and one hundred thousand Of the pick
Of them in or near Paris, and yetunsrmed men,
with little loss Of blood. with little violence,
without organization, and without excess,
mocked this mighty array of power, and master
ed il.
There were times. during the Revolution,
when outrage and bloody violence were threat
.nsd. Feb. PC, Lamarfine addressed the peo-
ple five times, from the windows of the Hotel
de Vile, exposing their folly. and the calumny
Of common foes. When at their highest excite
ment he said TO them
| Ii is thus that YOU are led from calumny TO
calumny against the men who have devoted
| themselves, head heart and breast, 10 give you a
real Republicans Repubc of all rights, in all
Interests, and all the legitimate rights of the
| people. Yesterday YOU asked us TO usurf, in
the name of the people Of Paris, the rights of
| g, 00G, 900 of men, 10 vote them an absolute
Republic, instead of Republic invested with
the strength Of their consent; that is 10 say, TO
make of that Republic, imposed and not con
,eniec, the will Of part Of the people, instead
of the will Of the whole nation. To-day you
demand from US The red flag instead of III. tri-
color one. Citizens. for my part, | will never
adopt the red dag: and will explain in word,
why 7 will oppose il with all the strength Of
patriotism. IL IN, citizens, because the ui-color
/ has he TIM M he
| Republic and the Empire, with our liberties and
our glories, and that the red flag has only made
the tour Of the Champ de Mars, traiied through
torrents Of the blood Of the people
His words were electrical. Hands we've
clasped. tears shed, and the irrtateo mass cheered
| the man and the government. But fresh masses
Il people came, armed with sabres and bayo-
nets, and boisterous and threatening in their
language. The fear was that the Provisional
Government would be destroyed. Lamartine
took his position on the steps Of the staircase;
words glittered above his head; for half an
aour the mad crowd refused TO hear him. lie
.iood unmoved. Soon the cry was shear him,
hear the friend of France. the friend Of the peo-
Pile" They did SO, aud the eloquent man sub
lued their passions, aud made them the sworn
protectors of the Government. Says the Com
merce:
Yesterday morning every heart was filled with
confidence, aud the streets were crowded with
prsmenaders, meeting, grouping, and embracing
each other, happy at finding themselves at the
| end of events the glory of which has cost US
the lives Of 50 many of our brothers in gaining
the great triumph of the rights Of humanity.
| The night passed admirably. We traversed
Paris, from the Faubourg Poisoniere TO the Ho-
tel de Vile, at 2 and O'Clock in the morning
aud at every point fou nd the duty at tho barri-
cades admirably performed by the citizens aud
| National Guards; the sentinels being vigilant
and the passwords and countersgns given and
returned. The Capital was admirable -numi-
mated To its roofs with lamps and other lights
of a thousand eoors, and perambu'Rted in eve
~ part by population intoxicated with Joy.
| The Boulevarsis, in particular, presented ma
| gic spectacle; the "Marseillaise' ana the Hymn
| of the GirOndIns resounded ON ali Sides the
| voice Of women and children, joining in con-
cord with the masculine tones of the heroes OF
Feb. 81 In the passage VERDICT, the Lyric So
cisty Of tina children of Paris sang popular
hymns, composed and arranged for the event
with precision and harmony which went TO
| the heart, and drew forth peals of applause al
the end of every strophe. Whoever has not
seen Paris last night-Psris full of order, union,
aud majesty. amid the sublime disorder Of the
barricades-can never form an idea Of the great
beauties of the sovereignty oil the people.
The people though excited, often irritated,
sometimes apparently beyond control, never
turned a deaf ear TO honest advisers, or dishcn-
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be cited to show thts. one we must give when
the people took the Tsilleries, they found Il
n.oni ,;c.n, ;m,gs If Christ in scul,,urs. They
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S'oPpe"' a"u "'"o" "'"'e WIZ" 'e'e'o".''
My friends, cried a pupil oil the Ecole fely-
technique, this is the Master Of Us all" The
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PeoPie '0oA '''e o"''a'' "i'O "Oio :" "
the Church OF ~. koche- 'Ctizens, on WIN
your hats And everybody bowed in n fervor
| Of r.lis;ous san,imsnt-Nobl. peooI.. who re-
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sPec' All '"a' nSa'''u ''O'e P''P'o' ""o ''''
the Being who proclaimed the law OF nniVer-
| sal fraternity,
This dav. The 26,h Of February, the Repub.
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r' was P''e'a'''"' 'A"e Wv ~
hcial announcement IN 'front.' oil the Hotel de
Vile
n NiLittNs nc ol Tue
its gratitude for the ma,nificant national CO.
operation which has Just accepted these new
'hs''u"on Ni'o'Thgoa a'I'a''A''"S i'o"' 'he
Ths Proy,sionsi Goxs,nm.n, IF the Ps,,h.
lie has only joyful intelligence to announce TO
the people here assembled
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The neonle " IN exercae ,l,eir nolit;cal rights.
| National worksh are omen for those who