The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-22
The State Of the French Republic.


The elections occupy the Paris papers to the al
most entire exclusion of all other topics. The re-
suits were becoming more and more apparent and
confirmatory of the calculation that NM Lama
tine, Dupont (de PEnre,) Marrast, Arago, GARNER
Pages, Marie, Belmont, Cremeux, Carnot, Be-
ranger, (the poet,) Bastlde, Pagnerre, and others
OF the ministerial and moderate party, would figure
in the list of elected, pretty nearly as thus given,
while MN. Ledru Rollin, Flocon, Louis Blanc,
Albert, and Caussidiere, would have little more
than the majority, if, indeed, some of them did
not absolutely fail Thus, as far as respects the
Paris elections, the die seems cast The alarm
and apprehension for this result which have filled
Paris during several weeks, are therefore on the
eve of being justified or proved groundlcss; but it
must be borne in mind, that In that lnterval-that
is, during the many weeks OF the agitation OF the
questionable party of order and moderation has
been gaining strength, until it has now reached the
point at which the best friends OF the republic de-
sired it should remain; it has produced a feeling
of confidence, and sense OF security and of per-
manence, provided that the course which led to 1t
be persevcred IN.
The question suggested by this issue of the
contest for the representation OF the metropolis IN
the National Assembly, on Thursday was, "What
will the ultra or violent partysnow DOR Ihey are
literally beaten, for they are outnumbered and out
voted. Will they carry their threats OF upsettlng
the provisional government and of dissolving the
Chamber into executionl The answer to these
queries was satisfactory. "Ihs parties IN ques.
tlon are republicans above all things, and would
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or the republic itself. They may desire that It's
march be more rapid, and in the line that they
themselves deem the best for its prosperity and
permancncy, but they will content themselves with
strenuously endeavoring by argument and reason
to give TO It the success, strength, and Importance
which union in its broadcast can alone insure.
But should any portion Of the EraltGs or any fac
ton, attempt to overthrow the government, and in
so doing induce civil war, they will find that they
are but fraction o the Paris population, in
capable for a moment of standing before those
safeguards Of the republic of liberty and of order,
the National Guards, the Gdrdes Mobiles, and the
superb army of France"
This reply, or rather this positive statement of
the facts they present themselves, indicates,
we are assured, the predominant feeling in Paris
on Thursday. The only part of it about which we
feel any misgiving, is the assumption that the vio-
lent party will enact the good citizen and submit,
not without parliamentary struggle, but without
resort to these arguments, namely, coups de f.sa,
which, il was said, they had threatened to bring
TO bear on the provisional government and the
tional assembly (should it be only moderately. re-
publbcan) but we freely admit that they would not
new have the most remote chance Of overthrowlng
the government were they to revolt. nfact, at the
sitting of the club dcmocratique central Of the ma
tienal guard, on Wednesday evening, an incident