Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-07-29

TERRIBLE EVENTS IN PARIS,
On The I'D, gan, Goth and 26h June.
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After n terrible sacrifice nflife The Re
public of France has passed safely through
an ordeal which we f0ndly hope has 50
conspicuously tested lis powefaDd strength,
and displaye ed lie energies aud the patriot
isrn OF its supporters, thai its future pro-
gress will be easy aud peaceful, and its
secure aud permanent establishment be
rendered certain and glorious.
What was wanted 10 give conid nee in
the stability of the French Republic has
now occurred. The events of June have
shown that The great mass of the people
will stand by the Republie-will Eight Tor
twill die for IL. Truly IL The Republic
the strongest form Of government, for it
rests upon the will Of the people. When
1t Ia attacked, the people feel themselves
attacked. They rush forward 10 defer nd
the Institutions which are II part Of them.
%selyeF. They de1pise all dnngers and dis
regard all ties, In ~enoounteriug the periIs
Of the Republic.
Let, then, the bloody days of June he re-
m%embered. amid al their sprrowfll aaso-
Citations with pride and Joy, aa aflording
abundant proof Of the power and might of
the Republic in resisting unlawful violence
and Of The noble devotion to liberty and
law, ofthe mass ofthat people, who have
been SO caIumbiously pronounced TO be- in.
capable of self government.
In the confused state of the accounts
which have reached us, It il difficult to
trace the late instruction 10 its imnedi-
ate origin. It ia cyidant. however. that il
must have arisen out of the old quarrel
respecting the demands ot the national
workmen, who, having taken n conFpicu.
Gus part in achieving the revolution Of
February, with the hope thereby of I'M.
proving their w condition and securing
employment, think that they have been
neglected and badly treated by The govern.
mcnt. From this feeling sprung the
movement of the 18Th of May, which re.
suited in the imprisonment of Barbes.
BIauqui and others, the leaders of this par.
ty, and in the unsuccessful impeachment
and trial of Louis Blanc. 1t was evident
that the feeling which prompted this move.
ment was not suppressed OF allayed by the
severe measures of the government, for
when shortly afterwards the election wat
held, TO fill the vacancies in the represen-
tation of Paris, Barb6s and the other pris.
oners received a We y large vote.
! he revolution of June was the coun.
terpart Of that oftbe 18th May-the TRACE.
dy after the melodrama. The former,
however, Gems TO have been arranged
and matured with deliberation, and to have
been carried out with great military skill
and extraordinary courage.
On the Odd June, the Executive Gov.
eminent was waited upon by band Of the
national workman, who asked a confer
ehce with them. NJ. Marie met them, but
refused to have any intercourse with one
ofthe deputatron who acknowledged him.
self a participant in the disturbances Of
18th May. The addre 5 Of Nj. Marie,
who had assured the deputation oftbe good
intentions ofthe government towards them,
which bad their interests sincerely at
heart, was misrepresented to the crowd.
Having used in this address words TO this
ettect-"You are not the slaves Of this
man you a state your W grievance
NJ Marie was represented as having
styled them slaves, wh~ereuponth the cry, Alas
Mdriei AbaS PASsembleel 4 bas la Com
mission Erecutipet With these cries, and
singing the most violent songs, they para
ded The streets, and finally went int the
F~aubourgs St. Antoine and st. Marceau,
where they received great accessions.
Late in the evening this crowd took up
their station in the Place dc Ia BastiHe.
where they set up from time to tune, the
ofvive Napoleon vive l'Empereur
A bias Marie Nous resterons! They
soon reinforced BY a body Of persons
consisting of 1000 or 5000 from another
part ofthe city. These movements erea.
uaeasiness, and a strong military force
vas kept under arms ali night. On the
morning oflhe 2Sd, the generate beat the
National Guards 70 arms, and Paris was a.