Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-06-01
nttstellaneous.
THE STATE OF FRANCE.

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dispelled. If any one needed an additional
proof of the strength and security of the
present government, that proof has been
given
In the early part of the day large body
of workmen of different trades, assembled
in the Champ de Mars for the double pur.
| pose of making manifestation ia favor oil
the organization of labor, and of choosing
additional officers of the staff of the Ma.
tiona Guard, of which they deemed they
had not received their full quota at the gen.
tral elections. After the appointment OF
the new officers, Il collection was taken up
for the benefit of the National Treasury
and the vast crowd, numbering some forty
or fifty thousand, put themselves in march
for the Hotel de Vile, with flags bearing
the inscriptions Organizafion of LabOr"
and " Abolition Of competition bet,Ceen man
and man." As soon as it was known that
so large body was on its way to the seat
of government, the rumor ran through the
city that malcontens had been among the
workmen sowing sedition, and that demon
stratlon was about to be made in favor of
communism, and against certain opnoxious
members of the public administrations
The rapeI was Immediately beaten through
the streets, and more than a hundred thou
sand of the Garde Mobis and of the Ma
tional Guard were directly in notion
These troops, the large proportion of whom
were workmen en- blouse, rallied with the
greatest spirit and promptness about the
Hotel de Vile, and soon filled all the ada
cent squares and quays. The students of
the schools fastened to offer their support
to the government, and were supplied with
arms and ammunition. Two hundred and
fifty of the members of the Society of Pop
ular Music soon appeared singing Marscit-
hiSe and GirondinS, and the people Joined
IN the chorus. From all quarters rose tre-
mendous acclamations Vive la Repub-
ilque, Vive lie Gourernement ProviS0ise."
and Z" a baS less Communists" and every
man raised his hat or shock on his bayonet
in the irrepressible enthusiasm The pro-
cession from the CLAMP de Mars soon ap-
preached, moving in the greastest order and
silence As soon as it was known that their
intentions were entirely pacific they were
allowed to pass along the quay; and dep
utation from their number was admitted
INTO the Chamber of the Government, with
respectful petition in favor of the organi-
cation of labor. The masses without soon
became intermixed and the people and the
troops tratcrnZed in the greatest concord.
Lamartne presented himself at the door of
the Hotel and addressed the happy crowd
with all his accustomed eloquence. In the
course of his speech he exclaimed with a
tervor truly religious, " At the period of the
last Republic, there was one fatal word
which lost every thing which caused the
best citizens to tear each other in pieces
that word was mistrut. To-day when the
Republic is accepted everywhere, and prom
lses to all, liberty, security and prosper
lty, there is but one word which responds
to our stuation-that word is confidence.
lnscribe this word upon your bosoms, and
in your hearts. Let it be the watchword of
all citizens, and the Republic is saved. -
lnnumerable plaudits rent the air nothing
can describe the feeling kindled by the ut
terance of this glowing sentiment. The
troops soon began to file off, and the people
scattered to their homes. In the evening,
the National Guard, not content with the
manifestation of their patriotism already
given, mustered to the number of more than
10000 in the region of the Hotel de Vile,
and rendered to the government their en-
bodied confidence and devotion. The whole
city was Illuminated, and every heart beat
high with gadness and enthusiasm. The
leaders OF the assembly at Champ de Mars
have since published statement that the
meeting cherished not the least design a.
galhst the government, or against public or
der; and no doubt remains that such was
the fact The public alarm was undoubt-
eddy groundless; yet no one will regret its
manifestation, since it served to show the
extreme vigilance with Which all the solid
interests of society are guarded in the
French capital.
This question of the Organization of La
Dor is beginning to be much better under
stood by the people. The results of the la
bors OF LOUIS BLANC and his compeers, at
LuXemburg, (the principal one of which,
thus tar, Is project to equallze all wages
and salaries are almost universally repudi-
aled. 1t will be recollected that this COM
mission do not act definitely upon any ofthe
subjects submitted TO their consideration.
their office being merely to mature meas
ures Tor the final action of the National AS
sembly. Let them arrive at what conclu-
sion they may, their sittlngs will certainly
produce invaluable benefit, by stimulating
the public mind to examine for itself these
chlmerlcal schemes of organizing labor,
which like 'gnes tatui, derive their Elusive
ness from the mist aud sapors that surround
them, and which straightway lose their pow
err of deception, when once properly ap-
preached and investigated Yet have no
doubt that the present hard condition of la
Dor in France will be naturally aleyiated
under the benign administration of the Re-
public. The two great means of e1ecting
this will be by the modification of the pres
ent system of taxation, which now bears
with extreme oppression upon the working
classes, and by bringing under cultivation
the hlleen million of acres of arabic land in
the country now lying wholly unimproyed.
steps towards the accomplishment of
these measures have already been taken by
the Government The impost upon salt,
and the octrOi, or city gate, duties upon ma
ny OF the necessaries of life, have been abol-
ished; and circulars have been issued to the
commissioners in the departments, prepare
tory for system vastly augmenting the ag-
rlcultural resources of the nation. One
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