New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-31

| name. In various ways the people expressed
their dissatisfaction at this result But they were
/ not led By men VINO understood the great IDEAS OF
/ February. or whose personal character was such
as their ideas demanded in their representatives
and martyrs. They were not wise and patient in
their opposition 20 the reaction, but shall we blame
them for that Was il not enough 10 Justify their
inpa fence that they saw the Reaction triumphant
the Revolution ds0w ned- the Republic Of Febru-
airy shnfied aside by its enemies 70 make way for
totally different thing which they were putting
| in its place Was II not enough that they were
starving and that the fraternsl Institutions which
should abolish starvation were being put out OF
sie ht and out Of mind by these men of the reac-
ton Before we utterly condemn the people OF
Paris for the 18th of May and the days OF June We
must remember what brought them 20 that pitch
of iespair and hatred They were wrong, al any
rate very wrong, taking their acts by themselves
without regard 10 their antscedelt prOvocatiyes.
But when we look at the whole series of events
we must pity and regret more than We blame
! The Government they were attempting 10 over
throw was legitimate one, but on that point they
could not reason in due time, BY patient effort,
they might have changed the public convictions
aud put men of their own choice into power but
that was long process, for which starving and
hopeless men could not wait. Accordingly. they
built their barricades and died on them By the
hands OF their brothers while their brothers died
by theirs the latter fell IN defence of public or
der and of the lawful Government the former in
asserting the right live they fell for the sacred
ideas OF February. Well Il was that they did not
conquer for them
Now. while we condemn the Instruction as a
great outrage against order and progress, we
should not fail 10 put ourselves Tor moment IA the
| postionofthe insurgents. What sort OF patience
should they cultivate when the Republic was be-
trayed, and in its betrayal the people consigned
again 10 the misery the want, the ignorance, the
l sl.anr had n
50 long suffered, and which February, as by D.
zine inspiration, had promised that they should
suffer no more And thenat every corner were the
agents Of the accused iutrlzuers-Oi the very men
who in the reaction had provoked the whole dit
/ icuty, with cunning promises OF help, OF success
aud stories of enormous designs OF oppression on
| the part of the Assembly to urge the people on
| Can we wonder at the Instruction Can we
| speak of il as nothing more than vast crime on
| the part Of the people Why, rather what hon
| est and impctuous man among them bat must nave
taken bis post on the barbados IN June, just as he
had done ia February
Totho reaction the insurecton Of June has been
goiscnd nothing could have been more opPor-
tune In fact it was Just hat 1t desired, just what
all It's operations had tended to produce. The a.
fair Of the 18th OF MAY had helped It greatly but
| the instruction crowned all its efforts, and put
| France completely into its hands. The ideas Of
February died from public life with the surrender
| 81 the last bhITNhut IN tue i huDbuE CdlHA an
! tome end hereafter 1t prpclaims that the Hepubli'
is 10 be only a moderate and rational one, with mo-
| topias no impOsslbllites, no Socialism. such Is
the purpose OF the reaction. The nation Is with
| them the Departments sent their thousands mp
% Paris to put down the Instruction the entire
middle class turned out against II the insurgents
are in prison such graves chance or tie bat
talions that dispatched them at midnight or at
LAY break may have provided and the notions
that in February gained possession OF the public
| aud the Government are dlsgraced and prescribed
The Republic then formed is dead, and TO confess
IT'S principles IS not only disgrace but danger
! What more DO the reaction wish tor NO doubt
| they will show in time.
In this Crisis hat the different parties IN the
Assembly -what are their organs among the pub
lie journals-and how far are they supported bS
tine country THIS IS the question which we have
been preparing to answer.
la the first place, we have seen. there are the
two great general divisions of the reaction aud the
| Republicans of ebruary. These still exist, boil
in the Chamber and throughout the nation thougl
the former controls large proportion OF the jour
nails and is daily gaining possession OF the Execu
tive authority. But as the great purpose of thu
party is accomplished, its divisions as ell as those
| OF the other side, become OF more Importance a.
| they are now beginning 10 act tor themselves. Tit
| reaction has up 10 now moved as one body thu
men Of February were earlier divided into sepa
rate sections and parties.
In the first place there is the extreme wing 0
the Reaction; this comprises the monarchists oil al
shades, who are ready to labor together up to
certain point, when they will split, each to pursue
MS own special object The present design OF TIL
BODY is 10 put Theirs into power as the man bes
fitted to represent both antagonlsm to the Revolu
ton and its ideas and that principle OF brute iorc
and violence which is with them the basis OF Gov
eminent Tending 10 the same end with the mon
srchical section is the more moderate branch. on,
81. 10 a. har~a ID
tons tor a monarchical government, though no
likely TO regret il should il be brought about. In
whole reaction then, has the present purpose
namely, the elevation OF Theirs to the suprem
power. This they pursue with all their means
Not an arm in their well-tunished arsenal OF poli
teal weapons and party tricks but is dexterousl
put 10 use. Not day but achieves something u
ward the great design. That they will succeed !
tar from improbable, though their adyersaries ar
on the alert. They possess the most Influential
journals such as the Debdts, the Constitutional
the Steele the Unirers aud others. In fact tn
Conservative press generally makes common caus
with them. They are likely to gain their POM
too, from the fact that Theirs is known 10 be ma
Of talent a sort OF men who are not abundant IN u
arty Moreover, bis triumph would only be tn
logical completion of the whole reactonary move
meut With him at the head OF affairs the hepuh
lie of February will have found its perfect opposite
The generosity and noble enthusiasm OF L amartin'
the fraternity aud association OF LOUIS Blanc n
less generous aud no more practical than Lama
tine, could not have more thorough contrast tina
in the meanness of such skilllu political gamble
such a heart'ess intrguer as VI. Theirs
On the other side there are the two DIVISION
OF the Democratic Republicans and the Socialist
The former are true men Of February, such as Dl
pont de rEUre, Garnier-Pagss and Lamartlne.-
They believe IN the Republic from the bottom
their hearts and have no selfish schemes benin
the curtain. They are not Socialists, accept II
Social theory, and do not profess faith IN any sp'
cial scheme OF Social Reform. At the same tim
they know that measures must be taken to ed'
cate the aborng classes and raise them out oil the
present position. They thus accept the great al
OF the Socialists they sympathize with them
, their devotion to the welfare OF the poor, as VI
dictate not only of humanity, but OF expectancy
They are willing 10 see, aud aid IN, the trial oil al
reasonable experiment which promises 10 secui
education, employment and comfort 70 the laborir
classes and to all classes. Ihey admit tue duty
Society, and of the state as the responsible organ
, zation of Society to provide that no man shau 81
fer for want OF work or shall be compelled 70 wor
ar starving wages. They do not deny the Iustic
OF the demand made by the laoorns classes Tor u
abolition of the erpls itaiioa OF man by man tn
IL. OF the wages system, whereby the proht oil OF
mans labor i the booty Of another. At the san
- =. -. -.o, ,fven in their adherence