The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-03
France,

The intense anxiety of the popular mind for more
,ocn;,e intelligence concerning the result of the
E.o,cb revolution has been in some degree allayed
h,, tho news received Yesterday. The mist has
vanished; doubt has given place to certainty.
The revolution is contaminated by the establish
ment of a Republic. The democratic prnciple Is
again triumphant in France. Royalty, hurled
from its throne has fled the soil that Its presence
has so long polluted-in the eloquent language Oh
the Provisional Goyernment-'' leaving behind II
trace of blood which will forever prohibit lis
retllrn.,'
The republican feeling, which might have been
considered a transitory ebnllItlon OF the ell
thusiasm of the Partisan populace, has been ioahd
10 prevade the whole mass of the French people,
The shout of 's,Tiue la Repnbhque" first raised IN
the CAPITAL has been reechoed through every de-
partment of the realm, and has found response in
the bosom of almost every Frenchman. The down.
fall of the King was followed by the abolition OF
the Chamber of Peers. The parent and mush-
room arstocracv, warmed into life by the breath
of royal favor has shared the fate of the dynasty
that created and sustained it. II was the OPINION
of Napoleon that monarchy could not exist with
out a strong aristocracy TO support it. In accor-
dance with This idea as soon he had gained a
crown his first effort was if not to restore the arls-
tocracy of the ancient regime, ut least TO replace
it. Dukes. Counts and Marqnises created In
the greatest prof,,sion, and their titles, based upon
military fenown elected some degree Of respect and
awe from the people. Louis XVIII, Charles X,
and Louis Philippe, conscious of the principle, fol-
lowed the example of Napoleon, and endeavored to
create an order of nobility to sustain their thrones
But the new lacked the prestige of the old regime
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descent but to the favor of the monarch, inspires
the popuace with but little respect for his position
They know that he is of themselves, and not supe-
rior to themselves; in short-that he IS but
MISUNDERSTANDING his title. The new order
therefore, necessarily drawn from the ranks of the
people, failed to achieve the object for which it was
instituted it could not sustain the King, and he
could not save it from sharing his fate The roy
atty and aristocracy of France have persisted to-
gether; may they arise from the tomb to
which the popular will has consigned them.
We are not to judge of the ultimate success OF
this French republican experiment, from its auspi-
cious commencement. 1t would be equally un-
fair to decide in advance that it must be abortve.
Experience in this case, in others, may have
brought wisdom. The sanguinary excuses OF the
revolution of 1889 may prove the best guarantee of
the moderation of that of 1913. The Provisional
Government has evinced its disinterestedness by
issuing decree for the election of National Con-
vention, to which it will yield up its authority. In
the election Of that body the principle of universal
suffrage will prevail; and it will therefore faith
fully represent the feelings, the interests, and the
wishes of the French nation Whether or not the
republican constitution, which will undoubtedly
be formed by the Convention, be permanent one,
the revolution will at least have caused step for
ward to have been taken. The people in any
event, viii have gained point. Should monarchy
ever again be established in France, the monarch,
whoeverhe may be, will be forced to respect pub
lie sentiment he will have learned that the peo-
pile omnipotent, and he will find his only safety
in a liberal administration He will know that the
first act of tyranny will be the signal of his down.
fall, and a just regard for his own interest will
serve to save the peOpie from oppression.