The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-03-22

The National Intelligencer of yesterday publishes
portion OF private letter from Paris in reference to the
great events which have taken place there from which
we copy the following sentences abua |
$50 all appearance on the eve of bloody contest
if not revolution. What will be- the con 500 uence One
the other party must back OUT, tell what
will be the result u" opinion. the govun~ert ia The
they hare forgotten that they posr by
tton, and that poiuto broS gh about BY such ACT
If bifrary poosr. 1t is strange that wise man as
Louis Philippe has shown himself to be, should he
this occasion has done through his ministers"
Upon this the Inelligencer remarks. in tone which, if
it be unsuited to American Journal is not surprising
in the In,elligencer:
"We copy this opinion Of the of the case with
the of the extract, because it is in the letter and
we do not feel at liberty to suppress it. We quite
however, that the opinion is entirely just
merits of this controversy between the government OF
France and the opposition The government may have
been impudent but surely guilty. could have had
other intention than to nmu The sympafhes
of disintereed auditors Of The c should think, BE-
rather ch The government, ,ehih has become obnoxious to
the revolutionary party chiefly from its sessu srertons 10
keep France out Of and to maintain undistWbsd The
peace of Europe"
The spirit of this cannot be mistaken. In this great
movement towards popular freedom in France-a move
ment commenced in the fact that, of the thirty millions
of French population, only about two hundred thousand
enjoy the right of suffrage and finding its immediate
sion in an arbitrary attempt the part OF the King
and his ministry to suppress, by the bayone pacific and
constitutional meetings OF the people, held with
view better popular representaton-ln this
movement the wing organ incines to think the people
and their liberal leaders all in the wrong, and the Kings
government all in the right because forsooth, seeking
to prevent a ''t,mult!" We incline to think that
American sympathy will be the other side and that
will regard this attempt to establish republic in France
with hope and approval, rather than with discourage
men and dread Such. least, will be the natural feel
ing OF the party of the people among us, however ii
may be with the party Of privilege
We find in an English journal-more liberal, appar-
emily, than the ntelgencer-the following striking
narael between the revolution of July 1880, and the
present events
"The most remarkable condolences noticed between
this and the famous three days revolution of July 1880
| "On Sunday, July 25th, $780, the minsters-Chares
presdingdecided upon the famous and obnoxious laws
| ag anst the freedom of the press.
On Sunday February l9h ISis the ministers of Louis
! Philippe decided to oppose the retormst banques
'On Monday 26th July, 1880, the performances pub
lshed which supplied all Paris The press entered their
| protest
"On Monday 2lst February, l84S, the liberal party,
by Barro protested against the oppose
| the banquet.
"on Tuesday, July 9th, $780, the evaporation the
Partisan population its height Crowds assembled,
and cries of Tire la Chare! bas les Ministries
heard. At half past four, p there collision be-
the people and the troops at the of Rues St
Honore and Richelieu, and barbados raised
"On Tuesday, February I'D, lSS crowds collected, and
the cry Viue la Reforme bas G~isot The struggle
again commenced the of Rues ST. Honore
Richeieu
son Wednesday, July 2sh $780, the conflict became gen.
eral throughout the city
son Wednesday February 23d, lsls the struggle became
serous-t was kmeute, but an ihsurrecton.
On Thursday July 10Th, $780, the fate of the kingdom
was decided Many of the troops joined the people. Al
halpast one p. the Louvre and the Tuleres were in
he hands of the people. Charles and his descendants
were deposed.
son Thursday February 2ith, l8iS O'Clock, thu
palaa Royal taken and sacked, and o'clock thu
Tuerrs shared the fate. The troops joined the peo
pie Louis Philippe, like Charles X, abdicated in favor
his grandson
ain the midst of the Chamber of Deputies, surrounded by
the people voice says OF the abdcation, 1T is late
These same words used by Odon Barro to Charlie
X" Here the coincidence ceases In 1880, the peopl
souph King as better than repubcs-now
they will be conenteo win ho'hihg SNORT Oh fePuo@
itself"
| Quoting this passage, and commenting upon it, the
French journal at New York-the Courier des Etats
Unis, whose prediction for the government OF Louis
| phIippe has never been OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
"Ths points of similarity in the revolutions here ter
inmate The people, in this last have not regarded
monarchy the best Of republics and,
no longer content with the squiraen have chosen the
republic itself This is all ineligible and natural
Whatever may have been thought of the seasonabienn
of republican government in France at this juncure il
view of these events should that form Of government
adopted bv The npaiory the nation there be no donb
of the duty of all good citizens cordially obey the law
Such result has been for long time written down in thu
destiny of France and of all Europe. That destiny ha
been moved forward by the hand of Him who regulate
the movement Of worlds. Let bow before this mystic
rous Omnipotence and whatever may be the institution
of our country and whoever be the called TO ad
ministe them her. in the language OF devoted
flia affection, Our country, right or wrong'
Such French patriotism. even when transplanted to
foreign land We commend it to the lntelligencers
attention in its views OF French policy and in view OF
other questions of policy of and deeper interest to
ourselvesl
The sum of the French intelligence far compress
ed into nut. shell in the following, being the --latest
Telegraphic Despatch"
1.-THE very elegraphc despatch, dated February
e. fifteen minutes after o'clock The Paris
ans will receive the young Count of Paris as the
King and declared fapor Of republic, and rp
mord the republican flag is flying opy Paris-my au
horty received it from the postmaster Paris The mai
from due, being the third now due, and none
arrived