The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-11
The French Republic - Ats Position ant
PROSPECTS,.


in advance of every other journal in this country,
highly important despatch, which was received
in Liverpool by means of the telegraph to the
effect that a serious 6meufe had taken place be-
tween the popuace of Paris and the National
Guard, which was going on at the last accounts
from there, and was accompanied with great
slaughter.
This @naeute has, like all other similar attacks,
will be seized upon by the English press argu-
ment to prove that the people of France ale inca
pable of self government, and that turmoil and dis
quieude cannot but be looked for in republic
There is little doubt that the several abortive
t7leutes which have occurred in Paris since the
overthrow of Louis Philippe have been fomented
and encouraged by English agents, as well as by
others of the other monarchical governments In
Europe, and by emissares and partizans of the
fallen monarch, for the purpose of bringing repub-
lcanism into dsrepute, and promoting and favor
ing a reaction in the public mind in favor of mo-
narchlca government When they occur, they
are Immediately cited as evidence of the truth of
what the English journals so frequently assert
we apprehend, however, that the people of France
are not to be deceived in this matter. They are
evidently as firmly determined at the present time
to establish republic as they ever were and the
probability is, that they will succeed to the fullest
extent.
But even allowing that these En,eates have not
arisen from the causes we have mentioned but
have grown out of causes at work among GER
tain portion of the Partisan population, we do not
see that they place in jeopardy the stability of the
republic.
The sentiment of the great body of the people of
r.s.,ao :, vi "a ren,,hl pien, ond thar Ia
termination to reduce it to practice, cannot be
mistaken The idea that there will be a reaction
favorable to monarchy is absurd, in our opinion,
and we do not see any reason to alter our convic-
ton, that France will quietly settle down as re-
public, and be the greatest nation in Europe, if
she is not so already There is among the popula-
ton of every country on ear-h certain portion
who are eager to overthrow the existing order of
things of whatever character 1t may be, for
the purpose of forwarding their own personal
views at any sacrifice to society, whether those
views are plumber, which is the predominant prln-
ciple, or the qualification of an unholy and i'm
proper ambition. revolution, similar to that
which has recently taken place IN France, affords
them an excellent opportunity to carry out their
views and hence we can account Tor the 6meutes
which have taken place there. We have always
expected this, and have invariably said that they
might be reasonably looked for from time to time
but that they would be put down. and, in the end,
that the republic would be safely established.
Such is our opinion now; and If frIghtful scene
of carnage has taken place in Paris, in which
thousand or five thousand Of the riotous portion of
the population have been shot down in the streets,
it will be necessary thing for the republic, and
than ever.
The new government of France never will be
permanently established until it practically proves
TO the satisfaction of the mob that it has the ply
steal power and ability to put them down by ply
steal force, and does do so. 1t must sooner or
later convince them, that, in republic, the MAORI
ty of the people are in favor of peace and order.
and that they can, when necessary, preserve quiet
against the force of the mob that may be opposed
10 them. Ii has been necessary to assert and prove
this great public axiom, on many occasions, in the
| United States. A few yeats since we had dis
turbances and riots, fomened by interested parties
which were put down by physical force, and the
same result would follow similar state of things
here tomorrow, if there should be occasion for it,
We have had the anti-rent outrages IN this State,
| the arsenal RIOTS the -four riots, sixth ward riots,
and many others, in this city, but they were sue
cessfully put down on every occaslonby the physical
force of the industrious portion OF society," and the
ringeaders punished according to law. France
must illustrate this axiom in the same way before
she will have internal peace and stability
If, as we said BEFORE five thousand OF the riotous
and counter-revolutionlst have been shot down
in PARIS, it will be all the better for the republic
il will ma Ike ii more permanent and stronger than
ever, and will probably be the best thing that has
occurred since Louis Philippe's overthrow and
flight. The National Guard and the Garde Mo-
bile favor of order. They, as well as the rest
of the welldlsposed population, know that nothing
can be acquired by counter-rcvolution which they
do not now possess. They are aware that there is
nothing to fight for which they did not obtain by
the revolution OF February; and to enjoy all those
rights and privileges, requires only peace and the
confidence of the people in the National Assembly.
We cannot Join IN the antci pation promulgated
by the English press, and reiterated on this side
of the Atlantic, in the conclusions that are so
often drawn from premises that are not true.
France is safe we think and that the next news
from there will confirm this opinion, we are very
sure The republic was going on nicely The
proposed constitution was drawn up and submitted.
copy Of which has been published, and seems to
be eminently well suited to the wants of the French
people. Instead of having two branches of the
legislature, as with us, there is but one, which is
equally good. The fact is, with us, the distinc-
ton between theI Senate and the House of Repre-
senatives is merely theoretical and means but lit
tie. The two houses arc really and in fact one,