Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-03-30

The members of the Opposition met alter the
dissolution, and determined not to attend the BAN
quet. They wisely resolved to throw the whole
responsibility on the Government, and to do noth-
ing which should bring on collision between the
Government and People. The same placard
which announced this resolution also announced
an impeachment of the Ministry. Thereupon the
Committee having charge OF the banquet adjourned
itinde6nitely it all the preparations were cleared
away on Tuesday morning, and body of cavalry
took possession OF the vicinity oil the place where
il was to have been held. ---
This step of the Opposition Deputies was not
received with perfect satisfaction. They were
told that they should have resigned their seats before
yielding to the Ministry, and that they had desert
ed the people whom they had excited 10 resistance,
and who now were looking to them for leaders
But the uuth seems 10 be that none of them We're
keen enough to see what was about to happen
The very men who by their attacks on the Gov
ernment had raised the storm, were not ready for
its breaking forth, or Of the extent to which
il was to 90. They had no expectation OF such
Revolution as has taken place. sh. 70
On Tuesday morning the people were collected
in dense mass in front of Guisot's hotel in good
humor, Joking with the soldiers who kept them I'M
der control But on Tuesday afternoon the rev.
olution began barricades were formed, and sew
eral conflicts took place between the people and
the soldiery. of whom there were a hundred thou
sand in the City, but it is not clear whether any,
or how many, lives were lost In the Deputies
the impeachment of the Ministers was submitted
by Ba1vot but was not acted upon, being made
The order of the day for Thursday, and as usual
the Chamber rose in great agitation AT night
the city was in utter darkness, the lamps having
all been torn down or extinguished the National
Guards pairolled in the heavy gloom, and the peo-
pie sang the Marsellaise. 80 asa Fl
Meanwhile at the Place du Carrousel, where the
troops are quartered in large numbers, the King
with bis sons. Nemours and Montpensier, holds a
last review, and as the batahons march past by the
light of the blazing watch fires, they shout Viue
le Roi the last time that those rugged ears shall
catch the sound. Poor old king Heartless,
selfish, no doubt thou art, but there is something
in these last loyal cheers n the midst of that re-
voted capital, from which thou art so soon to de-
part, that might touch even the most indignant of
thy foes!
The next day the Chambers met as usual at 9
o'clock. The Ministers were present, Guizot hav-
ing been received with groans as he passed through
the body of National Guards which protected the
Chamber. When called on to explain the State
of the city, he replied that the King had sent for
Count Mole to form new Ministry and no re-
ply could have been received SO gladly. The
house applauded, and at once the news went over
Paris on the magnetic telegraph ofexcited feeling.
In the streets the tumult continued through the
day, and was not at all diminished by the dismis-
sal of the Ministry. On the evening of this day
took place one OF those dramatic scenes In which
Frenchmen excel, and of which French History
is composed A large body of young workmen
moving past the hotel of Guizot were fired upon
by the troops there stationed. As to the provoca-
ton the accounts vary. Some say that young
man walked up within few feet of the Colonel
and blew out his brains with pistol others that
a gun accidentally fired, wounded the leg of the
Colonel's horse, and that, supposing attack was
intended, the troops discharged their pieces upon
the mass. Some also say that fifty were killed by
the fire. while others speak OF six or seven. But
whatever be the TRUTH il is certain that the dead
bodies were gathered into carts, and that with
torches the multitude carried them away,--a ter
rbe funeral procession What scene Paris
there, all in dire uproar, with her streets fortified
and watch-fires cleaning from the public places,
and that stern dark mass lighted by Pickering
torches, conducting those bloody corpses, and
singing
Mourr pour la patre,
C'est lie plus beau sort lie plus dgne d'envie.s
TO such music they move along the Boule-
wards they reach the Office of the National news
paper, the leading Republican journal. There
they halt, and as one man cry for vengeance on
the assassins- Tears even are not wanting as
they behold their slaughtered brothers and call for
arms to take redress. GARNER Pages comes out
and addresses them. promising satisfaction for the
misdeeds of the Ministry, and then the train pass
es on, lighted as before, singing the same stern
song. euaTe sce
But the most dramatic scene of all was on Thurs
day. The night before, Mole, declining to form
Ministry, the King sent for Theirs, hoping to ap-
pease the storm by putting the power in the hands
Of the Liberals. The people hear of this in the
morning, and some of them are content. Ldn,or-
tcaere issues proclamation as Commandant of
the National Guards, having been appointed TO
that Office by the new Cabinet. At o'clock a
placard appears on the walls, signed by Odilon
Barrot, stating that the King has abdicated, and
that the crown rests on the head of child pro-
tected by his mother Louis Philippe is king no
longer. Trusting to the popularity of the Duchess
of Ofleans. he hopes that she may stay the tenn
pest which he can no longer govern, and thus
preserve the throne for his family. He leaves
Paris for Neuilly with his household, escorted by
a troop of cuirassiers. No sooner is he gone than
the mob break into the Tuieries, destroy the fur
nture, and, seizing the sacred symbol of royalty,
the throne, parade il through the streets and then
burn it. So ends the reign of the Citizen King !!
Himself fugitive from his Capital, his palace
pundered and his throne burned up in the public
streets! What is loyalty worth after thail