The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-20


mentary reform, and on the whole We began to think
that healthy excitement In tho public mind had been
produced towards the end of September and that there
then really prospect of witnessing the ration
al progress of constitutional opinions in France To-
wards ths beginning OF autumn, however some very 70
noran audacious and isdvseN persons, thought pro-
to omit the kog's health at two or three OF the ban
quets, and this omission-wbich the nation in general
ADD moderate men OF all parties, regretted ana
deporedi- unwisely seized upon by the Ministers
to s the whole system Of public dinners gsncr
ally and of public meetings for the cisousion Of popu
lar topics grievances Not merely is the tenth and
last paragraph in the address in TO the sngss
speech eveed nc them under the designation pdssio<
enReaaiS aud enrainsments areggiesn but Ministers
HAYS bsen so rash and III advised es 20 dsinter an old
obsolete police law Of 1890 passed by the .8s-
tho bsnquets Illegal, end 70 prevent that
place Such stretch of power this and the proca
nation OF such doctrines in the is4S not lerely
in France bot in Paris fifty nine years sfe the fret
vouen and eighteen years after second, acoompaDi-
ed by change OF dynasty, appears not merely unEse
and nopportune bus rash hsz rdous and rapgh5 with
temsrty aud danger neither remote nor contingent,
whether In reereuco 80 eoysrego noisy or the ooun-
try at large The opposition, os shades, ere vhe we
write up arms ort the ministry, and, viewing the
fray from afsr we must ray, with team show OF
We ahould ourselves be toe lest to tolerate dis
respect much less disahecton to the Of the
veregn OF any State con ttucnsl or dsepotio SueA
cond ct Is not merely uunapnerly GisgrRoeul, and an
wise but IL Is high crime and misdsmeauour against
the FIRST principles OF constitutional government WHOM
proclaim the person OF the sovereign inviosoie-hs
ministers being Inc persons wholly Responsible isbtaad
therefore eeekiug TO slight the monarch hy the oms
siou Of his nsme, tbs persons guilty OF this unpedon-
aba psce of ignorant and impudent omission, would,
had they known better have dir cted their aim 1T mis-
msies ys constitutional advisers IL Is not, however,
because certain bursesses and bonets foucs Of
Anisns. elsewhere, have played the SILLY game OF NJ
Lsdru Rolin that ministers should throw down the
gauntlet TO the whole opposition bring the name of
their sovereign in question charge whole body the
acts Of few" bout teu" geek to put stop to all pub
lie banquets and pubic meetings. and try by every
means lair and unfair, to revive unpopular police
law of evil and branded epoch to ste free opinion
and strangle free discussion well said In the de-
bate by Nj Lssseps Indeed 1t seems nothing less than
GROWN
France OF lSiS by an ordonndnce of tbs police signed
TrsilhArd and dating 80 far back 90 100 when tho
and to contend that Frenchmen, now grown to
mems estate in constitutional knowiedgs shall not
numbers than Is or l9 without being summarily dis
persed The PRONUNCIATION OF doctrines such as these at
the present period not merely inexpedeut and mad
visabe but dangerous to the repose or France and to
the peace of Europe Ministers have, however contend
ed that they within ths letter OF police law,
though the contrary forciby argued by NJ Feulade
Chauvn, himself magistrate, and by members Of the
Of such repute Mars, Barrett Pallet, and Gre
mieux IL IL true that VI Hebert the Garde des Sceaux,
and NJ Chegarsy Avcoat General at the Court Of Cas-
sation msatan the perfect legality OF the acts Of the
cabinet But the arrogant and inds in which
this legality proclaimed, only nfsmcd the cholor
of the opposition, and their chief exclaimed tnat
these lawyers were worse than either Peyronnet or
Polignac
For ourselves, we wish to see France great a pow
erfu free nation not merely in the interests Of
France but of the civzsd world and is because we
wish to her great and powerful that we deprsoste
scenes such this IL advisers such NJ Hebert
and Cnegaray, that ruined the government Of the
restoration, and it may, wa think be we'll doubted
whether the increased rity obtained By the disco
luton of the tone in adopted has
not been of Infinite observes 30 the government OF
Guizot To praise of the highest literary ability Of
profound learning, end great powers OF expression and
exposition that eminent person undoubtedly entea
gus ne ma. los .a- .ss En- ..s oct
of managing Men aud consolidating opino ions; while his
colleague the minister Of the Interior, has by hc I'M
scrupulous of the public money and ebuse of public
patronage, done to swell the cry for reform than
any minister since the time Of viliele Cspele We
Hny minister to extricate his servants from an eni-
bsrrasament which has placed them in opposition to
his interests Ia placing them in open conflict With the
nation Mt large.
The Effect In England If the French Revo-
lutiOn-The Progress OF Events.
(From the London Times Feb IS
The French government was prepared to put down q
riot but il has succumbsd to the power of revolution
That omuous term must be employed whn The inst!tu-
tons OF the country have been suoyertsd and the
thoriy of ths crown subdued by military violence.
Several gons Of the National Guard, called ont TOR the
maintenance of public order pronounced for REFORM
fraternzed with the psops and marched upon the 1u
leries to demand tbs dismissal OF the cabinet The
troops of ths hes, who called TO oPposo this formi
dabe movement refused to oct against the citizens OF
he National Guard When the yequisition Of this
armed multitude reached the royal closet all resistance
seems to have bsen already at An end count Mole vas
for and the Administration Of NJ Guizot pershsd
in Of this anomalous and, we must add unex
pecced act of popular sovereignty
We remarked Yesterday when sssuredly no one even
Ia Paris had this unparalleled catastrophe that
the least weakness surrender Of far more than
MINISTERIAL power for the obotinscy OF the government
in refusug timely aud moderate concession 20 public
opiaon on thu reform question: had LETT it alterna
tive but to opposs resous resistance 10 thu popular
movements OF last Tuesday Their last fault has been
that their resistance was not resoluts enough They
ysre in possession of all that military could give
Them TO msintsin the authority OF the crown. They
had no reason to doubt that the bourgesiss Of Paris
which detests popular tumuts, on account of the
injury they inflct on trade, would come forward
10 protect the public peace as u hsd done on more
in this respect they grossly mistskeuthst the
arms of the National Guard would BE- used to protect
lg.e.h n y na EnN hn
contagon OF revolutionary passion spread with fearful
rspidty What seemed Impossible on one day, was ao
compshed on the next and, as II to reader the tr'
umph of public opinion and Of the popular viii,
absolute and complete, these inEexibe Innkers this
tenacious King this audacous military chief this army
with all it's Notifications, and powers snk into i'm
potent submission almost without the dischaTge or
shot the loss Of life!
The royalty of July has well nigh ended as IL began;
and after the ibors the struggles and tue centriv@cs
If II yeare t has undergone defeat tcarcoY lees de-
nsiye apa surprising than that Of the elder Bour
bons For II years the policy of Louis Pailipps hss
continued protest against the principle OF popu
lar power to which no owes his throne but it was
in his destiny, TO feel more the bitterser OF
losing caure-to stand again the yerSe OF anarchy
and TO learn that terrible energies Of she French
revolution defy the stoutest precautions OF nutho
ritv such a defeat 4, tn, temporary snDihstion
Of goysrnunsnt Nosecurty remains The court, wsiah
hes been obliged to yield yesterday, and TO dis
miss unpopular Minis err sssnds conpsrssvSy un.
armed in of excited peops, whose anlmosy
may possibly be directed era long as inst more nstt
head The DAGGER which has basn sisslpAssd oy |
.uch tardy concession is in-igniacant in comparison
with those which now lie before tns country France
6ss been suddenly and viosnty Awakened tfon apGL9y
10 revolution These events az Parfs Wiz SHAKE me
kingdom Nth electric force. They 0IH TeVTS"0tf
rosgh Europ. ,tohere The Haieriots 81 eomSu!en are
already pro,sly abroad, and al momsHt 81 en-
IRENE difficulty ~ many ohsr countries shass" shSeN
Is f.t from N, gartsr whsre q ois tedst eIFse,sa
The,e dscosc most threafentng and IN
certain future We turn however, IRON taem to ths
actual state Of affairs in Paris.
Tn. first act Of che King IL was found necessary
to Weld to the reau-on OF the armed psopo, was 10
ssnd tor Count Mols We are az YET uniniormtc
whether NJ Guizots Cabinet voluntarily rendered It's
or Whistler they dismissed on tho LAST
emergency The list of Ministers circulated in tho !
Chamber siss OF mes Of far more LIBERAL character
than thosa who have before co.Operatet Win Count
Nsle IL includes Indeed those VINO IN 1889 were mis-
btterest op onsnts Such q Ministry would be pure