Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-20


sal was titled with troops, but not y
swocd was ACKNOWLEDGMENT bayonci
po'nted-hot a muske, "a a cannon fired.
There s.opd, idlcsand aWtiOnless. the
mighty armament, which the King had
appointed tor his defence. How vain
mac hts calculations preved-tnr alas,
they were founded in radical error.
The soldiers would not massacre lhri,
hVUthers, to sustain worthless thing +:
though il wore the title "f crown. How
pregnant is this fact, rs to the future ia se
Of monarchicS!
But we must now enter the Tuileries.
For SEVERAL days previous 10 the events
We have described, some anxiety had
been entertained nv persons in and ahou
the palace. The King, however, had no
fears, He appeared in unusual spirits.
and il any inima,ion of danger WINS Civ
en-, he turned it aside with snecr or
joke. Even so late rs Wednesday, after
he hat called upon Count ME- 10 form
q ministry, he remarked that he was so
firmly seated in the saddle, tina, nothing
could throw him off.
Mole som found it impossible with the
materials at hand, to construct a minis
try. Theirs was then called in, md n {,
ter long course of higgling and cha fer.
i ing on the purl at the King, il was
; agreed that he and Barro, should under
take to carry on the government, This
was announced by them in person, us
they rode through the streets early on
Thursday morning, These concessions
however, came too late. The crv of a
Republic was bursting from the lips OF
the million, The abdication OF the King
was decrerd, and raging multitude
were demanding This Ut the very gates Of
The palace Overborne by tho crisis, the
King agreed to abdicate in favor OF The
Duke de Nemours, Some better lidings
were brought him, and he retracted what
he had just done. A momen, after, it be.
cpme certain that the insurgents would
shortly burst into the palace. In grca,
trepidation, the King agreed to resign
the crown in favor OF HIS grandson, the
young Coun, de- Paris-yet still clinging
to hope, he shuf1"d and h"stnted before
h" would pu, his name to the act Of adds
c.tion This, however, " as ut last done,
and the King and Queen, escorted by a
small body Of horse, walked down the
central avenue' of the Tuileries, passed
through the western gate, and entering IA
small one>horse vehicle, begun their
fight. -
Meanwhile, the mob had seized the royal
artiagrs; f,urteen in number, and made
bonfire Of them, near the celebrated arch
| in the Place du CArousel. Soon after they
forced the ra ling at several points, and
came rushing across the square toward the
palace. Scarcely hal I'll various mem
efs of the royal family time to escape on
one side OF the bu iding, when the mob
broke in at the other.
| have not time 10 fo'low,the adventures
of those several individuals We cannot
but sy p,tbize with them in their mist "
tunes-hut we may remark that the fail of
The Orleans dynasty was not broken by a
single act of courage, dignity, or gen us on
tn" parI Of any one Of the family Their
flight seemed vulgar scramble for mere
lille. Even the Kingswas reduced 10 the
most commonplace disguises-.he shaving
of his whiskers, the change Of his dress,
The adopting an 'alias.' may add here
.ha. they have all escaped-and while ev>
cry body seems glad Of this, there is no one
behind who mourns their loss. None are
more loud in denouncng the bssolted con-
fidence ofihe King, than his 225 purchased
deputies, who we're 20 loyal in the days Of
his prosp. rity. ..- -............. ..
We muSt AOw turn our attention towards
another scene---the Chamber Of Deputies.
This body met al the usual hour on Tu"s>
day, at IL o'clock. w le the riotous
scenes we have described were taking
place during that day, in full view. OF the
place where they had assembled, the D.pu>
ties, as if in mockery, Of the agitation
without, were occupied in a languid dis
cussion upon the affairs Of a broken coun.
, Try bank. Toward the close oflhe string
Odillon BaIrot read from the Tribune. a
solemn act Of Impeachment Of the Minis
ters. The next. day OWED nesday) the
Ch mbers again mct, AID Guizot in the
afternoon announced that Count Mole wa.
attempting to form new Ministry. !,
does mol appear that Guizoi, or his cob
leagues, were afterward in the Chambers
il is said that they met at. the house oi
Duchatel on Thursday morning, and af,el
consultation, adopted the significant. motto
of Nap leon aftcr the battle "f Waterloo
Sauve quipeuln (save himself who can J