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

riage, which displayed this in glaring colors,
though designed 10. strengthen his dynas,y
struck at j, a blow hardly less Than fatal, Aud
when, last year, the corruption of the Ministry
and Of The upper classes was disclosed in all
its foulness, France would be silent no longer
As with one voice. she cried for Reform. This
cry was uttered through assemblies held in va
rious paris of the country mainly with refer
ence to Electoral Reform They were called
| Reform Bapqueis, because, like ifGe French.
men, the reformers combined Ike MOST energet.
ic proclamation of the grievances OF the coun-
Try with social enjoyment and all the satisfac-
,ion Of good dinners. Every where they
were attended. by large numbers! Of persons
everywhere they pronounced The most thor
ough condemnation Of both the foreign and
domestic policy. Of the Government, A
gainsi the King, indeed, they said not word,
his name being sacred !; but they also said not a
word in his praise, nor even paid him the com.
plimenl customary on festive occasions. Toasls
were given to Reform, and in honor of men
whom they wished 10 honor; bu, toward the
King the. extreme of loyalty wen, no farher
than silence.
. To the old King ibis was hot pleasing The
word Reform had harsh sound in his ears.
What cared ne for abuses, or for their reform
His business was to keep the throne and 10
leave it safe TO his family. For men to meet
and declare that his government and that of
his faithful Guizot was bad one, that it had
transgressed the Charter, was intolerabIe-
Such things threatened the order Of France,
and above all the permanence of his dynasty.
II was contrary to those legitimate principles
Of monarchy that he had SO long abored to put
in the place of those principles Of the Revolu-
,ion of July that he had professed but hated in
his soul. Accordingly, in his annual speech
at the opening Of the Chambers, he expressed
himself with warmth, even. with pe,ulance
against the Reform movement. Having done
this, it was the business of The Chamber 10
respond in the. address, which declares the
views of the majority on all points of public
policy presented ia the. Royal Speech. The
Committee by whom the address was drawn
up, spoke of several disputed points which were
holly debated Never did The Opposition seem
more vigorous than, now. The Ministry were
assailed with a. power tina, they had not before
encountered and the skill and eIoquence OF
Guizo. seemed TO stand him in less stead Than
ever. Finally came up for discussion iha, par
agraph in the Address relating to the Reform
movement, in which the views Of the King were
reiterated with even greater force. That was
the most important thing in the Address. If
the Ministers could procure from the Chambers
a decided condemnation Of the banqueis, they
were safe and might safely defy and suppress
the agitation, Blu. they hoped for too much.
The Opposition, so strong before, gained new
strength with the reading of the Paragraph
They debated it for three stormy days These
debates were mos. interesting, bu, their leading
points are already known, and we have NOT
space. to dwell upon them. They drew from
the Ministry their last word and revealed The
length to which they were bound to 60 They
had determined 10 suppress the banque,s they
declared it, and then BARRoT, in words that
had a whole Revolution in them. declared that
they were. worse than PoLIeNAc and PEYRoN-
NET, the Ministers of Charles X.
Tha. was on The 10Th of February. The
discussion was continued. We wish we had
room to quote some of the speeches of BARRor
and LAMARTINE. as briefly reported in Gahs-
mani they are full of the events which have
followed.
On the llth an amendment striking ou, from
the paragraph declaration that the dsmonsira.
lions at the banquets were the result of "bTiud
and hostile passions" was put amid extreme
uproar, and lost by majority of only 43 on,
of Alb Deputies, and the Chamber adjourned
in the greatest agitation. On the 18th the Min
isterial majority was reduced 10 33 "a fact rha,
might have warned any set Of men no, mad and
blind.
!, Meanwhile the preparations for the grand Re-
form Banquet in Paris were not suspended Ii
had been interdoted by the Ministry. but the Op-
position were resolved that it should take place
1t was 10 have been on Sunday the Goth, but was
put off till Tuesday. On Monday morning the
programme OF the procession was issued, and
among the bodies enumerated as expected to Take
part in it were the National Guard and the young
men of the schools. The members ofthe National
Guard were urged to appear without arms and all
we're entreated to do. nothing contrary to tranquil
ty or beyond the purpose of a legal and pacific
protest against the interdict of the Government
This drew from the Prefect Of Police procla
nation forbidding the banquet altogether, which
vas posted up over Paris and brought the excite
nent near Its climax. In the Chamber of Depu-
les Odillon Barrot rises and tells the Ministers
hat now the last responsibility resfs on Them -