The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-07-29
Your friend and servant,
DANIEL = KING.
Hon. RonEnr S. DANIELS, Danvers.
s. ATE OF AIRS IN
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We copy from tho Advertiser, tho follow
ing letter from Mr. Geo. Summer, Of Boston,
in relation 10 tho rcccut insurrcctionary move
mont, and lis causes. The opinions Of Mr..
Summer arc entitled to much weight, rs i; is
probable that no foreigner in Paris has grca-
ter advantages Of acquiring correct niorma-
lion:
PARIS. Thursday, June 90, 4 p. NJ.
MY dear -: | hurry home from the AS
scnbly to write you line hciorc the close
of the steamers mail. There is no Time for
me to 90 into details ft!Ic history of the past
few dnys,--a history awful hut consolIng {;
awful in the extent of the sacrifice, consoiing
from the triumph oforder, and ofthosc great
principles on which all society stands. The
enemies Of The French Republic have re-
cciycd Il most triumphant dcfGat--its cuiHm-
niators arc sIcnccd. The social war which
for the past twenty years has been lowering
in the horizon. and of wlich the pariizans
had acquired by the mis- government Of Lou
is Philippe, such Il fearful augmentation OF
forcc-thiJ war, which had for tho leaders
men who are tho foes to everything that res
trains their own passions, and which, in ihs
great city, recruited followers among the
mass OF disappointed ambitions, OF dischar-
gcd criminals, OF cvious dcnnagoGucs, and
of deludcd NiClims,-i'is war hr"kCn out.
and the victory has remained Oh the side at
order aud of law. The Republic may well
tie proud in lis woe, for il has secured
The triumph of eiei4ization; and tho
union Of the army and Of the National Guard
which heretofore has been tO overthrow. WAS
now to sustain. "Tlis time nj least" says Gen.
CavaignHC, i'll his admirable proclamation to
the army, "lhis time ut least, you arc not tho
blind Instruments of dCspOIism, nor Of
power which has interests separate from
those lilc nation" Aud this fact has saved
France.
You will read inc accounts of the combata
and of their attendant circumstances, fur
nishCd 10y tho papers. Some of Them my
own observation enables me to declare great
~ exaggerated, and many of them will be-
licvc, upon future and more calm eXani-
nation, he proved 10 be so. y committee,
named hy the Assembly, is now engaged in
inVCsti eating the causes and conduct of the
instruction, and until their report is made,
we must expect 10 have rumors numerous
and contradictory. As soon as this report
is printed. shall send you a copy. In some
of the English papers, that have seen this
morning, the movement is attributed to the
false economical acts Of the Provisional Gov
Crnncnt. There can he no doubt That the
IamcmiahIc disregard ot'thc lessons lIuSht by
financial History, which was shown blythe
Provisional Government in many ofthcir acts
has reduced TO misery host Of citizens, and
thus augmented tho numbers Of those, who
were "rCady TO set their life on any cast, 10
mend it or to lose IL" but, 10 find the real
causes Of the struggle, ono must go further
back than tic 2ilh Fcbruary,--onc must
study French legislation for the past twenty
years.
The revolution of February, by tho pub
iicly OF It's clubs, brought TO open light all OF
those crude and extravaganza notions, which
taking refuge before in the privacy of secret
societies, were every day ginning defenders,
without once injecting analysis of rciutatlon.
feel myself authorized to speak with more
authority on this subject, for have watched
with interest aud with care the movements
Of the different chiefs and schools OF these
new reforms, at time when thor progress
was too much neglected.
About Il tVUlvcmouth since, the question
came before the Committee of Political Econ
omy of the French Institute, whether the
works of PrOudhon, Louis Blanc, aud others
upon the question Of labor and social organ
i2arioii. should hc examined and answered.
The ucmhcrs of that committee did me the
honor 10 iIVllC ulc W bO liSSSh'' b'cSt Va
them were opposed 10 any notice being taken
of these publications.: ono alone insisted that
they should he referred to n committee or TO
n number, who should write an answer TO
them, and | was happy, on beng consulted,
to add my voice to his not That consider
cd the rclutation necessary for tho satlsinc-
ton OF tho Academy, but to prevent the
spread of pernicious and false IDEAS, which
were the more readily accepted by the less
fortunate classes of society, as they bore ev-
itIonce ofau earnest interest in their welfare
ON the part of their authors. believed an
interest equally earnest to exist oil the part
of the Academy, aud being sure hat with
mauy ofthc workmcn there was II desire IL
learn, not theories which hattercd their pas
sons or held up TO ,hom false hopes, - hut
the tuth, Il felt that u great service might
be rendered to society by the essay in qucs-
ton. The Academy decided otherwise. t
decision which have reason TO believe it has
since deeply regretted Its members scner