The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-23

fearful and ruinous doctrines, and who interest
ca IN propagating them but those who built o "A them
the future edihce of their political future9 Caus-
so.re was right in uttering his grief before the
sem bly,, when he said the night OF the 27t June
that he also was socialist democrat a nd that he
feared to meet his friends amongst the vanquished
This confession which he amen need, but did NOT
fnish was expe cited with impatience Had he finished
we should perhaps have learned why the poor men of
the faubourg st. Antoine the least guilty the most
pacific, avowed sorrowfully combat that thew
had been deceived that they had relied to the end on
Citizen Csussd'erc and his cannons but Citizen
Caussidere even in any did attempt to form
government for himself alone.
will not relate here in detail this heroic combat, Of
which every now knows the eps odes the whole
history and the secret of which will be revealed
SO long as ofcis documents shall remain unpublished
Paris has to record tn. pages of her history
ars ady tragic, four days of bloody civil war, in
which have fallen more officers than in any Of the
grand battles Of the empire. And what war What
atrt cities committed in cold blood What refinement
OF bsrbsrity How shall speak OF the progress of
civil cation when. ftrocious as in savage
life We willingly turn eyes from these horrors,
which could attribute to few degraded beings
who to be found occasionally ready t such times
TO throw themselves society prey. The of
combstants fanacised by passions less fearful,
If not mere noble They did not dream of immediate
and brutal plla9e they wrote Mort all
the Ct the Faubourg but after the victory they
would have OF ganized spoliatiop, grand. The
monaty Of the soldiers Of this republic, under TODD
by 1t nothing else than the the country
by the workman that was the translation into
Language OF the submties of the doctrines which bad
been inculcated amongst them. For q certain num-
Der the holy reduced itself into the mate.
rial pieaeure OF nghtiDg the emotion OF fu-
sillade There were amongst them old soldiers who,
without doubt, had much hand in the remarkable
military arrangements Of the insurrecton; the field
OF battle was not adopted by chance and Of all those
fortresses that rose in the city in single morning,
there was probably not one whose plan not de-
signed beforehand The capital assaed on four
sides at On the left bank of the Seine. the
theonsthe Rue st. Jacques the Place ST. Michael and
the Rue de la Ilarpe, occupied by column of
insui &c nts another column the bank held
the Rue St Victor, the Place Maubert and the
Pont do rIoel Dieu On the right bank of the Seine
comprised bet wee Poi
Mere a the Faubourg du Temple was held by third
pital building, in the Clos St Lazarre The Fsubourg
and the Rue ST. Antoine from the Barriere du Trone
to the Place Baudoyer formed long by
the fourth corps. All these columns conveyed into
the plan of attack the old Hotel de Vile where
already SO many governments had been made and I'M
made, and where the insurgents fattered themselves
they We ld yet declare another.
he National Guard the mobile the army the troops
ofIecept creation the Garde Republicaine, Garde Mo-
bile Cheva every one glorousIy fulfilled his duty in
this cruel fight. 1t is certain the vigorous attack
Of the National Guard the barricade ST. Denis |
Disconnected IL principle the system of instruction,
ana cut short the rapid progress it making toward
the qua,s
An incredible negligence had left the emuete abso-
lutte master Of the ground for several hours. still
more fatal negligence had left the National Guard for
several hours alone and unsupported to attack the
bsrricades IL may almost be asserted that it at
temple d demoraze them. Civic vaior had replaced
happily, among these generous soldiers, the military
experience which they had not they how fight
and die. The army and artillery, at first too small IL
numbers, reinforced by several regiment called
in all haste to Paris. Paris too her young
Guard Mobile, who had dearly to pay the honor Of
exposed to heavy fire these three orders of comba
tants different and excellent in their diversity;
the National Guard advar cling with the deem taken
resolution Of determined devotion; the marc hi ng
in obedience to command calm and steady; the
bile prtciptating themselves without any order run
ming. eaping climbing on the barbados, and hurry
ing with their officers generals and soldiers
much tina, General Lamorciere himself more than
obliged to order them be recalled the inc
vitable slaughter that awaited them
This conflict for to be regretted, since it
men mostly led astIay by false principles which had
been incuicated and false promises which had been
bic citzens who paid by their blood and their lives, in
valuable to their families the triumph of ORDER the
old army who have been decimated the conflict and
the heroic youth ct the revolution of February who
have still more dearly paid the price Of their devotion
who does not regret amongst the noble victims
the energetic and loyal Negrier Who Is not grateful
to the National Assembly, for having adopted his wi
dow and child? Death has only struck those whose
duty called them to brave it, but it has numbered
among its victims the missionary of peace in the act
of endeavouriDg to stay the effusion of blood The
bloeoy and heroic death of the Archbishop Paris will
be recorded by history of the most touching and
majestic episodes Of this dreful combat 1t will be a
given his life for his ock he declared with his dying
breath; he bas given it simply and without tation
IN time where all is selfshness 1t is true sacrifice,
offered up on the altar of religion and patriotism
The National Assembly has not been behind in these
terrible circumstances; 1t may have been reprosched
Of more than one hesitatiOn-more than act Of
weakness; must render it homage for the ntre
pid devotion which it has shown during the storm 1t
the contest. 1t willed that its members should go
every where to offer clemency tohe nsurgents-to
cite the frie nds Of order On the first day of its
body NM Bixio and Dornes were seriously wounded;
third NJ Cbarbonne has since died II has done still
more it has provoked compelled the Executive Commits
sion TO retire. and replaced it by the energetic
Gen Cavaignac Chief of the Executive power, Gen.
Cavagnac has gloriously responded to the trust
reposed in him; he has delivered Paris, embracing
with perfect coup dGii the whole in .urrection, aud
attacked 1t at once on all sides. The instruction
suppressed he has restored his to the hands of
the Assembly who have con6rmed him in authority aud
who have invested this magistrate of the Republic
with the right of choosing his own ministry This
ministry is now formed Thus the founders of the
Republic have disappeared leaving to other hands its
cor stitution. Thus has the National Assembly re-
jected that which violent and radical in the oric
nal personnel of the political state. NJ Lou1Ess
Blanc NJ Ledru Rollin, NJ. Flocon, all, in a word,
which were known in the Government the camp of /
tn" Reforme, " have been removed and probably for
ever. The camp of the National is rather renewed
since the advanced posts which the :" Reforme y I
furnished, though unwngly, destroyed the coun:
Try In short beathes more freely seeing itself relieved
We pity NJ. de LamartiDe, SO cruelty but so justly
against which he Thought himself safe Tie has lost tbs
game with the finest hand that held use
ne would not play It greatly and fairly and preferred
Since the fall of the monarchy, Gen Cavaignac is
the second person whom the country has hailed the
supreme depository of its destinies We wish him bet
ter luck than M. de Lamartine, and wihal open
conduct; General, recently arrived from Africa
judge of his as statesman:
but he has exhibited great uprightness of character
and in difficult times that is precious quality
than great intelligence An old republican, son and
brother Of republican soldiers Cen not
thought 1t Indispensable to select all his cabinet from
apaity He has nobly sought his superors the army
OF Africa to make them members of his COVER
Gen Changer nier is to command the National Guard
of Paris, Gen Lamoricere to be Minister of War Cen
Bedeau to have the Foreign Affairs NJ. Bsstide. the
Marine Every one congra,uates him on the choice
OF NJ. Tourret who has an intelligent and sound mind,
IL very well skilled in agriculture and much esteemed
by his colleagues Of the old opposition M Goudchaux
mech 100 rmly opposed the of his predecessor
in the Finance not to his to office slready
to restore credit The nomination Of NJ. Sena:d is
pledge to the friends Of order and to the defenders Of
the immutabe principles Of society.
The measures adopted by Gen Cavsignao and his
Cabinet have already treasured the public as Is rem
dered evident by the effects produced at the Bourse.
The state of siege, however will probably be sustained
for three weeks longer until the result of the nves-
tipation respectinR the insurlents IL brought A