Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-03-29


tonal Guard joined the masses, and, as a necessa-
ry consequence, the obnoxious Minister resigned
The King sought to pacify Paris by the appoint
ment OF new cabinet but this not suflicing he
has ceased TO DO King.
FROM THE LONDON SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY &C.
Paris has Undergone storm of bloody revolution.
and the French Government is dissolved.
Last week II was understood that either Minis
tiers or their opponents would contrive to carry the
Reform contest from the arena Of the banauetinp
hall to that OF tho law court. But both chose
wider field. By inoi.ing the National Guard to
make demonstration, the Opposition carried the
contest aRto The revolutionary streets of Paris, and
there the Government de .tacto met them with
troops and artillery.
The field was dangerous one for all parties
but for the Prime Minister defeat was inevitable.
ii the troops were beaten-the least probable hypo-
thess-he was beaten. If they conquered, the
blood of Frenchmen would have cried out aoainst
him in eloquence more powerful than his own If
they deserted, political society was dissolved, and
the dynasty Itself was thrown into the .'pool" 10
augment the stakes Of the deadly gamblers In
the midst of the umult the memorable, impossible
statesman did moi finch. In the face of impeach-
ment and of conflict, he exhibited an mistaken
ilrmness amounting to the sublime and to the yery
last ne abaed nothing Of his audacious ealmne.s.
anarchy which refuted it.
The King, less of an enthusiast in political stoi-
clsTn tired TO escape from the difficulty by with
drawing the Minister. After two DAYS of rebel
lion, Paris seemed to breathe again But the
blood OF the people was up; while their hand was
In they must have more. They stormed the Tuil-
cries, dethroned the King, and set up Provisional
Government. DO say the last hasty and imperfect
reports.
AT all events, this cannot have happened fr
nothing. The first obvious result is the political
perdiilon OF NJ. GuiZot. The greatest theoretical
Statesman OF the day has committed tho greatest
political hlunder Of the age: His mastery intellect
seems, like that OF our own Bacon Gin nany re-
spects very different man, but alike in this to
have lacked the complement of a heart-a blank in
his nature, where the passions should have been.
must nave made him leave out of the account the
passions OF those whom he undertook TO rule. and
thus to have miscalcuated so previously. The
coolest Of the cold, he has performed the part of
the treorand and set his country In flames ..frost
performed the effect of fire."
The dynasty-where is it2 The aged obstinate
hands of Louis Philippe are dyed with the same
bloody stain that his predecessors knew so we'll
Pushing hard Iawyer-ike "rights" to the extent of
a more lawless tyranny, he suffered his AGENT to
revive the associations Of Charles Xth and Polio
nae; counterfeit of $50 is evoked in 1915
Once more have monarch and statesman tried to
force upon their country what France has thrice
before thrown of:-absolute authority and thew
have fallen in the attempt
The nation! who can descry through the hurt
ling atmosphere of the present revolution what
France may do, what may be done with her p
Paris has yet to settle with the provinces Paris
used to lead they say she has lost tina. office Is
II true? Who are the men that hold actual power
In their hands! What are their objects 1t is i'm
possible to answer any Of these questions. We
only know that the late order of things is upturncd
the aged King is sent away no one can tell viii
Their; Count Mole and the old respectabes are an
nuIled; ''feform" the cry of last week, is out of
date; the torrent has rushed long past Theirs the
young Count Of Paris has been pooh-poohed and
the monarchy itself seems to be question referred
TO the strange provisional government ofdemaoooue
lawyers, republican editors, scientific busy bodies.
an political poets. Whatever the form which
Government may take, France possesses stronc
guarantees for order in the number of her intelioent
sons, in her calculating bourgeoise, and her peace
able middle class landowners. But who are tbe
men in whom the balance Of public opinion will
place the trust Of public aflairs2 Probably ,hev
are yet strangers to US; for we can hardly believe
That the present committee is more than sspro-
vislonal Government
GEN. TAYLOR AND PRorEcrIoS-Th Har
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