The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-23
Mr.. William B. Wedgewood.


Provisional Government Of France have a nard
time of it if we may believe the stories told by
Paris correspondents. One OF them Whiting
10 the Cine innati Gazette says: r,rs
In old times, every body was permitted to
approach the sovereign and prefer his petition.
In the cycle of years, we have arrived at the
same point. Every body goes to the Provisory
Government to ask relief, if he is not in an ex-
actly comfortable position. The French have
been 80 long used to having everything. done
by the Government, that they cannot think OF
any other plan to get anything done. Since
|Napoleon's time, the government has appoint
ed every officer in France down to the runners
for the Justices of the peace, managed all the
public enterprises, authorized every town meet
ing, presided at all boards of improvement. d.
rected every course of lectures in the colleges,
and in short treated the people like great
baby in leading strings. The present Govern
ment feels the inconvenience Of this. The
different trades feels the effects of the stigma
ton of business and appoint their populations
to 60 to the Provisory Government to demand
relief The deputies harrangue the Government
and the Government harrangues the deputies,
and then they part with cries of "Vive la Re
publique," both parties satisfied for ten min
utes; not only the different trades send their
deputies, but foreigners Of each nation of ours
among the rest; washerwomen, seamstresses,
coalheavers, grenadiers, the national quad, sc.
&c., &c; at he rate of some half dozen per
| day. Yesterday, the members of the Govern
ment flattered themselves than they had got
through with their harrangues to the deputa-
tons. They had received all that could be de-
vised or thought of. They were counting up
how many hundred times they had played the
majestic, had put their hands on their hearts
aud said, Citizens, am profoundly touched
by the events of this day. Citizens, excuse my
emotion. &c. sc. While they were congrat-
ulating themselves on the rosy perspective, an
other deputalion was announced. The men,
bers whose turn it was to harangue, took the
usual majestic position and conned over the
heads of his last Grafton to the masonic deputa
tation. The deputation was introduced. 1t was
long double file of old maids. The talles
one bore banner decorated with al image o.
ST. Catharine.
The Spokeswoman commenced by salutins
the revolution as the emancipation of humani
TO, and finished by demanding that the Gov
ernment, which was organizing every thins
and securing the rights Of all, should organize
la little the important question of marriage
"Ah! all" interrupted the member, "we touch
here on the question of divorce. This is gray,
matter, very grave" mo, no" cried all TIT
ladies. "And,' added the spokeswoman, eve
claim only that the Government should guar
anty hereafter to every cheyenne husband.
The citizen minister put on all his CAVITY. HI
could not answer. He coughed, spit in hi
handkerchief, wiped his nose and looked frs
at one and then at another. Something mus
be said. He placed his hand on his heart, il
the usual manner, and commenced: "Citoy
ennes, what you have SO eloquently said touch
es me deeply will report your demand to the
Provisory Government, which will think as
do. However, il strikes me that tax of the
nature you de mand ought not to be the objec
Of a special decree, but should come under thu
head of patriotic Offering" This is the las
Ideputation, but others will be forthcoming
won't vouch for the truthfuness of the repor
of the speeches, but the street rumor gives il
as above.