Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-12-22

houro 10 send him before a council o. war il the
Two batalionS were not Immediately sen 10 the
National Assembly NJ GARNER Pages, before
such n mrnace though. he must obey, anil the
l2,h reimbursement was abandoned u The insur.
rec'inH. Gen. Cavaisnac dIi moi, moreover, in
these circumstances, exhibit all tic GOODNESS thai
nigh have been expected The Natl nal Guard
mnrmured, abandoned As they were. before Ike
barficadcs without seeing single soldier oi tie
line beside them, and 10 every denani General
Cavaignac opposed The most formal refusal
About three O'clock only, General Cavaignac
marched on the barrcades Of the Faubours du
Temple, and came back at o'clnck. Daring
all this time | and Two OF my colleagues were
| Obliged to answer all demands which arrived
from the Luxembourg. What The commission
desired was 10 support the National Guards by
troops OF he line. Al the commencement OF the
| struggle there would have been no danger in dis
| pefsing the troops throughout Paris. This is
simply my own convcton-and lhe troops might
have been certain Of having The National Guard
with them. When the barrcades were made
| and armed, they became many tcd1rsses
J that must be taken ~ breach. 10 aioS JaF-
! ricades 10 lie constructed, when they could be
| prevented is 4 great fault Do you wish an e8.
| ample2 ~ tie corner OF he Rue du Bac bar
| ricade was in construction, platoon OF dra-
| goons who were passing, charged vigorously,
| days of comb,t The same thing occurred al
the Porte ST. Denis, where the third legion de
slroyed barricades in the course Of construction
which were not afterwards recomm. need. From
these delays how much blood has been Spilled
The only acl which could b. forced upon Gene
raj Cavaisnac was 10 call the artillery from Vim
cennes; but again the order given was soi execn-
ted until the following day. NJ Lerru Rollin IN
vain gave orders. The plans OF General Ca
yaignac prevented everything; instead q! posi-
live orders the National Guards were desired 10
wall; and IN their despair The National sIuard Ut
Tered The most bitter complaints against the Exc
cu,ive Commission. Tie plan ui General Ca
vaisnac was MT doubtful; he wished 10 create for
himself party, and render himSe! necessary
to il. He create! Immediately lwo par!ies-one
that Of The Rue dies Pyramiies, ana the other
that OF tn Palais National, who took some sleps
with he General What passed between him
and them1 That they alone Know The Gene
raj who had refused The portfolio 81 wa, after
these interviews being assured ni lac support 81
The Palais National, accr2ei the portfolio OF
war. On the evening u the PA June one oi MS
friends, M Audeiswaft received from General
Cavaignac the Information thai ne would accept
The portfolio OF war, il he could be assured Oh
The support OF The Rue de Potiers. The par
liamensary plo, would have succeeded on the
23I, il The sorrowtul event OF June had NOT pre-
vented it, The enemies OF the commission saw,
with resrei, The continuance OF power IN IT.
hands. On the 23d OF June we again sent To
General Cavasnac 10 demand how many troops
he haC, and he answered, warmly, "Once more
don't know" An orderly officer OF ihe National
Quad, more impatient Than We, insisted on
knowing. He was answered that the General was
asleep. He persisted made his way into The
room, and il was with difficulty That NJ. Ledfn
Ro lin prevented him from awakins the Minister
! Of War. On The oath in the morning, our enc
| mics in The Assembly were not satisfied and tncy
said everywhere hat first the Executive C"mmi'-
| sion must be yur rid Of On Saturday, Al )
o'clock, General Cavai2nac was IN conference
with NJ Sraard NJ. Paguerre came up and he
| learned that 81 Tar from attending 10 The insnr-
| rectinn, ihey were canYaS>ing the cuniiiioas on
| when The General should take the power mo
4 his hands. All delay seemed after this inexp!I-
cable. NM. Arago Marie and Bariheemy 81
/ Hilalie wished TO induce him 10 give orders; he
refused, and replied: "Do you think am here Ia
defend you, Parisiaus; Your National Guard, VINO
defend their lives and their shcpsi II one o'
my companies were disarmed | should bow
ont my brains" Later, they announced thai
barricadas were being CONSTRUCTED everywhere;
| he replied: "Where docs j. mstterl il the pari
SLAMS are determined 70 rise, | will retire int
Plain St Denis, and there give 'hcm battle =
Two hours later, The tenor Of the Genera wa
| no longer the same; he strobe ahou, when The dc
egatrs came 10 him "Wha', said they do you
| i'll deliberate Know that is not Simply =.
smeatc bat a revolution; all Paris is in arms.
II was then on proposition OF NJ. Pascal Do
pra,, thai the power was conhded 10 Genera
Cavalgnac and The Commission sent in lis re-
sienalion 10 The Assembly. All these details are
most strictly True.
~ iial n
| The speech. He gave an account oil his arriva
| in Paris on the 18th OF May, and his efforts to
collect troops. and that in Two weeks thereafter
he had $4,000 effective troops iii GARRISON; tina
Lamartine spoke 10 him every day on the sub
iect. and that he told him what had been DONE
| he then went on 10 say
have proved that cit M means nnrird IL
order 10 make The effective amount TO % ,OOt
men. But positively, this i perhaps the hfs
time in civ where ali is we'll ofgan:zsd, ma
doub. can b. raised relative to III" eli Give o
| ,he garrison. The committee oi inquiry mcgee
lei nothing in ORDER 10 ascertain the sale ol mr.
eeclive they wen! 10 the y;c!uallins Office, where
they were informed l1at on The -! june lntr'
were l., Paris, with The exception 81 those men
thrn living in III hospitals, or on Through, x,
800 men: and b,iwern Paris and Versailles, AM
Saint GsrmaDs, % 929. | most vigorously pu
the orders OF The Executive Commission into OK
rcu,;on, and think | not only executed lbe IN
| eu,ions u me commission, but also those OIL vi
Lamarliue | shall now refer 10 The orders q
the 2l. M. Marie wrote The following letters Al
| II o'clock al night, 10 inform me that in all tht
mob meetings a rendezvous had been given !oT
The morrow al the Pantheon, 10 go from thence
| 10 The Luxembourg and he requested me 10 SEND
,hither, as early as possible, eiment OF inan
try and Two squadron> VI cavalry. There was
already at the Luxembourg battalion Of inian-
trv of the line, a battalion oil the Mobile, forming
the ordinary guard OF that palace, and squad
ron Of the 9Th lancers sent al the request oil Inc
| project of police. ] am not surpfi ID maj my
| adversares when speaking OF thinss they are
hut liuIe acquainted with, should have thought
thew deman ded regiments when they have only
demanded squatrons. Uaushler) For MY par
| issued my orders according 10 he letter had
received. And when am accused Of having
10 satisfy personal ambition, caused he streets q
| Paris TO be drluged in blood
M. Bauheemy 81. Hilaire.--I did not say 80
Several voices You said so.
Gen. Cayaignac II am happy in being able L
nrodnre his impurant letter. the original OF whicf
I refused 10 give up; bu, il The Assembly doubled
l.Nc."l fully comprehend the exclamation .
the Assembly; but am far from calling nnl>J
manifestation 10 my help. do not lnsis'. Ih'
Assembly has understood me; merely AID Ina
| [ wcul rather be iorset than an assassin.
| is fortunate for me lha besides This proof oil my
having fulfilled the orders OF The Executive Gem
mi,tee. could even indicate the Gumber oil !ht
corps which sen. lhilher. Another letter wa
SEN! 10 me, al halt past one in the morning. from
NJ Rat,helemy 81. Hilaire, who informed me "
| his own name OF The facts M. Marie hal state
10 me in his letter, and in which he demanded
troops for the Pantheon. sen! the troops Dc
manded; bnt as it was the Luxembourg, Inc sea
Of Inc government, which was 10 be attacked, sen
those loops 10 he Luxembourg. raw no w'sf
| To bnsy myself in The leas! with inc manner ~
which The troops sent By me we're employed
| arrive at tn system ct defence adopted by
me for Paris. Ii is not | who invented TIM
system, and consequently III! mol i'm,
provise it. OF two things, one ihns' nave &c.
| CURED: either The commission found II Gao 81
.ond. fthey though, il good, ii IS enough iof
NEE me, even could NJ Garaier PassS and his c"l.
leasnes Judge it TO be bad. have Away a',
though, and declared, before ne Assembly, m,e,,,