The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-07
TWO CENTS.


real state OF affairs as am from approving tbs
measures proposed by these gentlemen. On the Sd
May, especially, you and the Assembly were brought
forward" M Ledru Ron declared to me that the
cubbists far from being the most active in the
means Of causing the overthrow of part OF the 60
verBment and of dissolvips the Assembly, but NJ M
Portalis, LanGrin, and jules Favre. II was at an
epoch previous to the committee Of investigation that
not attend all the meetings, the last of which was
held on the Sd May last the Of the meeting OF the
National Assembly. In his absence, NJ. jules Favre
did the honors. II sad them that the revolution
mad got out of It's track and must be brought into it
again aga Since that tme my memory has traced back
which the Provisional Government sent to its magis-
tratts were but Ill attended to- and badly executed
tions and researches the investigation relative to
Blsnqui was most especially conducted in that manner
diere am DESTROYS planning why fetsuch repug-
nance towards him He was constantly boasting Of
who wanted to overthrow YOU replied Bu ' Wh~
| do you not have the audaoious who form such
projects arrested!n M; Caussidere did not under
stand me- He contented himself with telling our enc
| mics to stop, in tone which seemed to advise them
to reserve their strength for future time have no
disIe, in the presence Of As eommssar.s de- poIioe
We had no police; the few agents wo had we're far
selves into danger for a governmen mt which could not
last The project OF police and the Minister of the
the agents; they thought they could be relied UPON
They were mistaken. In order not to be divided We
looked all such reach the
A'"SS~oA
were DESTROYS Of fastening the meeting of the
National Assembly and Of oouvoking the electors i'm
vernment declared that they did not consider the po-
pulation to be sufficiently prepared. They were In
the bad choice Of commisrares II was to such an ex
tent that gaerien was named central commissary at
Havre He has since then reassumed his frst part
he has turned assassin.
THE DEPOSITION cAvAIoNAc
General CAvAIGNAc-This general said that the
statements furnished by the Minister of War wcre
correct ta envir
about 5000 men. The system of defence adopted by
the In the days of June rested upon this
vction that there danger scattering the troops
The experience of July 1880, and February, 1913,
proves the necessity of not engaging the troops the
make the insurrection give way before them In such
eases the least check for the army is mortal In spite
Of the most explicit ORDERS battalion had injured
upon the Place de Vosges, and was placed in a
promising state which drew upon IL the severity OF
very of it's chief and soldiers A second examne OF
this sort might have had lamentable con eauenccs.
TO save aboveal the honor of the ag is the certain
guaranty Of ultimate success. On the 23d, said Ca
vaignac, was still only Minister of War; quito
free to expose myself to be killed fit seemed good to
me. turned aside, however, from the Faubourg du
Temple, which was enaced; General Lamoriciere Was
with me.
THE DEPOSITION OF NJ. LAMARrrrE.
nj. LAMARrINE said-The proclamation of the repub-
lie appeared to certain men to carry away than
to say society itself As sign of this
idea, they imagined the Drapeau Rouge. That
repused, but not extinguished-not completely alb
.Srbed In the mass Of tie people The 18th March,
the National Guard which then existed only in q
latent state, manifested itself On the next and
ceeding days, counter manifestation was made, in
which 100000 wished to give law to the provisional
government The latter repulsed their measures with
energy The 10th April, there n of COM
munist movement. At 8 in the morning was in
formed Of what passing in the clubs Of project
of committee of public safety in lieu Of the prev
sior al government gave notice individually to the
fiicnds whom had in the National Guard. NJ Ledru
Rolln came to me in the morning; he was very
cited We are going to be attacked" said he. by
10000 men, at the head of whom found 90 600
me bpDUpUV He tn
me the cfer that had been made Ito him, and
the intention entertained of excluding me from
leagues. said to him Minister Of the IN
terror. A" You have the right of ordering the rappe
saved" Ledru Rollin accepted this without hesta-
ton, and went away to order the rappel. ran to
Of the Guard Mobile round the Hotel de- Vile, and
with Gen ChaDgarnier to defe my life there hoping
that the National Guard would act TO save Paris Du
ed the value of the Guard Mobile. "Where are the
cartridges" said he to me, thought he could have
tais proved very loyal went, in ine to the Hotel de-
Vile Changarnier rejoined me there. He made his
military disposition and We waited for the manifesta-
ton. Two young men had been sent into the
Baneue, to warn it.. At length after painful appre-
henson the 18th legion appeared the BRIDGE crying
"Tire Ia Repu6Hqus." The armed force was roused
the triumph Of the moderate republic assured; the
Baneue aspcared in turn and was drowned In an i'm
mense movement Of national guards, to the repeated
cries Of "Tire la Repubique" On the 18th Of May 1t
must be confessed, we were deceived by the unskfu.
and tendency still appeared the question was again to
abolish the republic to the profit Of violent party,
1t attempt at intmidstion-the armed sections
the great caegores Of the sedtons Of Paris did not
given to Blanqui tina he deservss-hs mia
conspiracy, in which he was an artist Barbes took
chiefs wers not there Bsrbes had been caught in the
snare OF BlanqRs popularity the Proof Of the small
solved to assassnate him. Observing, as have done
for four months all sorts Of to suppress the
Assembly think am abis to declare that nothing
the state smen, OF the exaggerated republic The move
ment Of the 23d June altogether spontaneous the
agitation Of the oteers naonaur had Two causesthe
money the government economised for the civil war;
then communism, which put its hand upon it for the
purpose ofinsurrcction As to the part played by the
Executive Commissioners to my share OF the respon
sbility, did rot wish to speak Of it, did not wish to
bring Into play In SO gntu ostas
than month before, order had been given 10 General
Cavaisnac TO surround the Nationa! Assembly vita
serve. There then only $500 troops in Paris,
whereas it agreed that there should be rs 600 men
Republican, and 1000 Gardie ms de Paris required,
besides, $4,000 men in the imgedIate neightorhood
Independently Of the National Guard, a force which
judged more than sufficient to repress any
General Cavoignoe Nth my entreaties this subject.
AS moral force required series Of repressve laws
SgSnit the press and isnins the IN Ss
handing these measures Of the Assembly Itappeared
to that the Assembly was threatened on two sides
by the ateliers nationdur and by Buonapartist
movement. thought Of protecting tho Assembly,
therefore, IL 1t forced to quit Paris, and wished
to have 20 eco dispossbe from the army Of the
Alps insisted even more than my colleagues, on
the execution of these various measures Twas, there
fore, greatly dstonished at the small number Of troops
tohch ucre Paris. lido not General Caraig-
mac trhoss high military reputation and loyalty slse,
him from attack but Tam complied to say that there
eas something in the Var Department which did noe
satisfy confidence. had proposed to carry the
tarricsdes before night, and to make a Desperate
eort but the want Of troops proracted the struggle
From all that have said it follows that in these
rous manifestations and instructions the in
tentions are exhibited but you, as political men,
making an investigation for the present and the
future, you must remark, and make others remark,
that everything has been produced separately Each
of the factions Of tho anarchist party has acted alone