Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-07-20
THE SCENES IN PARIS,

Blodv and exciting as have been the of which
Paris has be from lime 10 tlne,i centuries The theatre,
IT'S history affords parallel 10 the scenes OF which
tnt description Is presen ed paper to-day Compar
with these the St Bartholomew massacre the wars Of
the Frondr the day of the Sections and the atrocities
The N'p"mblizars, dWlnde mo harmless and bIoodess
affairs H. fact. our historical reading is fault for any
similar instance. N any age country of such wholesale
saughtcr,hy rdterna hands the absence OF any lion
al cause. If We are lost in wonder tie secrecy and
'uddenNesS With winch lhsnrrecon formidable
Organized We are not less perpeNed 10 discover any
onab'e cause for proceeding dangerous Il obv
Gus that, 10 Or, at extent the who erected the bar
rcades In June were the who oyeIew the dynas-
ty OF Louis Philippe IN February, and proclaimed Re-
public. The formation Of the Constitution of that Re
public was proceeding. in body fairly representing the
French people, with as much rapidity consistent
with the importance Of the work in hanl Nothing had
occurred to sho" thai there was any wish intention on
the part OF the Provisional EXecnYe,or the National As
semby, 10 cheat the ieope ont Of Republic. All was
going on II good faith houg not without occasional
nntoMad cIrcnn stance, and the abors of the CON
vcnon approached end lsurTeclion, which dlspu
ted Tor four days the supremacy vi h the Government,
burst forth 10 the establishment Of all on the spot not less
than the rest of Chrisiendom.
The revolt AT last qn,ed by the employment Of
larger mass of sojiery than Napoleon commanded al
AnserlIlz, Nagt, jena, any other of his celebrated
fields and with loss less than thai with which he pnr-
chased victory on the occasions named. Ii is evident
that the larger share of the killed and wounded was on
til" ra't Of the troops. Fighting behind mprcguabIe
haricadcso in strongly built houses, the insurgents los,
was comparatively slight. A high degree ofmilirary
/ til, H., Il.
uac" aud his aud the extraordinary concert and or
gaomion Which musi have prevailed not less than to
the characteristic courage othe insurgents must be arb
uted the prolonged resistance made
We know as yet too few of the particulars to form a
definite opinion as 10 the connection OF this revolt with
the cause OF the Bonapare family We are rot ncIned
to believe that the establishment of Louis Napoleon was
the immediate object, or thai he had through cmssares
any participation in the affair though, had it been
cosSiu the chances were tn 10 that II had enured Ia
his benefit In The consequent anarchy the people would
not have vendr'd again uDol the experiment of Tepu-
lie, but sought peace and order in the o.; desposm
and he would more likely than not have been the des-
| pot.
We not disposed to attribute the revolt to any po-
Ical "ause. With their morality depr we'd; their ideas
of liberty vague and utopian dreams the most fan
'asc entertained of social condition their
passions excited by the of the pas, few monthshe
conscousn Of their power ever present their minds
destitute and stimulated by the hope of benefit from any
change. and possibly by The immediate lust of plumber
the populace revolted against the government not be-
cause its acts l'gal oppressive but simply be-
cause it was gorernment. Under this belief, for al
most The first tune in of contest between troops
aud the people, we find sympaihies with the former
We certainly rejoice that the government succeeded
il Gueng this formidable Instruction the success OF
which would have exinguished all hope of the poliica
neIiora,ion of France, and, indeed, of Europe.
On the whole, deplorable as is the contemplation o
such scenes in the focus Of European ciylza ion, in ht
middle u DE l9h ccn.nIy. we arc inclined 70 hcey