Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-09-30
LAMARTINE's JUSTIFICATION.

M. LANAnrISE has just published at Paris pamphlet
in defence Of his conduct while member Of the Provisional
Government has created the greatest sensaton and the
first edition sold off in the Of quarter Of an hour
II is in the form of letter the electors Of the various
constituencies who returned him their representative in the
National Assembly.
After commencing by declaring "that popularity, which
had greeted him every where without has been with
drawn from him without MOTIVE he proceeds to specify the
accusations brought against him, and he answers all these
charges seyera He declares that the revolution of Feb
uay took him by surprise Alter the in the Chamber
Of Deputies, when the Provisional Government APP
pointed
"We marched, writes he, to the Hotel de Vile at the
head Of column Of the people We borne along
der canopy OF sabres, pixies and bayonets into the halls
stained with blood and ncumbed with the dead and wound
ed to small table, at which the Government organized
AT this very hour commenced outside the conflict between the
republics the violent sweeping dictaora, and ter
rorst in language in gesture and in color the other mode
rate, pacific, legal unanimous and
the republic of your wishes and that which you would not
have. The first act of this terrorist republic TO hang out
its banner, whose color is the color OF blood During two
days and two nights armed repeatedly inundated the
square, the courts the halls Of the Hotel de Ve They in
sisted upon our instantly giving the republic the character
the attitude the embems of the first revolution Ny colleagues
and myself resisted at the peril OF our lives Twenty times
during these seventy four hours was taken up dragged
ried the doors and windows the head of the Staircase
into the courts and the square, address men OF another
epoch who SO faacousy interpreted the will OF the people,
and to hu down those embems Of terrorism with which
attempted dsonor the republic You must remember
the last words which decided the victory in favor Of the t
coored flag; they were on the lips OF my colleagues was
only called to pronounce them sThe red flag, citizens
which you present to has been any where except
round the ChampdeMars, uaed in the blood of the people
the flag which wish to preserve the republic has made
the tour Of the world with our bravery, our glory, and our
liberties" Was this the premedtaed ambition of post in
to which chance had thrown the breach made in soce
tyr Was this weakness Was this compromise Of ter
rorism Decide"
He usties his peace policy and shows that, far from
having been accompce in the demonstration of March IL
directed against himself OF the most disgraceiu
charge brought against him. that Of pecuaon and venay,
LAaARTISE disposes riunpany. The following statement
is highly interesting
g On the January last, fifty three days before the Re-
public, my general fortune amounted to 900 francs
$780, 900, very large forune be remembered France
in lands houses personal property Investments and literary
property Ny debts amounted ESQ., 000f Nothing more
easy than verify these two by the lands mortgages
and other But told, that had, in ls47,
debts to the amount of 100 O00E, but now have
than 000f and consequently must have paid the other
5O0,00O out Of the public treasury Citizens have very
little difficulty in replying to this The 50O,OOOf OF debts
paid off by six months before the revolution Out
of what funds did reimburse in s47 these 500000f Out
received Tue pnD'sner OF
Historic de Godins, and 45OOO0, the price of my patri
monal of Peronne Macon, sold by that pc
nod For proofs OF this my said estate and its pucha
notares my publishers, my creditors and they, with
my Deeds releases and acquttancos will better than
As to the movement Of my fortune since the day Of
the establishment OF the republic and my accession power
up the present day. the following is The account have
been obliged to borrow 100000 to pay 100000 /
ready produce witnesses those who may ncrcdu
lous Their will for the truth and morality of
these transactions II is shown, then, that the Of my
partial rembursements in s47 not In the public trea
sury, but in the funds Of my creditors and friends blush
being obliged 10 expose all these particulars but the people
have right the regulations Of their representatives.
short time before February %, concluded with booksellers
editors capitalists and propretors Of journals contracts for the
copyright Of my literary works. past, present. and to come
amounting together to the Of SAC, 000f hoped by my
assduy pay all my creditors in few years. and thus pre-
my pamony for my and beloved family, and
for the families Of the farmers who live upon
my estates The charge of public affairs and the crisis Of
which could no, take advantage against the honest and gen.
with whom had entered into contracts, have
PEELED annul those contracts and will obge me to
mburse the advances which have been made TO have
therefore, voluntarily sacrificed to the revolution these
$780, O0Of Such the benefits which have received from
the republic"
NJ. LlnlRTISE then enters into the history Of his
nexion With sobrcr Blanqu Raspa Babes and De Floe
This connexion was, he contends far from being crme
Of his best titles the appreciation of his feowcitzens
and he declares that the object Of to influence by phi
political conversation and endeavor to rally the repub
lie, constitutional, honest moderate, and PRACTICAL the
who were capable Of serving or running it."