The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-07-26

SHAMELESS Iamartines position Is iaInehEaDle'
beTeye he meant well by the people, at FIRST and
80 ,,aconsciOuslv misIed by Marrast. When he 1
began fo see his error he turned round and joined
q Jedru Rollin who whatever his faults, was sincere
in his democracy From that moment Lamar' ny
fell in the estimation of the arlstocratc party III 1
assembly till finally he is arrested by IT, lie owes
II to his Victims TO himself, and to God, 70 make
his dungeon echo with his mourntu conies sS!
The wall of his elOquence will be something suplln
The conduct of the old politicians OF tle nun
arrhy has throughout been wary IN the eAtFelne'
BarrOt, Dutaure, Duyergier. 'Hanranei lHieLs i
ETC., have abided the turning OF the idOISs; nilo
that the people are down again s,e o. IaSt
will resound with their 8 sweet voices ~ OIo i1s'
word for the people, the mob, the edtl'"e, as w
English press names them. Heaven knows they
are poor and sunk enough. could evoke plty rom
flint were l. or any American who has llVeu III
France, to tell of the mseEes OF her populace
do not advocate their appeal to arms but the worm
will turn when trodGen upon. Our torefalhers MOI
from hunger, but principles drew their SWORDS ana
Aeshed them in the breasts OF their oppTesSors;
1Tbe Partisan rabble who died so herOcally behind
1fh- f4+7=t4es are il should be borne Ia mind, the
same rabble who told Louis Philippe when he fell
iii their hands, 81 to run away, they were MOI as
sassins''-theV are the same squalid wretches VINO
in February last guarded " the bath tub slowed win
diamonds in the Tuileries for twenty-four hours
and refused all compensation but Bread which they
had not tasted for that period they are the same
who blew out the brains Of thieves on the spot anu
protected property, when piaging was as easy
There is not American whose cheek has moi
flushed and his eve glistened as he has read the
thousand touching details of the rarest generosity
the loftiest honor, the purest abnegatlGn Oh sell
which has so constantly distinguished through all
this revolution the lowest dregs OF the Parlsian
sinks. Driven to despair, they, their wives ana
children, fought under banners inscribed, preaa
or death" Imake no comment on the necessity Oh
IS shooting them down. but | Will brand as a
Calumny of the monarchical journals OF Parls and
London, the miserable faIsehood that they bed Tor
hire. Men, wonderland children sell not their lives
for gold. 1t is preposlerous. Nothing bnt CALLING
tyranny but steelheaTted hypocrisy, could provoke
resistance so fierce desperation appalling.
Again warn the American press not to be caught
in the wies Of monarchica writers. English pa
pers are wholly under this influence, and the Lon
don Times is the most dangerous because the most
artful; mingling grain of truth with an ocean OF
misrepresentation The popular press OF PaTls Is
extinguished and the former organs of Louis Phil
ippe are at their vocation again. The journal deS
DebatS, quoted by the Courier deS EtatS CH1S.
of this fmOning impudently states That France
has enjoyed liberty these thirty years. And the
Sise the organ Of the Orleans faction, busy sup
plying its English contemporaries with reports so
disgraceful to the Democratic Republic, which,
aseit now lies buried beneath the barncades, their
sarcasms might as well spare. None who know
the low morality these writers would doubt their
putting in circulation whatever inventions against
the " Insurgents" their acts, sayings and tlags,
that would best serve their cause,
The London Times of June 9th, points the al
tenon of European mOnarchies TO the fact Just
shown in Paris, that the employment OF their " real
military resources their artillery, batterIng trains,
etc, are adequate to putting down the populace.
The hint will not be lost ON Austria and Prussia !;
whilst il is a word in season for the ChartIss ana
the Irish at home. will merely urge, m reply,
that Dragons and artillery have been Literally used
for centuries past but that liberty has all the Whlle
advanced-that democratic republic of goodly pro-
portions known as the United States, has been born
of the twain. The continued application OF force
will be, not to prolong monarchles, but produce re-
PUblics moi after the French pattern of NJ Marrast
gided over with the fine words OF " Equality and
FratemitY,' but more like that which shelters
under the wing of our American eagle In tne,
the rawlings of socialists and the rebelllons OF the
wretched will never cease till monarchies and arls-
tocracies learn the plain lesson, that one act oil
Justice is worth thousand massacres like that
. of the men and tDoHen in the streets OF Pans, ioI
one is the end and the other only the beginning Of
troubles Truly yours, HENRY WlKoFF.
~ The following view of the causes of the late
revolt in Paris, seems to us to be nearer correct
than any we have yet seen 1t is from the pen OIL
an eminent American now in Paris, and who was
capable of forming an unprejudced opinion;
''The governmentwentin into the war designedly
they meant TO fight it out and put down the de,
mands of the curriers'. They might have prevented
IT by simple measures, and after it was begun might
have avoided the blOodshed which has desoateo
Paris by offering the olive branch together witt
ttesword. But this was not what they wanted
They were determined to suppress the workmen, t
chaslise them into submission to their condition u
a word they were determined that they should still
he slaves. The government told the people IN the
National workshops, that they could not pay then
any longer sail their money was out. Posslbylr
Vi few weeks thew would have some more, and theT
ktbey would take their case into consideration, fol
they had it seriously at heart and meant to do some
thing for them. Meanwhile they could perhap
find work Some where in the city, but they coulc
not theY,were ready to enlist them as soldiers, o
which france having only a few more than halt +;
million, was in much need. This broke OIL thu
truce which had been long doubtful one, and a
the same time body Of wOrkmen who had beer
sent into the country to find work there, came
back disappointed. That night they began TO builC
their barricades, and the next morning the wa
opened The bourgeolsie are triumphant
blood has stained the streets of Paris, and her un
90 buried sons corrupt the air of Heaven. To VIVA
end Order has been restored, but there was nj
need that order should be broken. Nothing ha
been gained by this contest which the bourgeosl
aimed to gain by it. They have putdOwn these few
thousand workmen bat they have not put dow
their IDEAS Indeed the bloodshed has only givel
those IDEAS more vitality, and the demand for tn
8 Democratic and Social Republic. which wa
their rallying cry, will now be heard more loudl
aud imperatiyelv than ever before. tits the Ide
Of France which these misfed workmen batted fol
aud at some. rate other France will carry it out
If it has 20 be done at the cost of more blOOdshe
and terror God forgive the rulers who bring tina
about. One word more: the horrors of this Par
sian faiente will ring from one end of the world t
the other against Repubcansm and Socialism
They are indeed terrific things TO be in the midst
or to watch from distance. But in this civiliza
ton Of Europe it is no exaggeration to say that
hundred thousand persons die every year Of famin
and disease brought upon them by the existing SC
cial Institutions Over their graves no one raise
cry of sorrow or of accusation. Is their murde
less horrible than the sudden death of few thou
sands in an eHleute ?p
sLAMART1NE.-NIr George Sumner, an Amer
Fl.,C
lowing Just sentiment in regard to the great Poe
statesman Lamariine:
: Lamartine saw well that this combat won
Gomez and lit was his policy to stave it off by g
means, until the constitution was adopted and Il
goverDment-9yas defntyelY organized For tn
he kept hy his side Tsdru Rnllin History will rel