The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-05-06
haunt the pillow of Exiled Ermiuo,


anxious are the faces Of the shopkeepers.--'
They have no doubt, for tire AT least, lost
their largest customers Riches huve made
wings TO themselves, aud have flown from
Paris. Flights of nobility have left tile capi-
tai, having first submitted to the daily opera
tiUns ofmany London linendrnpers, and sold
their goods al an alarming sacrifice Repub-
lcans may drive and ride cheap; for Mon
archists have sold their carriages and horses,
at price that shows patriotic contempt for
such vanlies. Numbers Of the English
Hitherto smiling serenely at the tcrrors of
their nationnli income iaX-have in their rasliv
ness not hesuted 10 return even to The arms
of the Chancellor ofthe ESchequer; whom
no doubt all the past will lie forgiven. New
ertheless many remain; and net,on Saturday
last, with n special welcome from the Provis.
ionu Government.
A deputaton of English residentsv-the re7
manning skeleton of the vast army of house,
holders and lodgers--wcnt 10 the Hotel dc
Vile; where, indeed some new deputation
arrives with every new haIEhour. lamar
tine must have been worked by his duties,
worked like an iron engine; therefore it sent
a more delightful thrill through my heaFt, TO
see that great and good man--wiIh fine po-
etc face-iresh as the morning at It's glorious
work. believe that his answer 10 the adj
dress (Which was moderate, even TO tameness
soul. He seemed to speak with all the pusz
sionaleness ofpossessing truth, when he gave
utteraDce 10 his acknowledge of the re-
spect and good wishes of the deputu,iou; ard
became beautifully eloquent in his aspiration
for continued peace between England and
France.
The deputntion of The residents was pre-,
coded by one from England. There was Jor
scph Surge, with several other Friends; ac7
rny.nr ft,t Fnr ID I,t,
manly. 1t was curiously delightful 10 SEQ
the Bunker quetude-that unresiSing Chris-
Iliauity that, in its untired nicekness, las out
worn oppression--C ontrased with French
carnestness, French viyacity. and French
military. The deputation carried The resolur
lions ofa London meeting: resolutions SYM
pathetic, peaceful, and Christian; ard Lnr
marine answered tleir solemn purpose in IL
high and fitting strain. Surely both nations
have made some advance since the first Rev.
o!ution, V hen the thinking men Of England
make voyage to France TO speak the bless
iuTs of peace-0nd French minister in tho
midst ola swor6ed population dcuounces war
rs n folly and a curse. Did not the lip Of lis
coffined Napoleon curl of this?
Sill deputatonsl Here is one, athrong of
men and boys. Some ofthem carry rolls Of
music, and they come TO ask, and take counv
sci OF the Government.
And in the outer hail. upon the benches.
sit another deputation in pe,ticoats. They
are steel knitiers; they knit steel purses Gem
tures ago they might have knitted steel mr.
NOR. Well they come about wages aud lar
bor-to complain, it is TO lie hoped, to lie
comfortcd.
Aud Illus. hour after hour flow towards the
Hotel de Vile, the social streams of profess
sion, handicrait and trade.
AT The Luxembourg, Louis Blanca man
Utmost earnest soUl=-counsels The workmen,
Blanc has, at lenst, magnificent advantage
not often vouchsafed 10 social and political
theorists. He is in position to carry out his
own toregone conclusions. He has the ley
or of rowHr-aud not more gigantic than goy
rious will lie his achievements, if he can move
the world, the working day world near tho
sun. OF this, moro anon.
1t has been predicted that the laboring
classes would, in their ignorant Impotence,
defeat even the experiment to ncliorate their
condition. There is much suffering in Eranca
there may be more: hut have strong hes
lief in the hcroism-the heroism of endur-
ance--by the masses. 1t is clear that they
have religious faith in the sincerity of the
Provisional Government: that they may yeuru
towards the Republic with an earnest love,
only equalled in lis intensity by their scor1
and loathing Ollie crowned hypocrisy TINT
has for years az once betrayed and iusulted
them. Already, bodies of the working men
have sent in 10 the Government to declare
their satisfaction with ten hours' labor; will,
their desire for no further reduction of time,
as il would he Incompatible with justice to
their employers.
The seIfishness, the tyranny Of Louis Phil
ippe, is however, creating more disorder in
Paris-carrying greater terror into every
family than was possible by ali his soEdiery,
The exiled King is still despotic at the Bourse,
All in their fears demand cash for paper and
the greater the capitalist, the greater the cows
ard. The press calls upon the patriotism Of
the moncyed interest; but patriotism and
wealth are not always allied; indeed they have
often merely speaking acquaintance. LouF
is Philippe, it is but too evident from th9
disorder of to-day, had not exhausted his
powers of evil; nevertheless, the Provisional
Government speaks cheerily,S' GARNER Pagg
es puts bright looks of hope upon the mattey,
The Republic win he sorely tried, but tho
evils il has TO wrestle with are certainly NOT
to he thrown by knightcraft The industrial
France of to-day is surely the France of ting
2lst of February. Altering Taleyrand's
mot, ''there is only one F'renchmen less."--s
this country throw forth fewer scintiiiationa
Of wit from nation of epigrammatsts, than
this last revolution. There was time whcp
in France, dynasty would have fallen amid
a shower ofsparkes. How is this? Has the
evil genius of arithmetic, left, with its civil
list, deadening weight upon the mercuriaE
French p
Every hour may now bring forth important
events. The gale is rising; nevertheless,
though the vessel may be sometime undeS
stress of weather, ] have great faith in ting
knowledge and firmnees of the future Prcsis
dent of the French Republic