Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-29

The child IS boln-the men dle sio"h ~
Them are here who will see this; ior go anedu
is the woodworking feehngs.ol me h e;d-
ran neople; and "ahead" they "go" with Iapia'
nv uhich no government can stop; they are
neonr which are always ahead oil their govern
ment, (cheers. .b.,,,s
Win these lew words return you my lhaihs
especially 10 the President, and TO me een!ls,
men who have done me the honor 10 invite INC
here this evening.-(Greal applause.]
[Correspondence OF The Journal of Commerce.
PARrs, May 3, lS49.
On The evenings Of Friday Saturday, SUNDAY
and Monday, the gatherings lanroupenIen1s) on
the Boueyards, Tor mile nearly IN extent meie
dense and obstinate, notwithstanding Inc Puo'ea'
tion at The corners oil al The Streets oi INC &c
we're laws OF prohibition, and Inc occasiohai easy
charges of corps OF Dragons. II IS no' "onoe
iul that an immense crowd shouiu oe iofineu
| merely TO see The raSzias or swoops oil the 70
lice the scoldipe and scufilng between the per
sons seized and the armed constables, sergeants
| Il, piLLs md gems d. Armes. Tine shopkeepeIs
closed their establishments in dlsmay, and TINS
premature soppage OF all business is serious
| pecuniary loss. On Saturday evening 400 ar
tests were made, $50 individuals were sent 10 The
| d.pot of yagabonds al the prefecture oil Police
| a number OF them were old convicls; June IN
suroenis; influential members Of Clubs and Sc
crel Societies, some with arms concealed. The
| congestion OF the haul indicates the origin and
| design OF these mass. meetings.
| Il happened that three representatives were
amopg The captured. They preferred formal
| complaint 10 the tribune of the National Assem-
| biy; relating their mishap and The sad usage
| they experienced, 10 vein OF resentment and
| with personal details, which provoked more
mirth than sympathy in the audience. One oil
hem. quite respectable and distinguished mo-
Gerate Republican, did not al fiat declare his
quality to the caplorT he was thrown into The yard
| or pen of the common Indicators, and though
| alter some hours transferred TO private
room, on pleading his invioabity as a re-
preventative he was not released until noon. The
Ministers OF The Interior, and Of Justice protest.
ed that they felt deep regret at the irregularities
OF the police, and the necessity of any violent
proceedings; the Mountain furio1sly charged
them with conlriving these mobs, in order to &C.
casion ensextss, and sanguinary onslaushIs. When
he Minister ot The Interior cried, 81 say it is not
| true that the police officers committed The barba-
| rites which YOU denoupce "-"It is you who lie "
| roared member on The floor The French pub
| lie men,-even those OF high order exchange
| The direct lie SO often, that one scarcely knows
whom 10 believe. The National, which support.
| ed The Assembly, the Provisional Government,
and Dictator Cavaignac, in all their DEGREES and
warfare against The street gatherings, has not he
STATED 10 repeat emphalcally tie accusation, JUS
mentioned, OF the Mountain; Odillon Barrot re-
PEELED it with manly spirit and eloquence. II i
| like the impulalion on The American President.
| and administra ions-tha ofcontriving and bring
ing about foreign wars for success in elections
and the increase or preservation Of official patro
| mage. We may we'll believe that the American
people have never elected, and will never elect al
President, man capable, in the remoesl degree
OF such iniquity.
Two indilents rather pleasant marked The de-
bate about the captures. Monsieur Matthew Loui
.y, one Of the negro representatives, fell into
the hands of an armed patrol. II showed his Of
fetal badge, but this was disregarded, and he wa:
cast al the prefecture, into dark hole ln Ga
ienanis report oflhe debate we have this anec-
dole. (aHere the honorable representative Loui
| sy, uttered most strange sound, like what va:
| heard some years back in England, OF the stage
from MIR. Rice when enacting Jim Croft and 9TH
| er limitations OF The negro character. The unu-
sual sound excited great laughter throughout The
| chamber" Some members have mentioned Il
me, that the sudden grunt or groan OF The ebony
| gentleman, in his piteous narration, was wholly
irresistible. The President shook his sides in
mis- chair The other Circumstance was a
quite indignant report from republican
qaeser OF The Meuse. that when il was oh
served to the chief of the Municipal Police
"you have arrested representative"-"So
much the better" answered the chef-"l wish
| the whole of them were arrested" This excit.
| ed merriment on the floor among the conserva.
tiyes; but the republicans, and the Mountain es
pecially, took it in high dudgeon. Monsieur
earlier, an admirable functionary BY the way,
has been brought up for examination before the
President and Bureau, Of the Assembly; be de-
MES the impeachment captain OF the National
| Guard ayers that he received and distinctly
heard the answer. The Assembly have decided
that hereafter every representative taken pris
oner in the razzias, shall be conducted, not 10
the Prefecture but TO the palace of The Presi-
dent of the Assembly, there TO be Identified
There is.a grand Democratic Socialist Commit
| lee Of Elections, which assumes an absolute
control over the Red Republic, and is partially
| obeyed by multitude of workmen, as a gov
ernment 1t has suspended all socialist electo-
raj meetings. while the ministry persist in hay-
ing Commssaries present; it has condemned
the gathering for the nonce it admonishes the
multitude that the Executive seeks battle in
the streets, and must be disappointed as long as
the chances are not for the people; "but, pa
tence, the day of expiaton will come" This
| committees list Of % candidates for the Assem-.
bly,, is truly as they say-erimson or scarlet: il
| includes CADET, now on your side OF the Allan.
| tic, and two Sergeants of the regular army
| Some difficulty may bs found in keeping the
dupes and desperadoes of every description
| within bounds on the day after to.morfow--an-
| niyersary of the proclamation of the Republic.
| Two hundred thousand francs we're appropriated
| By that body for the occasion, and the munich
pal councils will separately spend considera-
BILE sum. Lyons has been disturbed by gather
ings, and scores Of arrests are recorded. On
Saturday, I bought on the Rue de Rivol for a
sous, small pamphlet, with the title, "Do,on
| ,otth the Repubie-Lipc Henry Hn The pam
phlet, find, has been seized by the Police; the
hawkers are punished. Ii Peuple was seized
again yesterday.
The point has been roundy mooled and ear
neslly discussed whether, il The nation should
elect great majority OF known monarchisls, the
Assembly may moi proceed al once TO convert the
republic into monarchy, by revising The Consli-
| tuition. No amendment is admilled by the lexl OF
this instrument, in less than three years, and by
| any other than special assembly or Convention.
/ The Constitution being essentially Republican q,
| the faculty OF amendment or modification refers
| of course, TO changes within the Republican
scheme. Yet our logcians acduce the suprema-
| CIV OF the national will whenever and however
manifested. On the 25h ul,, NJ Gus!ave de
| Beaumont whom have mentioned as late Am
bassador in London, and who many years ago
gave The world novel as The truii OF his travels
in the United States, sent forth long and able
address 10 one OF his constituents in favor OF the
claims of The Constitution 10 be fairly and fully
tried, and on the muliiiarious danger OF attempts
10 supplan. it by royalty, before such experiment,
He denies The competency OF majority 10 or
oul OF The next Assembly, TO demo!ish or radical.
ly alter il at once. Most OF The temperate loyal
lists ar disposed 10 abide by ii; as iang as IL is
toltrabLs, they add being sure that ii will be found
impracicable in the end. Noone can be certain
what French impalience and The Jealousy and
ieuds oi party in the Assembly may rot attempt
All the French revolutions have proved abortive
in The forms and Determinations ol government;
vet each mas left its deposit or alluva Of benefit
though disastrous 90 the whole.
Ii is a iavorite theory, with the Anarchists par
ticuiary that there are rights Drjmurueal and