Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-04-06

government OF pure reason, was lot me an IDEAL,
more or less Distant of law, of reign, Of the pro-
gress of the People. II was not conspiracy.
had no hatred to the Constitutional Monarchy no
personal quarrel with the Dynasty. held my
self aloof from its favors was spectator OF It's
reign, and that was all. IL its reign Certain con-
ceptions OF which valued, such that OF peace,
: for example) had neither cramped nor corrupted
liberty, should not have hesitated to serve II. I
The Monarchy and the Dynasty, abandoned by
the People, by the National Guard, by the Cham
Der Of Deputies, and by the Army, fell under its
faults in halfa sitting (demi-seance) OF the Cham
Der. ALI was consumed with Royalty: nothing
remained but to replace it, and to pity it. The
People set us the example Of this honorable pity.
They fought they allowed fight, they did not
insult.
II remained isolated. pensive, silent, on my
bench, contemplating this catastrophe, so sudden
that it did not even allow me time to measure its
depth. Moved, even to tenderness, by this mis-
fortune and this childhood saving itself from the
throne in revolution, my heart wrestled within
me against my reason. The People, and some
Of my colleagues, who at this day have forgotten
il, took me by the arms, made signs to me to
precipitate myself between anarchy and the coun-
try called me by my name, and thrust me into the
tribune M. Barrot descended from it, vanqulsh-
ed in his efforts to stay the downfall OF the Mon
.archy. A gun was directed at me, (by one OF the
mob which filled the chamber:) an unknown hand
knocked tup. pronounced myself, IN lew
words in favor of a Provisional Government;
(which seized nstantaneousy the crisis in order
to control it. This Government gave all the pre-
liabilities ofthe day following to Republic: But
I. il reserved 10 the National Convention. wl..ci
indicated at the first word, that which no iA.i;,E,
which no sudden impulse, which no ciainor, Gould
wrest from it: the sovereign and entire power OF
determining the defnitive form Of government
which it would suit the Nation to accept.
1.-THE voice of the multitude and of the deputies
! who had remained in the Chamber required OF me
myself to nominate the members of the Provisional
Government. Irefused. Dupont, (de rEure,) the
natural dictator of the public esteem, was borne,
in spite of his modesy to the Chair Of the Presi-
dency, (of the Chamber.) He read the names
,Uhich a tunultuous scrutiny had designated to
form the Government. We recognised in this
scrutiny no other authority but that of danger
= and devotion. This danger and this devotion
were our only title. They forbade US to abdcate
this power all irregular it was, into the hands
of anarchy. Il take it by the right of the blood
(which is running, and which must be stanched
at any cost This was my declaration, which
find recorded in the " Moniteur " Of the day. NE
marched to the Hotel de IiAe at the head Of q
column of people. NE acre carried, under an
arch of sabres, pixies, bayonets. into halls sprin-
kled Nth blood, encountered Nth the bodies OF
the dead and the grounded, to a little table, at
,chich THE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED ITSELF"
The point which, after all, most concerns the
People Of the Southern States is, that the Legsla-
lures of several of those States have undertaken to
choose Delegates to the proposed Convention at
Nashville without any authority, or even permits
sion from the People, to embark their rights and
their interests in this untried scheme, the greatest
success of which may be to saddle them with bur-
dens from which they now free, besides leopard
ing their peace and their now growing prosperity:
In conclusion of the last remarks which we foresee
any occasion to make on this subject-and not to
load our columns with too heavy mass Of ex-
tracts-we proposed to ourselves to select, by way
Of illustrating the difference between the sentiments
of the Politicians and the People Of the South, the
evidences of popular opinion in single one of the
Southern States. Whilst making the choice we
met with the following paragraph in the Mobile
Register
ssIt may safely be said that Southern State
rao.sy in faor Nashville Convention MISSISSIPPI.
any thing wanting to prove this it be found in the
unanimy with which the late Legislature, coming fresh from
their constituents with full knowledge Of their opinions and
wishes acted upon the subject They passed resolutions
elected delegates appropriated $4,000 deay expenses
and apart 100000 Of money in the treasury for any
emergency which might require her citizen soldiers to take
the field to resist Northern aggression"
We select, therefore, as the test Of the popular
sentiment on this subject the State of MISSISSIPPI
and submit the annexed evidences within our imme-
date reach to show that even in that State the
ton Of its Legislature is not sustained by the
timent of the People.