The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-05-22
Correspondence Of the National Intelligencer.
4 The Revolution at Paris in February, 1s4S.
From he London Times.
THE oath OF FEBRUARY, 1913.
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"Chance has thrown into my hands doc
ument, not hitherto noticed, perhaps the
most instructive and useful Of any that have
appeared on that amazing catastrophe, and
the publication of which, though referring
to the past, could not have come more apro-
pos, when we consider that the situation of
the country may before long bear close re-
semblance to what it was in the commence,
ment of 1848 The document referred to
is letter addressed by Marshal Bugeaud to
a friend, member Of the Chamber Of Dep
uties, and which contains a succint and clear
narrative of the events in which he took part
on the oath of February. The letter was
written not long before his death. 1t is as
follows:
''MY DEAR -: 1t was O clock in the
morning of the oath when an Abide camp
came to me to request my attendance at the
Chateau, (the Tuileries.) I fastened thith-
er I was offered the command of the
troops and the National Guard we'll I'M
derstood that it was too late but thought
it would be unworthy of me to refuse. The
Ministers (NIM. Guizot and Duchatel) were
sent for to countersign the ordinances which
named me- All this took some time so
that it was about half past 8 oclock the same
morning before / was enabled to put myself
in communication with the troops that were
then in the Place du Carousel, or in the
Court of the Tuileries? l assembled the of
ficers and sub-oficers, and harangued them
with energy. My address was incorrectly
reported in the journal The troops were
much discouraged. They had been kept for
more than sixty hours in a timid and even
shameful attitude, in presence of the emeute
their feet were in the mud, their knapsacks
on their backs, and they looked on tranquil
| " while the insurgents attacked the muni-
cipal guards, burnt the guard-houses, cut
down the trees, smashed the lamps and har-
angued the soldiers The soldiers had only
received for nourishment three rations Of
biscuit, that had already been consumed
they had generally but ten cartridges pei
man the most amply provided battalions
had but twenty. On the Place du Carrou
sci there were only three chests of cartridges
There were none whatever at the Ecole Nil
itaire, nor elsewhere in Paris The only sup
ply TO be found was at Vincennes, and thai
Ionly of thirteen caiSsoaS TO bring up thi.
supply it was necessary to traverse the whole
theatre of the instructions and thousand
of barricades The cavalry horses were com
pletely knocked up, and had not grain Q
eorn the men had been constantly kept ol
horseback The whole of the troops detach
r ed to the BastHe, the Hotel de Vile, tn
Boulevards, and the Pantheon, had received
orders to fall back at day5rcak on the Tuile
ries. | lost no time in ordering them to re
main firm at their post, and assured then
that other columns would move toward
! them at the break of day, and that then the,
should decidedly assume the offensive.
: 81 employed the rest Of tie nightin organ
iziug our columns, and allowed no occasion
to escape of raising the courage of all aroun
me, and [ must say with success. / saw fl
a ces, that were very downcast at first, gradr
y ally brighten up at seeing the measures
c adopted and the orders and instructions thu
I | gave. had at least about one hundre
and fifty persons. Officers of the staff, {
) the army, and of the National Guard, an
r a crowd of generals came to offer me the
st services. There were two many of them
h each one wished to claim my attention an
% to make me protestations. They made II
lose great deal of most valuable time
= Add to this that all at the same time brougi
v hundred kinds of news and demanded
8 me hundreds of orders. wanted inform
ton on the National Guard. Jacquemin
i was in bed very i'll His chief of the sta
- did not make his appearance. I sent to loo
|! for him. He was found in room in Il
IL fourth story. He came tc me in very b;
Ihumor and rendered me his resignation
That's not the question, sir, l said; 'infor
: me of the steps taken with respect to the N
s tional Guard. could get no informant,
h from him. The commandment of the div
k ion was equally silent, and l could only Q
n tain some Information from his chief of 1
staff, Colonel Rollin, who showed himself
8 man Of heart and intelligence. At last,
he aybreak, at half past five o'clock in the mt
W. ming, four columns set out from the pla
du Carrousel, animated with the very b.
spirit but badly furnished with amuniti
to sustain long combat. The chief of the
columns and good number of officers "
ne composed it, received instructions, in viii
&c, rapidly indicated the manner Of attack
re the barbados and compact masses, of pei
he trating into the houses, &c. Confidence
depicted ineyery face; and, as / consider
). the war as seriously engaged, | did not .dor
- that the combat was to begin immediate
"a Gone of the columns directed itself
u the Hotel de Vile, by the Palais Roy
and by traversing the Rues Montmart
ew Poissonniere, Saint Martin, &c, The secQ
la column marched towards the Bastile, BY
tn Rue RichcEcu, the Bourse, the lower p
of the Rue Montmartre, and the BouleYar
The third was to man@uvre on the rigbta
an left to the rear Of the two first, "a order
me hinder the construction of barbados behi
nd them. The fourth proceeded to the Pant
on to reinforce Gen. Remand, who was
take tie command Of all, and who had
m ready received my instructions. Gendanr
ter in disguise, accompanied these columns
on bring me back reports; orderlies, for re-
YES were organized il the Place du Carrou
under Che command Of Gen. Rvlhieres.
~ seven o clock I learned officially that my
~ umns had reached Che points indicated,
s''s without any resistance the barbados
not been defended, and hey had been 81
ap- ciently removed to allow free passaggl
M to tie artil lery The column Of the Do
Yards alone did not reach the Bastile,
cause ii had encountered On the Bouley
NE ffonfmartfe an enormous mass The &