New-York tribune., 1870-09-19

were but few petitions for electoral reform ou' I dis
| ,oor,orv rotorn ras brought forward ii times i
| cusson. the intent being to reduce the h"'np0 a,a
| ties In the great public depa'e - advoca;ed uni.
Thers MAY IG ls4O in which the ior 40 opestlons
versal suffragc great Impulse wa" . ,o,- hoth elec.
OF PopuiI D.nentary reform perpetuahy "ue'
| toral and pariameh"''
rho accidental death July 49, 1872 OF 'he 50" %
,,nIno ,be Duke Of orleans young ih"i' VI So 80,
~ 1 NJ personal popularity, weakened inc hoiu
= ,ho Kine upon the heart OF the haiion' h''o T ~
VI '"o tness every tmidy, exhibited by LOUIS fhil-
- as accounted against him as a crime. strohg
anoston 90 his Government was Orgahlzed' INC hc'
I,can Opposon desired universal suffrage; the Mon
arcbica Opposition attacked his general policy These
oined hands in ls47 to call in popular excitement to
their aid The Chateau Rouge banquet took place July
O. lsI7 and was given by the combined Opposition Ban
duets Of this character repeated throughout the cit
les Of the kin gdOm and the agitation or questions OF re-
form penetrated the remOtest districts. This was the
Oampoigne des Bunquets" On the 11th OF February,
1 the Cabinet deliberately spurned both questions of re-
form, and on the 18th denied the right of political meeting
without governmental authority. To test this assump
ton, grand banquet arranged and proclaimed by
the Opposition for the 22d February II was suppressed
by the authorities and at the last moment the Oppo-
ston announced that it would not take place. But
Paris aroused. The people suspected says Lamar
tine, that Louis Philippe was believer In the divine
right Of kings. He unpopular because he was
king On the 2d February there were barcades In tho
Faubourg st. Antoine and crowds crying "Vve la Re
forme !" In the evening the crowds had leader, La
grange by name who brought them into the neghbor-
hood of the Cafe Torton battalion of the ne drawn
UP in front OF the Hotel OF Foreign Affairs fired into this
mob that carrying torches and red flag, and l6
corpses Of citizens were stretched upon the sidewalk
The next day the barrcades surrounded the Palace ana
approaches Of the Tuileres Louis Philippe had just
time 10 escape from door, after arranging the
form OF an sbdicaton, when column OF the people
broke through the Guards, filed the apartments, and
swept away every trace Of royalty.
The Republic was proclaimed very much in the same
style during the present year. at the Hotel de Ve
Provisional Government beng constituted by Lamar
tine, who subsequently became Minister Of Foreign
Affairs Dupont dc rEure, whose age and dignity made
him fitting presiding officer; Arago, to whom were
committed Naval Affairs; Cremieux, ultimately Minister
OF Justice all the foregoing being carried to the scene OF
their triumph almost on tho shoulders OF the crowd
LedruRon, Marie, who received the portfolio OF Public
Works. and GARNER Pages obtained entrance and were
added to the number Gen. Subervie was made Minister
OF War; Carno of Public Instruction, and Goudchaux "a
banker Of Finance; but the last-named individual be-
came frightened at the gathering storms few days
afterward and GarnierPages who at first was made
Mayor of Paris took his place. 1t will be perceived that
the Liberals, who brought about the revolution which
placed Louis Philippe on the throne, were themselves
disappointed at his failure TO meet the views of the peo
pie, and chagrined at the position in which they were
placed his supporters Hence his fall The "citizen
monarch" experienced also, as had the two previous
Kings Of France the detection of the troops well as
the dislike Of the people He and the Queen embarked
Honfeur for Havre the I'd March, 1ss under the
OF Mr. and Mrs Smith, and thus entitled sailed
again from Havre to England.
The Provisional Government were by fnan
cia difficulties growing out OF general dstrust Of the new
order of things and the distress among the working
people Of France An attempt OncTease the direct taxes
excited universal Indignation To calm the storm, de-
cree was passed, cOnvoking the Constituent Assembly
The number OF it's members fixed at 9G the COnven-
ton Of 1898 being taken the model The eonvOcation
ordered for and took place the 4h of May lsIS
being the seth anniversary Of that OF the StatesGenera
OF 1893. NJ Buchez the first President On the 18th
of May the sitting Of the Constituent Assembly was in
vaded by nsurgent force of citizens who took
sion of the hail. and the Assembly retired The insurrec-
tionists attempted Provisional Government,
but put down by force of arms 5000 Insurgents sur
rendering without bloodshed formidable insur
recton, in which the starving wOrkingmen whom the
Provisional Government had unable supply with
work pay and who had suffered sn more after that
Government resigned upon the formation of the Assem-
bly, had by the oath of June filled Paris with barrcades,
| and the Assembly appointed Cavaignac Dictator 1t
| is believed that upward Of 10000 persons were
killed in the of conflict and carnage which ensued
during two three days following.
BY November I84s, the important work Of the Con-
sttuent Assembly concluded, and the new Constiu-
tiOn which organized the Government of France as a
Republic, was adopted and proclaimed. The value of
this work impaired by single great defect 1t gave
too much power TO the President Of the Republic and 1t
permitted his continuous reelection. This the more
inexcusabe, because already Louis Napoleon, whose
ambition for empire than suspected was the
! prominent candidate, and IL well-known that
Cayaignac. his principal comp, r stood no chance of
election On the 10Th Of December lslo-lS days before
the announcement of the election of Napoleon, the Con-
| sttuent Assembly dissolved