The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-12-13
THE POPULAR WILL IN FRANCE.

FELL-cHAELEs x, LOUIS PHILIPPE,
: AND NAPOLEON i'll.
The present attitude Of President Mac
Mahon towards the French Chamber OF
Deputies strongly suggests the possibility OF
fate to his pretentions like that which be-
iell some OF the similarly stubborn rulers OF
France who have foolish!y detied the popu
lar will. A few words, therefore, as to how |
three governments fell in France-in 1880, |
lS4S and 1S70-may not now be out OF place
at this moment, and the following article on
the subject, from the Pail Mall Gazette,
London, will be found very interesting:
THE FALL OF CHARLES.
First respecting Charles X This King,
having summoned the reactionary Polignac
ministry, the Chamber of Deputies signiiied
its dspleasure by series of hostile votes,
and was prorogued in August, 1929. Dur
ing the recess the King paid visit to Ais
ace and was so loyalty received that lie
thought he could venture to uphold his un-
popular ministers. Parliament was opened
on March G, 1880. and, in answer to the
speech from the throne, 22i Deputies, form-
ing majority. passed an address declaring
that the cabinet did rot possess their conf
flence !'1Ihe Kings replv was to dissolve the
Chamber. New elections were held in June,
and the 221 were re elected then the King
remarked aloud at 4 court dinner that he
should not commit the same mistake as bis
ill.starred brother Louis XVI, who had per-
isied through making concessions and,
Welding to Prince Polignac's suggestions,
he drew up set of ordinances dissolving
the Chamber afresh, restoring the press
censorship and altering the mode OF con-
Quoting elections.
These ordinances were signed in a cabi-
net council held at ST. Cloud on Saturday
evening, July %. and all the ministers APP
pended their signatures to them. One,
however, NJ. D'HausseZ, minister OF marinc,
hesitated for awhile and asked whether the
King would persevere even if his advisers
objected? ssCertainly," replied Charles X.
NJ. D'Hallssez then signed, but, retiring to
leave The room. he looked around at the
walls and said: s'Sire, was looking for a
portrait Of Stafford The ordinances were
placarded in Paris on Monday morning, and
that day the King went TO hunt in the Forest
of Ramboullet. He hunted in all months,
and had kingly disregard for close seasons.
In the evening news was brought him that
there were crowds in tie streets of the capt.
tai, hut no disorder, TIE garrison OF Paris
was 1900 men, including three picket reg
iments of the guard and a corps OF 5000
Swiss guards. all of whom had had ball-cart-
ridges served out to them so the King. al
ter PLAYING whist till eleven, supped ant
went to bed placidly.
Meanwhile protest had been drawn VI
mt tile office of the National by NJ Theirs.
who said, 1--WE want some heads at the foot
of this document" and put his signature
Several dozens of other Journalists addco
theirs, aud the protest was at once printed
and scattered about the streets. At ten
O'Clock or Tuesday the first barricade was
erected by some printers VOL kmen, who
plundered gunmaker's shop; by moor
there WAS dozen barrics des; AT three the
students of the Latin Quarter and OF the
Ecole Polytechnique joined the insurgents
at six all the shops closed. and the nigh
came amid general firing. which could b.
distinctly heard at St. Cloud. The Kin:
was not yet alarmed for his guards wer'
reported to be fighting splendidly but ~i
p Wednesday, the 2Sth. when news came Ina
the reyolutonists had captured three bar
racks in the night Prince Poignae resigned
and the King requested the Due de Morte
mart to form cabinet.
It was too late. Before night the insur
gents were masters of Paris, and the guart
fell back upon ST. Cloud. Prince Polignat
was obliged to hide in an upper room to es
: cape the fury of the courtiers, who threat
cned him with personal violence, and tn
princess, his wife, sat sobbing hystericalll
in a passage, while number OF duehesse
and countesses. who had fled from the Fau
bough St. German. loaded her with impre
cations. On Thursday. the Goth, the kins
left st. Cloud for Rambonillet, followed by
all his court, some in carriages, some il
carts. others on foot and carrying bundles
of their goods. Two days had suificed Il
put the Bourbon dynasty in such Il sorr.
plight that on trying to borrow $1,000 franc
at Rambouillct, for the purpose OF payIn.
his soldiers and servants. the King could MOI
raise the money. No one in town wou
lend him frame.
On the 30th Charles X. addicted in fayo
of his grandson, the Due de Bortleaux-nov
the Comte de Chambord-but the provi>
ional government formed in Paris had nj
ready appointed the Duke Of Orleans Lieu
tenant General of the kingdom, and mes
sensers brought the King advice tantamoun
to an order to leave the country. lie start
ell for Gherbaurg accordingly. and thcr
embarked for England The nnfortuiat
Prince Polignac, who had Dragged TO
months that he would bring the liberals II
senses, accompanied the King, but had II
remain hidden in a coach with the shutter
up, which coach the runaway coartiers be
lieved to contain their crown jewels, an,
therefore respected. Ii the Prince hat
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~ THE DOWNFALL OF LOUIS PHILIPPE.
- Eighteen years after this Louis Philippe
lost his throne. thanks to NJ. Guizot, VIII
withstoos: an agitation for parliamentary re
form. The electorate then comprised bu
100000 citizens. NJ. Theirs and Cdilol
Rarrot, leaders of the liberal party. adyoca
ting an extension OF the suffrage, sought t.
weigh upon the conservative majority il
both houses by organizing series of politi
cal banquets. One on monster scale Wa
appointed to take place on Tuesday, HI
22d OF February, 1S4S, in the twelfth arron
basement of Paris; but NJ. Guizot decided
to prohibit it, and Il proclamation TO that eff
feet was launched on the goth by N. Gobrie
DeIessert, project of police, who professet
to be acting on his own sole authority IL
forbidding what he termed Il disorderly
meeting. The result was that the boule-
wards soon became filed with crowds shout
ing .'Down with the ministry ard thu
leaders of the left resolved to bring iorwar.
motion for impeaching the cabinet upof
seven counts of unconstitutional action.
The garrison of Paris was then verj
strong and seemed to be most loyal. There
were $1,000 men within the walls and 49,
600 in the outlying forts, the town OF Yer
sailles, Vincennes, &c; but in addition to
these there was the National Guard of 80,
600 citizens, who were devoted to tile hlng-
In fact nobody thought at that time of up
setting the throne The only cry was for
reform and change of the Guizot cabinet,
which had been in Office more than seven
years. NJ Guizot. however, thought good
to make formidable military demonstra-
p ton to protect tile House of Deputies on the
22d, when the impeachment motion was
lodged by NJ. Odilon Barrot, and the popu-
lace answered by turning out in tens of
thousands, cheering the soldiers. but repeat
ing their cry for reform with increasing We
hemence. There was no debate on the mo-
ton for impeachment.
The House adjourned ut four and Mar
shall Bugeand, the commander in chief. Of
fered to sweep the streets clean and make
Paris ssswallow his sword mp to the hlt' ii
NJ. Guizot pleased. The premier declined,
and the marshal said he wo'l1 repent it be-
fore long. At o'clock, the bonlevards be-
ing then scething with human heads, NJ.
Lagrange, Il republican vino afterwards i'e-
came deputy. deliberately fired a pistol at
the sentry outside tn" foreign ollie The
guard turned ont and fired back. and This
was the signal for general cry to arms
Barricades rose with startling promptitudc.
Shopkeepers, who were national Slardsmen.
hearing that the ministry were Strengthening
the neople flew to their milskets, and be-