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ATHENS,....SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1848.
The Insurrection in Paris.
We have little, if anything, to add to the letter of
*rur London Correspondent, in last week’s issue, upon
the facts of the late horrible outbreak in Paris. We
propose, simply, to contemplate it for a few moments
in connection with its probable causes, and its possi
ble results. It is conceded by all, that a more des
perate, sanguinary and revolting struggle between
classes has not occurred in modern times. The
dreadful massacre of St. Bartholomew, and the revolt
of the workmen in Lyons, in 1834, are the only par
allels which we can recal to mind. The statements
with regard to the actual loss of life, are conflicting;
but there seems to be little reason for hoping that
the aggregate will fall short of ten thousand. Since
the days of Robespierre, Paris has never been so
completely a pre} r to the destroying angel. Liter
ally, and not by a mere rhetorical figure, the streets
of the city ran blood ; and the waters of the Seine
were reddened with human gore !
In four days was this dark and fearful tragedy
•enacted, and not less than a quarter of a million of
human beings, embracing men and women, youth
and age, were participators in the dreadful events,
the narration of which has sent a thrill of horror
through the great heart of the civilized world, and
the memory of which may not speedily be blotted out.
The question is naturally asked by thousands —
What was the real cause of the revolt 1 Who were
the true conflicting parties 1 Let us endeavor to re
ply to these queries. The actual cause of the insur
. rection we believe, to have been the fatal mistake of
the Provisional Government, in pensioning one hun
dred thousand workmen, nominally employed in the
workshops, but of whom, in reality, less than one
tenth were employed at all. Thus, there were up
wards of ninety thousand idle, vicious, ignorant men,
with nothing better to do than to devise mischief
against the hand that fed them, in the vain hope of
creating a Social Paradise. It was these men, coop
erating with two thirds as many unemployed onvriers
from the provinces, that composed the fearful mass
•out of which arose the terrible form of civil war, clad
in robes reeking with blood, and bearing a red flag,
inscribed with words of terror. The defective organ
ization of the laboring classes of Paris then, was, we
conceive, the fatal cause of the rebellion. As to the
conflicting parties, it will be seen at once, that they
were these infatuated, reckless socialists, opposed to
the people of Paris. By the people, we mean the tax
payers—the property holders —the citizens from in
terest, of any and every class —constituting an im
mense majority of the population. It was therefore
not only a war of classes, but a war of principles.
Had the insurgents proved victorious, the social
•and political consequences to France would probably
have been, to the last degree, fatal and destructive.
A reign of terror, or an absolute despotism must have
ensued. Thank Heaven, that law and order pre
vailed over the demoralizing principles of the “ Red
Republic,” and that Paris, scourged as she has been,
trembling still with the earthquake shock of anarchy,
mourning, through all her streets, the death of her
sons—not of the human fiends who kindled the strife,
but of her gallant and noble defenders, the devoted
troops—and scarcely yet cleansed from the deep and
dreadful stains of blood which have covered her —is
nevertheless triumphant over her foes, and not over
her foes only, but the foes of themselves and of every
fight that is guaranteed by Heaven to man. We
dare not predict, with any confidence, the result of
this insurrection. A fearful lesson has been read to
the National Assembly —and it would be doing vio
lence to human sympathies, not to hope that it may
not have been learned in vain. If, however, we can
not indulge much confidence in the happy issue of
these events, for the establishment of a solid and en
during Republic in France, we may perhaps extenu
ate our incredulity, by adverting to the present in
harmonious combination of the Assembly, and to the
apparent lack of those true perceptions of Republi
canism which even the most liberal of the French
legislators continually exhibit. We are, it is true,
sceptical as to the possibility of organizing a true
Republic out of French Monarchists, Communists,
Moderate Republicans, and all the other parties rep
resented in the Paris Council. The whole series of
events since the deposition of Louis Phillippe in Feb
ruary has been a succession of surprises, not to thebe-
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holding world alone, but to the enacting multitude.
The first Revolution astounded those who achieved
it as much as it did the dethroned king and the de
feated aristocracy. There is no question that affairs
in Paris have run riot with their authors. No one
contemplated the results as they have occurred. We
will not stop to consider whether any actual good has
been accomplished, but proceed to remark that prin
ciples of disorganization once developed and made
active, become speedily uncontrollable, and prove as
fatal to their abettors, as to the object of their oper
ation. This is so clearly illustrated in the history of
Paris since February, 1848, that further comment is
unnecessary.
The question now is, where will these principles
stop 1 We saw, in the person and power of Lamar
tine, a guide to the newly developed spirit of free
dom in France, and wo hoped all for the future. —
The enthusiasm of the people for that great man, was
a star of hope and of promise. Alas! how speedily
was it extinguished—and Lamartine is now no more
the idol of the people. We must confess that this
fickleness, this volatility, of the French people—this
sudden elevation of leaders, and this sudden abandon
ment of them for others, is to us, the worst of all au.
guries for the future of France. “ Unstable as water,
thou shalt not excel,” though written by divine in
spiration of Reuben in olden time, may we think be
uttered by the inspiration of intelligence, and with
great propriety, of France, in these modern days.—
Her rulers “ darken counsel with words without
knowledge,” and we greatly fear that the true sun
of Liberty and Peace has not yet dawned upon her
beautiful territory.
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ticing its character and claims upon the mercantile
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It is well filled with sterling papers, on the various
interests it embraces. In the double number before
us, for instance, we find a very interesting chapter
on Mexico, in 1845, by the Hon. Mr. Poinsett—an
excellent and comprehensive history of the Silk Cul
ture and Trade. Another article on the Importance,
Resources and Productions of the West India Islands,
from the pen of the editor. In addition to these, are
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Southern Medical & Surgical Journal, for July.
Edited by Dr. Paul F. Eve. Augusta, Ga.
Very unintentionally, we have omitted to notice
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cellence of his department. In the present number,
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how utterly impossible it is for an Editor to read one
tenth of his exchanges. To be sure, this journal is
only an “ item” in the aggregate of American news
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The Literary World. Osgood & Cos.: New York.
We prepared a notice of this valuable journal,
weeks ago, but it was overlooked ; and we now has
ten to atone for seeming negligence, by recording our
opinion that the best interests of Literature in our
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“ World” is under the editorial care of an accom-
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<£>ur &osst}j Column.
The lively sketch in the present number entitled
“Tale Writers and Tale Readers,” will repay
your perusal, dear reader. The young author
wields a quick and spirited pen, which we invite to j
frequent exercise in our columns. The sketch in \
question may certainly be called, with inueh propri- j
ety, a Tail Piece. ..... It is a rare thing now a
days to meet with a man who has no political lean
ings or preferences, and we were not a little amused j
with the following jcu d’csjrit which we found in
an exchange under the rare caption of “ The Man j
of No Politics.” A prominent politician recently
encountering an old but somewhat obscure acquaint- j
ance in the vicinity of a political assembly hall, to j
which he was going, and hoping to secure his man,
thus addressed him after a few brief common-places:
“ By the way, Jones, what are your politics I ”
“ My politics Mr. Smith, I haven’t got any ! ”
“ What, no politics do you say 1 ”
“ Not a darned politic! ”
It is probably, needless to add that Mr. Smith
did not ask his friend Jones to go with him to the
hall! When this paper reaches many of
our distant subscribers, we shall be in the midst of
the bustle and excitement of our annual College
Commencement —an occasion which never fails to
congregate a multitude from all sections of Georgia,
and frequently from our sister states. The present
graduating class is larger than usual, and indicates
the prosperity of our University. In our next num
ber we shall endeavor to give some account of the
manner in which the young gentlemen who take
part in the exercises shall have acquitted them
selves It wa3 our purpose to have been
present at the recent Commencements of Emory
College and the Mercer University, but we were
prevented by the claims of our various engagements
at home. We understand that they were both
respectably attended, and afforded to the friends of
the Institutions agreeable indications of the pro
gressive condition of the respective Colleges.
Should the addresses delivered before the Societies
appear on our table, we shall notice them in due
season It has been a settled conviction
with us that nothing could have more than two ends,
although we confess ourself to have been frequently
staggered when we have listened to a sermon in
which the preacher tantalized us with a dozen
“ Finally, my brethrens.” We are, however, at
length satisfied that something may have three
ends as it appears from the following “ fact ” which
came under our obervation recently. A smart lad
being desirous of becoming a sailor, applied to a
Captain of a ship for a berth. The Captain, him
self somewhat of a wag, told the young aspirant for
the sea that if he would be a good sailor he must
make three ends to a rope, at the same time handing
him a piece for the experiment. “ I can do tha*t ea
sily enough sir, ” replied the lad. “ See, here is one
end, here is another, that makes two ; and tossing
it overboard as he spoke, “ there ” added he, “is
the third!” .... To-morrow (Sunday) afternoon
the Rev. Dr. Stevens will preach his farewell sermon
to his parishioners, and onWednesday evening he will
leave our town for his new home in Philadelphia.—
.... In the pleasant poem contributed to this
number of the Gazette by our esteemed friend, Judge
Charlton, a note was appended, in the original man
uscript, to the second line of tho third stanza, which
having been omitted in the printed copy, we give in
this connection. It ran as follows: “ One of my fa
cetious friends, on his wedding night, gave as a toast
—‘ The State of Georgia and the marriage state :
the two best States of the Union.’ What says he
now 1” .... In the *‘ May Party,” by “ Florio,”
in our last number, near the commencement of the
story, Fred Stanley is made to utter nonsense by a
mistake of the press, which occurred in correcting
the form. Instead of saying that his business was
not welcomed, fyc., he should have said it was not
unwelcomed. We beg the reader to apply the cor
rection. It is impossible to avoid all errors of the
types —as someone says, “in spite of the ‘devil,”
they will creep in—transforming milk of roses, into
milk of noses, halves into calves, slaughter into
laughter, etc., etc.
Notices to Correspondents.
Xury. We have slightly examined the “ Man of
Gold and the Golden Mind,” and think it will prove
acceptable.
Alton. Your lines addressed to Susan shall ap
pear, but we really cannot promise an immediate
publication.
E. C. C. Your paper on the Crusaders is filed for
an early insertion.
Stephenia. Room for your lines shall be made as
soon as possible. Our contribution box is so crowd
ed with offerings in verse that we cannot make use of
half of them at present.
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Publisher. and authors who may wish to have their
Books noticed in the “ Literary Gazette” will please semi
copies lor the editor to Burgess, Stringer it Cos., N. York*
who will send a parcel to him every week by express.
A Spanish Grammar, based on the System of Don
Jose he Urcullu. By Fayette Robinson. —
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowpcrthwait & Cos.
Very glad arc we to see another Grammar of this
noble language published in our country. It is a sign
that our people are becoming more convinced of the
necessity of preparation for social intercourse be
tween ourselves and those neighbors to whom this
tongue is vernacular. To Americans it has become
almost indispensable. Our territories, now enlarged
by Mexican accession, count among their citizens
thousands who use this as their mother tongue, and
from the relations, every year more intimate, and ex
panding, between the United States and South Amer
ica, it becomes more important. It does not present
to the student as great difficulties in pronunciation
as the French, nor, in structure, as the German, and
to him who is acquainted with the Latin, its literary
stores arc soon open.
The edition before us is neatly printed on good pa
per, and its binding is fair. Would that we could
commend it equally in everything ; but, we cannot.
It is careless in its proof, from which cause errors
abound—and yet more from mistakes of the author.
Very few pages can be opened without these being
apparent to the student,—wo say, not to the adept,
for many passages are so contradictory in themselves
as to strike even the beginner. Examples of care
lessness may be found on page 13th, where the abso
lute and relative superlatives are confounded ; —on
page 17th, where the accusative is incorrect in the
declension of the proper name, Juan; —on page 25th,
et al., in the declensions of common nouns and pro
nouns, where in every case tho sign of tho accusative
of proper nouns is given to common ones. If this tie
tho rule now of the Spanish academy, it is certain-’
ly not drawn from their classic writers. Also, we
remark some negligence in the composition. For
instance, on page 87, in the remarks on Haber, the
vice versa may answer, but no example of the rule as
to the verb ; —on the 100th page were is called a part
ciple ; —on tho 107th page, in what is called his gen
eral rule, that active verbs arc conjugated with ser ,
and neuter ones with haber —in his paradigms of the
three conjugations ar, er, and ir, is amar a neuter
verb,or tenier? Sufrir may be active or neuter —On
page 111, amaneccr is said to form its infinitive and
subjunctive present in apetezea —What could a be
giner learn from this 1
Typographical errors arc numerous, but we will
pass over these, as it is not pleasant to find fault.
We have said enough to point out, we hope, to the
publishers the need of a stricter attention to the
proof-sheets in the next edition.
We would also recommend the insertion of Josse's
list of irregular verbs, and his mode of explaining
their irregularities as being more clear and easy to
a beginner, than the author’s own.
In the sound of the alphabet, also, we advise more
care, and an insertion of omitted sounds. Where
does the author find that a sounds like ar ? e g. ra
sa, as carsar; or how does he distinguish betweeu
this word and the verb casar? Where are we in
formed of the sound of the terminal and, or of the same
consonant between two vowels, where of the guttural
g ?
We have received also from the same publishers
Urcullu’s own work in the Spanish for the instruc
tion of the Spanish Student in the English language
—a work well adapted to its design.
English Versification, containing Rules for tho
Structure of the Differant Kinds of Verse ; by
Erastus Everett, A. M. New York: D. Apple
ton & Cos.
A more acceptable book than this could hardly
have been published, that is, if the aspirants for po
etical fame, “whose name is legion,” desire an ex
cellent guide to a knowledge of the Art of Poetry.
So far as we have looked into Mr. Everett’s vol
ume, it appears to be well adapted to its object. We
think the author has been happy in his selection of
illustrations, and we believe he has embraced all ac
knowledged kinds of metre. In behalf of the edito
rial fraternity, who have every week to reject more
or less verse, in consequence of the total ignorance ot
its producers, we thank the Publishers for this book,
and we commend it to all the poetasters of the land,
hoping that if the specimens therein contained oftrue
poetry, do not deter them from vain attempts at the
ars divina, they will at least, incite them to careinl
imitation of good models.
$3- Rev. Dr. ThomwellofS. C. being unable to
fill his appointment, the Commencement Sermon will
be preached in the College Chapel on Sunday, at 10
o’clock, A. M. by the Rev. C. H. Hall, of the Dio
cess of New York.
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