. . . .
'The title of "Mister" is abandoned; they say nothing but
"Citizen," and the people are shaking hands amazingly. They have
got to the top of the public monuments, and, mingling with bronze
or stone statues, five or six make a sort of TABLEAU VIVANT, the
top man holding up the red flag of the Republic; and right well
they do it, and very picturesque they look. I think I shall put
this letter in the post to-morrow as we got a letter to-night.
(On Envelope.)
'M. Lamartine has now by his eloquence conquered the whole armed
crowd of citizens threatening to kill him if he did not immediately
proclaim the Republic and red flag. He said he could not yield to
the citizens of Paris alone, that the whole country must be
consulted; that he chose the tricolour, for it had followed and
accompanied the triumphs of France all over the world, and that the
red flag had only been dipped in the blood of the citizens. For
sixty hours he has been quieting the people: he is at the head of
everything. Don't be prejudiced, Frank, by what you see in the
papers.
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