Cavaignac and the June Revolution

["Neue Rheinische Zeitung" No. 142, November 14, 1848, Second Edition]

*
E. Girardin
is wretched in his apologia for the imperialist cretin,
Louis Napoleon
, the
“little constable”
; he is amiable in his attack on
Cavaignac
, the sword of M. Marrast. Since 7 November he has been delivering, in successive numbers, a Philippic against the
hero of the European bourgeoisie
, which had fallen in love with his Arabian nightcap. Faithless as she is, she has sacrificed him to the
Sipehsalar
<commander-in-chief>
Jellachich
, who is now the
lion
of European haggling.

We communicate to our readers in full the acte d’accusation <act of accusation> of the
Presse
. We have conceived the
June Revolution
, in contradiction to all European journals of large and small format, as history has confirmed it. We make a point of returning from time to time to its principal moments and principal actors, since the
June Revolution is the centre
around which the European revolution and counter-revolution revolve. The departure from the June Revolution was, as we declared during its course, the solstitial height of the counter-revolution, which was bound to make its tour around Europe. The return to the June Revolution is the real beginning of the European revolution. Hence back to
Cavaignac
, to the
inventor
of the
state of siege
.