Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . ld to keep the parliament and thenewspapers from advocating any changes which the progres-sive parties , the strengthof the republicans gradu-ally increased. Theyfound allies in the newgroup of socialistic writ-ers who desired a fun-damental reorganizationof the State (see previouschapter). On February 2 4,18 48,a mob attacked theTvule-ries. The king abdicatedin favor of his grandson,but it was too late; heand his whole familywere forc
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . ld to keep the parliament and thenewspapers from advocating any changes which the progres-sive parties , the strengthof the republicans gradu-ally increased. Theyfound allies in the newgroup of socialistic writ-ers who desired a fun-damental reorganizationof the State (see previouschapter). On February 2 4,18 48,a mob attacked theTvule-ries. The king abdicatedin favor of his grandson,but it was too late; heand his whole familywere forced to leave thecountry. The mob in-vaded the Assembly, asm the time of the Reignof Terror, crying, Downwith the Bourbons, oldand new 1 Long live theRepublic 1 A provi-sional government wasestablished which included the poet and historian Lamartine,Louis Blanc, a prominent socialist, two or three editors, andseveral other politicians. The first decree of this body, ratifyingthe establishment of a French republic, was solemnly proclaimedon the former site of the Bastille, February 27. Thus thesecond French Republic came into Fig. 160. Conflict between Work- INGMEN AND THE TrOOPS IN PARIS, June, 1848 The Revolutions of 18^8 and their Results $97 The provisional government was scarcely in session before The socialit was threatened by the red republic. Its representatives, anj the ledthe social democrats, desired to put the laboring classes in con- republictrol of the government, let them conduct it in their own in-terests, and wished to substitute the red flag ^ for the nationalcolors. The government went so far as to concede the so-called Nationalright to labor — that is, the duty of the government to establishedsee that every one had work. National workshops were estab-lished, in which all the unemployed were given an opportunityto work, A National Assembly had been convoked whose members The insurreowere elected by the votes of all Frenchmen above the age of June,
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