LONDON,February 24,1848
My dear Brother:...Great excitement exists in London to-day at the reception of the news from France.Guizot is overthrown,and Count Mole is made Prime Minister.The National Guards have sided with the people,and would not fire upon them,and that secret of the weakness of the army being revealed,I do not see why the Liberal party cannot obtain all they want in the end.Louis Philippe has sacrificed the happiness of France for the advancement of his own family,but nations in the nineteenth [century]have learned that they were not made to be the slaves of a dynasty.Mr.
Bancroft dines with the French Minister to-day,not with a party,but quite EN FAMILLE,and he will learn there what the hopes and fears of the Government are.
February 25th The news this morning is only from Amiens,which has risen in support of France.The railways are torn up all round Paris,to prevent the passage of troops,and the roads and barriers are all in possession of the people.All France will follow the lead of Paris,and what will be the result Heaven only knows.
