There must be a government somewhere, and it must be known.

The rebellion at the Elysee, the Government at the Faubourg St.Antoine; the Left the Government, the Faubourg St.Antoine the citadel; such are the ideas which from to-morrow we must impress upon the mind of Paris.

To the Salle Roysin, then! Thence in the midst of the dauntless throng of workmen of that great district of Paris, enclosed in the Faubourg as in a fortress, being both Legislators and Generals, multiplying and inventing means of defence and of attack, launching Proclamations and unearthing the pavements, employing the women in writing out placards while the men are fighting, we will issue a warrant against Louis Bonaparte, we will issue warrants against his accomplices, we will declare the military chiefs traitors, we will outlaw in a body all the crime and all the criminals, we will summon the citizens to arms, we will recall the army to duty, we will rise up before Louis Bonaparte, terrible as the living Republic, we will fight on the one hand with the power of the Law, and on the other with the power of the People, we will overwhelm this miserable rebel, and will rise up above his head both as a great Lawful Power and a great Revolutionary Power!" While speaking I became intoxicated with my own ideas.

My enthusiasm communicated itself to the meeting.

They cheered me.