On May 15, 1848, the French National Assembly was invaded by an armed mob, who shouted and yelled for three hours and more, and threatened at any moment to slaughter the representatives of France.
From June 22-26, 1848, there raged the most terrible of the insurrections which Paris has seen.

For the first time in modern history the workmen of the capital rose against the body of the more or less well-to-do citizens.

There was not a man in Paris who did not tremble for his property and his life.

Householders feared the very servants in their homes.

Between these days of ferocity intervened a day of sentiment.