A cikin juyin juya halin 1848 an kira shi ya jagoranci ma'aikatar yaki a cikin majalisar minista-shugaban Count Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont, wanda jagorancinsa ya gani ba tare da la'akari da shekarunsa ba. Mai nuna bambancin ra'ayin mazan jiya, kokarinsa musamman ya nemi baiwa jama'a wani dalili na tashin hankali. Fuskantar da
A lokacin Juyin Juya Halin Hungary, Latour ya goyi bayan sojojin da ke biyayya ga Ban Josip Jelačić kuma ya shirya sojoji don tallafawa kamfen dinsa. Waɗannan ƙoƙarin sun haifar da Tashin Vienna: A ranar 6 ga Oktoba 1848 taron ɗalibai, ma'aikata da sojoji masu tawaye sun yi ƙoƙari da ƙarfi don hana sojojin tafiya. A cikin fadace-fadacen titin da suka biyo baya, wani taron jama'a da suka fusata sun nemi Latour a cikin ma'aikatar yaƙi kuma suka kashe shi.