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;een.proposed; three gradations have been
prop.pieti, primary assemblies, colleges of districts,
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tn(l--coM gcs of department.

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We hare thought it oar,:dutr to. reject the
primary Assemblies, where almost 'all the eiti-
. Zeus are assembled ; in. these cases, they are either
tufwiltoOns,.or the citizens Come indiVidually, as
we have secs for. years past,- to an office where
their.rote is alwamdieta.ted by the Officers who
rreeiwelt. This is n6t...;tim vote of an 'elector : it
„•
-3/!Ca vote onjkgested,'n'a'y dictated.-• Sire hare, there.:
fore, tholigbfit our dotY to reject the election by
three gi•adat ions. .

A .yitem hail/ern pregentetl, which admits only
of a single step. The name And talents of its

author demanil its. att.entive_examination.
'nth - system,
..to which -.the district
' colleges, forinctLiii.Cktiiens paying 300 francs= of
ta,xes; 'shill directly 'appoint the' Deputies, is se-
ducing from .its simplicity ;. but
,its results present
a number of ineoneenirnees.. •
clei•toral vowel- woold,:tiot.Ase :sufficiently
tied( r the itt flu-ets:cc' of the,Attpreme,power. The
great oillub6:"olisresideirts,woild ,Rot gixe them
the uecesstkq have remarked,
the number of in-
• 16bilantm taxed ar M.) italics could, not. exceed 20
,or individeals-1 :white-, in others, it would be
ton 'considerable. Moreover, sortie depattntentS,
very rich:and' isopirlou, have tuily.tn'o districts ;
, others, fife. Bence it would result,
.that a- very
)ich and populous deptrtment, like that of the
Rhone, or the Mouths of the Rhone, would bare
,
only twoorthree Deputies, White pooree'oepart-
. news, such as those of the Upper and .14ower
'Alps, would have five.
IVe have, therefore, reiected this. plan, and bare
combined a College of Canton Avitli the-College
of Department. The College 'of Canton will be
formed by 60 ,Of the Mentheri Council ut
District who pays the most taxes, -
To them we add the toibtic ftniCtibriaries named
in Article 2 of the Ilan. 'Thus ti'n'ge seen, the
men euttusted with- education by- the side of the
Ministers of all the thristian denominations.
Tilt same principles have been applied to the
Electoral Colleges of the Department, antl are-
found, as respects the several candida'es, to ex-
teT“l themselves over the entire surface of the De-
partment:
- ' I.Ve.coneeived that they ought to-be, in the-first
instance, formed of the chief Ministers of religion,
of Archbishops and Bishops. It did not appear
to its that they otOst to he subjeeted in the ordi-
nary say to the impost recptired_for the electors,
by the 40th Article of the Charter.
You well. know, • Geotlemen, it might perhaps
be nug.ttory to attempt to impose conditions.—
Generally speaking, this sort of -condition being
nothing else than a required security,
.can the le-
gislature desire istronger ortnore certain guarantee
than is affurded• by the public' and--
.consecrated
fnuctiotis with which they ate ineeited.-
•We add to these the number of sixty, most
ly taxed by the direct- contributions of the de-
partment ; the ten most taxed amongst, the mann-
factureri and meretiOuta ; and also, provided they
fulfil the conditions required by the charter, the
Members of -the General Council, the Presidents
of the ConsistorieS, the Judges of the Royal
'Coatis, Attorney-General, &c. (Vi:dc 7th Ar-
ticle.)

'l'bcir. number,' as alipoititccl by the King, ought
to to exceed 250-.; nor fall slinrt of 150. .
%re have considered that-the De'piities ought to
become eligible-at the age:6f 5- `_tars. Although-
this, article is ,at variance with the t3hartCr, the
ita.ppy tripelificat;nus which- --ctlta's`alicitly owlet-
.have induced us pay this tribute-to the actual
assewhi'v. .. • " • •

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The number-Will be -confornrilile'to the ordon-
ranee of the, .13[4 but Paiis, •which has
reyer, been-rerresented in proportion to its popu-
tit itv., wilkiert the it'd,litional number of eve.
particular taode 'of eieetion has beta demand-
ed for the commercial Classes-. The (-Inestian is
Amtloubtedty .111)pol-talk, and has been maturely
exttinined. We have not, however, determined
it in the aflirinat ive.

demand proceeds front. an error of reason-
ing, . The Depaties.being, say the adversaries of
our ystetn; almost all proprietors, will naturally
be the prote'ctori and defenders of property. Why
shn'uld not commerce equally have its protecjors
and defenders ?

This objection, and others of the same nature,
would •be just, if the sum of taxation required
from candidates were more considerable, and
could only be furnished by the land tax (I'imposi-
tion fonciere ;) but, from various considerations,
the payment of a thousand francs is not deemed
an exorbitant qualification. '
in England they require, besides the payment
of direct taxes, the possession of a considerable
landed property. It is erroneously said, that in
England commerce has a special representation :
commercial .cities enjoy the elective power, but
she Deputies represent the city, and not its coin-
nierce. We therefore reject the system of a par-.
sicular representation of commerce.

Ile conduded in these words :—1 address my-
self particularly to you, who being still.young,
have'seen only in your infancy the frighiful
mit-les which have afflicted irs. Prepare yourselves
the honour and happiness of one day saying, with
a noble pride, " We were among those who
stopped in its career the terrific car of the revolu-
tion." These words were followed by general
murmurs of approbation, and his Excellency read
the plan of ids law. It was ordered to be printed
and discussed in the Bureaux.

PLAN OF THE LAW.

TITLE 1.-ELECTORAL COLLtQES Or CANTON,.

1, There shall he an Electoral College in each canton.—
TI .e electors shall be the first 60 persons who pay the most
taxes ; 2, the Islemberip of the Councils dinniciliated in the
td,llloLlb j 3, the Presidents of Tribunals of the first resort,
and the King's Atturnies ; 4, Presidents of Tribunals and
Chainnera of Commerce, of the C•mutittess of Arts and Ma-
nufactures, and Trade ; 5, Justice of the Peace; 6, Mayors of
Communes ; 7, Vicars General; 9, Rectors and Curates; 9,
Ministers and other Christian persuasions; to, Governors
inspectursof Aci;dcakies, Leans of Faculties, and Over-