The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-09 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, 112,4 Y 9, 1870.

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The recent development of telegraphic communi-
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The Plebiscite of the eighth of May is, al a sharp
ordeal for France, passed through, and the tranquil-
lity of the country has throughout been maintained.
At Paris, as a matter of course, the Noes were
conspicuously in preponderance. But throughout
the provinces the voces populi were in overwhelming
numbers, in favour of the Imperial Government, as
that Government has now been liberalised. The
statistics will require time for their well-authenticated
accumulation. Trickery is a thing impracticable. The
system for collecting the votes of the ten millions of
adult Frenchmen is so guarded, at every turn
and at any moment, from the risk of being, in any
way or by any possibility, tampered with, that the
utmost reliance can at all times be reposed in the
actual result arrived at as the bona fide declaration of
the multitude. Fortunately, for the present ruler of
France, when the popular suffrages were first awarded
to him in overwhelming numbers, the balloting urns
were held and guarded throughout by the most for-
midable of all his rivals in aspiring to the post
of the Presidency. With CAVAIGNAC in rower
at the head of the Government, and actually, at
the moment, wielding the sword of Dictatorship, the
Prince Louis NAPOLEON won the day, even then, to
begin with, by votes to the number of very nearly
6,000,000. Subsequently on the morrow of the coup
(Mat he was confirmed in power for ten years, and
had the coup daat itself condoned by very nearly
7,000,000 votes—being raised to the empire not long
afterwards on the buckler lifted by the hands of
very nearly 8,000,000. The probability now is,
judging from the returns already pouring in, that the
8,000,000 will be actually attained, if not even ex-
ceeded. Here at last will be the long promised Crown-
ing of the Edifice. Personal or absolute Government
having been changed into responsible or purely parlia-
mentary Government, the people have been ask( d for
their approval of the transformation, and that appro v al
they have accorded unhesitatingly. The Reveil has
failed to waken them into antagonism. The Rappel
has not beaten them to quarters, en masse, as the
poor miserable little drummers anticipated. The Mar-
seillaise, instead of rising into a grand chorus of re-
volt, has dwindled down into the feeblest little solo
well imaginable—M. HENRI ROCHEFORT'S. The
powder has not been kept dry—has been damped
by a series of disappointments—has fizzed and splut-
tered with nothing whatever as the result in the way
of.'a grand social detonation.