The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-02 00:00:00

THE FRENCH- LeOI:rBLAtTiVE BODY.

The following is the draught of the Addreslpre-
sented by the Legislative Body :
"Sire,--The 'Legislative Body cannot exercise
fur tha first time the new and important preroga-
tives- fOr which it is indebted to the initiative of
your. Majesty. without applauding the far-seeing
idea which inspired them, and without showing
itself proud and grateful of the confidence which
they testify.
" These liberties develope the principles of the
Constitution, by rendering its mechanism and its
action applicable, in a prudently progressive man-
nor,• to the present state otsociety.
" This Comstitution, founded in view of the diffi7
culties which it had to surmount, and of the paci-
fication it was destined to produce, has prepared
and rendered possible the developments which it
is now receiving. We accept, with the resolution
to employ it for the general welfare, the larger
part which is given to our labours and to our
responsibility. Public opinion,..witaessing our
loyal efforts to make kiinwn the truth to the
country as well as to yourself, will sanction more
readily our decisions, and render more efficacious
our devotedness to your person and your dynasty,
for nothing can contribute to our popularity which
does not add to your force.
"Your Majesty, in calling on us to expose to you
with sincerity our opinions and our sentiments,
facilitates the expression of them by giving an-
nually a general account of the affairs of the
country.
" The situation of. France presents to us order
everywhere maintained, the laws obeyed, religion
honoured, arts and letters encouraged, instruction
generally disseminated, and the populations, devot-
ed and confiding; and it is just to add that these
benefits, the works of your wisdom and the fruits
of your reign, have caused calm in public opinion
and security in interests to succeed without tran-
sition the anxieties and tumults of our civil discords.

"Sire, the Legislative body praises and shares
your noble solicitude for the interests of agricul-
ture, of manufactures, and of commerce, which
are at once the field in which national activity is
displayed, and the source from which public pros-
perity is derived.
"We zealously took part in the measures the
object of which was to improve the condition of
agriculture, whtch is the highest interest of France,
by facilitating the sale of its productions, and
lowering the price of the articles which it con-
sumes.

"The prosperity of the agricultural populations
is the most intelligent wish, of the manufacturing
classes ; for a close solidarity unites all human
labours, and mingles them together in a common
destiny.
" We entertain the hope that Vrench manufac-
tures will issue triumphantly from the trial they
are about to undergo, but they can only do so on
condition of being, able to obtain raw materials
cheap, and conveyance at a low price. Accordingly
our efforts shall second yours, sire, to hasten, the
completion and improvement of the means of com-
munication. However, an indispensable element
in agricultural, manufacturing, and commercial
production is, confidence in the future; but that
confidence cannot exist without a certain fixedness
in Customs' legislation, Which may reassure inte-
rests and encourage enterprise.
" Sire, we learn with satisfaction that the Bud-
get will be presented to us iu equilibrium, without
there having been any necessity to have recourse
to credit or to new taxes.

"The resources of France are inexhaustible, like
her activity and energy ; but your policy, prudently
managing our finances, will assure reserves for the
eventualities of the future, and we hope that cir-
cumstances will not arise of so imperative a charac-
ter as to cause extraordinary and supplementary
credits to sensibly modify the provisions of the
Budget.
"For the maintenance and consolidation of all
these things, sire, one superior condition is neces-
sary, and that is—Peace !
" Your Majesty faithfully expressed the unani-
mous and profound sentiment of France when you
proclaimed that she sincerely desires peace. Under
your reign, sire, France cannot be either provoca-
tive or apprehensive.
" That attitude, however, neither interdicts nor
embarrasses the free action of the country in the
affairs in which its power and dignity may be en•
gaged.
"We hope that the new regime established in
Algeria will respond equally to the need of security
and to the exigencies of colonisation.
" In Savoy and in the county of Nice you have
attached to the Empire, pacifically and in virtue of
a treaty ratified by the popular will, provinces for
long time friendly, and now irrevocably French.
" You yielded in that affair to the necessities of
territorial defence, the natural consequence of the
notable aggrandisement of a neighbouring State;
and your policy, as firm as it is prudent, gave satis-
faction to France without encroaching on European
law.

" In Syria we have assumed the initiative of a
humane enterprise, and we are accomplishing it in
virtue of a European sanction ; we hope that the
permission so given will be continued to us, that
we may bc.i able to pursue our object., and that the
holy and disinterested miss on which we have ac-
cepted will be fulfilled.
" In China our soldiers, united to those of Great
Britain, have cast new lustre on our arms; like the
phalanxes of antiquity, they have, by the force of
their organisation, struck to the heart the most ex-
tensive and most populous of empires.
" May France and England, equally loyal in their
intentions and equally sincere in their alliance,
always march thus side by side for the defence of
just causes and for the triumph of civilisation !
" Sire, the national and traditional interest which
we take in the destinies of Italy has been increased
by the energetic and glorious efforts which you
have made at the head of our armies in favour of
her deliverance.

" The Legislative Body, sharing the respect you
have shown for the wishes of the Italian people,
approves the wise reserve which has maintained
France on the ground of treaties, of the law of na-
tions, and of justice, and which, without diminish-
ing your sympathies for rising nations, has not per-
mitted you to associate your policy with acts which
you disapproved.
" Sire, the diplomatic documents and the last
despatch of troops to Rome, at a critical conjuncture,
have proved to the whole wdrld that your constant
efforts have secured to the Papacy its safety and
independence, and have protected its temporal
sovereignty as far as possible, considering the force
of things and the resistance opposed to wise coun-
sels.

" In ro acting your Majesty has faithfully ful-
filled the duties of Eldest Son of the Church, and
responded to the religious sentiment as well as the
political traditions of France.
" That grave question the Legislative Body leaves
entirely to your wisdom, well persuaded that in the
eventualities of the future your Majesty will be
actuated by the same principles and the same sen-
timents, without being discouraged by the injustice
which we deplore.
"Sire, for nearly 10 years past, during which
France has confided to you her destinies, obstacles
and struggles have neither disconcerted your pru-
dence nor wearied your courage ; Providence has
covered you with its aegis, and the country with its
acclamations.
" Persist, Sire, in that policy, alike prudent and
resolute, liberal and firm, which under a strong
Power shelters durable liberties, and has no other
ambition than the glory and honour of the French
ame.
" Your 8011, under the influence of the labours and
virtues which surround him, will grow in strength
by your example. lie will also have learned, one
day, to govern in a manner Nvorthy of a great
nation, mistress of its own destinies, too just to be
feared, too honest to be suspected, and too strong to
be intimidated or led away."

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