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London, England, 1868-03-23 00:00:00

aptly drawn, and the arguments most convincing;
But I proceed to quote, for the personal judgment
of the reader, a few of the most striking passages.
The oppOsition at the election of President in
1848 amounted to 1,918,841 votes ; on the 20th of
December, 1851, it numbered only 641,351; at the
creation of the Empire it was reduced to 253,145.
But the most important fact resulting from these
statistics is, that in course of half a century the Na-
poleonic dynasty has on six occasions received the
consecration of the national suffrage. Both uncle
and nephew have filled up the same historic cycle.
Each has rescued France from an abyss. Thrice
received with acclamations, each has arrived at
power, the period of which has been EpeedilY
lengthened ; and each has seated himself upon a
throne which he found vacant. The Consulate and
the Presidency equally terminated in the Empire.
Spectacle unique in history--at fifty years' distance,
across the force of so many repressing events, the
will of the people, like a river which had for 3
long time disappeared in the sand, springs up again
from the profound depths of society, and resuates
its level of iralependence and national grauctetr•
The Plebiscite of 1852 responds as an echo to that
of 1804. The four millions of votes which caused the
astonishment of historians rise to eight, and he who
was summoned to the Throne in virtue of the Con-
stitution of the first Empire becomes the Chief of
the second, uniting in his person both hereditary
and electoral rights. Between 1799 and 1804 Na-
poleon the First received ten millions of votes.
From 1848 to 1852 Napoleon the Third has re-
ceived twenty millions. Thirty millions of bulle-
tins signed by the people of France form the titles
of the Napoleonic dynasty. These documents, as
we have said above, seem to us worthy of being se-
lected and compared. We believe them a consequence
of the text of the Constitution of 1852. At the
moment when that constitution, which has been
the fundamental compact between the people
and the Emperor, becomes the object of at-
tack, more or less open, and, as it were,
the rallying point of all' the coalitions among
the Opposition, it has seemed tom useful to replace it
before the eyes of the public, and to recall the dr'
cumstances under which it was produced. In the
measures which followed the 2d of December, 1852,
can be seen that the Prince President, in demand-
ing from the nation extraordinary powers, did not
confine himself to their exercise simply in the view
of remedying a transitory situation, but that he at
the time proposed to it a system of Government per-
fectly adapted to the permanent wants of the coun-
try. He did not,consent to undertake the charge
of conducting the destinies of France, unless on the
condition that that system re-entering into the '
Consular tradition of the year eight were favourably
received by the nation. Never, let us say, was
condition more clearly defined, never more unapt"
mously accepted. The principles from which the
Constitution was derived were then the result of 3
freely accorded grant. But if the bases be fixed,
if they cannot be modified without a plebiscite,
the work itself can harmonize with progressive
ameliorations ; it is susceptible of perfection. The
Emperor loudly proclaimed this on the 31st of Pe"
cember, 1851, in saying that his intention was
to conduct the country to a wise exercise
of liberty. Let us add that the decree of the
24th of November, 1860, and the letter of the
19th January, 1867, have accomplished that promise'
The Constitution of the 14th of January, 1852,
become, as every one knows, the Constitution. 0:
the Empire. The change operated in the form °L
government has had the effect of abridging or amend"
ing many articles no longer in harmony with the
existing state of affairs. It has appeared to 11.5
useful to signalize these differences, the
gence of the reader being capable of supplement"
ing these indications. As regards modiliea:
tious of another order, they result from different
decrees of the Senate. As they mark, so te,
speak, the steps of the Emperor's Governmenu,
in the liberal path it has entered, we confine our:
selves to the particularizing those of the great
importance, and to the enumeration of the gran
measures which have been the almost immediate
consequence. We shall speak of that measure
which has given to journals the right of publishing
the debates of the Senate, and allowed the repro
Auction by means of stenography of the discussions
of the two Chambers ; of thesending Ministers to the
Chambers by special delegation; of the right of iater-
pellation ; of the extension of the right of amendment
in the Corps Legislatif ; of the honour invested :n
the Senate of sending back for fresh examinatiou
to- the Legislatif Body those laws which may II;
pear to it defective ; of the voting the budget Li.'
grand sections ; of the ceding by the Emperor of
ii
his right to open supplementary or extraordinni;Te
credits in the absence of the Chambers ; of t
powers invested in general and municipal councilsof;
of the law on the liberty of the press;
the law on Coalitions ; and, lastly, of that whill,
is now pending at this moment before the Leg',c
lature, and which regards the right of assent to
The ensemble of these dispositions issues ( n.
latch
speak) from the sides of that Constitution, Mich
lends itself to every liberal movement, and w" 0
in that regard has proved a novelty as daring
a,
ch
successful. In order to appreciate its liberal
~
ratter we have only to compare it with the Cons't
nro
tutions of preceding monarchies. The 1--01-e 1,00
himself has done this in a passage of his disc°":o
at the opening of the Session of 1861. At this lv.b,
I take leave with reluctance of this most interest', ij
work. I hope next week to be able to review it
a style more worthy its importance.

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bassy, Paris, Cowper Donne, sixth on of U. ' ft3ololl
Esq., of Parrock Hall, Kent, and late of Th° ; °A. ' .
Woodford, to Jeannette Annie, widoW of tho lave
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Capt. H. F. Slater, late R.A , o Elizabeth -1!„r,,,,,erail
widow of Capt. Riall, of Derrygrath, county '-'-'''''
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R. Harrison, of 39, Great Marlborough-street, J-4`
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