The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-12-23 00:00:00

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up in conformity with the sentiments expressed in his
gpvech. It *as determined that it should be pr,inted
and sent to the Bute4ux.

he sleeted for five pears, stet ill such way that one-
ifti of the (;hamper sleet be renewed every year."
Some persist's ease enders;. el teis article as Mein'jug
shit she Deputies, being to be elected for five Yeats,
Arne who asp so elected at present should remit ie in
the esereise of their functions for five years. This
is .a mistake.; lor if the article were so interpreted,
then smite would be unntinated for nice years, others! • " Ni,me.. Nov. 3 elsls. ;
for eigivv; st-vew, or six years, and the sense of the " Messitterts,—The public tranquillil requires ;
-Charier would not be executed. Our plan proposes i that all the signs, all the emblems of a Government,
the Trottel-al of the Chamber by annual series. ahich, after basing for so keg a period afilictsd
- -What peinelple aught we to follow ? it is the I Europe, has finished by plecipating Fiance join
principle that Sleitlesquieu has laid down 66 MI abyss of evils should entirely disappear. Such is the
I wish of all good Freeclistent. Such also tile will
powers should be subordinate and depeatlent."-s-
What power is more important than the Electoral lof the King.
.power? What power is there whose exercise rimy " The preservation of monuments, hints, per.
be more ibeistroes ? What power over which the s traits' or engravings, representing the Usurper or
the members of his family, is scandal which ought
Sovereigil csontil exercise a greater itifiuence ?
Ifititei to lie electoral power has not been wisely to cease. They serve to keep up hopes, foolish it is
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combined. Various modes of or enising it have ',tom true, but which are not • the less criminal. They
proposed three gradations have been
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proposed, tot_ ret al recollections which ought to be effaced, since
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we catinot be happy hut in the oblivion of our errors,
mary assemblies, colleges of district, and colleges of
deportment.hich the malevolent wish to perpetuate.
We have thought it our duty to reject the primary i " I invite you, Messieurs, to nuke a careful
assemblies. where almost all the citizens are assent- search fur all these effigies, whether they still exist
i
bled: in these cases they are either tumultuous, orn public places, which I do not believe, or whether
the citizens come individually, as we have seen far 'they are concealed in private apartments, and cause
them to be conveyed without delay to the (dotal of
viers past, to an office where their vote is always
dictated by the officers who receive it. This is not the Piefecture, in order that they may he broken or
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the vote of an elector : It is a vote suggested, nay, i destroyed ; end to cause to be etfac ed ell the ieserip-
dictated. We have therefore thought it our duty to lions relative to Bonaparte or his Government,
'reject the election of three gradations. i which may have escaped the vigilance of the local
A sy stem has been presented, which admits only ; authority.
"of a. single step. The name and talents of its author Your cares ought not to be limited to the PlP-
demand its attentive examination. I
i cotton of these measures: if you learn that there
,
This sy stem, according to which the district col-
exists similar objects or other emblems of the an-
leg.,;, formed of citizens paying 300 fr. of taxes, shalt cient Governmeet, such as coats of arms or coals
belonging to i:idividuals, you ought, after having
directly appoint the Deputies, is seducing from its
simplicity : but its results present a number of incon-
employed means of perseasieut to engage the pro..
veeiettres. • iprietors to &posit them at the Mayoralty, to mike
your ority d
The electoral power would not be sufficiently un- use of
will diserauth to procure
ice iguish the ignora or their
estrus tion.
the negligeece of
der the influence of the supreme power. The great You
, the faithful subject from the guilty obstinacy of the
number of presidents would not give them the lie-
cesery consideration. We have remarked, besides, enemy of the Royal authority.
" You cannot but range in this latter class he who,
that, in some districts, the number of itiliabitents
notwithstanding your orders and invitations, pre-
taxed at 300 fr. could not ezceed 20 or '25 indivi-
serves eagles, tri-coloured standards or cockades.—
duals • while, others, it would be too considera-
These emblems, prohibited by the law, are to be
ble. 'Moreover, some departments, very rich and
censitleitel ac the means of carrying into effect sedi-
populous. hare only two districts ; others five.--
sinus acts, and are to be seized even by force, with-
Bence it would result, that a very rich and popu-
out prejudice to any judicial proceedings instituted
lons department, like that of the Rhone, or the
/Mouths of the Rhone, would have only two or against the proprietors of these objects, or the Per-
three Deputies, while poorer departments, such as sons having them
iu their possession.
those of the Upper and Lower Alps, would have It is well understood that where the metetial of
fils.
these articles is valuable, authority is limited to de-
We have, therefore, rejected this plan, and have
facing them in the presence of the proprietor and re-
conitOte:l a Ci,'lsige of Canton with the College of turning them'
I know too well, Messieurs, your principles
Department. Cellege of Canton will be formed
by 60 of the Members of the Council of District who and your zeal, not to be convinced before-hand of
pays the most taxes.
: the eagerness with as hid' en:, will set about conform-
-I'u them we mold the public functionaries named in ing to these instructions, arid 'donning me of the
Art. 2of the plait. Thus will be seers, the men en. result.
trusted with education by the side of Ministers of all
the Christian denominations.
The same principles have been applied to the
•Electoral Colleges of (he department, and are found,
as respects the several candidates, to extend themselves
over the entire surface of the department.
We conceived, that they ought to be, its the first
instance, formed of the chief ,Ministers of Religion,
of Archbishops and Bishops. It did not appear to
as that they ought to be subjected in the ordinary
*ay to the impost required for the electors, by the
40th Art. of the Charter.
You well know, Gentlemen, it might, perhaps,
lie nugatory to attempt to impose conditions. Ge-
nerally speaking, this sort of condition being no-
thing else than a required security, can the legislator I
desire a stronger or more certain guarantee than is
at (forded by the public and consecrated functions with
which they are invested.
We add to these, the number of 60, most highly
taxed by the direct contributions of the department ;
the 10 most taxed amongst the manufacturers and
merchants ; and also provided they fulfil the condi-
tinns required by the Charter, the Members of the
General Council, the Presidents of the Consistoriest
the Judes of the Royal Courts, Attorney-General,
&c. (Vide 7th Article.)
Their number, as appointed by the King, ought not
to exceed 259 ; nor fall short of 150.
We have considered that the Deputies ought to
become eligible at the age of twenty-five years. Al-
though this Article is at variance with the Charter,
the happy modifications which it his already under-
gone have induced us to pay this tribute to the actual
Assembly.
The ....Apr will be conformable to the Ordon-
retire of the 13th of July ; but Paris, which has
uever been represented in proportion to its papule-
tioe, mill elect the additional number of five.
A particular mode of election has been demanded
for the classes. The question is un-
doubtedly important, and has been maturely exa-
mined. We hate not, however, determined in the
affirmative.
This demand proceeds from an error of reason-
ing. The puties being, say the adversaries of
our system, almost all proprietors, will naturally be
the protectors and defenders of property. Why
eltou:d not commerce equally have its protectors and
defetiders ?
his :objection, and others of the same stature,
*mild lie just, if the sum of taxation reqoired
from candidates were snore considerable, and could
only be furnished by the Land Tax (l'impositbn
Sundae) but, from various considerations, the
pay-
ment of a thousand francs is not deemed an exorbitant
qualification.
41 P:I14!a (Ili they require, Lesi(l,,,s the payment of
direct taxes the possession of considerable landed
property. It is erroneously said, that .in England
esnimerce Itas a special represereatitin : commercial
cities enjoy the elective power, nut the Deputies
represent the city, and not its cieninerce. IVe there-
fete reject the system of a particular represeutatiusi
of commerce.
lie concluded in these words :--I address myself
pirticularly to you who being still young have seen
reify in your infalicy the frightful calamities which
hate afflicted us. Prepare yourselves the honour and
leippiriess of one say big, with" noble pride, " We
were among those who stopped in its career the ter-
rillr ear of the Revolution."
The Minister then read the Projct Loi) drawn

LETTER 07 THE PREFECT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
CARD TO THE SVII-PREFECTS AND MAYOR!' OF THE
- SAME DEPARTMENT.

" The Pr,frrt nr find.
"TAP Magill- O'AItRAUD 1101!QU ES."

(Signed)

them with as touch lirm►►ess as the most sacred We-

rests of Stateq. Nothing was left imperfect or equi-
vocal. In the came manner, as we can confidently
affiem, they discussed and regulated tlu relations lye-
tweets the Allied Powers. No object of any import-
ance remaino,l undecided ; 110 urgent question re-
mained unsoive:!. A great number of those w hick,
at the conclusion of the Congress, had nut been suf-

ficiently discussed to miisit of being deter.doed, were
reneged at Paris: Newer Mere thore affair
portant, so perplexed, and west:wing su 4114 ditfi.