Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1802-10-04

Department have ato uhccf9nne ma
teiia, alterations The two other Con.
.uls ersfer Efr, they are ALTO Members
and Preiidents of the Senate. In this
inaanoe, the power of Election IS in fla
relerved to the Firf Conlul, for in cafe
Of vacancy in the coniullhip, he prelerts
three times 10 the Senate another per-
fon ard lhnugh they may twice rsjed,
the third perfon is neesGariy to be receiv
ed. The FirG Conful has the power oil
nominating his Suocehor
The Senate is altogether deprived of
that Power which it formerly PoheAed
of correcting the abufes OF the Govern
ment, and corfequently thera remains
no authorityin the State TO balance the
evils of Nal administration
The prefent conllitution has wholly
deftroyed the independence Of the SEN
ate. Ii was before organized in fuch
manner, as to enable it TO exeFciie a
very comfortable degree Of power. and
its Members were incapable of filling
any ctbr employment. This was al
fnredly the belt mode Of rendering it
Free and Independent. But now they
may be advanced 10 Public Situations,
and to Foreign Millions, temptation
which cannot fail TO render them ever
fnblervent to the mealures of the gov
eminent, and which 10 doubt has opera
ted to induce them to give their fpeedy
and .inoonGderate function TO that Syf-
tenn which extinguifhes their rank and
dignity.-Sus.
PARIS, AUG. q, 1892.
At the Levee yelferday, Citizen Bar
thelemy, Preideut of The Coniervative
Senate, addre1ed Bonaparte ia fpeech
of which the following are extracts =
" Citizen FrR Cozim,
" The French, grateful for the
immenfe fervices you have rendered
them, with th~t the FirR Magilracy Of
the State ihould be irrevocably placed
in your hands. In thus conferring it
upon you for life, they only erprefs the
opinion OF the Senate, as itated in its
Ssnatas Co4Ealtum of the Oh Of May.
The nation, by this folemn act OF graf
itude conides to you the talk Of confol
idating our Inltitutions.
"A new career commences for the
FirIt Confsl-afIer prodigies Of valor
and military talents, he has terminated
the War, and obtained every where
The moif honorable conditions of Peace.
The French People under his aufpices
have aaumed the attitude and character
of true greatness. He is the Paoi6ca
tor Of Nations, and the Relforer Of
France. His name alone is tower of
.rength.
Already an Administration Of lefs
than three years has almoR made Us
forget that epoch of anarchy and ca
lamities which feemed TO have dried up
the fources of public PROPERTY"
" The Senafus Conjaltnm which the
Senate in body now prefent to you,
Citizen, FRA Conful, contains the ex.
pfeliion Of its own gratitude. TIE or.
gan of the Sovereign Will, it was of
opinion, could rot better fulfill the in.
tentions of the French People. than by
calling in the aid of The Arts TO perpet-
uate the remembrance of this memora-
bic event"
Citizen Bar,heleny then read the
following
SENATuS CONSULTUM.
Extraa from tbe Regiqsr5 Of the COn/srva
fivf St1dte.
AUGUST 2.
The Confervative Senate, &c. hav-
ing feen the report Of the Committee
for that purpoie, which Gates, that
3577,z59 Citizens have given their
fuffrages, and that 3,56S,0Ss Citizens
have voted that Napoleon Bonaparte
fhould be appointed Conful for Life |;
Conlidering that the Senate, eIlabliihed
by the Contribution as the organ Of the
People, in every thing in which the To-
cial compact is intereaed, ought to
manifeft in fplendid manner the ma
tional gratitude towards The conquering
and paci6cating Hero, and to proclaim
folemnly that il is the will of the French
People to give 10 the Government eve-
ry necefary liability and independence,
in order to infure the PROPERTY and glo
nv of the Republic, DEGREES as follows
AR. I. The French people do ap-
point and the Senate DO proclaim, Ma
poleon BonaParte Firll Conful FOR life.
2. A Statue Of Peace, holding in one
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