The New York herald., 1848-11-21
Th. Presidency In France.

csi anthori,,ss IN tb. 1rpartmeuts to promote the
election of Gen Csvsisnac TO the sresile E ncy.
The Asse enbly Yesterday concluded the discussion
unon the decree for election Of the Presdent Tne
following are the conditions. as fnsly settled -
The eec tioE IL 20 commence throughout France on
The 10th of December All citig-bs inscribed on the
electoral sts for Representatives shall have right TO
vote for the President ofthe republic They shall vote
at the chief place OF the csptou in such commune
as the local authority shat direct The vote shau bs
by ballot No bulletin not written on white paper
shall be received The army shall vote on the same
day. The PresidsRt TO be qualified, must be born q
Frenchman of AT least hrty years OF age and never
have lost the quality of n Frenchmsn The shal.
be collected each chief place of the canton, and in
each section appon in addition The result OF these
shall be taken the chief town cf each department.,
where the verihca shalt taSe place The result OF
the eighty-six departments ehaN be transmit
ted to q special comm,sson If thirty reprsse uta-
tives, named by the National Assembly, te pro-
coed to the general ana d-nn'tve verihcstion
The President must have more than half the whole OF
the votes given ana At least two nions to be elected
directly by popular vote IT, thea the two conditions
of absolute majority aud ut least two millions OF
votes be not funlled the Assembly shall elect the
President among the five candidates having obtained
the greatest number of votes The polling will remain
open on the 10th and llth Decenper The collection
of the vote. in th. take place the 18th
and 18th The vtrifcatios at the chief place Of the
department will occupy, so far "a We may Judge, the
14th and 18th. Add to this the time necessary to
transport to Paris the various documents and the
general and defnitve v.ri6cation by the committee
of the National Assembly aud we may suppose that
the election will be notified about the 10th December
LErrEE FROM NJ. RAsPAlL.
Dc Jon DE ViScENNss, Nov. /, 1S4S.
C1rzrS Ep,roR-Y You an nou nee that have given up
my candidsteship TO the Presidency In favor OF the
citizen Ledru Rollin. You have been led into error
such idea entered IN, nd for to me 1t has
no sense. In fact may give up,s right. but not
choice Now, what right have we by ourselves to the
Presidency and why put ourselves forward or rather
seek thus pose ourselves the free election Of
the people sole master of the dignity and sole gyer of
the Office! For part, have always believed that
/ conformed to democratic principles, IN putting
myself forward in respect, but also in giving up
nothing in favor of any accept without shrink
interest
me. tb prison like the canddatrship but never
deavor to PREJUDICE the choice of my ntry having
RASPAIL
LETTER FROM NJ. DE LAMARTINE.
ST PoIST. (near Macon) Oct 26, lS4S.
SIR:-Iread in the De5dfS article borrowed from
the Courier de la GtrOnde and beg permission to
correct it. made the following answer to CORES.
pondeLt at Bordeaux:-"I do not put myself forward
as a candidate for the Presidency pray to God and
my friends to keep from me burthen 50 much beyond
my strength. But the country should think proper
to appoint to this msgs racy, do not think have
any right to refuse II tnan thought myself war
ranted February "a to refuse the dssgn Of the
people, and leave Paris without government. do
not believe that am in any degree ned with
such q danger, and only correct the Courier de Ia
Cironde In order to avoid all m'-u understanding TO
solicit the Presidency would be ridiculous to desire it
would be rash; to refuse it would be- wanting to the
republic and the country. am devoid Of this ambi.
tion, but incapable of such IN act OF coEsrdce.
LAMARTINE.
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON.
Weread in the Pan ketOrmsr:-
"HeeterdAy b
in the Assembly animated discussion took place
in of the lobbe the Cuamber between the above
gentleman and Nj ruenne Arago The latter was in
con pversation with ST. Jerome Ron sparte when his
sin joined them. NJ Etenne Arsgo, addressing him,
said Il have been telling yoRr conso that ouc reason
for oppos ng you is that should you wish to
main In the pale of Repu bile uism you ~i be driven
by the mars behind you to march ossrds monarchy;
apr what impes you for.ard Is the ignorance OF toe
,puntry people and the Imperial fetishism' But, NJ
.irago. replied Louis BoDaparte must not attention
be paid to the ma ority" And 1t s for that reason
eaid NJ Arago, that wuull postpone the election Of
the President, in order that the nation may bs told
that you have claim either per'onas or even bor
rowed to the Presidency oftne Repubc that the re-
Election of the pguis-d star with which you seek
to light yourself will be but
'It appears to me- replied Louis Napoleon, that can
find in the psst life Of my uncle some remembrances
of the Republic sAb = said VI. Arsgo understand
what you Your uncle was Consul before he
was Emperor Yes, but that RENE IN mbrsuce is not
courssing for us; for the Consul soon transformed
himself and the monarch hies have only left in our re-
collection the idea of Emperor Look o. the poor
country people Whose votes you reckon they have
in their humble cottages plaster busts aud coored
prints. but whom do they represent Is it Bonsparte
or Napoleon? And The photographic prints which
now hawk.d about from village to village and from
workshop to workshop. paid for by know not whom,
what period Of the life Of your uncle do they repre-
sent? ls he shown to the people as general OF the
Republic. with the military costume of the Immortal
campaigns Of Italy! No 1t is with the grey great
coat of the Emperor and King in word it Is Napo.
leon always Napoleon, and never Bonapsrte That
sir, is why sincere and enlightened Republican
viii vote for you M Louis te turf ned on his
heel ana walked away without saying a word The
above dialogue took place in group of at least SO
presentstives the greater part OF whom expressed
their appreciation TO M Etienne Arago what he mad
said.''
Important from Berlin and Vienna.
Our accounts from Berlin are very gloomy. The re-
publican party there in the democratic congress open
ly demand the overthrow Of all crowned heads II
something be not done to put down this congress,
there will be another iDsurrsction ut Berlin.
II was stated on 'Chapg- that de Rothschild had
received accounts from Vienna Of the 20 and that
the morning of that day the troops of the Emperor
having been treachsrouey and furously attacked in
the faubourgs by the insurgents bo oabsrdng the
city on every side.
Our correspondent, writing from Berlin, the 3lst
October, (esys the Extraordinary Supplement of the
Reforme of that dsy) informs us that up to he 2sn
the combat ut Vienna still continued Wfndeschgratz
had taken possession Of the suburbs Negotiations had
been concluded but the result had not transpired-
On the 2Sth the Imperiaste commenced attack
upon those suburbs from which they we're least
p.cted. Windischustz had openly afforded the op-
porturity Of the uBarmed assembling the suburbs
which had captured in order that they might sepa-
rate the mselves from the armed population
The following paragraph, need in the Bertser
Zeitung Halle, says. .Wind,schgratz has issued pro-
clamstioD to the effect that as the fortyeght hours
truce had expired, he would no longer rest sats6ed
with the former conditions, but would require the
heads Of General Puisk-y aud Dr Schrote, aud would
make every householder responsible for whatever
CURED on his premises Should shot be red fro N
any house or an attack be made upon tue Imperial
troops all the people found in them should be put TO
the sword, and the house. burnsd " In reply to this
proclamation, DR.. Schrote. the well known agtator
bas set price Of 1000 gold ducats on the head Of
Winoiscbgrstz.
The Siiesian Gazette says The Hungarian land
sturm has broken cut and the II tn sud zsth thou
eands with pixies had ept-red upon the Austrian ter
itory. The lager troops. during he attack on the
first bsrricades in Vienna bad lost ], $50 During
the whole OF the day Of the 2sth, the city was bonn
barded
BErLrN, Oct. 81, PM-Au this evening and up to the
present time an immense crowd many bearing torches
have been and stand CT the Con-
stituent Assembly which Is still discussing on ques-
ton that the of people of Wanna
Is that of Germany in general that the latter be
aided In their patriotic esdeavors
On "Wednesday, the Assembly voted the abolition of
the nobility as separate caste and prohibited the
Of letters Of nobility In Loberic documents.
Nine P. M-Tbe crowds are Increasing in the neigh
borhood Of the well. known Geudsrms Market The
result Of the scusson in the semby has not tran
uir.d Mo- infe