Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-11-18
PARIS CORRESPONDENCE
OF LITTELL's LIVING AGES. WALSH, ESQ


Among the most abe speeches in the Assembly last
week was one Of LKpRu RoLLSa formal profession and
advocacy Of the doctrines and purposes Of the red republic
armed propag andsn alliances with nations, not with Gov
ernments immediate and immense issue OF paper money
for Italian Independence for German unity and demo
cratic freedom no executive chief but ministry OF the choce
and unde the CONTROL Of national convention pro-
gessive taxation by which 10 level all fortunes lie quoted
Washngons advice Union against foreign alliances
the ponaches being necessarily and essentially hostile TO re-
pubcs the French Assembly should sanction no diplomatic
conjunction Of France with England for any purposes they
bad pledged themselves the independence OF Italy In Anne
rca he suggested Congress lays down principles for dpo
matte negotiations and external policy, which the Executive
is obliged follow Bot the Assembly, after earnest debate
passed the order Of the day at the request of Cavagnac
refusing 10 their declaration Of May in behalf o.
Italian independence. Nevertheless the Minister OF Foreign
Affairs being Intercepted touching his acceptlion OF the
vote replied that the Executive would still consider st u
bound by the declaration OF May from which 1t was inferred
tina, hc the Minister at least wished involve the Govern
in armed intervention, if the Diplomatic mediate
with the Ausans should fall great majority Of the As
sembly decidedly TO The National (seml-
Official ogan) Of yesterday says m believed in Hun
gary that Austria decided get peace in Italy by scc-
fees in order to be able to put down the Hungarian
republic towards Italy would extend to Hungary" The
ASSEMBLY be persuaded driven to that degree Of
Quixotisni.
On Friday last the cardinal question, whether the Pres-
dent Of the French Republic should be elected by universal
snirag- by tho National Assembly directly, up or
discussion The gale res thronged early hour
the house had few vacant 1t known that the
IRENE democc DIVISION the Mountain, the radical journals
the executive hif and the ministers and the whole cos
the Natona including the speaker Of the Assembly
opposed to the rt scheme and had prepared themselves with
every intmator and parliamentary by which the
second plan, FIST provisional election by the Assembly,
might be achieved The drlught Of the constitution prescrib
ed the principle universal suffrage; the Legmss prefer
red this of cours because favorable the exeron of
their influence the interior the exdepuies and the Or
eans in genera regarded opening the best chances for
monarchics cocc moderate and orderly republic.
Every BELIEVED to be propitious for Henry v and Ma
poeon Louis TIL risk however they held less Formidable than
tie qualification tie views of the Moaia and The cotre
OF the Ntioaoi Among the extracts which enclose for
you, you may fad amusing specimen OF the fist days
! debate.
On the ID LANARrISE reaped all the hono and produced
indescEbable sensation, by splendid baangue in behalf Of
tue right of the Eeoe the selection OF the executive chief
and the expectancy necessity Of yielding cnce, what
the die cat the universal application of universal
suffrage it must b. sood-the haza d-reaching evcn
did, tie peoD ohe republic, the restoration of monarchy,
the establishment Of military despotism. The harangue
cashcd With his Janus speech of the 9th umo, the pur-
port Of which is stat in Of my anecelent epstes But
the politician be consistent. journalist admring
his rhetorical powers observes I'VE require, indeed,
eng and vigorous chef FOR the repabc but Lanartine is
not the man he te vaIabetoo easily acted rpon he
resembles an -Eoiun harp which sounds admirably, il is
true, under the wind rom what direction may hap
pen to blow. Other editors not charitable One says
" NJ Lanariine bus made presidential speech tits mani
feso Of candijateshp Another He disposed # all the
re,enders to clear road for hmscf he knew that he had
less chance with the Assembly than with the masses" He
adduccd his belief thai if France republican by her
habits If " she st. monarchicl BY her vices" she was
republican in her IDEAS. Evidently, however, the close
the speech, he dssp udcd he contemplated boouss gulf
yaSnug for the who stem which he had proclaimed the
Ho dc Vile As he repudia'ed American example ia the
question Of Senle, lie did in that Of the Presden,shp
81 yesterday listened with sincere and conscientious
y the remarks which made By honorable represen
atN M Pareu y but the consd raiions developed b. that
hontFable gentleman not ne have also read
and stuffed the constitutions o. other nations in which mon
archv has fccoied before The FIRMS OF Liberty. acluain-
ed with The United States, with Venice, and Genoa atn
i
that combined mountaineering which twenty five can
5as pointed out, from amongst whom he cho
The President Of the repq5c have cndeavored render
10 myself account Of all these systems, and declare that
have there found information no certain oynce no ap
pcaon 81 great and general principle which could tnghe
minds NJ Pared yesterday adduccd the example Of the
United States, Of Switzerland and Of Holland, where the
nomination of the Presidents made by degrees even
by three degrees in Of these republics bu, he allow
to beve that that example applies badly the quss
ton Of The nomination Of the President that Of the single
chamber Those republics which have been cited 10 US are
the expression Of individual value bu Of federation
France has nothing analogous these federaiors which
held up examples without understanding the
and the necessities Of our country"
All the amendments by which the ultra. de-
and the government party abored devove the
Assembly the election roundly virtually the il
not in pcpetuy-asd in degree beyond the expectation Of
the slnguine advocates Of the text Of the constitution
The dcson by Of 627 $780, was as follows "The
Presideat is nominated by ballot, and by majority Of the
votes y the direct suffrage Of all the electors c the French
departments and Of Algeria" further decided that The
minimum Of suases necessary make President shall be
two millions; and if candidate be returned with that
more hen the Assembly TO choose Pres dent Of the five
hghes candidates. An amendment jecteI which
France Prince Louis Napoleon took this occasion
that he rejected the appeaon Of pretsnd which
stanily fhrown his head lie cuts a poor figure in the