The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-10


power to one permanent assembly.
o. The French people delegates the executive power
to citizen, who takes the title Of President of the
public.
"These five great principles contain all our new
charter They have been adopted by the Committee
will be also by the National Assembly. Already the
bureaux have admitted unanimously the declaration
of the inalenabe sovereignty Of the people, the nd
visible unity Of the republic and direct universal
suffrage. They have admitted equally, by the i'm
mense majority of IA bureaux to my proposition of
to defend the establishment of one President Is 1t
better to govern by irresponsible committees or by
council OF ten, by three councils. by five COM
mssioners--to have the convention, the directory,
or the consulate, or commission ad interim? We
answer no. OF what would be to us tho tyranny
OF two or hve, or ten, or twenty tour? 1t is quite
enough TO nave 1t OF one and the worst tyranny
Is collective one, because it Is the least respon-
sible. We do not say that tyrauts do not dis
please us-they do, and in the very highest de-
gree; but we say that all men love power exceed
ingy, not perhaps for themselves but to rule oyer
their felowsjust see what viii be said Of me, II went
the length OF even saying that they prefer it to liberty
My proposition to delegate the power to single per-
son. as anticipated has not been set aside seve-
raj deputies have expressed opinion that the As
sembly should itself name the President felt conf.
dent beforehand that such would be the case What
French Assembly is there which does not believe itself
permitted to do everything? They make and uumake
laws and even 60 the lengths of making and u cmak-
Ing themselves. But because they make laws and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for instance-well ILL., that is
no reason why they should arrogate to themselves,
under the color of omnipotence the nomination Of ali
that 1t is possible to name and amongst the rest a
president. admire more than any one the power of
our assemblies, yet wish to see the stream as It
flows on bear somewhat in mind the source from
which 1t issues But the sovereignty of the people is
the source from which the constituent power ema-
mates, and the more the people can be appealed to,
the more according to the right principle will every
thing be done. The French people has delegated to
its representatives the power to make for it
able constitution, and to draw from 1t its money
good purposes of course, by all kinds of more
or lees ingenious But it has reserved to itself the
right to elect head by it's own free choice That
such choice may not be agreeable to the views. of
some representatives, ought to be expected But
Some representatives. indeed all of them to-
gether, when compared with the people, bu
as grain of sand compared with a mountain
declare that before the majesty of that great
sovereign all individual greatness or rather weak
When the people can act we have nothing to do !;
but the people can make President just easily
as 1t makes deputy Who would dare to assert
that it could not itself make the laws it, in order to
make them WELL the people was not too numerous
Its sovereignty has other bounds but its inability to
act Do not turn aside plain logical reasoning by
tricks ruses belonging to the moment: do not saw.
you who its subjects that you know better than
the sovereign people is suitable for that sovereign
were you to say that you know better than it does,
you would be insolent: you to say that you will
do it better than it, you would be usurpers: were you
yourselves to nominate forthwith the President you
would trampe universal suffrage under foot you
10 nominate the President in default of the absolute
majority, or without passing to second ballot by
relative majority you would violate the principle of
direct suffrage Do not set up two equal powers spring.
ing from different sources; do not confound what the
nature OF things, law and reason have always held
separate-counsel is manifold action is single The
PRESIDENT does not merely govern the empire, he re-
presents the unity the grandeur and the majesty of
the people. You may nominate the parsonage of a
coterie, thought great in the bureaux a spouter
in the trbune the people will choose the man whose
renown pleases it, the man to suit its situation,
man OF LIS own choice who very probably may not be
yours Do you suppose that the people will like bet
ter to be governed by your President than by it's
own? Let it therefore act and on the highest sum-
as O n most M
shores Of the ocean, let the humblest peasant Of
the most lowly hamlet be able to say, was serf
and am free; was pariah, and am a sovereign
member of the sovereign power, equal in right and
fact to any other members of the national body; and
National Guard my mayor and my municipal coun-
cillors y councigeneral of department, my JUICE de
paiI my Deputy, and my President" 49,.
NJ g. DE BEAUMONT and NJ. P. PAoNERRr supported
the same views. The partsans Of the nomination Of
the President by the Assembly argue that to nominate
him by universal suffrage would give rise to much in.
they also expressed fear that the President when
named by universal suffrage would consider his powers
at least equal to those of the Assembly. NJ. Leon
Faucher was Of that opinion. Several propositions
have been presented in the bureaux relative this
important subject of the nomination of the President
one Is, that the President should for the first time
be nominated by the Assembly, but ever after by the
nation; another, that three names should be sent in
by universal suffrage, and that out of these the As
semby should select another, that in place Of
President there should be three or even direc
tors. In the bureau where M. Theirs is president it
once that IT, to remain in power six years
lively but after that period should to fill the
office for at least three years. An amendment tend
princes belonging to the families which had re gued
France adopted in this bureau by large majority
In the Sd bureau the salary which according to the
1,OOoOOOfr and in the 18th, to 200, OOOfr.
The Prussian Mon.teur of the 18th says :-"Th
Charge d.qfsires of the United States declares in
letter addressed to the Penna that the ind
vdusls who have offered assistance in money and
arms to the German people the part of the United
States have not received any mission to that effect
and that it is not certain that they are Amer
The policy of the United States, besides, is
based on the principle Of not meddling with other
nations
HoRRID MURDER-One of the most brutal and
horrid murders that we have ever heard of, was
committed between six and seven O'Clock on
Sunday evening last, by fiend named William
Bailey, residing In st. Peter street, between
Dauphln and Burgundy, First Municipality. Bal
ley's wife was delivered OF female child about
half an hour before the fatal deed was committed
that 1t was not male child. Bailey went to
coflee-hcuse near by soon after the birth, and
after calling for some whiskey, remarked that his
wife had been delivered Of id brat of girl,
Soon after his return to his house, he seized the
infant, dragged it from the bed, and dashed it on
the floor, after which he commenced beating the
unfortunate mother. He also dragged her from
the bed, and stamped her under his feet on the
floor The nurse ran out in the street and called
for assistance, and when some persons, who were
in the room of Divide Debuys, opposite, went into
the house OF Bailey, they found HIM standing over
the PROSTATE and senseless form of his wife. The
nhDman monster was Immediately arrested, and
is now in Jail awaiting an examination. Mrs.
Bailey expired in about an hour after receiving
her injuries, but the infant, although thrown upon
the floor with great violence, escaped without
serious injury. His examination, before Recorder
Genois, will take place in a few days.-N. o.
Delta, Aug. 8.
ASSASSINATION IN BosToN.-At IL o'clock, last
evening, the watchmen stationed I'm Ann street,
hearing groans, went in the direction indicated by
Green Gate, found man lying on the side walk,
in great distress. He was taken up and carried to