The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-26
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dare to say that they have right to do 10 The
ear In plain language, Is that they will elect Prince
Louis Napoleon President. Prince Louis Napolsou
is as GU know the heir and legitimate successor Of
the Emperor under the laws which govern the success
sion Of the empire is therefore feared that IL he
be elected that IL will be easy transition from the
presidential chair to the imperial throne Whether
quite certain which is that IL the election take place
Soon Price Louis will be returned by immense
above opinion tested
On Saturday various attempts were made by amer nd
ments to Introduce into the constitution conditions
which, without damaging universal suffrage for the
Presidency would nevertheless resrict IL ~ to ex
cude the object of distrust. All these mendments
were successfully rejected either without division
and unanimously, or by immense majorities; and in
fine, the Assembly has decided that the Presidential
chair shall be opened to the ambition of Prince Lous
Napoleon andthat the popular voice in the selection
of the Chief of the State shall other restriction
than that Of being thirty years of age and a French
citizen.
One of the most remarkable circumstances attend
ing this vote was that it opposed might and main
by General Cavagnac and his government. No effort
left untried to defeat It, General Cavaignac and
all his ministers voted in minority OF 2l against
Immediately after the debate the m. nistry all placed
in the nds of General Cavagnao their
Is customary under constitut onal governments
when ministers are left In a minority General Ca
vaignsc however under the actual circumstauc re-
fused to accept their gnations, and decided
not to retire hiu self This decision wise
patriotic and hos received general appreciation.
The Assembly Iyou will observe il In the lmidst OF
the dis cussion of the institution They nj
the nth chapter on the executive power There are
still chapters; but they do not include So
much debatabe matter as the former, they viii be
speedily adoptsd and IL Ia expected that before
the end of the present week the constitution will b.
declared BY the hundred and nineteenth article IL
is required that immediately after the passing Of the
constitution, and before the Assembly discusses the
organic laws the nation shall be called elect its
President General Cavagnac, therefore, thought IL
his duty not TO embarrass the country by ministerial
crisis onthe eve of an epoch important and he has
accordingly remained in office himself and prevailed
on bis subordinates to do SO.
The candidates for the Presidency far appears
likely will be, besides Prince Louis General Cavagpac,
NJ. de Lsmartine and Marshal Bugeaud. 1t is probe-
BILE that scattering of votes may be given for NJ.
Theirs, and one or two others.
Marshal Bugeaud will receive by tacit agreement,
the legitmists will give their votes to Prince Louis
The protested object Of this is to push for
ward the Prince into position which may excite his
ambition to grasp the imperial dadem, which the legti
mists feel quite that he cannot retain and losing
which ti he will open the door finally to Henry V
Whatever may be the grounds of this speculate
it is now certain as have alre ady stated Mess
unforeseen circumstances should in .ervene that
Prince Louis will be returned to tx Presidency by
from four to seven millions of votes.
The following notes of the enbarrassrrnrt s which
betet the Prince, appeared, within the or two
in the journals:
E Prince Louis ia reduced to having domct '.taea
wandering lie IN bnIs seeking refuge someiis
bas seE sSS eS1u
lieu other he house his nnss e1ans Jerome.
S at hs d @ TSS 'f sss On the
he WIT
Of pses in which The Prince has passed the night they sr
rive at hour the morning ike bailns with
sis g., Tss
pp in es,sgc With The blinds down On foot is
him rarely when
the intelligent uslest Of all known doe' Like many
bis birth He the fortress in which prince
detained and he attached hmref TO the soner who received
You must, however, observe that there is here
exsgGeration 1t is true that for the first week
after his arrival in order to avoid popular
which his rie pds advised him would damage his cause
the prince aled his whe shifted frequent
ly lis abode and avoided even the reception Of his
staying at the Hotel dc Rhin, in the Place Ven
dome where he occupies the Premier He receives his
friends whom be chooses to communicate with, with
all the and of handedness which he acquired
during his long residence in England. His manners
are entirely exempt from the prste nson and assumP-
ton which might be expected from his descent and his
particular position and which persons connected with
royalty quently assume He takes his old friends
by the hand in the most warm and cordial manner.
and convtfses freely with them, not only general
topics but on French politics. and his pros
poets In person, without possessing any particular
claims the score Of appearance he is well looking
with regular features, gray and expressive eyes, and
thick mustscbeos The common Ethograph prints in
Paris .xcelle Mt resemblance Of him.
The Committee of Finance was yesterday occupied
with the bill relating to the property OF the royal
family The bill maintains the sequestraton laid on
borrow order to pay the creditors the Minister of
Finance also authorized by 1t to pay certain income
to the memters Of the royal family It appears that
the kings debts amount to 80 millions, whereas the
paid into the estate, to this day, only Co.,,
600 fir in consequence, in order to the creditors,
it is necessary to have recourse to loan until the pro-
perty can be alenated. The revenue Of the domaine
prize, amounting to about four millions only gives
a net revenue or $500, 600 fir.
The committee charged examine the bill estab-
fishing income tax has reported that it admits the
pcple Of tax in the uniform proportion Of three per
Mt n he
d. rived from agriculture and without taxing the
of woikmep and incomes inferior to 400fr 600fr and
s6Cfr according to the localities. The cemmttee sub
stues the imp0 de quotte to the imp0 dc rtpnrion.
and gives to a cantonal commission the initiative OF
fixing the taxable income Of each citizen
NJ Proudhon has just published pamphlet entitled
lie Droit q" Tyaral ct ie Droit de Prepree in which
he speaks follows of the party in the National As
sembly called the Montagne:--
The Montague ances itself to be revolutionary because after
its own a.hor ehaers about politics and government but
Naiions Assembly inspires what sort Of
a5' B. % DE- on s.' D
tin Bernard with heads t hot perhaps but at the bottom.
d vertv worthy Of MS sonbrquet Consider mt.
and good friend PIERRE Lerorx the most noen.e Of me-
iSd,u E%I n aG, shows At tines come evolutionary
Is% s1S % be biz f . not sashe unor
For the late three days we have been in full mi
nist.rial crisis. The government, left in small
minority on Saturday the question of the mode OF
election of the President has had again another escape
yesterday or, TO speak more properly, virtual defeat,
the question Of the liberty Of the press You will,
doubtless remember that since the Instruction
OF June The liberty Of the press in Paris has been sus
pended. and Gen. Cavaignac has been invested with
arbitrary and quite unlimited, power theour
as and the journalists Thur, he may suspend any
newspaper at any moment without reason assigned,
ard may imprson its editors and it's writer's; and not
only he do this, but he has actually done so
there are several journals now under suspension.
There was accordingly a motion, yesterday, in the
Assembly. that this! monstrous power should cease,
and that the journals should be placed under the
operation Of the regular laws. "Let the laws BIZ ~
stringent you will Ut said) impose any restric-
ton hswever narrow but let them be regular and we'll
understood and above ALL let the Observance Of them
he enforced by the regular tribunals This was OPP
posed by the iRovernment who through the Minister
Of Justice. Marie one Of the most democratic mem
bers Of the exChamber. insisted that the liberty vt
the press was at present with public order
and that the government must maintain its present