The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-03
Principles and Politics Of Louis Bonaparte.

Translated from ne Franco. 4mericatn.
IT, after his letter addressed to the National As
sembly, there still remains any doubts of the sin
eerity Of this Republican Prince, the pamphlet We
have before US is sufficient to dissipate the most
obstinate Illusions and open the eyes the blindest
This pamphlet, published in Paris in ls45, and
bearing the name of Political Reyeries, is noless
than the frst book of the complete works of Prince
Napoleon Louis Bonaparte We propose examin-
ing, in very brief manner these Political Reve-
ries and above all, his Project Of Constitution,
which is no less curious than his Reveries. The
principles Of this Citizen Louis are republican that
is, he declares So and we ask no more to induce US
to believe it. He reverts to amonarchical form Of
government-and these are his reasons, which he
takes great pains in explaining If, in my pro-
ectof Constitution, prefer the monarchieal form,
it is that i think that government would be most
expedient for France, inasmuch as it would give
more guarantees Of tranquility, force and liberty.
To this reverie, we have no objections except that
the system he wishes to establish is but the copy Of
that famous royalty, surrounded by republican in
stitutiOns, which the people, in February, buried
under the barbados and should not be revived three
months after, in the person of Citizen Emperor
instead of Citizen King His preference he justi-
fes in declaring " that the descendant Of great man
is the only representative of has greatest glory" from
which it results that since the great man was En-
peror, his descendant ought to be Emperor also.
From the instant there is an Emperor, Prince Louis
wants him inviolable, for which he has excellent
reasons: " he desires that to him alone should belong
the executive power; that he should command the
forces Of the land and sea; have power to declare
war; make treaties of peace, alliance, and of COM
MERGE; name all officers propose laws, sanction
and promulgate them" He also wants his civil
list to be fixed for the duration of his reign finally,
this Emperor should convoke and prorogue the two
Chambers, and dissolve the Deputies" This project
of constitution is sufficient proof of the political
capacity and patriotism of the author. 1t has but
one evil, that of reproducing the charter of 1914
and 1880. Prince Louis wishes to replace the
Chamber of Peers by Senate, and the Chamber
of Deputies by Chamber of Tribunes. In this
change he ought to remember the great man from
whom he descended. If he is not capable of per-
petuating his genius and glory, he ought at least to
have the merit of perpetuating the name of some of
the institutions of his reign. The Senate of Prince
Louis would be irremovable; no Senator could be
arrested but by the authority of the Senate, and
Judged by them in criminal Matters in other words,
this Senate would have the same attributes as the
ex-Court of Equity It's useless to inquire further
to-day into these Reveries of Louis what we have
said will show the newness and largeness of his
views, at the same time the frmness and sincerity
of his republican principles.