The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-16

A6Airs in France.
We notice that the idea is given out in several Journal
and our Commercial Correspondent in his letter Of Yea
IN Paris is a movement of '.the people sgain., II.
bourgeosie"--that is, the moneyed and commerc,
;lasses. II this true it would solve the problem
of the permanency of the republic as now oru,
zed for il would show the present revolution to be IN
hat Of 1s30-a revolution against the people, and in fave
of privileged class Blu. facts prove conclusive
that such not the fact The first OF these is the sys,s
of universal suffrage; the second, is the fidelity of MI
garde national and the garde mobile to the goyernmsu
These gardes are the people IN (he garde mobsH
being composed almost wholly of laborers, with little
capital Of their own organized. and armed and on
cered by of their selection 1t cannot be IL,
these bodies of men are shooting down their broth,
aborers, to promote the interests of aprveged class
Indeed, it is not difficult to find reasonable
PLANTATION OF the Instruction 1t upon the oeca
of the announcement, in the National Assembly, that Al
national treasury longer able to keep the na,o
workshops" in operation AT the time of the announ,.
ment, these establishments contained at least l5o 600
borers working OR pretending to work, at wages paid
the government At least 10000 more were clamormE
for admission In these men, suddenly thrown On, a
employment, lay the of the physical force of IN
Instruction 1t was sweled by the $1,000 feons AM
desperadoes who make Paris their abode. Ii was !,
cited by of the Communist leaders, and some Of IN
partisans of Louis Napoleon, of De Joinvlle, and
Henri v. With these factions undoubtedly other O
dividual ambitions coalesced in common desire
wrest the public authority from those who held it. #,
evident at glance that an instruction SO COMPOSED
not movement of the People of France So far as ,b
state of facts be ascerained from information INV
this country, it rational to conclude that h
outbreak attests the presence of mighty disturbing tor
in the French republic, lis suppression attess still mo
clearly the soudness of the great body of the people ey
in Paris
The instruction has been appalling but we can hard !
Iy look upon il as the intelligence most fitted to c
apprehension among the friends of republican lber
which has lately come from France. The same arry,
has brought the projet of the French Constitution
this instrument have the measure-or at least an p
Proclamation to the measueof the political knowledge
and skill of the National Assembly, and of its ability \
construct that maserwork of national and y
tue, true republican representative government Judge
by American standards and principles the French CON
stitution will be read in this country, we do not doubt
with disappointment. We will try to hope that il ma,
stand, and may popular freedom in France Buv
confess that it to frame of government which
in this country could not last five years. It appears
contemplate government hardly less centralized thai
that of Louis Philppc. The confederatipe element ws
do not in it at all All the Legislative power d
France and her colonies to be in legislative Assem-
bly, of $50 members, sitting in Paris and chosen ever
three years by universal suffrage. We find noh
ing like local legislature for any one of the 10000
communes, Cor towns) the 5000 cantons Tor counties
the 400 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, (or electoral districs) or Ind
eghty-sx departments of which France is com
posed. All the law for all these localities is to be mad
in one chamber at Paris How long could such chan
Der exercise all legislative power in this country! T
existing political division and organization of France
seem to afford ample opportunity for wiser and ls
centralized system, to which the very minute dviso
and extensive distribution of real property there wou
come powerfully in aid
In the Executive branch of the government the sam
centralism prevails The President of the repubGd|
chosen for four years by universal suffrage, and nam
his own ministers, has in himself, or through them, thu
sole appointing po,cer in the departments and in t
ACCOMPLISHMENTS and cantons, down to the communek
whose mayors are chosen by the municipality itse I
and even these he may suspend. Ii the people fail
choose President by majority vote the choice is
by the National Assembly from among the five highs{
candidates. The President cannot veto law; but
may return it with his objections to the Assembly ID
reconsideration; and if it be then again passed. it becom
valid law Between the President and his minisef
on the one hand and the Assembly ON the other
interposed "Councl OF State" to consist Of at Leaf
forty members elected for three years by the Assem-
bly,, and over which the Vice President is 10 p,I
side The powers of this council to be fixed by avE
So far defined in the constitution they seem principal
ly advisory 1t is in the judiciary system, il anywhere
that the principle of centrdsm is somewhat mitgae
While the judges of the higher courts are named in gen
era by the President the Assembly, the justices Of d
peace elected by the people of the respective canto
1t is obvious at once, from this very brief view
of the French constitution that the chole government
France depends upon the central public authority 4
Paris. There is no shadow of local government at a
resembling separate State soveregnties Wheherh
republican principle and form can under such creu
stances prove adequate to the governmental wants Of
population of more than thirty FIVE Millions is the ve
doubtful question which we must LOOK to the future
solve
Pennsylvania
We have received the proceedings of the Democrat
State Central Committee, which convened at Harrisburg
on the 18th inst-Mr. <. w. Hutter in the chair They
were called together to make arrangements for the SCI
lection of democratic candidate for governor in tn