Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-04-12

ing 40 bs1qaRAN ENNA, OH
| IA. Change Of the term Regiment'to Dem.
Brigade, I5 Ten days addit ional- time
granted 10 pay bills throughout the Repulb..
lie. 10th, National Assembly TO meet on
the 9th. of April. and decree a constitution;
population 10 be the basis of election; rep
resentatiyes Of the people affixed, at 900,
including those Of Algiers and the colonies;
suffrage 10 be-, direct and universal; oil
Frenchmen 81 years, Of age to be-, electors,
and all of 25 to be eligible, to be elected,
the ballot 10 be secret,-ga = n ..,et-.a,.: A.
Voters to be Furnished with ballot list,
and to vote ut the principal PLACE in s.. each
Canton. No person 10 be q Presenta-
tive who has. not 1000 votes. To each
Representative an indemnity Of 26s franks
per. day for; the duration of the session.
The national constitutional assembly to
meet on, the Goth April. l7th, payment Of
half years interest en- the five, four and a o
half, and four per cents, falling due on the
22d March, to be made at Paris from the
9Th, and in the departments from, the 18th.
Interest Of Bons du Tresor, fixed at. Al per
cent. for those; Of from 8 to 4 months to
run, and OF 5 per cent. for those of from
6 months to a year. 18th, an act TO be
prepared for the immediate emancipation
Of the slaves of all the colonies. ,e.g.
With all taxes to be collected before the
2lst, a budget to be brought forward, in
which the system of indirect taxation would
be all modified. 22d, aH prosecutions a.
gainst the press and for political offences to
Be released. 23d, forbids the publication
Of any placards without the printers name
being attached, 24th, restore the. military
title Of Generals Of Brigade and Division,
25th, dissolves the municipal council Of Pa
ris, 26s Discount Banks to be established.
9th, the stamp duty on periodicals sup
pressed. 2Slh, All oaths taken by public
iunctionaries to be discontinued. 29th, the
persons, properties, and rights of foreigners
TO be respected. Both, All the citizens to
be armed and clothed as National Guards,
those not able 10 provide clothing to be fur
nished with it by provisional government.
3lst, Diminution of hours Of labor, where
twas IL hours to be 10, and where II, Il.
80 During the ten days preceding the
|convocation of the primary assemblies. un-
stamped papers may be published. ..s@ss-
33d. The central administration of the
Department of Marine and Colonies, to be
organized on a new footing. 34th, a grad
ual assimilation of the institutions of AL
geria to those of France to take. place, the
army to be recompensed for its past SER
vices to France. 35th.. Property Of all
kinds and works Of utility to be preserved
and respected. 36th. Royal residences to
be sold, and the proceeds to be applied to
the victims of the Revolution, and as some
compensation for the losses in trade and
manufactures. s,.-z. -s.. I. =
DEGREES have also been issued changing
the names ofseveral vessels in the navy,
and also the names of those Of the streets
which had any reference to monarchy or
the members Of the fallen kings family;
all institutions having the name royal pro-
fixed, to be called national. On the date OF
the latest intelligence from that city, the
Queen of the Belgians Princess Louise,
was at Brussels. t-s ~
GREAT DEMONSTRATIONS BIZ AMERIc AN cITizBrs
On the 9th of March instant, the proyis-
ional government received deputation of
284 citizens Of the United States, who walk
ed to the Hotel de Vile, bearing American
and French flags on the same staff.
Mr.. Goodrich, in the name of his coun-
trymen, presented brief and compliment
tary address, saying: Gentlemen-Me
bers of. the Provisional French Govern.
ment-as citizens Of the United States and
American spectators. Of recent events in
Paris, we have come to offer our congratu.
lations, and to ask your acceptance Of two
flags of eternal alliance between France
and the United States.
Grateful recollections Of past ties, the
amity which has existed between you and
US, prompts US to be the first to testify to
you and 10 the people of France, the sym.
pathy, respect and admiration with which
recent events inspire us-acknowledging
the right Of every nation to form its own
Government. We sincerely congratulate
you on the mighty Revolution you have
framed, and may we be permitted to felici:
tate France on the choice Of a republican
system, recognizing the true basis on which
all Just governments must rest.
| The great principles of liberty and po.
litical equality have been the basis on which
depended your recent struggle.
We have admired the magnanimity o.
the French people and their selfcommane
| in the hour of triumph, and speedy return
to order and law after grea. tumult ant
confusion. We hope these are omens o
great good TO France and mankind, and the
assurance that what has been so nobly be-
gun will be consummated in the establish
ment Of a just and liberal government, and
the enjoyment of peace. liberty and pros
perity among the citizens of great coun
/ Accept the testimonials Of the sentiment
which fill our hearts, and at present be as.
sured that the news of the revolution yot
have achieved will be hailed by our coun
tryrnen on the other side of the Atlantic
with emotions of hope and JOY for France
and for the world. 81" z.RA -.-s~.'sas
M. Arago replied:-It was his convic
ton that France and America would be
come the mos. intimate relations Of friend
ship and union.s ss.a % ~ .s9sE<.ae-s-3 -
| We receive the scolors with gratitude
they shall be placed in the Hotel de Vile
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