New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-22
FRANCE AND EUROPE.
About the Election.



P,sis, Dec. i. SIS
M,-, G-ssly 3 W-EriiA
The four DAYS that have elapsed since the SAL
Ing Of tire as; steamer have shed new hghi On ta'
perpetual riddle q Europe. Events mock our iuiPs
renoe and move slowly because the movement q tho
rough and infinitely complex
The mails from the provinces have done nothing but
swell the enormous majority Of Louis Napoleon Out
Of seven millions Of votes Eve given 10 him, mil
Lon and half 70 Csvsisnac and half million to the
three other candidates These are the round numbers
which nsy De raised BY the ofeis returns, only small
proportion Of which have yet been received out the
proportion will remain the The result 3. aston
isning France bas voted Ike drunken
The fear ls entertained and expressed 10 many guar
that Napoleon msy be in.;gs;ed BY the vstness Of
this majority. attempt At to make himself tm.
peror. The design seems 10 me I. improbable az 10
failure would be certain. The actual power Of the
country. Of which the Army Is the ar' Instrument re
mains 10 the hands Of the present Executive until Il
has been legally transferred according 10 the Con't
tuition. Louis Napoleon cannot control u IN any
vsy til he enters regularly upon the Office Of Pres
dent By swearing 6ieliiy 10 the Constitution. should
he siiemp, a act of usurpsiion no matter on WHIST
preienee the forces at Paris would set as decidedly
against him a. they did sgsnst the insurgents In June
snd the great body q the people would support them
Any such attempt would sil as decidedly 50 that OF
Boulogue But there Is no 10 believe that such
a design in entertained It Is probable that the Pres
dent elect would accept the imperial crown If were
offered him bat he will hardly take the vote Just east IN
his favor as such an oeer.
Crusade Against the Assembly.
The movement 10 produce dissolution OF the AZ
sembly Is being put forward with great energy The
Lesitiists of the school OF NJ de Genoude pariicu
larry active in IT, They charge the Assembly with ish
deity to the country in having proclaimed the RePub-
lie In opposition the wishes of the people At large In
no, having submitted the Constitution ,o the popular
sanction 10 allowing the Chief OF the Executive TO
appear as candidate for the Presidency in supporting
his scandalous electoneerng maneuvers In declaring
,ha, he had deserved well Of the country after he bad
left the National Guard for q hours exposed alone to
the fury Of the instruction In authorizing the pro
ongaton Of the of sege r negectns the misery
of the people the orsans alton Of labor the elimination
OF the taxes for secondary and unimporsnt measures
SC Sc They call upon all the journals with which
they are connected 10 enter upon crusade for the
purpose of ending the existence Of this unworthy body
By forcing il TO dissolve before the expression Of public
opinion For this purpose petitions are TO be circulated
through All parts of the country.
The purpose Of the authors OF this crusade clear
thew wish 10 increase the arrangement Of the affairs Of
the country In order that the Legtimst revolution,
which they now see TO be their only hope, may be
easier to effect They supported Louis Napoleon In the
expectation that he would be chosen by small ma.
iori,y In which case they would have been convinced
that the people waiting for the Duke of Bordeaux
and ia the meanwhile had been induced through their
influence to cleo, Napoleon But in tho presence OF
such AN alton that by which the present re-
suit has produced they cannot delude themseves
or sny one else with the idea that the French people
care straw for all the legitimacy in the world The
only chance tor them il then 10 maintain the disqueted
state Of the country and keep everything In constant
agitation until the grand opportunity shall arrive For
h. purpose they labor TO get the Assembly out OF the
way to render the state more the prize OF uncer
tainty and to reduce the Constitution to be- merely
provisional instrument which the people shsl De
called to pass at new election.
The position Of parties on this question has under.
gone remarkable change On the 9Th of May the A.
semby attacked by the Radicals, for whom IL was
not radical enough and in June the party
ed their attempt to suppre" H. Nowt Is defended by
,hs, very party who see in its continued existence
al eas, for few months longer the best guaranty tor
the preservation of the Republic. while the Legitim-
can to remove it In legal way and would try force
were they strong enough. 1, would be strange thing
TO see the insurgents of June fighting BY the side Of
Cayaianac or under bis orders In defence Of this same
Assembly such thing 10 not likely, but ii is not i'm
possible The fact that this Assembly must be main
tanned as balance to the power of the Executive 10
striking commentary on the philosophy which insisted
on having only single Chamber.
Political Acts md Rumors.
Nothing more decided 10 known with respect 10 the
formation Of the new Cabinet Every day adds to the
number Of gentlemen who certain to belong to IT.
or who are said TO have been offered places In IL but
ill the nomination Is positively announced in the As
semby. mono Of the reports be relied on |, will
De puzzle for the new President 10 choose Ministers
who will restore confidence TO the commercial and
financial community while they diminish the taxes BY
nearly three hundred and afty millions, according TO
the expectations Of the people who have chosen him.
assure labor 70 al laborers and sbolish pauperism
and at the same tine open the army that career Of
glory TO which the name Of Napoleon was to give the
soldier a claim At any rate, N Napoleon hss bis
hand, full without thinking of immediately putting on
the crown of his uncle II France has voted for him
a. IL were In iptoxcaon 10 al inioxcson 10 which
all epgagemsnts made are remembered, and alter
which their fulillment will be Insisted on
The Assembly have done nothing Of any moment
since the Election. The large part Of the members
who have no principles Of their own except 10 te be
John Randophs famous seven principles, have made
haste TO pay their homage 10 the new lumnary and 70
protest tina; they always been In his favor though
they nry have seemed be the side Il Csvsignae
The majority, however wait before they yield him
their support to see what ministers he spPOinn and
what policy he into nds ~ pursue Meanwhile The daily
session. are dull and embarrassing though the subjects
discussed may be Of great Importance. On Ihursd'y
the Government Of Gen. Csvsisnsc had once more
offered TO the opportunity Of retrieving many errors
BY supporting the motion for amnesty 10 az the
political offences committed against the Republic VIC
Tor schoeleher the interchangeable advocate OF Negro
Emancipation appealed 20 the Assembly IN behalf Of
hi. act Of mercy-sn sct which q, any rate cannot
much longer be delayed Consistenty with 10 whole
eour,e-ou which the nation has jlst pronounced such
a crushing verdict-the Administration opposed toe
measure and /, failed On Friday, ater some discus
.on the supplies for the frst three months Of l-i'
were voted on Saturday, the imPortsn: subject OF
restoring the forests 70 the hills and mountains u ,he
country vas discussed ~ith some eaerzy but without
arriving a. any conclusion
The Presidential Palace.
The preparation Of the palace Of the Elysee Bouf
bo, nj, =. ;, 1. now called Elyses National, Tor the re-