New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-17
FIR tNCE
The President AZ PoitierS

The lIonitettr Of Wednesday publishes the follow
ng teegraphc dispatch POlilerS, hall past o.
clock--The inauguration railroad tram arrived
at PoIters at half past O'Clock. An immense
crowd, assembled outside the station, saluted the
President of the Republic with their accialnallons.
After the benedlctlon of the locomotives, the
President of the Republic proceeded through
the town 10 the Prefecture Depuidtlons from
the inhabitants OF the six adjoining Departments
showed the same alacrlty as the inhabitants OF
Poitiors in receiving the Chief of the Executive
Power" The President made the following Speech'
Monsieur le MaIre-Be my Interpreter with your
fellow citizens and 10 thank them for the reception,
50 Kind and SO cordial which they have gwen me-
Like YOU look the future fate Of the country with
cut apprehension, for ITS safety viii always proceed
from the Will of the people freely expressed, ana
reiglously accepted. fApplause.l And. therefore.
| anxiously wish ior the solemn moment when
the powerful voice of the nation viii bear down
al kinds OF opposition, and place IN accord al
nyaneS. Applause For II Is most affecting
TO behold revolutions cOnvulSc society. heap
IN ruin on ruin. and vet leave still outstanding
TIE same passions, the same cxlgencles, and the
same clements OF disturbance lApplause.l When
one trayerses France and Deholds the varied rches
of her sOll, the marvellous products o her lnuu>rS
when admlucs her rivers, roads, canals ana
railways-her ports bathed by two great seaS-one IS
obliged 10 ask 10 what degree of prosperity Sne would
not attain II durable tranquility would permit her
inhabitants 10 cooperate together, with all their
means for the general good, IN place of yielding 10
intestine dissensions. Applause Nnen, under
another pOini OF view, one reflects on that terTlord
unity which has been 0oqucaihed 10 Us by the per
seycrng efforts Of the monarchy, 10 that pohtlcal,
judicial administrative. and commercial unity winch
has beeH given 10 Us by revolutions when one con
templates those populations, so intelligent ana Ia
boI40Ls, animated dS they almost are by the same
belief and speaking the same ianguage-thai clergy
50 venerable. nculCallng morality ana ynue-that
maglsracv so renowned for lmpartlallty. which
causes Justice To be reSpected-that army 50
valiant and well-dlsclpned. which Is only
acquainted with honor and duty bravo bra
Vol. IN nne. when one learns to appreciate
that crowd Of eminent men capable of guiding
the Government, and To adorn assemblies aS well as
the sciences and the artS-When all this Is borne IN
mind one seeks with anxiety what the causes can
be which prevent tins nation, already so great from
becoming Stll greater, and one Is astonlshed that
society which contains many elements OF power
and prosperity expose itself so frequently
IT. own ruin. loud applause Canltthen be true,
AZ the Emperor has said that the old world Is ended
and that the new one Is not yet firmly fixed With
out knowing what 1t VIII be, let Us do our duty to-
dav IN preparing for It solid foundations. Hear,
hear hear.l am well pleased 10 employ TINS IAN
guage TO YOU III province remarked al all times Tor
patriotism. Let Us not forget that yourtown was,
under Charles VII, the center of heroic resistance,
that II was for fourteen years the refuge OF nation
ahty III France when invested. applause Let US
hone that il Will be still one of the first 10 give the
example OF devOedness 10 civilization and It's ma
tly, land. Loud applauSel now drink to The
prosperity Of tie town of Poitiers'" Prolonged
cheers