The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-07-27

restoration OF universal suffrage and an Impartial execu.
ton OF the laws There must be no more Juggling under
cover OF tbe letter in order 10 spirit away all the tights
secured 10 ibe citizens An honest performance OF THE
promise would dslel all ibe clouds, and restore cont
denee 10 business and comparative tranquility TO The pub
lie mind Against all The experience OF The past. an
inclined 10 hope for oil the ruling coalition to
reason moderation, and The observance Of the law.
FuTuRE
is becoming brighter the country advances toward
The popular solution Of The great questions of The day
One danger after another disappears from the horizon
There now but Two ett-the unconstitutional cand
dateshp OF The President and The on,repea OF the law
limiting suffrage The hrst may yield the hmness oil
the Assembly and the second 10 the desire of that body
for peace. ii the elements Of civil war being thus re-
moved, the elections will take place in peace, and the
country be at leisure TO discuss the reforms grown
extremely urgent
PETITIONS.
Nj de Melun made the report on the petitions in favor
oil revision. The sub committee had examined them
faithfully and found the signatures TO amount 10 li23,
o2o, divided as follows
In favor of revision 7iI0ll
10 favor OF revision and prolOngation of pres
In favor OF proonga,ion alone i2lOs
lI256.5
The reporter pointed olt good many regulartes and
egalilies in the petitions. The marks OF The inerfer.
ence OF uncionares we're everywhere visible. Some
mayors had attached 10 The petitions certificates OF The
zeal OF their suordnates designated by name those
who had refused to obtain signatures Justices OF the
uen0unce mayors VINO refuse 10 ACT
ries opposed 10 the petitions Some office holders had at
iached 10 the general petition one IN Their own favor
Some demanded the cross OF honor In some cases lie
most active ask for appropriation for the church or
school of their township or village There many
proofs of The intervention OF functonarles that the sub
committee had thought il TO nerrogate the
Minister OF the Interior, NJ Leon Faucher, on the part
taken by the central administration The minister hal
swered THAT the had never concealed It's opn
ion on the absolute necessity OF the revision; that had
communicated this 10 the funcionaries, requesting then
vice. but recommending them not 10 exercise any llega
Influence" sc. As 10 the confidential orders he had
given, The minister refused 10 answer further than thai
they were conformabe 10 those OF which he had spo
ken. M. de Meun understands too well the nature Of
the administration TO doubt for moment. the active inter
venlion of the government He mentions the tours 81
office holders tor the purpose OF stimulating the reviso,
movement, the verbal instructions 10 the assemblies
of mayors aud the letters sent by nnc onaes with III,
pe,iuns revealing the intervention OF the administration
In cunmunes the mayors certify that The schoo
teachers and policemen had been employed to visit the
dirreAt houses and obtain Signatures IN others tn
petition deposited at the mayors office, aud The
habianls convokrd there for The purpose Of signing
Sometimes t,e ceEiiyng magistrate anloti-e. tor
having been able, spite Of all his efJrts, I" collect
greater number OF signatures, as il he giving
count 10 his superior, of his conduct and that
his sub dInaies" he reporter thinks impossible Il
appreciate The real nence at this by the gov
ehment, which hroaS suspicion even The most SIN
cerr petitions. lie does not however, attribute 10 thi
he whole movement, hut il sure that the hand of IN
administration, III augmsn'iig the number OF signatures
| haas not aug lnrnied their value
! On The whole, II is evident that the petitions will weki
little with the Assemb y, being Regarded liule
than the voice OF the administration and its friends
In tits matter The zeal OF The ministry has been wthou
knowl,d Considering the immense efforts made by tn
government. The movement tailIIe What the mas
OF the people want is employment and pehing II ca
for tnpm.etves and their children, troubling thenseve
hut little ahcu, The cuit, experienced by The Pesdeu
and Assembly in geltitg sloas peaceaby together.
| ADJOURNMENT
The debate on the revision will begin next Monday
A gieat many names already inscribed 10 take par
in not Improbable The A-sernbl, will aaiuur
about the f ieenth of August Tor Fix weeks This vii
peiH, the members who form part OF the depaIimei IA
councils 10 attend The summer sessions OF those bodies