The southern press., 1851-12-27


say, | wish To be ignorant OF the names OF those
who have voted against me. Consequently the
taking OF the votes terminated and duly
verified, beg of you TO order that the regis ers
may be burnt.
LOUIS NAPOLEON BoHAPARTE
Oa Monday, the b, the President issued the
following proclamation
The Disturbances are appeased. Whatever
may be the decision Of the people, society is
saved. The first part of my task is accomplished
The appeal To the nation to terminate the con-
iiicts of parties, would cause, knew, no serious
risk TO public tranquility Why should the peo-
pie rise against me! III | no longer pos ess
your confidence, il your ideas have changed, it
is not necessary to Gauss precious blood To flow
lit sutices to deposit an adverse vote in the
urn. | shall always respect the decree of the
people. But until the nation shall have spoken,
will not shrink from any effort, any sacrifice,
to battle the attacks of the factions. This task,
besides, is rendered easy 10 me. On the one
hand, it has been seen how insensate it is TO
struggle against an army united by the ties Of
discipline, and mated by the sentiment of mill
tary honor aid by devotedness TO the country.
On the other hand, the calm attitude of the in
habitants of Paris, and the reprobaiion with
which they brand emeuies have sufficiently ties j.
the populous quarters in which formerly insur.
recton rapidly found recruits among workmen
easily led away, anarchy this time only met with
profound repugnance for its detestatIe excta
tions. Thanks be rendered for it to the intelIi-
gent and patriotic population of Paris Let it
persuade itself more and more, that my sole
ambition is to assure the repose and prosperity
OF Frarce Let it continue TO lend its coop.
Grafton to the government, and in short time
the country can calmly accomplish the solemn
act which is to inaugurate new era for the
republic.
Given at the Palace of the Elysee, the 9Th of
December
LOUIS NAPOLEON BoNAPARTE
The circular of the minister of the interio-
announces that
The votes are to be taken on the goth AMI
2lst instant. The electors are to be the persons
who would be entitled to vote in virtue of the
electoral law of the 18th March, l849-that is
to say, all those not laboring under certain spe
Gifted disqualilicatons, who are twenty one years
OF age, and have resided six months at least in
a commune. The lists are to be published at
the latest on the | 9th. and are to be definitely
closed on the 10Th. Citizens whose names are
omitted may call on the mayor or judges de paix
to insert them. The voting is to be continued
each day from 8 o'clock to o'clock Where
the population is too large to vo'e entirely in
one place, sections may be established. Elec-
tors are to bring their voting papers ready pre-
pared. They are to contain the word Yes or No.
as an answer to the proposition submitted to the
people by the President of the republic They
may be printed or written, and are to be on white
paper, without exterior marks. When his name
is called, the eector is to present his voting pa
per closed; and the president is to depost it in
the ballot box. This box is to have two locks,
the key of one of which is to be kept by the
president, the other by the senior assessor"
The Moniteur publishes decree of the Pres-
dent Of the republic, forming a commission com
posed of the president Of the tribunal of COM
merce of the Seine, the mayors Of the %, 9th
and Sth ACCOMPLISHMENTS, Nj. Jay, architect of the
city of Paris, and NJ. Arnal, physician to inquire
into and estimate the injury received on the Sd,
4th and 18th, by innocent victims Of the insurrec.
tiop. The same decree opens to the minister of
the interior credit of 2000L0f for the first Ne
cessties.
We find the following in the Parie. The
President of the republic having heard that NJ
Theirs was i'll in the prison Maxas, and that he
could not receive proper attention there, had or
dered him to be removed to his own home, and
lice. NJ. Thiers was therefore set at liberty, and
returned this eveping to his hotel NJ Rogers
(du Nord) has been set at liberty.
The M0nueur Parisien says ave are as
sured that NJ. Louis Blanc has been arrested, as
he was leaving a steamer, and about to take the
railway"
King Jerome, on the night of the 4th ID Gem.
bef, addressed the following letter to his ne
phew the President Of the Republic
"MY DEAR NEPHEw,-French blood is flow
ing; stop it by serious appeal to the people
Your sentiments are badly understood. The
second proclamation, in which you talk of pile.
biscite, is badly received by the reople, who do
not consider it the re establishment of the right
of suffrage. Liberty is without guarantee if an
assembly does not suit the constitution of the
republic. The army has the upper hand. 1t
is the moment to complete tire material victory
by moral victory; and what the government
cannot do when it is b ,aten it ought frequently
to do when il is victorious. After having beaten
the ancient parties, restore the people, proclaim
that universal suffrage, sincere, unshackled, act
ing in accordance with the greatest liberty, will
nominate the President and a constitutional as
sembly, to save and restore the republic.
1T is in the name of the memory of my broth
er, and partaking his horror for civil war; that
write to you. Believe in my old experience !;
think that France, Europe and posterity will
well Judge you. Your afectionate uncle,
JEROME BoNAPARTE"
On the 9Th, the Paris papers represent "every-
thing as so tranquil that stranger arriving there
would not imagine that it had been so recently
the scene of conflict
The Constitutional states that M THEIRS is
about 10 travel in Italy.
Several additional arrests Of ex-representa-
tives have been made
The fifth legion of the National Guards Of
p aris is dissolved.
BY decree in the Moniteur, the Pantheon is
to be restored to public worship, under its old
name of Church of st. Geneveve.
The Parie states that two correspondents of
English papers had been ordered to leave. If
so, the fact precludes comment
Tuesday 9th, decree appears for the trans
portation TO Cayenne or Agiers, for term from
six to ten years, Of all persons subjected to the
surveillance of the high police, who have be-
longed to secret societies.
The banquet which was to have been given
at the Hotel de Vile, on the 10th December, will
mt take plocp