New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-06
Debate IA the Assembly.

great oss was the lo'n' .u
The o. atest agitation prevailed in the hall and
tp H,s..,,hlv was extremely numerous All the
VIC IiG;n...ileries were crowded 70 excess.
PTThs h..emblv resumed the discussion on the
-osoInti'.,, proposed by the Committee oil fuohc
Safety - ur.,o-,ina voted in
the cor u,ittee for the simple oroer o, 'uo 10y
,snnid - nsin better than he could the motives
&c -. canduct The majority, which had drlv-
-, ,he Cabinet to adopt a reactlonary pohcy, ne
80 sorr, 10 saw now surpassed in violence tne
onnos;,on Of the Mountain, and formally notihed
~ ;t Their refusal to cooperate. He came iorweru
20 defend an act, accomplished by the hxecuIiVe
s;tbin the sphere Of its attributes, and the limits
~ its constitutional prerogatives. 1t was his
opinion that the Assembly would exceee ts con
stitutioua rights by voting the order OF the day'
drawn W by the Committee NJ. Flandla tnen
examined the distinction made by the latter pc
tween the responsibility OF the President OF the
Republic aud his Ministers, which he CONSIDERED
as uniu.t and anti constitutional IT, Bravo, cried
Genera Husson, THAT is speaking cGrTemeW' }
The events which took place during the proro
gation-the cries of VIUe Empereur the dis
rnissal Of General Neumayer-and the military
banouets-betrayed, he admitted, an lmperlalst
tendency and aspiration. But, he asked, did 1t
behove the two chiefs Of the monarchica parties,
who unfortunately divided the country, to come
forward and denounce that tendency, they who
seized every opportunity OF bringing the republi-
can institutions into disrepute, declaring them
ephemeral and doomed to destruction Did 1t be-
hove men who were ready 10 cry "I'0eM yes
Bour6oaS :" "ViUeRt les ORLEANS :" to charge the
Ministers with hostility toward the Constitution
What happened during the prorogatlon, beside
the reviews OF Satory1 A Permanent Committee
was elected, in which the republican element
figured in an imperceptible minority. The dutyof
its members was to remain at their post, that Is,
at the seat OF the Committee WHITTIER did some
of them proceed Six went 70 Weisbaden, and
others TO Caremont Was that the accomplish.
ment or the desertion Of their duties Well
might N Pascal Duprat ask NJ. Theirs, in his bu
reau, il the safety Of the hepHbc required his
Journey to Claremont Here NJ. Theirs inter.
rupted the speaker, but the President would not
permit him TO explain NJ. Flandin, continuing,
toration, and was certain that the brave soldiers
who, in the plain OF Satory, cried Vive N9po-
lion and ViUe Emperor :" in the bottom of
their hearts, cried " VIre PRtpubligue " Loud
laughter on the Left The executive power
should naturally be preoccupied by those journeys
and the President of the Republic had thought
proper 10 put an end to all doubts and spprehen.
sions by sending to the Assembly his Message of
the 18th November, that pledge of patriotic and
signal reconciliation. He had accepted it as such,
because he perceived In it the beginning Of po-
litical sy stem more conformabe to the wants of
in it, for the second time the oath he had TAKEN to
the Constitution.
Nj. Flandin then inquired the causes of the dis
missal Of General Changarnier, who, he agreed
with NJ. Is aroche, had grown into third powerof
the State General Cavagnac was justified to
declare in the Committee that If any blame was
to be attached to the Cabinet it was for not hav-
ing adopted that measure two years ago. NJ
Flandin might differ in opinion with the members
OF the Ad ministration, but having had the honor
of knowing several for the last twenty-five years,
he could not but credit them when they affirmed
that the measure was commanded by the gravest
motives. The General was new mayor Of the
palace, end Louis Napoleon could not submit to
be President fafn6aRt. He applauded his reso
luton. The President was right in Diminishing
man whose successes in the Assembly were con
strued into as many checks for bis Ministers.
NJ. Berry er, who followed, said that he felt 1t
bis duty TO explain to the Assembly the real mo-
tives that Induced him to concur in the severest
blame OF the last act Of the Government. The
constitutional right was questioned by none, but
he would appeal to the recollectiOns OF the honor
able Minister for Foreign Affairs, who. he was
sure, would bear testimony to the prodiSious ell
feet produced by similar ismiss a. under the mo-
narchy II . condemned that act, because, unless
all ewes " ere closed to evidence, itdenoted areal
Tendency to a change Of policy dangerous for the
internal peace and derogatory TO the dignity oItne
country abroad. The parties were now In pre-
assigned TO them by the Constitution itself for its
entire or partial revisionl Why then wonder at
the agitation that manifested itself Did notthe
Message so much admired, speak OF the lnstabill-
~ the institutions France was actually placed
in precarious and transitOfy situation. Why
was Louis Napoleon proclaimed by six milllonsoi
citizens 1t was because the name OF BOnsParte
essay Napoleon" cried Al. Pierre bonapartel
was come cted with the downfall OF the hrst he.
public. He had given him his vote on account OF
his re spect FOR his personal character, which he
had long since appreciated
After the revolution Of February he had written
10 the electors Of the department of the Mouths OF
the Rhone that ne retained the political opinion
he had proiessed during So years OF his lie, but
that il they returned him he would prove himself
the vigilant defender Of the interests of his coun
try. He then described the endeavors he had
made to unite all parties since that period. AS
respected his journey to Wiesbaden he would
give the fullest explanations. When men belong
ing to another party, whom he esteemed and com
mended repaired to England to assist at the
dying moments of q Monarch who had relgned
over France, he had proceeded with a number OF
tbs friends TO Wiesbaden, to see another exile
who had been a stranger 10 all recent political
events aud had never forfeited his rights 10 the
respect Of the nation. be was exiled because he
could not ay his foot on the French soil, which his
ancestors had conquered and constituted into
glorious and powerful monarchy, without being
She first Of Frenchmen-tbeir King. Applause
and murmUrs
! He went thither in obedience to feeling of
respect aud sympathy to accomplish political
act He bad developed before the Prince that
policy OF union which he had practlced in France
for the last three years. He hadfound al his SEN
timents engraven in his heart. The Prince had
expressed TO him q deteststion OF plots and civil
war, and protested against all idea of conspiracy
or attempt at a sureptitions restoration. NJ. Der
ryer knew not what Providence reserved to his
country The present Ministers might continue
i'm office, or, for what he knew, they might have no
successors the walls Of that hall might be left
standing. but be feared they would be occupied
by the ~'W,es, either of demsgogy or of an absurd
absolutism.
Considerable agitation prevailed after NJ Ber-
ryer descended from the tribune, and the sitting