The southern press., 1851-08-07
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honest ous. [Applanao "a ~ lAeeJ Tbs
orator then, st mssb length apaasad ~ uejes.
ity II velying upon Russlnt cnanon e eopPost
ttSsir principles, which xocusstion psodued1 NJ
leat outehes, and H. Victor Heoe wae eal1o4 70
order by the president lie eonsIudsd hae speech
amid much intersuplion, BY alludiag = To aP-
proach Of 1852. dwelling npOa fhe dnn&14 of|
the law of Nay 81. hat e0na4enNy psedtneng
that, let the struggle coma whsB Il might, two
combatants only woaA finally b. lstt standing
God and tho people. On dasssudiag, he wa|
enthusiastically congratulated ~ ~ whels oil
the Left.
DsrEAr OF THE Biz SATURDAY. lath, .xss
the last day of the debate. The ns|f NeYs
gives the following sketsh Of ths pgo4 NJ
NJ. Baroche, AZ If to divert ~ a&te1aS3 1f4bs
had made on the legality Of the alaDnae ~ ~
NJ. Victor Hugo, and plungina ths lehG1s GQao
more into the noi.y sphere Of pessonAlleso. n.
Hugo having painfully succeedsd In ohtnlning
permission to defend himself against I'll tksae
attacks, grazed ia his reply the suseepdhaitiss
Of the Mountain by repudating all aIllnpce with
the insurgents Of May Is and 1upe "a ~ M.
Raspail and de Flotte required AL the vigos of
their neighbors, Michel (ds BourRss) Aad othsss.
to hold them down. In short, during 1hsee hour
the assembly exhibited scene, n It werey Of par
liamentary pugism, closed at length BY , time
Iy moi from NJ Dupin, who said, when n. Daf-
aure M ,unted the tribune, that it was past Ave
o'clock, and the debate was going now TO begin.
The austere prest nee and authoritative oratory
Of M. Dafanrs restored the parliamentary tone,
which had been during the last two dAYs anQk
in hideons clamor and discoFdant upsoaEt IN
leading idea of his speech was The mainta1aGQee
Of the status gun. II was curious TO heer aAin.
innate friend of NJ. de TocquevilIs, psseeasing
maxims of government nearly Aentinsl dnW
from these nm inference totally orpossdlto M
conclusions Of the reporter on Tia revision. Thp
consttution, according 10 him. waa fas ftom being
so seriously defective AZ to reqnife imznedfat4
revision. It was free from the taint Of socialism
Conflicts between the powers could scarcely
under any circumstances be avoided. France
would soon get uscd to electing the head Of the
executive power. Family. property, religion
were safe, under the republic. The Laws 1efe
observed and applied without difficulty; the
taxes were raised with greater ease than ever;
order was preserved, and all was tranquil. To
put the question of monarchy or republic would
be to give the signal for civil war. e
The tribune was then occupied by Odillon
B rrot, in favor of revision. after which the gen.
eral debate was closed and the vote was taken
The whole number Of members who voted
was 724; an immense proportion Of an assem-
bly, consisting, when 1t is complete, OF $50
members, but of 730 at this time, as there ass
II vacancies. 10 fact, only Ia members Of the
whole house were absent, and OF these, 2, who
would have supported the revision, were shut
out by accident. The votes were taken with
great care and deberation, each member paaa-
ing over the tribune to deposit his card in The
urn, an operation which lasted two hours; aud,
when the lists were counted, it was found that
446 mad voted for the proposed revision, and
278 against it. The actual majority in favor Of
the proposition was, therefore, 1853; but a. Il
required, by law, majority of three-fourths in
order to pass, it was of course rejected. The
number required to carry the revision, in such a
house, would have been 543; conseqnentlv, the
actual majority fell short of the majority re-
quired, by 81. ~
The principal members who voted against the
revision were, in the Tiers parti--G Generals
Cavaignac, Lamonciere, Bedeau and Leflo;
Messrs. Dufaure, Corne, ST. Beuvs, Oscar La
fayette, and Ferdinand de Lasteyie; in the
Orleans party-Messrs. Theirs, Baze, General
Changarnier, Jules de I.astevne, Desmosseaux,
de Morney, Pscatory, de Remusat, Roger du
Nord and in the Utra-Legitimist party. Mesarv.
La Rochejscquein, Leo de Laborde, Comberel
de Leyval, Favean. &C. Messrs. Napoleon
Bonaparte. Pierre Bonaparte, de Lamartine, and
Gen. Fabvier voted against the revision. n.
Dupin, tie President, who seldom takes part in
ballots, voted in favor Of the revision.