The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-07-27
Preach An.,rs.
Correspondence Of the N. Y. Commercial Adveniserl
Pans. July 40, 1851.


excellent dinner at twenty hve francs apiece. Al ex
uberan sentent OF patriotism found vent In national
songs. and good will toward The French people in The
Marseilles III, ma ard the Chant du Depart" which
were Numbered out right heartily The unusual echoes,
which made the old palace ring again, collected
crowd near ihe res anant, aud brought few policemen
To the spot But these, with their accustomed ubanily
towards foreigners made objection TO the continuance
OF the celebration, and limited themselves TO prevent any
demonstration OF political character BY The crowd
company al the dinner was not large when Gohpaissu
with the number oil Americans at Paris. None OF ou ON
eial representatives were present
Al Htyre the cet brailon assumed more general snai
acter The American vessels in the pot were ornament
ed with streameIs aud kept the national coois hyihg
aud the and ocres Went IN procession 'housh me
city, preceded by tine band Of music As sign OF our
aniy with France, the rcoloed aud spanlled ban
loaIed together RON The masheads OF The PRINCIPAL
ships Nothing occurred To mar The pleasure OF The
sioa CT disturb that honorable pride which every Ameri-
can must feel IN his country
REPORT REVISION
This document, ously looked for was presented
last Monday 10 the assembly By author, ex Minister
De Tocquevl,le. IL was listened TO in almost uniner-
Iuped silence being considered the authoritative dec
laalon OF the pocy hereafter to be pursued by The leg
lave majority Ga any other conditions The coallllon
would be scattered TO the winds. and what the reporter
calls "the demagoguca factions would come into power
The peculiar position of M. de locqueve contributed Ia
the interest OF the report Once legIums', and sl
connected with that party by many social es--laer
friend OF the constitutional monarchy, and The advocate OF
moderate and sale reorms--sll laer The minister OF
President Napoleon, and conductor OF the expedition
against Rome and the negotiations for the return OF The
P0peand recently "A convert TO The opinion that mode
rate republic is The only government which be estab
shed by the order party, he is in The secrets OF all The
fractions OF the majority Coalition Above all his long
and intimate acquaintance with the President anu his
councils and his familiarity with The machinery Of ad
minslalion qualify him 10 speak with certainty relative
TO any dangers tlal may be feared from that quaiter
may add that The abrence OF all hAed political pellet and
his snguariy passiuness AMI fectIve character, are
qualities which make Nj de TocqnevIe the impair
uai reporter The committee could nave chosen.
The report is deliberately and carefully prepared M
a leuplh dp.
tects which The majority say exist IN the const uon
The hst the election by each department, general
ticket, OF It's representatives to the Ass. mbly How
hundred thousand know each OF The len fifteen
or twenty persons soliciting tleir suffrage! he major
remains compact, II votes for ticket dictated by Clique
or cotere al the principal shre-tosn or the capital
Either false result bnd vote Is the Necessary
sequence OF such SYSTEM In tunes OF revolution the
violent impose tbs diuale-, aud IN peaceful
nominations are made OUT beforehand B., small nuEoer
OF Wite workers
This obj con is new a. coming from the mouth of the
macriy. II has hern made nom The be.gning by lie
socialists Since AL parties ar. agreed he change might
oe made Inc rlseai al Election proposed by NJ Gfa'
din would satisfy Nj. &c oeqneve Ii L. TO lei the As
senb'y coarlr' OF many members there mutt
pies vi MY thousand, Or less gwen number, among The
voters each Tor but candidate cnoos-
ing him wh,re lie may ii, in lie naon, and every
Candidate Receiving my thousand votes 10 be elected.
Should he receive one hundred thousand he should nave
TWO votes III the Assembly TWO hundred thousand oul
votes: and onone vote for each additional My lhou
sand gwen 10 hun Under the every traction
OF " thousand would be represented hlie under the
present, The minority IN each department. making ag
xfrgae OF perhaps tour millions, ae not represented
al all.
The second defect is the independence OF the execu
tve which, ny The mode OF lis election and The vast ah
m,nsralive power To- ged its hands, is elevated into
Position oi nvary With the Assembly
single chamber clothed with all the powers of lesis
laton; one man authorized 10 preside the execution
OF al The laws aud The conduct OF all ailar-; Dut
them elected directly by universe sutages; The Assem-
bly, all powerful w!ltm the limits of the constitution the
t(eHlCeut Obliged obey he sd Limits mn Id
ing, by the TACT OF his popular cleo ION, moral influence
which permits HIM 10 imagine resistance and makes sub
mission sacrifice; armed, besides, win all the peruga
hves which The executive must have III d country Where
the pubic administration invented by tie CHI,
for s own parposes these Two great powers, equal III
the mode OF then e clio, unequal III their constitutional
powers, seem 10 NJ de Tocqueyle to be necessarily
denied 10 suspicion, Jealousy, and strife.
What, then, would he do! There is but al,erna
tive 10 making the legislative dependent on lie execu-
uve-a measure not TO Be thought Of is 10 make The
executive dependent The assembly, and not elected by
the people This Is precisely the opinion advocated by
the socialists for the ast eighteen months. Not only
GiIardn, but Louis Blanc, Pierre LeToux, Ledru Ron.
and all the Lett. except the Cayagnac party and M
Lamartne. support this doctrine IN regard, then to The
defects the constitution, there seems 10 be difference
between the majority and minority.
M. DE TocaUEvuLE AND PRESIDENT.
The report shows clearly the light in which all parties
in the committee look President Napoleon. As The
opinions OF General Cavagn and socialists they may
be easily supposed. The General has already thong b,
that circumstances demanded from him formal card,
tnat all persons mus De That II
more difficult 10 change President than 10 change a
judge NJ. de Tocqueve puts the following lang uace
INTO The mouths OF those members of the MAJORITY who
oppose the revision:
What 10 really wanted is TO sgate the nation " Is to
compfonise group advance the
oil Istutfonn cai.ddHesltp Tor the OF
which toe administration - already working with an
ado and aodaciy which sufpass all that has been
seen in her cases"
Alter promising that the for revision diff
fcul, aud perhaps IN certain relations, dan gsro TO be
told" NJ. de Tocqpeve returns 10 The uouai
candidsieshp OF The President This thought seems TO
force itself constantly the end OF his pen, in spite
his efforts TO the contrary Ia place lie sss the
sliiution exacts from these who govern mpd ration a
dsnteresedness sort OF remuneration OF SELF which IL
is dangerous 10 ask OF men, and which perhaps puee
10 expect from them" In another place he speaks OF
the temptations TO maintain Illegally by sort OF popu-
lar disregard OF law, the executive power in the hands
which hold H." He considers, at length, the Actles
offered by the present institutions TO In. election OF the
President, and goes into detailed comparison OF The
French and American constitutions on that pont, He
discusses the duly the Asse mby the the
election OF the President I'm consequence OF the ilrg
innate acton OF The parties or of the government list H."
he treats with contempt "soph-ts children, those
who say that there danger-who say that lie voters
will observe the law 'tbst the executive power WILL
pfac'ce abncp alton OF self that its agents will be DIS
eject, &c Nor does NJ de locquevIiie content bm.ef
WIN 'holcang the danger; he points out The means ~
prevent w. aho " th.s be practicable, 10 combat IL To
prevent II be suggests revision, tur the purpose OF lin
nnR Tie esidentdl powers angling the nature of the
ohcv, and making impossible tor the executive 10 erect
iset into u nvsl Of the legislative power 10 combat
il hs suPoses The Assembly should at once .lak, mid
hands all the power" bud mot suH-r III. nat,n