The southern press., 1851-12-27

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PaIlsians approved Of the coup delai, much less
applauded IL. IL is certain that, on Tuesday aud
"Wednesday, the cries in the city were uioe Ia
hePuohqae. and that since then there arc no
criss In the street From loungcrs in the neigh
oorhood, and on different occasions from the
troops lhere have been heard cries Of uire Il
NdPoleo"' Ihey are no, the citizens num-
oef vi eA-fepfeseuiatlves, of military officers not
"a actual service, and of respectable citizens,
have called at the Elysee, to give in their adbe.
sions. They are not the people.
| sui, II would be not at all strange IL the true
majority OF Frenchmen did vote Louis Nanolsou
INTO supreme power. lie has managed won.
deriully well to that end so far All industrial
and property holding France wants rest NJ.
PROMISES rest If France will give him strength
nat, TOO, Is promise that he has no interest
70 oreak-at least for the present Every eff.
lort Is made by constantly presenting the bug
pear OF socialism In the most fearful propor
tons, TO draw the bourgoise into the ranks of
the party OF order, of which the President is thu.
defender par excellence. AT the same time h.
soiemnly declares his wish and purpose 10 bass
his future position on the will of the peonl,.
freely expressed by universal suff:age. And
perhaps the orderly French will forget and far
give the two attempts at an in,urI ection and
The socialist writings of the prisoner of Ham
AS The President himself has abjured them And
perhaps the republican French--some Of then,
VIII forget the oath to the constitution which
tne President took three years ago, and trust 10
ms promises The promises read well l.ouis
Napoleon has sufficiently proved in the last three
years that ne Is not weak man; he NAV vet
prove himself wise man, ard keep these prom.
ises By decree issued on the Cd December
preserlDihg the time or mode of the general
election, 1t was ordered that every elector should
openly accompanying his affirmative or negative
vote with his name
ny a decree given at the Elysee, Dee. 4-the
day OF the barricades--the full freedom of cleo.
llon and voting aye or nay. simply by printed
or written ballot, is substituted for the omen
vote Now, let the motives of this change have
been what they may, the change itself is an
acknowledgement of the Democratic principle.
To-day proclamation is ssned by the Presi.
dent, IN which he represents himself rs the de.
tender OF order, and of the people against the
enemies OF soclety--good reason why Il e peo-
PIE shouid not resist the army acting under his
orders But he also declares. most fulIv and
plainly, that they, the people, are the only right
lul Judges OF their governors and that if thew
do not decree by their free votes that he shall re.
main in power, he will Immediately RESIGN the
authority which he desires TO hold ouIy with
their approval. 1t is worth remarking, that in
this proclamation he does not indulge in his
customary genealogical remarks.
Olilcers OF government will count the votes.
The news from the provinces comes to "a
through the hands of government. Most of
the departments are represented as having re-
ceived the news from Paris with content. The
departments, however, where there was some
disturbance, had been put in state of siege.
AT Orleans, the chief town of department al
ready IN a state of siege, forty seven arrests
were made. Among those arrests were two ex.
representatives.
In the list of new appointments published in
the Moniteur of yesterday, are a number of pre-
tects and sut-prefects, and two Commission
ers extraordinary" who each have the general
supervision of several departments. One of
these commissioners is earlier, the late prefec.
OF police under the ministry of Leon Faucher
By decree Of the 9th, the President of the
republic restores the church of ST. Geneyieve
(Ihe Pantheon) to the purposes of religious
worship, in conformity with the inten. of its
founder, under the patronage Of ST. Genevieve,
patron Saint OF Paris. This decree is as polite
as plous. The Uniuers, an out and out red"
Romanist print that defends st. Bartholomew
(the Massacre), has given in its adhe ion to the
new government.
The Patrie of the saws: aAll the iour.
nails agree in recognising the urgency Of the
measures taken by the President, and give their
entire consent to his policy" English news
papers have had to undergo an examination at
the post office previous to delivery The cor
respondent of the London Chronicle has been
ordered to leave Paris. The Chronicle is the
paper whose correspondent too readily believed
all the eXtravagaDt reports that reached his ears
a large number of arrests were made on Fri
day and Saturday. Not of men of political
prominence, but of dangerous persons, amopo
them several members Of the left The pener.
ais who were sent to Ham, are reported to have
arrived there safe and sound. Theirs, who
was i'll in prison, has been brought to his own
house again. He is watched. Nearly all the
representatives, who were taken prisoners at the
Maine, OF the Tenth ACCOMPLISHMENT, have been
released. The assembly had sunk itself so low.
by It's discords, and the political corruption of
most OF the leaders in the Orleanst and leoti
mist factions, that there is little mourning for
its dispersion, and less probability, that were all
It's members at liberty they could make head
against Napoleon.
The committee ofconsultation appointed by
the President is composed of more than hun
drtd instead Of twenty.nne members, as stated
III my iaHt. 1 was ltu INTO tle error by the
essness of the P0trie in publishing an addi-
uo"al list OF twenty-nne names, as though il
were substitution for the list of eighty pub
lished few hours before.
The army, so far as results are published,
have voted almost unanimously in favor of the
Presidents propositions A very few have voted
in the negative. The army voted bv open vote.
The President writes TO the generals that the
records shall be burned after the votes are
counted, so that no soldier need fear that his
independence of opinion viii ipjure his promo.
ton. lie has also shown his regard for the SOL
diers in various other paces-as sending his
aid-de-camp to yisitth wounded-giving notice
that success in putting down street emeute shall
be rewarded like noble actions 10 the open field
Informing them through the minister of war that
they had saved the couutTy, and that he should
not forget them, ect
The number of persons killed in the streets,
at The bnrricades and in houses, is not vet
known. had heard it rated all along from five
to fifteen hundred. The last f .ure is an exap-
geraton