New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-21

The Presidents Message CONTAINS, as
was expected, two prominent features II de-
mands, explicitly, the restoration oil UNIVERSAL
Suffrage, and it threatens with the same treat
.oent as heretofore any seditious movements and
.,v attempts at disorder BY many, outbreak
and anarchy are considered to be the natural off
,pt,ng Of Universal Suffrage the President, on
the contrary, looks upon civil war as imminent
unless the existing electoral law rs repealed
While, therefore, insisting upon this repeal, he
taxes care TO state that he neither intends to toll
crate. license nor to make any alliance with an
afchists.
The whole interest Of the Message is IN the
nortion which treats of the two hostile systems
of suffrage There is nothing new IN The details
Of the condition of the various departments OF the
Government The President adduces no argu-
ment against the law of the 3lst OF May, that has
been but little dwet upon. The trainers OF the
Constitution calculated the number OF voters IN
France at ten millions, and required that any
Presidential candidate must obtain at least two
million votes to be elected-that Is, success
full candidate must receive onefi!th OF the whole
vote thrown. The law Of the 3lst of May dimin-
ished the voters to seven millions The clause
Of the Constitution requiring two million votes
TO validate any one candidates election remains
of course, still In force-therefore about one
third, instead of one-6lth as intended by the Con.
sti,ution, is rendered necessary to carry any can
dida.eship. This is hardly possible to obtain.
An election by the people is thus almost fmpossl-
bic, and the Chamber, by passing this law, have
In fact taken the Presidential election into their
swn hands The conclusion is inevitable. They
must repeal the law or revise the Constitution.
The President enumerates briefly the other argu-
ments in favor OF the restoration of suffrage. He
escapes the charge OF Inconsistency, IN having
signed bill the repeal of which he now insists
upon, by showing to what an extraordinary de-
gree the law has gone beyond any ones expecta-
tions, and how far 1t was from his own concep
lion that three millions of voters would be alien
atsd by its action.
The reading OF the Message, on the first day Of
the session, was followed Immediately 10y the
Ministerial project for the regulation of suffrage.
NJ de Thorigny begged for the suspension OF the
rules IN order that the subject might be taken up
without delay. lleroupon a debate arose, 10
which NJ Berger took prominent, and, for hnl,
unfortunate pant. lie thought that the condition
OF things was so extraordinary, that a Committee
ought 10 be appointed 10 inquire INTO the motives
that had led 10 the expulsion of the old Ministry
and the formation of new one. NJ. Graud, the
Minister of Public Instruction, replied bneiiy,
but 10 the point. When the Chamber closed It's
sessions last Summer, did II not appoint Com
mission of Pemanence to supply Its place during
ats absence and 10 keep IN view the various IN
terests OF the country Had not this Commits
sion fulfilled the objects OF It's appointment
Had II not held Its weekly meetings, cOmmuni
Gated with the President, conferred with the re-
turing Cabinet, and keep itself informed OF the
condition OF the country To institute a new
Commission Is TO accuse the previous one OF
negligence or OF imbecllity Besides, Is tins the
proper way To tranqul1e the country, thus To
order nquests and examinations 10y Committees
and Commissions On the contrary, these eX-
ira parliamentary proceedings are calculated IN
the highest degree TO disturb the peace and alarm
the public mind NJ Benyers plan found few
supporters, ana was irowned down IN manner
to whichthc great LCgltlmiStls little accustomed.
The Chamber refused TO suspend the rules, 80
that unless, ON second thought, they Teiract,
three weeks, AZ least, must elapSe before the
subject can be again broached IN the House. In
the mean time, 1t will have been examined by
one OF the Standing Committees and on IT'S re-
turn the discussion Will enSue.
The journals of the Conservative pafty-the
organs of the majority IN the Chamber-are vlru-
lent and acrimonious, TO the last degree, IN their
comments upon the Message. The DsbatS says
that the Presidents reasoning upon the law OF
the 3lst OF MAY Is mere string of sophiSns,
IN which arithmetic Is called In to the and OF
rhetoric, and Il strange tumble Is made m the
confused augmentation about ten millions be
ing reduced to seven In the debate which
succeeded, the Message found only one defender,
n. Emile dc Ghardin and IN the vote, 1t re-
ceived only the sympathy and support of the
Mountain
The Assemble Nl,.oaale Monarchical and fu-
sionist says: The political situation is changed.
The Preslden, of the Republic has ceased 10 be
the elect oil the party of Order He has taken the
Mountain for ally. He has agitated the country.
He has compromised the few and wTetchcl re-
MAINS OF our prosperity lie has given arms and
ammunition 10 civil war. The crisis of 1882 has
commenced. The salvation of the country now
depends upon the tirmnesS of the Chamber and
the union II the majority"
On the other hand, the Republican journals OF
all shades, besides the Constitutional and the
Pasris BonapaTilSt, are united 10 effect and Sus-
tan the repeal of the existing electoral law. Ii
seemed a, one time barely possible that the ultra
Republican journals, such as the National and
che R,prblique, might even oppose The restoration
OF Universal Suffrage but Il might Improve
Louis NapOleOns proSpcc; o. reelection, and the
chances of revision They have. however, de-
eided to accept II, though at the President
hands. They do II with eylden, iu-wiu, and
would almost prefer gong without At. meet
ing of the Republican Representatives was held
las. night, az which very nearly TWO hundred
were present. Il was unanimously voted that
they would support all measures tending 10 the
restoration OF Suffrage and the repeal of the law
OF the Slst OF MAY. So here is the President.
sustained by the minority that has always op-
posed him, and deserted by the ma Only thai has
I'LL now upheld HIM.
find, IN looking over the American papers
thai there seems 10 be AZ idea IN the Unl:ed
States that the danger supposed by the party of
Order here 10 Turk under universal suffrage Is
tina, OF rio,s on the day OF election, OF general
uprising ON an occasion which throughout
France Will be one OF leisure and universal hOh.
day This Is not al which is feared The Mon