Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-08-02

to be charged with the establishment. Of the complete unity
Of the Dansh monarchy and the sssimIaton Of schIeswg
and Holstein. Germany will not It u thought consent to
the absorption Of HoIsiein into Denmark.
The from the Cspe Of Good Hope is very uusaiis-
factory, the whole Of the native tribes of South Africa have
assumed very warlike and hostile position.
July 1.-THE Parliamentary report of last even
ing is without general interest. letter from Paris
furnishes the following comment and summary of
M. DE TocoUEvILLE's report upon revision
One cannot read the report Of M. de Tocquevie with
out concuing completely in the criticism expressed upon this
work BY NJ Odon Barot 10 the short debate which snsued
In the committee after bearing L. Il tends TO provoke the
conflict which forms the chief danger Of the situation Had
the composition of the report been committed to NJ Baze
could not have been conched n terms hostile
President more stimulating the sovereign Assembly dsrus
and aggression against the Executive power Few traces
to be found Of that calm and philosophical spirit for which the
literary works of NJ de Tocqueve are distinguished but
on the contrary, fertile exsggeraon Of ALARM tone of de-
traction and suspicion towards the President whose usupa
tory degns seem to form the chief thread Of the report
The whole force Of M. de Tocqueves augmentation Is d.
rected against the unconstitutional Of Louis Napo
with the design Of showing the danger and absn
dy OF retaining disqualification in the constitution a vari-
snce with the voe Of the people, bat urge The Assembly
resist the will Of the people in the hopeless majority Of
hreeourhs should be obtsned Odon Barrot does not
yield to any statesman n respect for legality but in answer
to the fanatic consutonasm Of NJ de Tocqueve be asks
with the wisdom OF statesman, which side the duty and
honor II the Assembly will be if the preservation Of France
be placed in one scae and the letter Of the constitution in
the other. aaB
"M dc Tocquevils begins by stating that 2s3 members
Of the Assembly call for rsvon and then examines whether
the constitution be essentially detective He selects as
the main vices Of this charter the system Of elecne
sentatves BY the scun de Hs bslong according TO
prepared st of candidates He then dwes upon the nces-
SAINT provocation TO conct between tie Powers The
reporter examines the oppouneness Of revision and
Of Roxo onI
point bad been set aside by the committee which did deny
the DANGER but insisted the necessity Of amending the
constitution. The fatality Of the simultaneous extinction Of
powers is pointed out This deporabe coincidence might
have been asered had the Presidential election taken place.
% was first intended in May ls49 The crisis pointed
out more pelous in country where the authority s
centralized He arrives at the conclusion that the only regu-
lar way OF preventing an unconstitutional dictatorship 10 to
delegate all the powers to Constituent Assembly. The
porter then adverts to the surprise of February and the deep
alarm that pervades society lest change should lead
cialism He dwes the increased hazsrds which The
country Is exposed from the divided state Of the party Of ode
and from the direct election ofbe the Executive power
BY universal suffrage Even in America, where the Office Of
President is much less important the election less direct
The ignorant people will vote naturally for the only
they know M de Tocquevle then enters upon the most
important part of bis report and after having pointed out the
probability Of an unconstitutional selection, proceeds lay
down rules for the guidance Of the sovereign Assembly under
such an eventuay. The constitution innged every
guaranty lost Who would dare say that the Assembly
ought 70 suHr the country be dragged aresh IN the
of revolution and adventure Could it tolerate the abuse Of
power to prepare unconstitutional canddaure n Would
not this lead open and violent conflict between the
great powers In the struggle Of the Assembly would
triumph but perhaps at the price Of giving the supremacy to
the Socialists difficult to set any issue TO the status
quo but usupaon anarchy ruin Of the republic desuc-
ton of liberty The committee had pronounced for total
vision The question Of whether the form Of the Government
should be open change adroy evaded The committee
neither imposed the republic recommended monarchy
But thought the Assembly might without exceeding its
limits recommend the safest course adherence present
institutions On point all agreed, namely, that if
the constitutional majority could not be Obtained the cons
tuition should be invariably and universally obeyed"
During the reading Of M de Tocquves report there
not single cheer listened in dead
silence. Sf
The Industrial Exhibition visited yesterday BY 434
persons, who paid for admission go, ,964 6s.
letter from Consaninope, dated June 25, says: You
may consider the refugee affair good settled Kossuh
and his party have received authorization 70 prepare 10 quiz
their uncomfortable quarters at Kutaya BY tho ls Of Sep
ember. Government steamer will convey them far
Malta where they will be handed the British auho-
riies Their detention will have exceeded two years, and
during the whole Of that long term they have been literally
provided for by the Turkish Government"