The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-01-20


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The Rev French Constitution.
The Paris correspondents Of The
American papers have presented The
outlines ofthc new French CONSTITUTIONS
There is to be n ''Co,nci Of Slate"
named by the President, " ho is to take
the title Of Regent of The Republic. !"
This body which will be advisory and
possess the initiative of the laws, will, /,
Of course, consist of The creatures of
the President or Regent. He will name
none who will moi be The Instruments OF
his will.
There is to be Senate Of eighty
members, forty one TO be named by the
President, aud thirty nine hv The Coun.
ellis General, from IL lis, Of cun.li,la;cs
made out by the President The forty.
one named by him will, like his Co,rn.
ell OF State, br composed Of his crca
lures, bun having The privilege Of form.
ing he list from which the Ihir,v,ninc
arc 10 bc selected; The entire noly viii
be the ready instruments OF The Exccu.
tive.
"a Legislative Chamber Of two
hundred and fifty. Each commune is
TO name an E!cclor by universal sur
iragc. The number OF these Electors
will be $4,000. They are then to name
live hundred representatives. From
this list of five hundred the Prcsi,Icn,
will sclrc, two hundred and fifty, who
are 10 form The Chamber
This appears TO be concession to the
principle Of universal suffrage, inSli;u
ting the popular branch OF the L"gis!a-
iurc; but II is no concession nl al, for
the representative docs moi come direct.
~ from the people, but in,crmc,lia,cIv
The popular vote chooses the 5000
electors, and they elect the rcprcsrI,
,nlive. BY this apparcn, concession TO
universal suffrage, the actual power OF
choice is more restricted Than il was un
der the Government, nl Louis Philippe:
the suffrage being then exercised bv
100000 electors.
But this is not The worS, view Of hi,
scheme Of deception on the p"opl"
These $4,000 electors are o nam" five
hundred representatives, and from ihls
number The President nr Regent is to
select two hundred and fifty, who are To-
form The Chamber. This, Of cours,.
invest the Executive with The power OF
placing in the Chamber his own ndh..
rents. for it we suppose any degree of
independence in the electors, the Pr, 81
dent, having the choice Of 50 great j
number as one halt, cannot bu, secure
majority Of those devoted 10 his rule
and authority.
The President is to be elected for ten
years, with the lille OF R"grn, OF the
Republic. He shall be responsible, un.
less the communal electors shall, three
representatives, Out Of whom The prcsi.
dent shall bc unable to srlcc, Cham.
bcr in his favor, when. if they refuse.
the budget, he is to retire" Who does
not perceive that this pretended check
on his power will be nngntory What
even remote probability is there that II
constituent body SO limited as $4,000
will be able 10 elect representatives.
three successive Times inimcal to The
measures and views OF tho President,
his excl cisinG The vasl powers aHd dis
penSIng the large patronage Of ~ cen.
traliZcd u government! We hazard
nothing in affirming that II rcsor,, even
a second time, to the sutl'ragcs of The
$4,000 electors, to tcs, the popularity
OF the Prcsidcni's measures will never
take place, much less that three conSrc.
ulive trials will be made, for ih.s pur
pose, in the electoral college.
An article in this Constitution de-,
clarcs, "lhe press TO be free, bru ii
shall not call in question religion the
rights of property, or The existing social
organizallon'- that is free according
10 The scusc which the Executives, or
his instruments, may choose 10 attach
to the phrases rights Of property" and
"social organization" The rights Of
property, may, and will be considered,
10y The interpreters Of The Executive
will, TO be involved in discussions on The
legal tenure by which the President
holds his authority may be followed by
such conlusIons us 10 render properly
unsafe, or 10 call into question The icniii
macy of that authority may be thought
TO threaten tho "rxisling social organi-
zalion." Such a general formula us
That ''the press shall be free means
nothing when it is construed as the s,l.
Premc authority wills and wishes, and
not as defined By law.
When the outward show of fdcfcrcncc
TO popular forms is connected with the
fact, that the actual Head of The Go.
vcrnmcnt is now the solo fountain Of
law-lhat from this source issue innu.
mcrnble DEGREES, which ordinarily Gina