The republic., 1852-01-07

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polls and. as write, the consultative colninissi,
is engaged in counting them. You will learn the
result. as well in the neighboring departments as
in Paris, by electtc telegraph to Liverpool, In
seyeral o the contiguous towns, all the clecto in
scribed having voted the first day, the pole
were not opened on the second, and the vote
| known yesterday. Thus, in the little commune
| of Ocberes in the canton of ST. German, con
tanning lat voters, the whole l47 voted Our! The
| commune of Sevres gave ,I0l yeas to al nays;
Croissy, III yeas to nay Chatou, 3l2Ayeas to
33 nays. In the eleventh ward Of Paris, IA 44S out
OF Is 1876 voters registered appeared at the polls
But it is useless to dwell upon such trifiing de-
tails. you will receive full accounts over the
| wires.
| 1t was curious to see the urns going home in
| the evening, surrounded on all sides by strong
guard of infantry. At about half past eight the
promcnadcr to meet one or more, on
their way from the sections to the mayors Office
| ! almost thought could see through their mahog-
any lids, and read the history of many a yes and
no How many yeas. forced in, bought in, scared
in, and all crammed down with the bayonet how
many nays, introduced by stealth, and crouching
away in the corners, if unworthy to associate
with the hardy and daring yeas. These precious
piles of universal suffrage, far from being what
they should be-honest testimonials of the freedom
and intelligence of the nation-wcre humiliating
proofs of its having bowed its neck to the most
rupt OF all despotisms-a despotsm forced upon
| the country by the army-the army Of France,
that modern Pretorian guard.
| You will remember that, by the first decree Of
| Louis Napoleon, the voters to register their
opinion, whether Yes No, upon monstrous
| book, made for the purpose, opposite their names
This was done to frighten the whole country into
an affirmative vote, as il was supposed that few
would be willing to compromise themselves for
life by wiring their names in full, and ludng
the line with an up and down No. But this die
tation was found to be too monstrous even for the
French and the secret vote was substituted for it.
While all persons suspected of voting No have
been obliged to fold up their bulletin, thus conceal
| ing the word, such were known to be favorable
to the President and likely to possess in
Huence upon the opinions Of those who had not
voted, were not only allowed but urged to display
their yeas the view of all lockers -on. Thus, my
lord the Bishop Of Amiens marched up TO the polls,
followed by his clergy, where all of them voted Oui
in plain sight. Had these gentlemen voted No, thus
rendering it probable that some of the faithful
duced by their example, would il1ew ise vote No,
my lord the Bishop Of Amiens would have been
immediate arrested. Facts will amply prove
that the election Of December 1851, has been the
most shocking evidence of the corruption of gov.
ernment and the degradation Of people since the
decline of the Roman empire, when the soldiers
put up the throne at auction and knocked it down
to the highest bidder
The following notice from the Minister OF the In
terror will give you some idea of the liberty Of
printng-one branch Of the liberty of the prces it
exists in Paris 1t appeared in the Bonapartis
papers on the morning Of the election:
"a report has been circulated in Paris that tho
printing of votes bearing the word mo- has been
forbidden. The government, desirous of ensurng
the liberty and sincerity Of the vote has given
such an order. Have the kindness, therefore, 10
communicate to the printers of Paris that they may
strike off, in entire liberty such negative bull e,ins
I as may suit their inclination.
"For the Minister OF the Interior, and with his
authorization. l., LxHos."
You will not fail to be struck with this sublime
coudescension on the part Of the government. The
printers, impressed with salutary fear that they
might perhaps be imprisoned, at any rate fall
into Disgrace, declined printing negative bulletins
and have not learned that they displayed any
more alacrty in doing after this sort OF menac-
ing permission granted by the government.
You know that the vote Of Paris is to be counted,
and that Of the rcst OF France examined and ver.-
fed by Louis Napolcon's consultative commission,
which holds is frat session for that purpose day
al the Chamber Of Deputies In regard TO this
I
swer "Wbo ia 10 count the votes in the interest Of
the maya Who is TO prevent the consultative conn.,
mission from adding, multiplying, seeing double,
counting double2" No one would dare TO declare
himself upon the negative side, and adverse to the
government and the affirmative vote. II is ad-
mited by all that there Is guarantee for the
/ cerity Of the return that the commission may
make, except the character of the men that com
pose il; as large part Of these have openly er
pressed their opinion that without Louis Napoleon
nothing is possible but anarchy and chaos they
could hardly hesitate. as true patriots and philan-
thropisis, to multiply the yeas by two. or divide
the nays by three The bishops Of sundry dioccsos
having intimatcd thet Louis Napoleon must be
elected in the interest Of Jesus Christ, the Pope,
and the Holy Catholic Church, absolution for 50
pious poccndiIlo would certainly not be withheld.
The end would sanc,i(y the means
SO far from any measures having been taken 10
prevent double and triple voting. IL is seriously
maintained that the Bonapartists have not only
been permitted to do it, but even encouraged in il.
AZ none would have the courage 10 watch ohal-
/ lenge, Of course the whole control would lay with
tho ardent Napoleonsts appointed to preside oyer
\ the polls, who might have been instructed 10
gard lonicnlly the iorgetfulncss Of such as might
deposit several yoss in the urn led astray by their
enthusiastic love Of their country and Jesus Christ
This ia exactly the light in which the question has
been viewed by the bishops just referred to, one of
whom said, in a circular to his clergy, "God ia
with Louis Napoleon Bonaparte;" and another Of
whom declared that all true ministers Of the gospel
would vote yea at this important juncture.
On the morning OF the fret voting day the Con
'hiuiionnd published article in which it occur.
red that, should Louis Napoleon's Presidency be
/ rejected. the following decree might with pro-
! prioy be published:
"ARTIoLE There !. no Longer anything IN ,T-
isfrncs.
! "ARTIcLK 2 2-Nobody Is charged ,cih the srecu-
fion Of he present decree" (signcd) CrAos.
This is the light in which the whole subject has
been presented in Paris and throughout France by
the only journals that have been permitted to exist
and 10 prnt-such would do battle for the die
tator No opposition press, which might present
the subject in another point Of view, has, you
we'll know, been tolerated
Listen to NJ. Louis yeuillot, editor Of the Uni
v~s, the organ of the Catholic clergy
"On the al Of December fell the insoence Of
evil; and those who menaced society, upon n fixed