Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-01-17
FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT
PARIS, DECEMBER %, 1851.


The vote on the ple5iscituns proposed by Nj. Bo-
NAPARTE for the adoption of the French people is
over. The result has not yet been officially pro-
claimed, for it is not yet known, except by unau-
thentic report, in than fourteen of the eighty
seven departments. The Constitutional of this
morning gives the following as the defnitive result
in these fourteen departments Yes ,272 sos; No,
l54, lS9 1t states, further, that the incomplete
returns received up to this morning from sixty
eight departments give the certain result Of: Yes,
100000; No, 100000.
There are in France under the reign of universal
suffrage, about ten millions of voters. Sixty-eight
Departments according to the semi-oficial, have
already given more than half of the ten millions.
The nineteen departments yet to be heard from will
probably increase the officially proclaimed vote, which
will 90 forth to the world expressive of the
of the French people upon the coup detat of the
I'd instant and sanconing the plebiscitum proposed
by him to seven millions. / sent to you, IN my
letter Of the 4th instant, the p1r6tscttam and the
proclamation of the I'd instant but let me recall
them to the view of your readers in immediate jux-
opposition with the above extraordinary results The
ple6iscitum which Frenchmen have been called upon
to sanction or reject by simple yes no deposited
in the ballot-box is in the following terms
''The French people wish for the maintenance of the
authority Of Leus Napoleon Bonaparte and delegate
him the necessary powers to make Constitution the
bases proposed in his proclamation of the I'd December
The lAses laid down in the proclamation Of I'd
December are
al. A responsible Chief named for ten years.
80 Ministers dependant the Executive power alone
49, Council of State formed of the most distinguish
ed preparing the laws and supporting the discussion
of them before the Legislative body
"a. A Legislative body, discussing and voting laws
named by universal suffrage without scrui dc ste, which
falsifes the election.
20. second Assembly, formed from the illustrious
men of the country preponderatng power and guar
dian Of the fundamental compact Of public liberties"
The scrain de liste, which the above proclamation
so decidedly rejects, indicates mode of voting the
same with what we call in the United States Jy
general ticket The new Constitution to be accorded
to France by NJ Bonaparte will therefore, it is to
be presumed, order the several departments to be
divided into as many districts as it shall accord rep
resentatives to each. This new constitution is said
to be already prepared, and ready to be proclaimed
as the fundamental law of France in the course Of
the next week do not credit this report, yet it is
by no means improbable. Every act of the Dictator
since he assumed dctatoria powers indicates that he
has never for moment contemplated retirement from
public life, matter what the result of the vote
visited on Sunday, the last day of the vote, many
OF the sections OF Paris in which the votes were being
taken. AT every precinct there were numerous in
dividuals distributing to voters affirmative tickets
ulu HOb see negative tickets.
A policeman on duty at the polls told me that the
distribution Of tickets aoid NO printed on them ,oas
ositiOcly forbidden. In The department of the
Seine (Which includes the capita5 the vote was as
follows:
Number of voters inscribed in the department 394 069
Voted yes, very nearly 1877 900
Voted no, very nearly $1,000
1t will be seen that the number Of voters who
abstained upon this occasion in the department Of
the Seine is about 100, 900, and that with all the
executive pressure which was brought to bear upon
the result the Dictator has not received the approx
ing vote of quite one-half Of the electors Yet it
Us accounted, and it is, great triumph if there has
been no foul play in counting out the votes.
M GRAN1ER DE CAssAGNAc, the famous coadjutor
of Dr. VERoN in the political department Of the
Constitut'onnet has just published pamphlet which
fat fureur at this moment and is in the hands of
every body. 1t processes to give minute details Of
the events Immediately preceding and accompanying
the coup Pctdt of the I'd December The following
extracts from this work, recounting the causes Of
this event. its mode of execution, and the arrest Of
several of the most distinguished personaces of the
army and of the Assembly will not fail to be inte
resting to your readers. Let me first state. how
ever, that Gen. CAvAIGNAc, whom in my last | re-
ported still in prison, is now really at liberty II
is said that he will very shortly consummate his
marriage with Mdlle. ODrER, and leave France with
his bride for an indefinite period. M Granier de
Cassagnac says: