The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-01-08
NEWS FROM EUROPE BY THE CANADA.

|, 1t appears by the intelligence by the Cana
r da, bringing news from Paris to the 18th inst
that of the soldiers in the late revolution sirtee'
= were killed and of the citizens of Paris, from
/. three to a1 hundred The authorities obtane,
d possession of the dead bodies of the citizens
and for time refused to give them up to thei
. friends The correspondent of the New Yor
,e Tribune says:
is They dreaded long and fearful funerals, ant
r the outbursts of popular fury, which are Away
4 kindled by the sight of the blood of martyr
it They therefore kept the bodies for a day o.
n two till the excitement had partially subsidized
? when they sent them by carloads to the Gem
c etery Of Montmartre Here, the families Of
t the dead received permission TO apply Tor and
deccntly bury their fathers brothers, or sons
The faces of such as were unclaimed In two
days were sprinkled with flour, in order to
{ conceal traces of putrefaction. | went with a
gentleman, on Tuesday. 10 one of the prisons,
, to make INQUIRIES for one of his friends who
was missing. The reply of the official, in bar
barous French, translate into equally barba-
rous English. On being asked if such per-
son was confined in the prison, he answered
4" / don't ku0nv. tssag0re likely he snUt 1, -
/ 70 Monlmartre, turn over the dead Pno, FAD
/ you find him, snake HIM out" On being in
terrogated as to the difficulty of finding body
under such circumstances he said " Take
your pick, then; | suppose one body will do as
well as another Thus are the dead dishOn-
ored in the capital of cvilization-thus is their
memory profaned-thus are their relatives out
ragged and incensed.
The suppressed journals are beginning eau
tiously to reappear. The Pays and the Steele
are just coming forth from their holes, but
hardly venture any comments on passing
events The vote of the nation on the contin-
uation of Napoleon's power took place, as we
suppose, on Sunday and Monday, the Goth and
2lst inst
PROGRESS OF THE UsURPATI0N.
The Moniteur of December contains most
decided symptom of an intention on the part of
the Government to dispense with all law.
Upon the plea that no penal statute of sufficient
severity exists, to enable the Government to
deal with seditious offences decree is promul-
gated which empowers the Executive to trans
port, for ten years any obnoxious person. The
following is the substance of the decree in these
general terms, as nothing would be easier than
to bring within the category of delnquents
specified any person whom the Government
found an obstacle to its designs This is the
first formal usurpation of the legislative power,
the other DEGREES being more or less the neces-
sary consequences or accompaniment of the
coup fetdt.
But the decree in question is the promulga-
ton of an arbitrary penal statute which hence
forth FORMS so long as the present power en-
dures, an integral portion of the penal code
| Usually, when an extraordinary piece of legis-
latlon is required during the suspension or re-
cess Of the Legislative power, in constitutional
countries a reserve is made in the last article
in favor of parliamentary rights and the ne
cessty of legislative sanction is implicitly recog-
Missed by an engagement to submit a bill for
this object to the Legislature, when it shall
meet The present decree makes no such re-
serve whatever Nor is there at present any
guarantee whatever that the whole body of
French law may not be entirely yitiated and
perverted by a series Of arbitrary DEGREES of the
same nature
The following is the decree:
The President of the Republic, on the PROPOSE
tom Of the Minister Of the Interior
Considering that France has need of order
work, and security; that, during too many
years past society has been deeply agitated
and troubled by the Vaccinations of anarchy,
as well as by the insurrectonal attempts of
those who are affiliated to secret societies, and
ex-convcts, always ready to become instru-
ments of disorder;
Considering that by their constant habits of
revolt against all laws, this class of men not
only compromise tranquility, work, and public
order but also authorizes uni ust attacks and
deplorable calumnies against the sound work
ing population Of Paris and Lyons;
Considering that the actual legislation is in
sufficient, and that it il necessary To modify
the same, while reconciling the duties of hu.
mainly with the interests of the general secu
rity-deereeS.:
l. Every individual placed under the surveil
lance of the high police, who shall DO found
guilty of the offence of rupture of ban, may be
transported as measure of general security
to pententiary colony in Cayenne or Algeria
The term of transportation shall be at thu
least five years, and at the longest ten.
2. The same measure shall be applicable I,
i individuals found guilty of having belonged t.
I, u secret society
g. The effect of re-subjection to the surveil
1 lance of the high police shall be for the futur
i to give the Government the right of determin
: ing the place in which the condemned perso
= is to reside after having undergone his punish
n ment.
!" /. All individuals placed under the suryei
lance of the high police are forbidden to rcsid
@ mt Paris or in tho bdnlieue.
= The persons designated by the preceding nj
ticle shall be obliged to quit Paris and the ban
n heue within the delay of ten days from the pro
"a mitigation of the present decree, unless the
N have obtained permit Of residence from III
n Administration. To such az apply there wi
70 be delivered passport and ticket Of aid whic
N will lay down their itinerary az far as the
~ native place, or to the place which they desiI
10 nate.
m 8, In case Of contravention of articles 4 an
W of the present decree, the persons cOntri
ycning may be transported a. a measure
10 general security to n penitentiary colony
he Cayenne or Algeria
y T. The individuals transported by virtue
y the present decree shall be subjected 10 wor
, on the penltentiary establishment They sha
u be deprived of their civil and political right,
g They shall be subject TO military jurisdiction
the military laws shall be applicable TO them
Il In case OF escape from the establishment th
transported shall be condemned 10 an impris
! onment the term Of which shall not excee,
the remaining period for which they have /,
b undergo transportation. They shall be sub
+ jected to military discipline and subordinat:or
toward their chiefs and civil or military super
, intendents during the period of the imprison
{ ment.
g. Regulations Of the Executive power shal
determine the organization of these penitcn
: tiary colonies
9. The Ministers Of the Interior and Of War
: are charged each in what concerns him, with
the execution Of the present decree
Done at Paris at the Elysee National, tho
. Council Of Ministers having been heard, De
cember 8, 1851