Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-12-25
Majority for Louis Napoleon, Emperor..7, 547,71S
The following is the official document read by NJ

A1ter having examined yerlhed the slttngS or
its bureax of November 20, 81 49, 90 and 3d. and of
December the Of the given in the
eghysix Departments and Algeria and by the land and
sea forces;
and December arepor it by its bureaux and having
confirmed by vote after each Of these reports the re-
guary and exactitude of the figures examined such
they set down in the table annexed to the present de-
caration
sConsidering that in presence of the immense majority
Of votes already asceraned be given in favor Of the
6c there necessity for waiting for the few pro-
cueraur drawn up in distant localities and of which the
verifcation will be made hereafter, and that it is fitting,
in order to comply with the national WILL to proclaim
without delay the great event which fixes the destnes of
France:
81 That the operations of the vote have been every
where freely and regularly accomplished
q That the general summing up Of votes given the
ple6iscite has given
Seven million eight hundred and twenty -four thou
sand one hundred and eightynine 7s24 1897 bulletins
bearing the word YES
Two hundred and fifty three thousand one hundred
and forty five 1853, l45 bulletins bearing the word NO
And sixty three thousand three hundred and twenty
six bulletins NULL
g In consequence the Legislative Body declares
That the French people, convoked to in its cema
the 21st and 22d of November 1852 has accepted the
following plebiscite:
The French people wills the re-estabshment of the
Imperial dignity in the person of Louis Napoleon Bona
parte with succession to his direct descendants lepit
mate adopted and gives him the right regulate the
order of succession to the Throne in the Bonapare family
as is set forth in the sendtusconsaum of November I
1852.
ga unanimous cry Of Vive rEmpereur greeted this
declaration and the Legislative Body decided by accam
ton that it would proceed the evening at eight
o'clock, to the Palace of St. Cloud to present his Ma
esy the Emperor the result of the votes of the French
people.
Given at the Palace of the Legislative Body in public
sitting this LIST day of December 1852.
"BnLAuLr,
president Of the Legislative Body.
"DoLLoz
I" Duke DE TAREsTE,
Baron EscHAssERIEux,
Dugas Secretaries =
Scarcely had M. BILLAuIr terminated reading
this declaration, when cries of "Vive PEmpereur"
burst out from every part of the Chamber, tribunos
and all. The whole assembly then rose and again
shouted "Vive PEmpereurw
Immediately afterward the members proceeded in
full costume to ST. Cloud, where they had audience
of the Prince President, who was surrounded by all
his Ministers and other State functionaries when
the President of the Legislative Assembly said:
SrRB: We lay before your Majesty the solemn express
sion Of the nQtona will In the midst of the ovations
which were decreed to you by popular enthusiasm you
showed no anxiety to assume crown which offered
to you all Sides but desired that France should have
time for reflection you wished that the supreme deci
sion, by which people, master of ITSELF dsposes sover
egnly of its destiny should only be taken cooy and in
complete liberty.
'Your WISH SIRE is accomplished free ballot secret
and open to AL has been honestly examined under the
eyes ofa Summing up eight millions of votes its gives
TO the legitimacy Of your Government the widest basis
which any Government in the world has been esab-
shed From the day when six millions Of votes col
eced for you by the Government itself which they called
you to replace deposited in your hands the fate OF the
country, France, at each ballot has marked by adj
donal millions Of votes the continued increase of her
confidence in you Without within her municipalities,
in her @ as in her votes every where her feelings have
burst forth From end Of the country to the other
focing your steps, Fastening from all parts to salute
the Of their hopes and Of their faith our people have
sufficiently made known to the world that you their
Emperor the Emperor chosen by the people, and that
you carry with you that national spirit which, the day
marked out by Providence crowns new dynasties and
them in place of those which it no longer anaes
Taking shelter under immense recollection Of glory
under what holds most precousits honor abroad its
security at home and the immortal principle Of 1880
the firm basis of the French society so powerfully
organized by the Emperor, your uncle, nation again
raises up with proudlove that dynasty Of the Bonapares
which sprung from him, and which was not overthrow
by French hands But while preserving proud remem-
brance Of the great events of war; it hopes find from
you the great things Of peace Having already you
at work, it expects from you resolute, prompt and
prosperous government In order to aid you in it. il
rounds you with all its sympathies delivers itself wholly
up to you. Take then, Sire, take from the hands Of
France that glorious which she offers you. Never
has royal brow worn more legitimate more
popular"
The ElIpERoR, as we must henceforth style him,
then addressed both Chambers as follows
MEssKuRs The new reign which you this day in
augurate derives not its Origin many others record
ed in history have done from violence from conquest
from fraud. 1t is what you have just declared 1.-THE
legal result Of the will Of whole people who consolidate
In Gains that which they had founded in the midst Of
agitatons.
II am penetrated with gratitude towards the nation
which three times in four years has sustained by its
sufrages and each time has only augmented its majority
70 increase my power but the power increases
extent and vital power the more does it need enght-
ened men, such as those who every day surround me
independent MEMS as those whom address guide
me by their counsel to bring back my authority within
proper limits, lift could ever quit them
- take from you this day with the crown. the name
Of NAPOLEON THE THIRD because the win of the people
has bestowed 1t in their because the
whole nation has ratified It, Is IL then TO be Inferred
that in accepting the title, fall into the error mnuted
to the Prince who, returning from exile declared null
and void all that had been done in his absence? Far
from me be such wild mistake Not only do recoenis,
the Governments which have preceded me- but Inherit
in some manner all that they have accomplished of good
and Of evil for Governments which succeed one to ano