The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-02-26
From the Columbia Is. o. State Rights Republican.
The Late Vote "A Louts napslson non@ pSTto
proved 40 be a False Ons.

From the Columbia Is. o. State Rights Republican.
The Late Vote Ia favor OF Loai. sapsieon non@Psrts
proved 80 be False Oas.
We abstain from giving opinion on the infamy OF
hrs breaking down whole government by brutal sol.
dery and then forcing nation 10 yoe yes or no the
proposition which pleases the chief Of political brgands
q propose; we omit saying on THIS occasion anything on
the ludcrous demand 10 give power to person, OF
baking constitution Tor whole empire, like loaf OF
bread making per saliua that method OF "making
Pope" is called when the conclaye appoints card
nal to elect the Pope say nothing oil the sight OF
seeing the national sovereignty marching quick march by
the prick OF the bayonet to be silent upon that
exquisite view OF the peoples sovereignty according TO
which acs like volcano splitting fire at fafe inter yas,
and remaining for the rest OF the time dark dirty, sui
phureous cavern rather according 10 which il is al
lowed 10 act only when It is willing to resign forever all
liberty, and TO its momentary breathing time for the
exalted purpose OF mplorng chleain to take the living
and all future generations into loving perpetual bondage,
as Tacitus says thai! the drunken German of his times
would game himself and family into slavery by one
throw. What spectacle whole nation is unnnuz-
zed just TO cry out, "Oh, gag me- saviour OF my coun
try" and she is gagged accordingly We pass over all
these foul and foolish FRANKS and carcatues Our sole
object is 10 show that the result OF the great vote OF
France by which she is said TO have made Mr. Bonapare
her own driver u.s. according TO the Official publications
themselves, a false and lying one
The following statement is published in the French pa
pers:
There are it is said and probably with sufficient truth,
S4S9,372 voters IN France, containing at present 337,
400 Inhabitants One-iourth OF whole population
large number for the voters, but accept it, These
S,4OO,0OO voters stand distributed mus
Voted Ol37
anhuled votes. 20 eso
pid mol vote al all 326s0
s,4s957a
Thus, according 10 the exhibit of the ITSELF
out of twenty three or twenty -four voters only alb.
stained from voting And II is this we declare 10 be false.
founding calculation upon facts derived from antiquity
and modern times We do not hesitate TO say that this
cannot be true There people ILL., travelling, in
capable OF leaving their business, than $4,000 out OF
$500 O00 not TO speak OF the ndoent, the old the
solved absenants, and the trHers,
There is an interesting calculation OF the proportion OF
actual voters TO the number OF persons that have the hight
to vote in different countries and a different periods, in
Liebers Political Ethics, vol ., pages as6 and as7 II
appears that the in Athens 50O0 out Of
10000 TO $4,000 citizens who had the right 10 vote Six
thousand votes considered the largest amount and
consequently required extraordinary casesor in
stance for osacsm. Six thousand Ahenan votes, thus,
correspondent to orr two,hiIds. which we require for
some peculiar subjects which desire purposely to
make difficult. Here, then, we have one fourth of the
voters generally voting. AS general rnle it will be
found and can be easily accounted tor, that the smaller
the number OF electors the larger the number OF actual
voters, and also that the extensive the election is
the smaller is the poll Universal suffrage always pro-
duces the largest amount OF absainers In the United
States has been found according to the authority cited
above that very frequently out of three actually
votes indicates high degree of interest if half
Of the voters entitled TO vote 60 TO the polls II two
thirds OF voters actually vote in election concerning
an extensive population. excitement runs very high In
our presidential elections rarely poll more than
hall the number OF people entitled 10 voe-very fire.
quenty less. We disposed to make every pos
sible allowance for peculiar excitement in France
during the voting OF yes regarding the desired sui
tanshp OF Louis Napoleon Bonapare and had found
that three voters out of four or four out Of fvenay
even five out OF sx-had voted would have said
nothing whatever might have thoughts but no
American, practically acquainted with The real operation
OF real liberty, will believe that twenty two out OF
twenty three have voted, even though The army has
vote. The government has stamped itself with lie in
giving this pretended state OF the 1t is useless after
this evidence TO discuss whether is likely that an
occasion like that only 100000 voted no, when 7,500,
900 voted yes unless indeed force and threats were used
whether the published result OF the election is worth
fig, when know that the entire election, from the
receiving of the votes to the counting, determining OF
good and bad votes, summing up and publication, passed
exclusively through the fingers of government officers
men who took The republic from the telegraph wire as
they took the suanship of Bonaparte from the same
wires. precious vote, indeed And upon this uni
formity, sproked with relieving spots OF plentiful
sacre founded such baderdash that thing which is
called the constitution Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
is too long name for common he himself desires
TO be called Napoleon. Let us be accommodating. But
he must needs be distinguished from the Emperor Why
not then, call him briefly NAPOLEON FoUL Be this
his well deserved name