Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-02-12

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American Minister in Paris, in relation
to recent political events in France.
which was communicated to the Senate
by special message from the Presi-
dent on Wednesday the 2lst Janu-
airy:
M,-. Riees to. Nr. Webster.
LEGATION OF THE L. S.,
Paris, Dec. Is, 1851.
SIR: The troubles which have bro-
ken out in the departments since the
presidential coup d'etat of the ID inst.
have,it is understood. been almost en-
tirely suppressed. Not less than twen-
ty-fye departments have been success
sively declared in a state of siege and
pat under martial law since that event,
and the whole number of departments
now in that condition is about thirty
out of the eighty-six into which the
territory of the republic is divided.
The public tranquility in this city
has not been disturbed in the slightest
degree since my last despatch. The
government has, nevertheless, as "a
measure Of precaution, dissolved and
disarmed two Of the legons of the Ma
lional Guard here: and this morning
circular of the Minister of the Interior
/ to the projects of the departments is
published, by which the projects are
authorized, at their discretion, to sus-
pend or dissolve the National Guards
in their respective Jurisdictions; to
disarm citizens in whose hands the pos
session of arms may not. be considered
as a guarantee for the preservation OF
order; and also TO fill vacancies among
the officers by appointments to be made
by the project, instead of elections by
the National Guards themselves, as
heretofore practised. Instructions of
the same minister to the project of the
police OF Paris are also published. by
which that officer is enIoined to take
prompt and vigorous measures for the
execution of the decree mentioned in
=, my last despatch, respecting persons
placed under the surveillance OF the
haute police, which applies equally &c
all persons convicted of belonging &c
or being connected with any secret
society. Both of these classes of per
n sons are required TO be immediatel,
expelled not only from Paris, but, i
need be, from France: and tits announ
! ced, in connexion with these orders
that the government will have ready in
fifteen or twenty days, FIVE vessels O
war. capable of Transporting TO the
penitentiary colony of Cayenne more
than two thousand persons. These
measures sufficiently mark the unre.
lenting spirit in which the government
pursues its system OF repression.
Since the I'd day of December pres
idential DEGREES have taken the place Of
laws and the legislation as well as the
administration OF. the country has been
by the sole authority Of the President
! To palliate, in some degree, this ap
pearance of autocratic government
what is called commission consultive
consisting, as it is defnitively constitu
ted, Of one hundred and seventy -eigh
| persons, named by the President, ha.
been organized nnder the vice presi
!, dency OF Monsieur Baroche, the for
mer Minister of Foreign Affairs. Thi.
commission, as its functions are defined
by the decree establishing it, is to Civ,
its opinion on such projects of decree!
in matters OF legislation as may be sub
, nlitted to it by the President, and is al
so TO perform, in general, the function:
, OF the council Of State, as that body
was organized previous to the revolu
ton of lS4S. 1t is specially charge,
to sum up and verify the votes of TIL
, people at the polls to be opened on th'
Doth and 2lst instant, for the prolong
, alton and enlargement of the Presi
! dents powers, on the returns from TIL
, departments.
! send you herewith the decree b,
i which the consultive commission ha
been delinitively constituted, and whici
!, contains the list of all the names whicl
!. now compose it, embracing one hun
dred and thirty-fve persons VINO wer
members of the late National Assem-
bly,, some twenty generals, several pei
! sons who have belonged to former cab
! inets of the President, as well as a
the members of the present, and a fey
! names belonging tothe judicial magi:
: tracy. A former decree promaIgate
!. the composition of the commission. nc
SO numerous, but yet compromising til
: names. OF several distin gaished person
= who refused to serve upon it. some {
whom notified their refusal in terms {
lofty independence or proud disdain.
7 In my last despatch | mentioned t
7 you that, since the late extraordinas
I events here, l had ASHAMED from Al
: pearing at the usual weekly reception
q of the President, while the rest of til
!. diplomatic corps, with the exception !
= that time of. representative. <
e Switzerland, had pursued a sdifferer
e course. Since the date of that despatc
q the representative OF Switzerland, ur
p der Instructions from his governmen
Q has followed the example Of tile rest
!. the diplomatic corps, and lam no.y ii
2 only foreign diplomatic agent of an
grade who has not attended the Pres
dents receptions since the revolution;
! ~ coup Tetat by which the constitUtio
: was overthrown..
In pursuing this course / have take
counsel not merely Of the feelings an
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