New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-10
FRANCE.
The Election and the Eiccteo'
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-. ,noxo unoaieraly in Is Departments Oh!
- The 81 The authentic footng-up gin not vary
essentially from this sum total
Yeas..-.54O000 900 NsTs-------ojJ.oOO
rnu,s Napoleon's whole vote IN rs vas something
kss than six millions he nov obtains nearly iAe
same number in three-quariers Of the DeparIns".''
without couniisg Corsica, Algeria, and the coioi'S'
he Will have, therefore, considerably iafss' W.
,n,3l than IN As On the other hand inc OPP
ton vote in As, comprising the sutfaseS give"
Gaysignac Lamartne, Lsdfu-holDn haspA"'
amounted N nearly three millions. The Gypsum
vote IN the ballot Just held VIII hardy re -
t,op Lori, Napoleon has therefore heid ms
=, che came time taking away a portion u VIZ
,.,o,h ~ his adyeysaries, while they nave h'' "'''
fos, bv deserion 10 his party o'' y a.
.A,ch has been largely practiced--a gooo i'.i""
and half Of those who voted sg"ihs' nm tni'e
80. .,o having. on this occasion, voted nei.her
yea nor nay.
n, me face OF such a result, which, though expect
sd by the majority of persons, none the less NOR
tying TO those who had supposed that this country
could and would emancipste itself from It's yoke OF
prejudice and ignorance, IL - almost useless to az
sempt to analyze the affirmative vote Among the
incidents Of the election which have given further
o. you will not fail to notice the part that religion
the church and the priests have played IN this affair
In many thousands Of villages, the voters were COZ
lected together by beat Of crun, arched IN process
sion TO the church. headed by the Mayor, where they
listened 70 an exhor.ation upon the importance OF
the due ful6llment Of their electoral duties. sol
emn mass was then sad sung, when the voters
again took up the line of march, and with martial
music proceeded TO the polls. Here every indlSid-
nal man. adolescent or octogenarlan, "rehslolsV
deposited his affirmative bulletin" (stye OF the Gov
eminent pspers) At least 100000 yeas nave been
thus obtained, by governmental and sacer1otal IN
auence, working upon ignorance which beGter de-
serves the name Of imbtcihty or inanity. But not
syen the Mayors, who, in the view OF the French
pemaDts WELD the scepter of kings and hold their
village in the hollow Of their hands-nOt even the
priests, who caa kinde hell-fre for the righteous,
or open the gates OF Eysum 70 The damned If they
lke-could have produced such a majority, or isht-
cd ND such fanaticism, for anybody but Napoleon.
The name is as has been SAID thousands Of times
already the grand secret, after al. The parsons
and projects do nothing but mould this sentiment
into useful shape They give il religious turn,
sen.rslize it, walk with it to the polls, make cleo
tion-day holiday, usher it in with bells and cannon
and by sunset the unanimous vote of the commune
Is of by post to the shire-town In the majority OF
tho smaller towns and villages, everybody voted on
the fra, day, and the polls were not open on the
second. Such scene as France has Just witnessed
has never occurred before since the days of Adam.
This country is welded 10 Its idols let it alone.
Il declares its desire TO live for the coming ten years
undo. The rule Of Louis Napoleon BOnaparte. Ii
may be true, and doubtless is, that the majority has
been obtained by corruption Improper exercise OF
religious and political influence, fatterng, lying,
and menace, but this only makes the matter worse,
by proving the country to be either profoundly We
NAL profoundly ignorant, or Incredibly easy to be
led by the nose by showing that there is no virtue,
dignity, no independence, IN the mass of the ma
tion For my self, had always believed Louis Ma
poleon would be reelected in 1852, n the Republic
lasted till then, and since the coup d'efat, l have
never doubted of his acceptaton by the people but
Il must strike the great body of Americans
suous thing that mans popularity can be increased
by perjury, massacre, bribng, treason But so II is
the rich have voted for Napoleon through dread Of
Socialism, the poor through fear of the wrath 10
some-ihe one frightened by pillage. the other by
pugatory. What a fruitful commentary on the
union Of Church and State The State buys the
Church by restoring TO il the Pantheon, by prom
Using to do something for the better observance of
the Sabbath by reinstating the Pope, and crushing
Republic which threatened to wrest from him the
Temporal Power. The Church reciproca.ss BY alb
solving the President from the penalty of his broken
oath, by granting him remission of his sins, and
suriDg him triumphant reelection
collec, from the newspapers a series of the most
extraordinary instances Of unanimity and enthusi-
the part of the part Of the voters promising
that there is guarantee for their being facts,
cept that they very likely TO be such Instances
of this sor! happened IN lsis and might with equal
propriety happen now
In the majority of the communes of PontoIsc the
alex and the inhrm caused themselves 10 be carried
60 the place of voting. The result of the ballot
everywhere proclaimed to the cry of "Niye Louis
Napoleon " In the reimbursement OF NOyon, II
sommuncs voted unanimously and In four com.
munes there only disseutieni voice IN each.
In the reimbursement of Meaux seven communes
voted unanimously, in that OF Glaze four. In that OF
Mettet Mouy, out Of $50 voters, there 1893 who
voted atirmalNely. In The reimbursement Of La
feTte sous Jousrre 30 communeS voted unanimously
for Louis Napoleon. In almost every part OF the
department OF NonHe the peasants voted with
thuaasm Az Ancy-le-France the workmen from
the foundrieS arrived IN 4 body, headed by drum
and carrying flag, TO vote for Louis Napoleon. IN
the reimbursement OF Meiun the same results were
obtained. In the commune of CombeS la-Vllie.
which, out OF l1e voters gave LIS Yeas. Old man
upward OF 'OyearS Old, and pArayiic, was brought
on litter TO give his vote ioI The President If the
Republic.
A, Bohain, (Aisne,l = commune alnos, exclusively
occupied by woTkmen, SO votes out Of $50 we're a.
GInauve. The Oldest man in the commune, who
Was with she Emperor at Moscow, caused hmseltto
be carried 10 the place OF voting, nOtwl standing
MS great uhtnhuCs, IN otNeF 70 deposit MS btern.
Several old men, upward OF So accompanied h'm.
Al RsismeS SOO miners came from Ncoigne 10 vote,
marching IN procession, NTH q bust OF Napoleon,
crowned with lauIe!s, az their head
The result Of the ballot II Betheiuyille draS an Up
on embossed paper was carried in triumph 20 the
nsighboring town by company Of frcmea a crosI
of peasants, frantic with enthusiasm, accompanied
them, dancing and singing. An old gentleman. o.
years old, had been carried ON a lister to the polls
during the CaV There MAS another u "a ,sutlso,a,
IN the commune 90 years "a. Who desired 10 ts2os..
aneeaiiye vote, bui could no' get any one - carry
him there 4 laty In tie commune paced al Aer
door an open casS Of vine, which WAS drank & the
health OF tae PRECEDENT Though the Coas,i! ,,,,.ar'