The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-13
Reasons for the Restoration OF the
Napoleon Dynasty.
THE PgOcV IpINeS or tHg FRENCH SENATE
Manlfcstoss Of the French Refugees In Eng
land, and the Count OF Chambord,
against the Movement.
VOTE BF THE FRENCH PEUPLE
IN FAVOR OF
EON THE THIR ID F,
&e.. &c., &C.

The vote for the Empire was cast throughout
France on the 2lst and 22i Of November.
All accounts agree that the ceremon was con-
Quoted de,orously, but without any particular show
of enthusiasm. The returns will exhibit q large
majority greater, probably, than on any previous
appe Al to the people Welearn that up to the morn
hog Of the 9th, the latest returns, including
eighty three departments, and the army and navy,
were:-
Against the Empire ................... 100000
This result--this grca. historical fact-wll bear
the fullest illustration to repetition. We will
therefore, give all the documents Immediately con.
nected with the event.
The folowingis the port prepared by Trop
long, made to the French Senate on the 9th ult in
the name of the commission charged 70 examin.
the proposition relative to . modification of the
Constitution, so ss TO re esta blish the French EN-
PRE-
The Report on the Empire.
NEssrEURs LES SEsArEURs-FHance, attentive
and excited, new demands from you great politi-
cal acto put an end to her anxietes and TO secure
her future.
But this act, however serious it may be, does net
meet with any Of those capital difficulties which
hold In suspense the wisdom of legislators You
y
the councils of arondissement, and the addresses
Of the communes Of France wishes for stability in
the government Of Louis Napoleon, and for return
TO q political form which has struck the world BY
the majesty of it's power and by the wisdom of its
laws You have heard that immense petition of .
whole people, rushing on the steps of its hberasor,
and those enthusiastic cries, which we may almost
call plebiscite by anticipation, proceeding from
the hearts Of Thousands Of agricultursts and work
men, manufacturers and tradesmen. Such msni
kstations simplify the task Of statesmen There
circumstances in which fatal necessities prevent
the trmest legislator from acting In accordance
With public opinion and with his own reason there
Others where he requires long consideration in
order to solve questions on which the country has
not sufficiently decided You, gentlemen, are not
exposed either to this constraint or to THE embar
basement The national will presses and suppli-
Gates you. and your exalted experience tells you
that in yielding to her will contribute
10 replace France in the paths which are suitable to
her interests to her grandeur and TO the mperious
planned by the events which take place before you
After great political agita.ions il always happens
Mat nations throw themselves With joy into the
arms Of the strong man whom Providence sends to
them. 1t the fatigue of civil wars which m sde
. monarch Of the conqueror Of Actium it was the
horrtr OF revolutionary excuses. as much as the
glory OF AareDgo, which raised the imperial throns.
In the midst Of the recent dangers Of the country,
this strong man showed himself on the 10th of De-
oember, 1S4S and on the I'd of December, 1851, and
France coRfded to him her standard, which ~as
ready to perish II she has declared her will to
eoR6de it TO him forever in this morable journey,
which only suite Of triumphs, it is because,
b, his courage and by his prudence, the m,n has
shovn himself equal to the task it is because,
when nation feels herself tormented by the agta-
Sons Of stormy government, necessary reaction
beads ii towards him who best secure order ssA
hility, and rsposs.
Louis Napoleon, therefore, 10 in this wonderful
situation that be alone holds in his haLd these in
sstiusbs gifts He has, in the eyes Of France, bis
r rrr III
souvenirs Of his race the imperishable remembranco
Of order, Of organisation, and Of heroism, which
make the hearts Of all FreDchm 81 beat. He again
yevivss in the eyes of Europe the greatest name OK
modern days no more for the military trlumphs for
which his history is 70 rlch but for shsinng down
the political and ,al tempests, for endowing
France with the cOpques OF ace and for strength
enpig and fertiliIiDg the good relations OF StAtes
Both Ut home and abroad il is to him that's attach
cd vast future Of pacific labor and Of civilization
That future must not be delivered to the chance OF
svenu and to the surprise OF factions 90
That is why France demands the monarchy oftac
rule in democracy. She wished it on the 10Th OF
December when the artfces of inimical consti-
tuition prevented the people from expressing ther
epinoA. She wished 1t again on December ~,
1hep the moderation Of . noble character prevsnt-
ID its being demanded. But now the public seasi-
Dent overfoWs like = torrent there are moments
when enthusiasm mas also the right OK solving ques
hons For some time past visible rgas announced
the cling reason of statesmen pat itself In &C
oord.uce with the popular instinci in order to AZ
be character Of It. After the bitter sarcasm woicn
pn: the heir to q at the head of the republic,
II evident that France, still demo cratic fro
her habits. never ceased to be monarchical II Ter
instincts and that she wished fer the re-estsblish
ment Of the monarchy in the person ef the Prince
who revealed msef 20 her ~ the cOnciiasor OF two
ages aud Of Two minds, the line Of union OF the
government and of the people, the monarshlcal
gmbol Of organized democracy.
at the end Of the last century the preponderan:e
Of the democratic element gave rise to belief in
speculative or ardent ninds that France ought to
mark the new era into which she had entered by q
divorce between her govern ment and the monafcni-
cal form. The republic was borrowed from the
souvenirs Of antiquity But IN France political
nltatops ssldon succeed Our country, although
taxed with fvolity, is iDvipciby attained TO GER
tain national ideas and to certain traditional habits
by which it preserves the originality OF which Il Is
proud The republic could not aceimatise itself on
The French soil It persisted from its own excesses
AND il only vent into those excuses because 1t vas
not in the instincts Of the nation. IL was bat an
interval, brilliant abroad, and terrible as home,
between two monafchies
At that period glory had raised to power one Of
those men wSs found dynasties and who traverse
ages Ii Is that new stem that France saw
a.srith . monarchy suitable TO modern times aud
which yielded TO other in its grandeur and in is
power Was it not great iesson to see similar
fortune reserved fifty years After for second trial OF
khe republican form Is it not q striking example
d the perseverance, OF tine rTeDcn minu III tnmgc
which are like the substance Of her political life
Il not the proof complete and decisive
II will be the more rs the imperial monarchy
has al the advantages Of the republic without its
dangers The other mcnarsaica regimes lsne Nus
trious services of rbich viii not depreciate) have
ben accused of baving placed ths throne TOO far
RON tie people and the republic, boating OF its
popular origin, skilfully entrenched itself against
them in the masses who believed themselves TO be
forgotten and overlooked. But the empire stronger
than the republic on democratic grounds, removes
that objection. 1t WAS the government The most
sbergencsy supported aud the )st deeply regretted
by be peosle L. is the people who have asain
lou, IT IN their memory to oppose it to the dreams
OF idesiiss and 10 the attempts OF perturb stors.
On the hand, it lie he Only one which can glo-
sfy itsed IN the right recognised by the old mon
sreby. that it is to the French nation that it
belongs to choose its king" the other it is the
the people When IL disappeared ia 1914, it vas not
b. Struggle Of the nation against It's government.
The chances Of unequal foreign war brought
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