The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-21


delegate Of Pho MINI having arrived with the bar
rctte TO be formally presented to him. the Cerc-
mony was performed yesterday at the chapel OF
the Tuileries. The President, a large number OF
Senators and Deputies, portion of the metropoli
| tan clergy and OF the corps diplomatique, and a
few ladies in grand toilet, were present. Dur
| the mass the Archbishop approached the Presi-
dent, who placed upon his head the cap of Office,
thus making him the fifth cardinal in Franco.
Monsoigneur Donnet now retired 10 change his
archbshop's costume for the flowing red robes be-
fitting his new estate. He returned in his rig
and made speech to the President. in which he
declared 1t to be the single. unanimous, and uni
versal belief Of the Catholic Church that the coup
dstat had rescued France from impending ruin
The President replied in the following terms:
| 81 did not expect, Monsieur le Cardinal, 30 cio-
quent, SO grandly developed discourse; 80 you
will pardon me II reply very briefly.
"Your emnence cannot doubt that attach a
high price to this peculiar prerogativc Of my posi-
| ton, which permits me, layman, to place upon
the head Of one Of the princes of our religion the in
sigma of the elevated rank he is to occupy.
| "This ceremony 10 not vain formality; it ia the
emblem of the union which ought always to exist
| between the spiritual and the temporal power,
whose perfect concord and harmony aid 30 power
fully the happiness and peace Of the world.
| 81 am happy to be able to crown. by SO splendid
| a position, career 80 honorably filled; and am
highly grateful for the benevolent manner in which
your eminence has judged my efforts for the pros-
perity Of France, aud for the triumph Of religion
| The President had already addressed the Popc's
envoy in the following terms:
"MoNsEIGnEuR: congratulate myself upon the
| choice his Holineeshas made Of distinguished a
| prelate to represent him in this imposing cere-
| mony, and that he commissioned you to express
to me sentiments which am proud of having in
| spired.
81 hope by all my acts to merit the confidence OF
the august head Of the Church. and Justify the opn
ions of which you are the willing interpreter"
The musical portion Of the ceremony had been
confided to M AID. Adam, and, with the aid of the
principal artists of the opera and the opera CO.
miquc, most satisfactorily executed. The voice
OF Madame Laborde, whom you remember, was
particularly remarked in the Sdlutaris. After
the ceremony, the President passed in review in
the court Of the Tueries, and then started for the
steeplechase at Vile d'Aoray, but finding that he
could not get there in time, he gave itup and went
| home to lunch
! One of tho necessities of the coup detat was the
arrest, imprisonment, trial, and finally, condem
nation, of vast number OF persons, either entirely
innocent, or very slightly guilty, Of conspiracy
| against the President, and Of sanguinary inten.
tions to be put into execution about the fret OF
May. The only palliation offered for the
usurpation OF the I'd of December was, that such
act was indispensable for the salvation of pro-
perty, religion, and family. 1t was necessary,
therefore, to produce a large number of the conspi
rators who had vowed the destruction of these
| fundamental bases of society and civilization. A
| great many were taken and made to pass for such.
and the prisons are now full of condemned crimi-
mails, awaiting transportation to Cayenne or ban
ishment from France. But it seems that Louis
| Napoleon recoils at the commission Of such
monstrous injustice, and that, INSCRIPTIONS ns
| he ia afiII Will .Lo al{
heard. M. Quentin Bauchart has been com
mssioned to visit all the jails Of the southern
departments examine the records Of each ndi-
viduaPs offences, revise and commute such sen
fences as seem too severe. and pardon all such
bells as do not appear dangerous. This NJ Bou-
chart goes about from dungeon to dungeon, leav-
ing perfect wake behind him of captves let
loose, of families reunited lie set sixty Socialists
free from prison at Valence, did the came thin
at Crest and left for Montelimar with the intention
Of doing it again. Now II, as Mr.. Bonaparte
maintains, these men the enemies Of civixa.
ton, and have been for years connecting chaotic
scheme Of social reorganization, and Of general
publication by the guillotne, what to think
Of this wholesale exercise of the pardoning power
in their behalf-a power, too, which the Prcsiden,
does not use directly himself, but delegates to
another, seeming to give to him unlimited
discretionary privileges. 1t looks very much
if the prisoners incarceraed to serve the selfish
purposes Of the President, and having done him al
the service they could by their forced assumption
| Of the character of desperadoes, rogues, ras-
Gals, &c, now tardy released, being nc
longer available in any capacity Of the sort. II
they were as worthy of banishInent imprsonme n
and transportation, as the councils of and tn,
mixed commissions pronounced them TO be, th,
President would certainly be more chary in tn,
| exercise Of the executive pardon. II seems TO me
tia; Il IN not unfair to infer, from the incredible do
ings Of Mr.. Bauchart in the south, that he lie mere
restoring to life and sunshine the harmless ctim
OF a stern necessity. What NJ. Bauchart is doing
in the departments touching the Mediterranean
another plenipotcntiery is doing in the ccntra
portions Of The country. u the individuals released
by their Intervention mott the sanguinary rascal
they have been represented, then their dismssior
s simple, though tardy, justice But If their Grim
inality has not been oyercharged, may e1pcc
soon TO be all murdered in our bcds. Mr.. Quentoi
Bauchars mission 70 the south goes far to prove tn
co, etaf useless IA 1t was treacherous and cruel
Death and resignation have already reduced tn
number Of deputies from 26l to ass. OF thcse 255
l04 hold titles Of nobility, high rank in the army
Thcse follows: prince, dukes, 10 marqui
scs 81 counts, vscounts, ~ bhrons, 81 individu
ais having the simple nobilitsry particle de-ns
Morny, de Ia Gueronnere-9 generals, and colo
D nels The oolonels are vastly more numerous,
imagine, in our House at home.
The question Of the recoinagc Of the copper cut
rency is the fret TO be submitted to the Council
7 State. That Of the transportation to Cayenne
criminals, instead Of sentence TO hard labor ut u
J gaeys, will be the second. This body, it has ju
been decided, will sit throughout the year, with Il
7 exception Of two-months' vacation, when a r.
serve, left behind with full powers, will pass oil nj
c cessary measures.
IL s curiou, to read the reports Of the daily Sc
, sions Of the legislative body. You remember th
4 no reports be published except such are sci
/, to the newspapers by the president, NJ. Billaul
c The following lie the system now in vogue: ri
session Of yesterday, for instance, was by f'
c O'Clock in the afternoon. The papers Of to- ds
i contain account Of what transacted, con
Q prscd in a space perhaps inch and half ouy
8 The papers Of tomorrow will contain n sone W Ia
II fuller report, giving the votes, If any take
o and the heads OF speeches, If any were mad
e Thus the public waits nearly forty hours for int
II lipence of the transactions of the Ieoisatur