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N itself the double character of civil family and political

family.
We have also to request your special attention to the
final paragraph Of article six, which confers ON the EN-
peror full and entire authority all the members Of
his family These special powers called for BY the
grayes considerations and belong to the right generally
instituted for reignng families Princes placed in
elevated position by public right and national inter
est that they many respects out Of the pale Of
common law. The greater their privileges are the more
their duties immense towards the country Montes-
quieu has said 1t is not for the reignng family that
the order of succession is established but because ii is
for the interest Of the State that there should be reign
ing family They belong, therefore, to the State by
stcter ties than other citizens and account OF
their very greatness must be retained in sort OF per-
petua warddom under the guardianship of the Emperor
the defender Of their dignity the appreciation Of their
actions and serving to them as father as much guar
dan in order to preserve to the nation this patrmony in
fact. M SIZE .; sH 4.. ,-4s4 fs1a
II these reasons do not apply in all their extent the
members Of the private family there are others Of
less Importance which are drawn from the conjont re-
sponsibty imposed by which is the property of
the nation much of the persons who have the honor
of bearing it. rI &l tag. sa44 . MS
Besides several of these persons have the privilege Of
being the only in the State that the Emperor can
place by adoption in the rank of the persons who may
succeed to the But there is no public privilege
which ought to be paid for by duties specially
to justify its necessity, and to cooperate in the object
its establishment. M.
There is another point which il is sufficient for us to
remind you ofthe maintenance Of the Salic law in the
Imperial dynasty In France, the Salc law is speak,
Incorporated with the monarchy, and although its origin
goes back to the remotest periods il has completely
penetrated into way Of thinking and is SO completely
in accord with the rules of French policy that it is nse
parable from all transformations in the monarchcal
principle sg ..sa gs4 ia.44 ea sit 4
Finally gentlemen, the senatus- consultum provides
for the in which the throne should be vacant
the nation should be unfortunate experience
this affection Ito use the language of the celebrated
edict of July, 17l7 sit would be for the nation itself
repair it" Art formally recognises this fundamental
essential and nalienable right. At the same time it
provides for the means of preparing choice worthy Of
the French people, by its prudence and maturity In
consequence an organic senatus7consuum proposed to
the Senate by the Ministers formed into Council of Gov
eminent with the addition of President of Senate
the President of the Legislative Body and the President
of the Council of State shall be submitted to the free nc
cepance Of the people, and will give France
Emperor
Such gentlemen, are the principal provisions of the
consutum now submitted to you for considera
tion and which will prepare the august contract Of the
nation with its chief Should you adopt it, you will
order by concluding article in virtue of the Constitu
ton that the people be consulted concerning the
establishment of the Imperial dignity in the person Of
Louis Napoleon, with the succession Of which have
just explained to you the combinations. But gentlemen,
we may affirm, whilst bending at present before public
will which only asks for occasion to burst forth afreh
that the Empire is accomplished And that Empire, the
dawn of which has lighted up the path of Louis Napoleon
in the departments of the South rises France
rounded by the most suspicious augures Every where
hope revves in mems minds every where capital,
strained by the uncertainty Of the future rushes with
ardor into the channels of business and every where the
national sap crcuates, and WHITES to produce the most
abundant fruits
This reign gentlemen will not be Graded in the midst
Of arms and in the camp of nsurgen pretoran guards
is the work of the national feeling most spontaneously
expressed it has been produced in commercial towns
in ports in the most peaceful centres of agriculture
and manufactures and in the midst of the JOY of aec
Tomato people; it will consequently be the Empire of
Peaeethat is to say, the revolution Of 49, without its
revolutionary IDEAS religion without intolerance, equality
without the oes of equality love for the people without
socialist charlatanism and national honor without the
calamtes of war All if the great shade of the Empe
should cast glance at this France which he loved
predictions of ST. Helena, moment being
realized totally disproved No. Europe will not be de-
lvered up to disorder and anarchy No; France will
not lose the grandeur of her institutions and is the
ideas of Napoleon directed towards peace by generous
minded Prince which will be the safeguard Of civilization