The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-24
The French Empire.

| C0NSULTUM-SPEECH OF NAPOLEON THE THIRD.
The NOnifetv Of the 9Th instant publishes the
proceedings of the Senate of the 4th 9th, and TIN
instant The address Of Prince Jerome to the
Senate ; the Presidents message the proposition
OF the ten Senators for the establishment Of the EN-
| pire: and the report of the Commission recon.
mending the establishment Of tho Empire The
Ssnofi consu.am adopted by the Senate consists of
eight articles =
Art !. The Imperial dignity is reestabished Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte is Emperor, under the OF
! Napoleon III
Art The Imperial dignity is hereditary in the direct
and Legitimate descendants OF Louis Napoleon Bonapars
from male to male by order Of renture to the per
petual exclusion of females and their descendants
Art Louis Napoleon BoDaParte II he has male
child. may adopt the legitimate children and descend
ants IN the male line OF the brothers Of the Emperor
Senatus- corslf,m IT, after this adoption male child
rem should be born to Louis Napoleon his adaptive
Children en- cannot be called on to succeed him until after
TO the successors Of Louis Napoleon and 10 their de-
to the Senate and deposited in is archives
the order OF succession to the throne in the BsnaBae
lany In case he should leave direct. Legitimate,
Art s. In default or legitimate or adaptive heir Of
collateral line who shall derive their right in the above
mentioned organic decree Senais- consul,a proposed
TO the Senate by the Ministers formed into Council of
GoYerpmen united so the Presidents of the Senate
the Legislative Body and Of the Council Of State and
submitted to the acceptance Of the people the
Emperor and regulates in his family the or
der from male to male to the perpetual exclusion of e
males and their descendants. Until the moment when
the election Of the Emperor is consummated tho
affairs of State governed by the ministers in Office
who shall form themseves into Gounci! of Government
and deliberate by majority Of votes
Art O. The members of the family Of Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte called eventually TO the succession and their
miy SeIiatus coisul,n regulates their position rbey
cannot marry without the authorization the Emperor
Their marriage without such authorization entails prva
ton OF all hereditary right well for him who contracts
1t es for his descendants.
Art Z The constitution of the 18th of January 1852
IN mad inn oyn 1.
the present Senaus cons,m; there be any nod
fcations made in It. except in the forms and by the
means therein prescribed.
Art s. The following proposition shall be presented to
the acceptance Of the French people in the form deter
The people wish for the rsestablisbment Of the
imperial dignity in the person of Louis Napoleon Bona
parte with hereditary right in his direct descendants
either legitimate adaptive and give him the right
regulate the order Of succession to the throne in the Bo
ma parte family as provided for by the Scaaus codt,a
of = November, 1852.
NJ Mesnard, first Vice President of the Senate,
presenting the above Senatus. .coasutt,an to the
Prince President, addressed him as follows
Mcnseigneur--When great country like France
makes its voice heard the first duty OF the political
body which she addresses herse to listen and reply
Such the ideas OF your Highness in calling for the
lie Opinion which has mauifested iteef with 40 mach
ensemble and energy The Senate has understood that
this striking manifestation is justified at the time
by the immense services which ycu have rendered by
the Dane which you bear ard by the guarantees which
given to the future by the greatness Of your charac
understood that after many revolutions France feels
the of putting her desnies under the shelter of
to the pact by the of her glory aud the legms
Of her origin now again finds in popular sanction the
gories Monsegneur in being the prefers of
the wishes and sentiments Of the county ia placing in
your bands the Senats consn which calls you to the
Empire.
The Prince made the following reply
Msssit les senateurs-I thank the Senate for the
readiness with which it has responded to the wishes OF
the Empire, and In drawing up the Senatus -condt,ra
which TO be submitted to the acceptance Of thepeope
When forty eight years since in this same palace IL The
same room, and under analogous circumstances the
Senate came to oer the crown TO tbs chief OF my family
the Emperor replied in these memorable words: = Ny
spirit will no longer be with my posterity from the dey
when it shall to merit the love and the confidence
Of the great Ination. What most affects my hsart
is the thought that the spirit of the Emperor Ia with
that his ideas guide me- that his shade protects since
by solemn proceeding you cosae in the name Of the
French people to prove to me that have meTed the
confidence Of the country is not necessary for
tell you that constant pre-. occupation viii be to labor
with you to promote the grandeur and prosperity Of
France.
Not the least remarkable feature of the Ssnatus-
consuu is the power it gives the President over
every member OF his family, and the absence of all
| mention of Prince Jerome Bopaparte by name, or
of bis son, confirming what / have already stated
with reference to he feeling entertained towards
that branch of the family That feeling have
described as very strong, but not in friendly
sense, and am now assured, on good authority,
that not merely four or five of the ten commissioners
wko made the proposition to the Senate Thursday,
but the whole ten decidedly adverse to having
the name of Prince Jerome or his con mentioned,
either in tbe Stnaus coHsultum or the Plebscite.
fact with which have just become acquainted /.
firms in a remarkable manner the accuracy OF that
view of tho case 1t was observed that for three con-
seeutive days last week the Idepsnd0nce Beige vas
stopyed at the POST office. correspondent of thai
journal had it seems, communicated, it sketch Of
the SesataS- -conSlt,sai, VIII ch now appears ia the
NOnifig, rot differing except in important res
meet from the already puhisneD. The
exceptional part, however, was with reference to
Prince jerome, and the correspondence stated
bat his name would be mentioned as heir TO the
Imperial Crown in the event OF the failure of the
issue Of Louis Napoleon that Of HE adopted heir
Doubts were expressed as to the correctness of
that statement, and the next day the real or
fictitious document the Seadu5. consultumits itset!
appeared in the Belgian paper, with paragraph
referring to Prince Jerome by name as the heir.
The members of the Commission are bound by oa.h
not TO diyulge any part of their proceedings,
and indeed those Of the entire Senate are. as you
are aware, debafred from publication. When the
Stnaus co,lsMtam of the Belgian paper appeared it
excited good deal Of attention-sli the more that
the principal person mentioned is far from popular
An inquiry set on foot, and am informed that
the document thus furnished to the journal ia qges.
tion was traced to q member Of Jeromes family,
and that its publication was with the object of pro-
ducing certain impression on the Senator'S and In.
huencing their subsequent proceedings Pcnce
Jerome's position as President Of the Senate neces
sarijy gave those Immediately about him fachSies
OF the kind The ministets assembled ia council
and deliberated on the subject; and though one
member Of the cabinet is said TO have-rather
weakly, howcver-sdyoeatei the insertion Of the
name, the paragraph, if it be really the case that
such one existed. was stfuok out Of che Ss,latus
Ces,Suhpm. The President il said TO have been pre-
sent during the discussion, and III reply to the
minister just alluded TO, asked why should the
insertion of his unclos lie insisted upon, and
added that it was the proper way TO leave it to
the judgment Of the Senate. The Sea0tuS.c0ns,ttD,
wss then and there drawn up as it stands in the
Mon'tepr OF this day. You will perceive By par
agraph in the official journal, that Prince Jerome
has resigned his functions Of President of the
Senate, on the plea that, in the organization
the government, tho Presidency Of the Senate be-
longs to the Emperor himself This is the ostensi-
oie but not che true reason of the resignation. The
true reatop is to bo found in what precedes The
ex King Of Westphalia will, il Is said be appointed
TO the office Of Grand Constable, or some equally