Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-02-25
NUMBER l54
THE INTELLIGENCER.
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have called upon the Government to grant -,
'onu''iohal amnesty to a!lthe political exiles and
other political offenders. notices the an,,rerous
ac's OIL ciemency performed by the chief of the
State, and adds: - 'a
r, such have been the acts of the head Of the
o1ate yelolng TO the inspirations of his heart Ac
SoLulns as win fIrm hand he reconstructed the
fortune, dignity and advancement of Franc he
successlVely removed the barriers of exiIe anJ
aei having gwen security TO interests and calm tn
iamllleS' he clcatriSed with kindly hand ths
WOUNDS w OF those who suffered from our civil
clscords Such is the truth. Such is the nictnra
winch party spirit would in vain attemnt to die
neure' by casting over it the affecting shade of
some mlsiortunes which we respect in the exagoe
talioh anu injustice of their complaints. And
what IS asked from those persons who are allowed
return TO their country2 Have they been nhI;ged
10 hear Illuminating conditions made which ISev
are Obliged to reject with contempt? Bynomeans
lhey are spoken TO of their duties; are told that no
one degraded himself by submitting himself to tbe
opinions OF whole people; are informed that no
aouot can possibly be entertained as to the will of
france' three times expressed with increased force
theyare asked TO promise not to make any violent
iero'utlohaty attempt against the public peace,
winch, alter sixty years of convulsiye agitation
has need OF repoSe. This is what has been at
eo lor-lhe sacnhce OF their hatred and of their
vengeance, and reconciliation and respect for tbe
law Weare happy to declare that this apneal has
oeen attended to, and that great number of ex-
lies have returned to France to take their part in
the general prosperity scattered about by the Gov
ernment And this has been effected without
noise or ostentation. This amnesty Accomplished
on basis as wide as fruitful, has been carried into
eject individually: the names of the persons mar
ooned have in general been only known TO their
own famlhes, to the Government which followed
tne impulse OF It's heart, and to God, who judges
ana 1ecompenSeS noble actions. Such is the point
| at which we have arrived. The number Of the
persons GaniShed has diminished considerable
w Whatever may be that of the men whom the ne
ceSSlties OF public safety still keep away from
tnelr country, If political matters can explain IL
kindness of heart will always find il too great
we desire most earnestly to see the day soon ar
rive when all the vanquiShed of December NAV
return TO their homes but clemency is not produc-
ed by the vehement phiIlippicS of certain writer's
any more than by articles in journals. 1t is the
government alone, concentrating as it does with
IN lis own grasp and under lis vigiant eve the
situation and wants of the whole country that can
INK the day when the great act of a general amnes-
" may be safely proclaimed. Have we arrived at
that moment of calm which permits the Leart of
the statesman TO yield without conStIant to all its
generous instincts? Is authority at present strong
enough and respected enough? Is the Imperial
government founded on eight millions of su fra
geS, sufficiently solid 10 have nothing to oapprehenJ
from the return OF those persons, who, only few
days back, expressed ther against it with so
violent fanatlciSn! Is the stability promised by
the union OF the Emperor with her whom he has
chosen, and whose goodness equals her grace suf-
tcleny complete for the happiness OF the throne
to dissemina te itselfin benefits over all the fami-
lies whose children bewail their fate in foreign
countries! That is question which we will not
| undertake to answer; but within the lust limit of
the Interests of France, all that the Emperor has
hitherto done may give the measure of his future
generosity w hat may be safely said is, that the
day when the country can receive back without
fear her exiled SonS is not the head of the State
who will retard by single minute the hour of
clemency. Nav that hour arrive soon! When it
strikes, 1t will be signal that the Emperor is able
to listen to the suggestions of his magnanmous
heart without compromising the sacred interests of
| society," 7a-i
The Deb1tS says: "At the opening of the ap-
preaching session the Senate will occupy itself IN
fixing by a senatuS- -consultum the dowry of the
Empress, as it results from the following passage
of the report made y the Count de CaSabianca
III the name OF The commission charged to examine
the project of seIatuS- cOnsulum OH the civil list
and the dotation OF the Clown: 'AS soon as the
Emperor, yielding to the ardent suppcations OF
France shall flX on spouse TO sit with him the
throne, the dowry shall be determined BY u Sena
'tuS-conSultum, without that happy event giving
rise to any increase hatever in the civil list"
The Cardinal Archbishop of Rheims has arrived
Ill Paris to be present al the religious ceremony OF
the imperial marriage.
eve are informed,'' says the Patrir, .'ttat the
national gnard will be called out on Sunday, and
that ii "iIl, conformity with the army, form the line
OF the procession of the Emperor
1t announced that grand ball will be offered
10 the Empress by the Legislative Body on Easter
Monday.
At the ball to be given by the Senate TO the
Emperor on the 7th the gentlemen are 10 be either
in uniform or in court dress. ..
The Municipal Commission held an extraordi-
nary sitting yesterday, in order to deliberate on the
propositions which the PreGect of the Seine had
submitted TO it on the occasion of the marriage of
the Emperor. Fully admitting the SutableneSs of
these propositions, the Commission dec ded that
sum of 100000 fr. should be placed at the disposal
OF the Prefect to be employed as follows 10000
haS
offered 20 the future Empress in the name of the
city OF Paris, and 300,000fr. in different acts of
charity. This latter sum will be devoted, 1st, 10
give marriage portions to twenty eight couples cho-
Sen from among the poor inhabitants of the twelve
ACCOMPLISHMENTS of Paris and of the two rural ar
rondiSSementS of tie departments of the Seine;
secondly to redeem the tools of workmen pledged
at the Mont DEF Piete; thirdly, to complete the
work previously undertaken by the Municipal
Commission on the occasion of the proclamation
of the Empire on I'd December last, of remitting
10 poor women the sums they owed TO the AdminiS
tdtion des NouyTiess for their children; and
4thly, distributing assistance TO the neceSStous
families inscribed at the Bureaux de BienfaiSance.
In 1904 the toilette offered to the Empress cost
500 0,000fr, and the devoted to works of chari
ty was l44, ,0O0fr. On Tuesday the members Of
the Municipal Commission waited on the Emperor,
and had the honor Of being presented to the future
Empress by whom they were most GRACEFULLY re-
ceved.
The public edfces will be illuminated on Sun
day evening, in honor OF the marriage OF the En-
peTOr.
The imperial cortege Sunday, when repair
ing TO Notre Dame TO receive the nuptial bene-
diction, will pursue, going and returning the fol-
lowing route: Leaving the Palace of the Tuiler-
les by the enhance of honor at the pavilion dhor-
loge, it will traverse the Court of the Tuileries,
and enter upon the Place du Carrousel through
the imperial Arch of Triumph. crossing the place,
it will traverse the Louvre and enter the Court of
the Louvre; thence by the Rue de Rivoli, Just
In he nte 1P in
the Hotel de Vile, will follow the quay Pelltier,
bridge Norte Dame, quay Napoleon, and Rue
d'Arcole, TO the venerable BaSlic.
After the ceremony the cortege will return to
the Iuilerles by the Rue d'Arcole, quay Napoleon.
quay aux Fleurs, bridge au Change, and the quays