The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-04

PARIS, December 10, 1852.


PARIS, December 10, 1852
The revisions in the Constitution proposed by
Louis Napoleon to the Senate and to be by it rati-
fed in the form of Senatus c0nssltum are as fol-
lows. mention only the more Important
LIST. The right of the Emperor to pronounce par
tial and full amnesties This is nothing more than
an emperor ought to possess.
I'd. The right to authorize great enterprises OF
public utiliy-such as railroads, canals, public
works of any sort, expeditions by sea, and, by a
natural inference, war. This is serious infringe
ment upon the domain of the Senate
Sd. The right to modify commercial tariffs bv
decree, having the force of law. Such privilege
vested in the executive, gives it more unlimited
power the n is enjoyed by any European monarch
except the Emperor of Russia
4th. The right to compel the Legislative Cham.
Der, which is allowed to vote the budget to vote il
by chapters instead Of by articles. This is to de
prve that body of the power to reject or strike out
any item 1t might deem Objectionable of course
II would not dare, for the purpose of getting rid OF
an article, to reject whole chapter. This finally
depryes the Legislature of the only vesige of in
huence it ever possessed.
9Th A dotation of $4,000 year for life to each
Senator
9th. dotation or indemnity of 81 POO year
to each Deputy-as each yearly session lasts three
months, this would make about Sl3 for each
working day.
7th dotaton of $500, 900 year for the French
Princes. This title has been given to Jerome Bo,
naparte and his Napoleon.
Sth. That the following shall be apenages of the
Imperial Grown: The palaces of the TuiIeries, the
Louvre, the Elysee, the Palais Royal, and the Cha
teaux, and all the dependencies of the domains of
Vpra &C. o.
main, Campieg Fontainebieau, Rambouiliet,
Pau, Strasburg, SC. The manufactures of Levres,
Sobelius, and Beauvais and woods, forests, farms,
Sc, too numerous to mention.
9Th. A dotation for the Emperor of - francs
The Senate have, of course, been informed what
sum they may go beyond, but beneath which they
must not fall. Any thing over twenty-iv mil
lions year will be thankfully received. One of
the palaces the Emperor is already living in, and
one of the Chateaux he is preparing to visit at
once-that of Campiegne
The intense M Monttaville, Prefect of Toulouse
who we had hoped was to be removed for the in
decency of his zeal, uttered three speeches and
offered nine toasts at the proclamation of the en-
pire in his department. Here is an extract from
the second speech. He is speaking of the EN-.
peror: Ellis place is marked by the side of the
founder Of his dynasty. Posterity, in admiring
them, will say that the is completed by the
other, and both by each; that they are both halves
Of one whole, fragments of the same entity; that
they constitute in themselves the revolution of
1859 and its unity. They will be spoken of under
the one and same surname-Grand.' passage
upon the army is less clear SIT has saved under
Napoleon both the French territory and the cap
itals and empires beyond the borders which had
been conquered by another Napoleon" This won
Aar E,,l
But he contrived to roll up such majority of yeas
IN his department, that the government has not
yet had the heart TO dispace so faithful servant.
believe he produced larger affirmative vote. by
quarter, than ever got together there before.
Alexandra Dumas has commenced in the Con-
stitutionnel the publication of Isaac Laquedem,
which he announces his chef d'eurre-the
swork of his life.' He has been engaged upon it,
more or less, for twenty two years 1t is to form
eighteen volumes, and consist of six distinct and
yet consecutive romances He has already bar
gained for English translations in London, for
Spanish, Italian, German and Portuguese trans
lations upon the continent Isaac Laquedem is
Dumas's name for the Wandering Jew. We shall
whether he can beat the Ahasuerus of Eugene
Sue. sas. =s... :, &.
The Emperor exacts as an indispensable condi-
ton of pardon to any exile, that he make formal
promise to abstain from political agitation and OPP
position in future. That is, they must make an
implied confession, in engaging to sin no more,
that they have already offended. Upon these
terms it is difficult to how the representatives
and the generals, who were exiled from personal
motives, and without any substantial cause, can
be returned to their country. For do not
suppose that such honorable men as Bedeau and
Changarnier, such high-spirited men as Lamori
nd Rao will To
mission to return, or sign recantation of
opinions they held, or engage to aban-
don doctrines they espoused. They are
banished men of disorder, and their Danish
ment will be prolonged just as long as they will
not acknowledge, by promise to apostacize, that
the reproach was deserved. And yet remember
Lamoriciere's conduct in the instruction of June
He was VIGOROUSLY the most exposed during that
desperate contest; he fought against that bsstard
republicanism for which he is now banished He
hardly slept for three days, and had horse after
horse killed under him; and it was be that was in
strumental in driving the insurgents from the
faubourg st. Antoine-their last stronghold. And
go of Gen. Bedeau. And verybody knows that
another insurrection was nipped in the bud by
Changarner the 18th Of June, 1s49. He was
then commander in chief of the army of Paris,
and Louis Napoleon was President. These men
di0 nun leuloFeu ifOin luelr country d5 ''mSn OF
disorder" TIE MoniteuT is continually holding
forth on the measures of clemency to be taken by
the Emperor. If there was little less talking and
little more action, the government would obtain
more credit. Thus far, pardon has been ex-
tended to any one whose name is known. Some.
thing is said about decree to comprise number
OF the eminent victims of the coup d'ktat, month
30 hence. 1t will be we'll not to believe it till
We see it.
The coronation of Louis Napoleon will cost
much more than that of Napoleon the Great, and
consequently, than any other public ceremony
that France ever paid for. That of Napoleon cost
somewhat over two millions. The marriage will
cost as much more probably; and the birth of the
heir, if there is any, will doubtless be made the
occasion of similar expenditure. The corona
ton robes to exceed any other coronation
robes ever heard of, and heard yesterday an
indignant Orleanist say, s.The creature has had
the impotence to have The crown Jewels sewed
into his imperial manteau.' The crown, for which
VI. Lemonnier, the newly-appointed court jewel.
Ter, has gone to Russia to obtain precious stones,
~ also to go ahead Of any crown yet composed. A
model Of the foot of the Princess Wasa has arrv-
ed, and has been confided TO the imperial shoema-