Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-07-24
oPOMEROY, TUESDAY. JULY 81. 1855.

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country Whoever should attempt To sdbver.
the Constitution. Twill not tface his histo.
ry. You know his re.es,ablisamens Of The
fallen ecclesiastical despoiism at Rome; bis
dismissal Of ministry after ministry; his
shackling Of the press; his suppression of
his limitation olsdfffage; his
qualification OF military en,husiasmy his
Of the seldisry al the national
expense; his unconstitutional assumption. ul
military functions; his festival procassions;
the doubling, ,ripliug, and qdadsdpifng Of
his constitutional allowance; his pFoposalto
revise the Constitution, with tEHiew 10 pro.
long, his power; and ihe grand martial de-,
molsisarion OF the 9lh Of NoyetnbeF.s 1851 :.
7 On the ga Of December, Plfis was occu.
pied by troops; irfaniry oxiesded along tie
quays, cavalry occupiedlihe Face de 10 Con-
corde, baueries. of field artillery were sta
toned at all the bridges, and soldiery held
the fauborgs. A Presidential decree was
posted, announcing the dissolution Of The
Government, and convoking the people lin
their elective colleges iovole, fora iPfesi-
dent, and also upon draft Of a new Consli.
tu,ior, the principal features of which were:
A decimal Executive; Council Of State;
Legislative Assembly; and second Assem-.
bly,. Meanwhile The most eminent mem.
bers Of the Legislature, among whom were
the Constitutional Generals, were ,imprison-
ed; the hall Of the Assembly wis surrounded
by armed men, and the members approach.
ing were driven back; the officespof public
journals were occupied by soldiers; and Gov.
eminent organs alone were allowed 10 ap.
pear. Nextday, Ministers, who, having
character, might, by combination, resist the
President, and new ones dependent on his
fortunes were appointed. On this day feeble
resistance was made; but on the day follow.
ing desperate and bloody one. in which
one thousand citizens leIl. The result Of
the vote Tor Napoleon aS President Of the
republic is The most extraordinary that his,o.
ry records: 7,439. .21O Affirmative; 64O,737
negative. Much was, doubtless. due 10 Gov.
ernmental management, such as that of the
Colonel, who said 10 hh soldiers, "Every
man may vote as he pleases; but he who don I
vote for Napoleon shall be shot, 3o4l
On the 12.h Of December $500 political
prisoners were sent 10 Algiers; and sixty.six
represe senta,ives, besides many other persons,
were banished the French territories. In
less than year from that ,imelhe Senatus
Consullum, which restored the empire, was
published. .si.1I n n In IL.
Alter all, the people, are more TO olame
than the Emperor. said 10 an Intelligent
Frenchman, -"Are youin favor Of the Gov
erDmen,l' o "Ceriaiply." Ir'Whas obiec-
lion had you 20 ,heRepublie?" N. was
mot strong enough. kfilled our streets with
lyagabonds, and our hearts with terFof.--
Workmen would comparatively do nothing
saying, this is ID free country.'t 4"Tlfr
them off and get othsn;" 'Iwas afraid
afraid for my properly, my llmbs, my ife.'
| asked the venerable President Of lht
French Conference what he though, Of III,
republic. "When / arose in the morning
and found that the republic was no m ore
and that an empire, substantially, was in il
stead, | kneeled down and devoutly thanked
| almighty God. The republlc!it protected
neither property nor person. Better hav,
less liberty and higher taxes. with quie
sleep, than 10 lie down with, fear and riso "
with alarm" a,;a5. ~ N,
Or what learned Of French politics, thi
is the sum. Sober.minded FrenchrneI
Z thought the overthrow of the Orleans dy
nasty misforlunei,h Provisional Govern
ment proved inadequate. Napoleon wa
conservative-ambitions; he was made Pres
ident with the expectation that he woult
usurpiall necessary power. Sill the repub
lie was too weak; Napoleon's term was draw
ing 10 q, close; the Assembly would not alie
the Constitution TO make him eligible to an
other; the Socialists and Red Republican
were aboutto obtain the government. Wha
tcodld be donel The Legi.imis,s desired t
recallthe Bourbon; the Orleanisls, the CouT
dc Paris; but neither was strong enough:-
| The Bonapartists desired TO restore the EN-
Ipire. Their chief was III the country, i
the CITY, In power. Hisname alone was
tower Of strength. The army, the na.io
wished him 10. do as be did. Fgo
4 And why can not the French have re
| public---,heir Constitution was on III
7 model of ours; their intelligence as great an
nearly as widely diffusedl They have h
Sabbath. The first day is one Of feas.in
land froic; they are wanting in religion, Th
Influence CT 1889 is still 'fel, The twelv
Apostles Of Atheism have their successors.-
4 The gospels Of Jean Jacques and Voliair
the, chronicles OF Gibbon and Hume, an
lihe psalms Of Lord Byron are still preache,
together with the apocalypse Of spiri,ualisn
and the penta.euch OF the "Fool.prints.'-
Those not connected the Churches are gel
! are generally infdel, and they embrace alarl
proportion Of the men. Aman is ashamed
confess himself a Christian. Rev. Dir.
said that a soldier whom he had often see
in bis congregation came 10 him by night
, proiessed faith, and asked the usacrame
privately. II cen face the cannon;'' ,sa
he, "but have not The courage 10 COME
: Christ publicly in France" He observ,
ina, there were hundreds like himself, al
Proposed the organization ofiasecrel Churc
|. who should take the ordinance under loc
!. and In the dark. oa.,,, 4. .a,, \, ..,...,.
1 TIE Revolution Of 1889 failed for wan,
the religious element. They attempted