New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-09

doysre the newly eiec'. eJi made important
feiiewe' a. snbiect Of the recent utslslon " Wv ~
fPs, of Cassaton with respect ~ So,eIv on Using
rbuting tIee,nd by the President, Connt dc horry,
ne " wa. whether be disputed the eecIoh ~ Io
wnnUtafubert replied that he did nor. nus on'y oo-
honle g. ,noke some general observations on the
yfo.,r, NJ the Electoral law He admitted that the
Vent rules of the House did not give hun Ight To
PLe anv Interpolation. An Interpolation would IN
Iye an answer; he did not AK for, lie knew that he
bsd no right 10 expect any. He merely vi bed to e1-
nreee an opinion with regard to the Electoral law The
President ,aid il most desirable that there should
be no misunderstanding. He had always thought aud
was now more than convinced, that the best con
.dered constitutions the most far seeing regulations,
required in their working the assistance of the parties
acting under then with good faith aud common sense
Interpretations Lad been erased from Their reguaohs'
and could not be made. But he was prepared 10 &C.
know ledge that observations presented with m0dera
ton and in good spirit might be made IN that House
with advantage TO the country, to the House Itself, ana
even TO the Government. lie would, therefore, au-
thorZe NJ de Montalembtrt to make bis observations,
but under the express reserve that the Government
should not be obliged TO answer them, and that he the
Pre.dent should have full night to stop the speaker If
he found the course OF bus oDserVaons uahseftS SiDS
the limits alluded 10. ~
n. de Montaembert said he avaled himself the
more willingly Of the opportunity, because what he
had to say had no reference to the particular election
then before them. His observations would contain
nothing that could be offensive for the deputy newly
elected He o. ly wished to speak of general ques-
ton which as it appe AIRED to him, affected the honor
of two assemblies the present chanoer ana enr
and indepepdence of the Corps Legislatif, he also
meant to speak of the honor and strength of the
Government for the two were lndss0iuoly connected
with each other. That which in the eyes OF the
country and in the eyes Of Europe, in the eyes of
friends enemies constituted the lncontestibe aud
uncomfortable strength Of the present Government,
above all the extraordinary sanction 1t had re-
ceiyed from universal suffrage. But it was
sill essential that the persistence OF this sym
patty on the part of universal suffrage shonld be
demonstrated. Now, in what manner could this
sympathy be demonstrated! Why by elections, ana
chiefly by elections for the Corps 1t gsatif. If the
sincerity the liberty, and the integrity of the cleo
tons were open TO question, fatal blow would be
stuck at the independence of the Corps Legsatlf,
and ut the same tame at the power and dignity OF
the Government. The brilliant conservation which
the Government had obtained in is inception, the
glorious and legitimate war terminated by 10
Tess glorious peace, would be al lnsuihcient 70
preserve the Government against the principle
of weakness which would result from any de erioration
of universal suffrage. He declared that if he were
violent and facous Of opposition he would clap
bis hands in secret delight at the Judgment given by
the Court Of Cassation; he would hope thao Govern
ment might oba many such judgments, and that 1t
might vigorously act upon them, and that the projects
might be authorized 10 denounce as enemies OF the
Emperor WHO had been his Minister'S as had been
done in the case of H. de Chasseoup Lauba and that
they might lock up in prison every bearer Of an cleo
tor al buletin-he would hope and wish for all this be-
of conduct could not fail to rejoice the spirit of oppo
sition where it existed, and raise it up where it was
dead. But good citizen, he wished to give the
Government warning dictated by th- spirit of justice
and loyalty. The very word election implied choice,
and choice meant that candidate mig be preferred
another. II the right Of the eecor to make pre-
paraon for HE choice. Art 81 OF the Orginlc decree
stipulated that the electors should come to the pO with
bulletins prepared outside the electoral meeting Every
eecor might therefore have recourse to third party
to prepare his bulletin. There might therefore, ac-
cordiDg this Decree be concert and discussion be-
tweeI citize1s From this it necessarily resulted to
his mind that the distribution Of bulletins by cleo
tor TO another was thing permitted. Now IT seemed
to him that the judgment of the Court OF Cassaton
prohibited this intercommunication when there was
no previous authorization by the Prefect and this was
in his view, equivalent to pac0g the election In the
hands of the prefectora administration lie re-
minded the House that after the revolution of lefe 1t
was decreed that the voting by universal suffrage
should take place in the chief town of the canton
That was n system which rendered voting as difficult
as possible for the country populations, while it IA
yofed the inhabitants of towns. But there was soon
reac ion against this law He had himself addressed
| the following words to the Constituent Assembly:
1.-THE people sometimes pardon governments that op-
"press but never those which deceive them; !. to
"deceive people to promise universal suffrage I'D
constitution and Withdraw from them IN prietce
After long struggle the he then advocated was
victorious, and he vote by sections was allowed Ii
was by the vote thus organized that the President OF
! the Republic and the Second Assembly were elected.
| lie was no eat admirer for his own part OF unver-
sal suffrage but long existed he desired to see
il honestly acted upon. lie wOull infinitely prefer the
institutions of the first empire when the Senate named
the Corps Legsatf, to deccttu system OF 4nverSat
suffrage. Speaking the Judgment OF the Court OF
Cessation he quoted sarcaStcaly saying describing
what CONT OF Justice should be: "Ld coUr reno des
arrcfs e non des services" He hoped the Govern
mept would not make use of the fatal present which
the Cont of Cessation had made; that Court mght
reverse lis own Judgment as it had done on forhler
occasions. but might be long before it did this,
he caliedtfor an ategsoR Of tue Ian on this momen
tOus subject. -, =, ,,
II !. n circumstance TO be noted that while NJ. DE
Moptalembert, in that quiet and unoDtrusive way
which distinguishes his OraOy, was uterng whitening
mon the Court Of Cessation, ihe Procureur-
General of that Court, NJ Roger, was sitting Opposite
| to him in one of the strangers galleries.
lie President of the Council OF state, NJ BafV'Ir,,
pho did not avail himself of the condition maze oy NJ
&c Mony that the Government would not nold ISeh
bound TO give any answer to nj. dc Monta'eInOerIs
! observations" had really argument to advance
AGAINST them He merely expressed has horror at the
attack upon the most immaculate Court OF Ca'saoh,
| read over their Judgment and gave, IN the name OIL
! the Goyernme Mt, that very declaration winch NJ de
Moptal,mbert had so pontedly said beforehand would
be of no value, namely, that II was not intended 20
| make use of the law az declared by the Court. lie
had recourse TO the miserable bubble that the eecto
raj law quoted bv NJ de MoutaembcIt did not conttdn-
Mate the free circulation of electoral bulletins, but only
of electoral lists, whereas, as NJ. de ChaSseouplau-
bat proceeded to show aierwsri, the e!ectoa' lists
were abolished after the coup dfidf and tue Daheu',
which are only rot lists because they must only contain
! the name of a single candidate, where substituted NJ
BaroChe, anticipating the Judgment OF the Court o!
! Cessation on the distinction taken between muolcipa
elections ard elections for the Corps Legislat de-
clGred, with bind and desperate tenacty, that the
Government would insist upon the night OF regulating
the distribution of bulletins with regard 70 all elections
whatsoever. The fact of this discussion having taken
place at all marks epoch in the history ot the pres
en FRI uch regime II is the first time that any mem
L., has in