The Washington union., 1858-02-11
SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH

ofEECH oF The EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH
The legislative body of France assembled on the 18th
OF January, when the Emperor delivered the following
addrcgs:
Messicus Senators and Deputies Every year at the pc
nod OF the meeting of the Chambers render you ac-
count of what has been done during your absence and
ask your concurrence for the measures taken Since
the last year the has followed its progressive
and regular march, exempt from all vain ostenations
,s often pretended that in order to govern France il is
necessary perpctuay to noush the public spirit with
some grand theatrical incident believe the contra
ry, that it sufces exclusively TO attempt to do good in
oer TO merit the confidence of the country The action
of the government is then limited eecting that which
is most useful according circumstances IN the diff
ferent branches of tho administration
In the interest OF agriculture the expectation and the
dstillaton OF grain have been again authorized and the
support of the bank has given strength landed credit
The waste lands have begun to be cultivated
In the department of pnblc works the important
.esuts are $50 kilometres OF railway opened for traffic
IN 1881 1900 additional kilometres conceded tho float
ing Edsn of St Nazrc, and the canal from Cacn the
5ca opened to navigation plans for preventing disasters
from nundations seriously studied and brought ter
mination; our seaports improved including those of
Havre, Marseiles, Iouoa, and Bayonne in the north
and east OF France the working Of rich and coal
mines commcnced at Paris the Inauguration Of the
Louvre and Asylum of vnccnncs; in the capital MS
well rs at Lyons localities opened for the first time
centuries 10 mir and Hight all France religious cdi
fees nowly built or restesed from state Of ruin
Public instruction by the State has been eveopcd y
the side Of free instruction Loyalty protected In 1851
the number of pupils has increased l. 500 instruction
become religious and moral elevated itself
with tendency toward healthy scholarship and the
useful sciences The College of France has been reor
ganized Primary instruction has been successfully OK.
tended
The wish of the French government is that the prin-
cples of religious liberty shall be sincerely applied with
out forgetting that the Catholic religion Is that of the
great majority Of Frenchmen That religion has
been either more respected free The provincial
councils assemble without mpedments and the bishops
ENJOY in all penude the exercise of their holy ministry
The Lutheran and reformed religions we'll the Jews
participate in Just proportion in the payments of the
State and arc equally projected
The increasing dearness of all articles has Obliged us
from the last to increase the salaries attached 10 the
poorest paid officers. The condition of the soldier has
been ancorated, and the pay Of the lower grade Of o
augmented The budget of 1859 increases the sti
pend of curatc and also that of professors and school
masters, well as Of Jpges dc par.
Amongst auxiliary measures, ] will point the cx-
tension of friendly and benefit societies in the rural com
the increase Of district surgeons in the towns the
establishment of economic ovcns and million has been
distributed in aid of the population suffering from the
accidental interruption of labor.
The budget of 1859 which will I've presented to YOU
will establish an excess of receipts expenditures
new the action Of the sinking fund close the OF
the funded debt, and the reduction of the floating
debt