Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-14

all initiative. They fasten upon an ex-
preston borrowed by me from the En-
peror Napoleon l., and confound initiabil-
ity with progress. The Emperor, in de-
claring the necessity of the gradual i'm
provement of human institutions, meant
to say that the only durable changes were
those which operate, in the course of time,
by the amelioration of the public morals.
[Applause-
These ameliorations will result from the
appeasement of passions, and not from in
opportunate notifications of our funda-
mental laws. What advantage, can there
be in returning on the morrow to what
was rejected the day before2 The Consti-
tuition ofl852, submitted to the acceptatien
of the people, has undertaken to found a
rational system wisely balanced on & Just
equilibrium between the different powers
of the State. 1t stands at an equal dis
lance from the two extreme positions.
With a Chamber, arbiter of the fate of the
Ministers, the Executive power is without
authority and without any ability to con-
tinue what it has commenced; it is with
out control, if the Elective Chamber is not
independent and in possession of legiti-
mate prerogative. Our constitutional forms
which have a certain analogy with those
of the United States, are not defective be-
cause they differ from those of England
Each nation should have institutions in
conformity with its genius and its tradi-
ftions. Hear, hear. Certainly every gov
eminent has its defects, but in looking
back at the past l rejoice to see, at the
end of fourteen years, France respected
abroad, tranquil ut home, without Il politi-
cal prisoner in her goals, without exiles
beyond her frontiers. Tremendous cheer
ing]
Have not governmental theories been
sufficiently discussed during the last eighty
years? Is it not more profitable at pres
ent to seek out the practical means of i'm
proving the moral and material condition
of the people? Let us devote ourselves
to spreading everywhere, with education,
healthy economical doctrines, the love OF
what is right, and religious principles
Let us seek to solve, by the liberty OF
trade, the difficult problem of the just di-
vision of the productive forces, and let US
try to improve the conditions of labor in
fields as in the workshops. Loud ap-
plause.1
When all the inhabitants of France, al
present invested with political rights
Shall have been enlightened by education
they will, without difficulty, discern the
truth, and will not allow themselves to be
led astray by deceitful theories; when all
who live from day to day shall have be-
held the benefits increasing which assidu-
Gus labor procures, they will be the firm
supports of a society that guarantees
their comfort and their dignity: in fine
when all shall have received, even from
the days of their infancy, those principle;
of faith and morality which elevate mar
in his own eyes, they will know that above
human intelligence, and above the efforts
Of science and reason, there exists a SD
preme will which regulates the destinie;
of individuals as well as those of nations
Long-continued cheering.
When the applause had subsidized, the
Grand Master of the Ceremonies, having
received the orders of His Majesty, in.
timated to N. Rouher, Minister of State
that the oath should be administered t
such Senators as had been nominated since
the last session. The names called on
were N. Corta, Vice-Admiral Bouet Viii
laumez, Baron Butenval, Gen. dAllon'
vile, Gen. Count Gudin, n. Sylvestre d.
Sacy, Count de Saint Marsault and Gen
Vinoy. Afterward the same ceremony
was proceeded to for the Deputies, the
name being Count Walewski, III. de Til
lancourt, NJ. Barilion, NJ. Girod de lain
NJ. Sarrabure, NJ. de Chesnelong and NJ
Frenzy. The Hon. Minister then declared
that the session for 1866 was open, and hi
requested the members of the two Cham.
bers to assemble the next day in their re
spective places of sitting for the dispatch
of business. Their Majesties then with.
drew in the same order as they had come
and another salvo of twenty-one guns an
uounced that the ceremony had termin:
ated.