The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-05-14
Foreign Intelligence.

Paris, April 25.- The following is
the Emperor 3 proclamation:
address all the French people,
You. who since the 10th of December
| in the year 1s48 placed me at your
fhead. have recompensed me by your
Affection. aud call on you to give me
new proof of your confidence in me,
| bv casting an affirmative vote ron the
plebiscite. Sach vote is vote against
threatened revolution; such a vote as:
snres order: such a vote renders easy
for me and fov France tho transmission
of the .croYn to my son. Let your
vote be unanimous as it was IL. years
since. A great na ton in order to Sc
cure tho fruits Of its own development
must support institutions guaranteeing
additional stability and progress. Let
the people answer ~ es' on the day OF
election. in order to ratify by their
voice the liberal reforms which they
have enjoyed during the past ten years:
For nv part, faithful to my origin ard
confident in the providence of God,
will continue to work necessarily for
the prosperity of France. 1t becomes
indispensable that the new constltu-
tional act shall be approved by the
people. as were formerly the constltu'
lions of the Republic and OF the Elm
Ipire. .o,;ouoa
even as I myself believe to-day, that
anyt thing done without you was lie
The constitution of Imperial and
Democratic France may be reduced to
a small number of fundamental provis-
ions which cannot be changed without
your consent.
Your decisions will have the advan
taee of rendering definite the progress
already made, and of placing beyond
the influence of political fluctuations
the principles of the Government.
/ address myself to all of you, who
from the 10th of December, 184S, sur
mounted all obstacles to place me at
your head. To you who for twenty
two years, have without oessasion guard
ed me by your sufrages. sustained me
by your cooperation, rewarded me by
your affection, give me new proof OF
confidence.
In bringing to the ballot box an
affirmative vote, you will exercise the
menances of revolution. You will
place order and liberty on solid basis,
and you will render easier in the ID
tura the transmission of the crown to
nv son. You have almost unanimous-
| " for eighteen years clothed me with
the most extensive powers; be also sig
nally unanimous to-day in supporting
the Transformation of the Imperial
regime, A great nation has no way
of attaining it's development without
resting on institutions which guaranty
at the same time stability and progr ess.
To the call which make on yon TO
rasify the liberal reforms realized dur
| ing the last ten years, reply yes. As
for myself, faithful to my origin, shall
continue penetrated by your thoughts
and fortified by your will and coniding
in Providence, shall work without ces-
sation for the prosperity and the grand
eur Of France.
! (signed) NAPOLEON.
| Paris, April 25.-The Journal Off
cial contains the following circular to
the officers of the civil service signed
by oil the ministers:
The Emperor addressed a solemn
appeal TO the nation in 1852. He asked
power to assure order. In 1870 he
asks power to- establish liberty. Con-
I
son of the right of 100000 suffrages,
he does not surrender the Empire to
discussion. He submits TO a vote only.
In its liberal transformation to vote
ives" is to vote for liberty. The rev
olutionary party is secretly attacking
the national sovereignty end misrepre :
senting the respect which the Emperor
pays to the sovereignty in consulting
the people-they are not true friends
of liberty, but, in spite of this, toe
masses will march in our ranks. Can
they ignore the fact that to abstain
from voting, Or to vote Mo" will be to
strengthen those who only combat the
transformation of the Empire in order
that they may destroy it, and with it
the political and social organizations to
which France owes her greatness2
In the name Of public peace and
liberty: in the name of the Emperor;
we demand of you all, our devoted CO.
laborers, to unite your efforts with
lours.
1t is to the citizens we address our
selves not as ordering. but as offering