The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-08-17
Paris Correspondence.
No. II.
PARIS. June 25th. 1s7e.

| took their seals under the Impeaial canopy in the
| immense Hall of Reception. where the high officers
| of the Crown and of the different departments of
the Government were assembled, as well as the d.
pomstic Representatives of Foreign Powers in full
uniform.
/ The President and members of the Bureau ap-
pointed by the Legislative Assembly, having been
| duly introduced by Master and Assistant Master
/ of Ceremonies, ascended the steps leading to the
throne, and the President having placed In His Ma
jesys hand the official declaration of the result of
the general Of the popular vote on the Rebis
eit'on, delivered the following speech:
"sIRE: The Legislative Assembly are happy to
bring TO Your Majesty the solemn answer that the
nation, by seven million three hundred and fifty
thousand votes has just made TO the FTebiseitttn
submitted to their approval by Your Majesty
ain complete communion of thought with this
extraordinary manifestation of the people, We ten
der to the Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince
Imperial, our homage and congratulations.
Eighteen years ago, France, weary of instability
and longing for security having faith in your ge-
MUS and the Napoleonic Dynasty placed in your
hands, with the Imperial Crown, the authority and
power required by public necessity. The expecta-
tion of the nation has been fully realized.
"In a short time, social order was re-established;
great things were accomplished the condition of
all classes of society carefully bettered and attended
TO; agriculture, commerce. and industry, attained
unprecedented state of development, and the infu-
ence of France increased abroad.
"But from the first, foreseeing the time when this
concentration of power would not correspond TO
the aspirations of quieted and re-assured country
and anticipating the PROCESS of our modern society,"
Your Majesty declared that Liberty would be the
crOwning- piece of the edifice; and then you were
induced to achieve that noble enterprise which will
be the everlasting glory OF your reign and you re-
solved TO place France in the front rank of free
nations.
d" The dates of November Gath, 1860, of January
19h 1867 bear witness to your generous initiative
and your patriotic designs.
+" Some time later, as soon as Universal Suffrage
manifested its liberal tendencies through the wishes
expressed by the Legislative Assembly, Your Ma
jesty, relying their cooperation, did not hesitate
with a sefdenial unprecedented in history, to lay
the basis of the Parliamentary Constitution of the
Empire.
But, faithful to the great principle upon which
your Government rests, you did not like that with
out the direct participation of the people, such
profound modification should be made to the powers
you held from their free will.
"After twenty years spent under your direction,
the nation having met in their Conitid have shown
their approval in the most independent manner,
under conditions that proof of the vigor of
our public life, and with a majority of an unques-
tionable import. While accepting, with feelings of
satisfaction, the new form of Empire, the country
which has approved it with than seven millions
of votes, and which has instructive sentiment of
its interests and grandeur, says to you to-day, Sire
France is 1riM youl
$50 on, with feelings of confidence in the way of
progress, and lay the foundation of Liberty upon
respect for the laws and the Constitution"
The Emperor answered:
"GENTLEMEN: In receiving from your hands the
census of votes given on the 9Th of May my first
impulse is to express my gratefulness to the nation
which, for the fourth time in the last twenty-five
years, has given me another token of trust.
"The elements of Universal Suffrage, though con-
tinualy removed, preserve, in their mobility, per-
severing will Universal Suffrage takes, as guide,
its traditions the unerng certainty of its instincts
and the constancy of its sympathies.
"The Pebisct,un had no other object but TO obtain
the ratification by the people of Constitutional re-
FORMS but in the midst of the conflicts of opinion,
and in the heat of the strife, the question had
sumed larger proportions. Do not let regret it.
The opponents of our institutions have placed the
question if it were 10 be decided between the
Empire on one side, and the Revolution on the
other The nation has solved it in favor of the sys
TEN that guaratees Order and Liberty.
"The Empire now finds itself firmly established
and will show its strength by its moderation. My
Government will have the laws obeyed with as much
vigor as impartiality. They will not abandon the
liberal way that is laid before them. Mindful OF all
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and will neither remember the dissenting votes nor
the adverse schemes, but they will that the will
of the people, energetically expressed, be duly
respected and they will maintain it henceiorh above
all controversies.
'Having got rid Of the Constitutional questions
which keep the best minds at variance, we shall
have but aim before our eyes, viz to rally
around the Constitution, just sanctioned by the
country, the honestminded people of all parties; to
insure security; to bring about the pacifcaton of
political passions to preserve the interests Of soc
ETY. from the contagion of false doctrines: and to
seek, with the assistance of all intelligent men, the
of increasing the grandeur and prosperity of
France.
"Our programme shall be- TO spread everywhere
the benefits of education; to simplify the compli-
Gated system of public offices; to convey life
and activity from the centre Paris where they are
ia excess to the almost lfeltss circumference; to
introduce into codes, notifications justified by
experience; to multiply the general agents of pro-
duction and riches; to favor agriculture and the
development of public works: and lastly to devote
our labors TO the ever problem Of the best and
most equitable mode of taxation. In realizing this
programme, the nation, freely expanding its forces
will contribute in a more efficient manner to the
progress of civilization
al thank you, Gentlemen, for the assistance you
have lent me on this solemn occasion. The afirma-
tive votes, ratifyiDg those of 1s4s, 1851 and 1852
have likewise rendered your authority stronger STILL
and given you a new force for the good Of the peo-
pie. To-day, we must, more than ever look for
ward without fear to the future. Who can, indeed,
oppose the progressive, onward march Of a Govern
ment founded By great nation, in the midst of po-
litca troubles and strengthened by Peace and Lib
ertyf"
The Emperor's speech was fl qsently interrupted
by evident marks Of approval, and when IT came to
q close, the usual cries of "Vive PEmpereur 'svive
TImperatrice, "Vive e Prince Imperial, greeted the
Imperial family when they left the Hail. while the
laundering voice of the cannons of the Invalides
was answering the cheers In the distance.
Many have been the comments made about the
Imperial speech, but notwithstanding the double
meaning Of two or three sentences that have heen