Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-16
THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY.
In SessiOn-TO Make a Government
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1 To-day.
BoRDEAux, Feb. 15.-The Assemble
to-day engaged in the verification of tn
| election of its members, The electora
| reports of Alsace and Lorraine were rea(
| and caused a firm demonstration of sym
patty for those provinces. The Presiden
| announced that to- morrow the Assembl,
will proceed to constitute the new gov
eminent. The deputies, in leaving tn
Chamber, were greatly cheered by tn
populace. Victor Hugo received an en-
| thusiastic ovation.
The ImperIaIists Defeated.
BERLIN, Feb. 1.-THE Krans Zeitun!
estimates that the French elections have
resulted in at least a two-third vote il
favor of monarchial institutions and says
scarcely one-third of the members chosen
to the assembly are Republicans. Thu
Imperialists are also badly beaten anC
the future for France seems to be be
tween the Bourbops and Orleanists.
The Il adicaI Vote of PARIS.
PARIS, Feb. 15.-At the election Of
Deputies to the Assembly, Blanc received
$4,000 votes, Hugo 1000, Garibald
200, 600, Gambetta 191, 900, ROchefert
1853, 900, Tniers 102, 900, Rolin 16, 900.
Conservative PIans-A Mixed Gov.
eminent of Nine-PrOPOsitiOn 10
Annex France TO Belgium.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Private advices
received to-day from Bordeaux give al
least an insight into the programme de-
ternined upon by the Conservatives elect
ed to the Assembly. The necessity of
peace is acknowledged by all, but not
any one party can be found willing to
, consent singly to the permanent dismem-
berment of France, or to the cession of
territory.
1t is therefore agreed that the Bordeaux
Assembly shall not decide upon perma-
nent government for France, but upon an
adj interim government-an inter- eg-
mum, in fact, with power to make peace
on the best possible terms. This Pro-
visional Government of which the Count
of Paris is to be President, will be COM
posed of nine members, three Imperial
lists, three Orleanists and three Republi-
cans, as follows: Rouher, Olivier, De
Lesseps, the Count of Paris, TrOchu,
Guizot, Jules Favre, Changarnier, and
Gambetta.
This committee is to act as unit in al
matters affecting the peace terms to be
agreed upon with the Germans. 1t will,
in the name of the various parties, as
sumo whatever blame or responsibility
attaches to the cession of territory, with
out which the war cannot close.
Having agreed upon terms and re
stored peace, these same nine men will
organize as a Committee of Public Safety,
under the Presidency of the Count of
Paris, and permit the country to come to
rest and recuperate somewhat from the
struggle of the last SIX months before
submitting to the people of France the
questions whether the OTleanls.s shall be
restored, or whether the King of the Bel
gians shall unite his country with that of
France, and be the ruling Monarch of
La France NouUelLe, with the liberal
Belgian Constitution as the fundamental
law of the land.
The elections of the past few days hsv-
ing resulted Overwhelmingly in favor of
the Conservatives, there is no possible
chance that the question Of Republic
will ever be permitted to go through the
ordeal Of a plebiscitum, and the Belgian
scheme is only to be submitted 10 the
people to satisfy the deman Is of the out
and out Republicans who consider the
Prussian interference as the cause of the
recent Conservative triumph.
Still, it will be months before the pie
biscitum can be reached, and France, in
the meantime, like Spain during the past
eighteen months, will enjoy an interreg-
mum to give the people all the opporiuni-
ties possible to decide upon either of the
above forms of government.