Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-02-13
FOREIGN.
Probable Dissolution Of the
French Assembly.
Alfonso Calls for 10000 Re-
cruits.
Irish Home-Rulers Threaten to
Secede.
Probabilities Of the Chinese Sue
eessi0D.
ProbabIe pIssolutIon offthe Assemblx.

EroDaDAe DasoOlutLou OF the Assem- mDty
LONDON, Feb. Il. "A Paris correspond
ent says the points Of yesterdays vote in
the French Assembly on The amendment
TO the Senate bill providing the manner
Of electihg senst0rs, are that It breaks up
the majority Of last Weez, and that it re-
stores to the BOnapartists the ground they
had lost. After the vote, which makes the
Senate dependent on universal suffrage, the
only modification possible is the restriction
in the list Of eitifens eligitle to Senator
ship. This viii SO obviously lead to the
election Of ex-imperial fiTnctionaries, that
il is expected the Committee Of Thirty
will withdraw the I'm this evening, the
consequence of Whica Eili probably be The
dissolution Of the Assembly.
FrO5eedinsb Of the. Assembly.
PARIS, Feb. 12.-In the Assembly, COZ
sideratiOn of Senate bill was resumed.
Gen. DeCissey ascended The tribune and
said: "President MacMahOn has not au-
thoriEed Ministers to interfere in debate on
constitutional bills, bit the 1Cts Of yester-
day alters the nature Of the institutions
proposed, and deprives constitutional laws
Of that character, without which cOnserva-
tive interests will be endangered. The
Government must defend conservative in
terests. 1t cannot agree to yesterdays res
Olution Of the Assembly, and informs you
Of this before the resolution is made
final"
The announcement caused a profound
sensation, and was followed by a stormy
debate. n. ChameyOOr, Of the Right
Center, denounced the votes Of yesterday
as cOmmunistic revenge, and warned the
Deputies that it was leading the country to
an abyss. He declared he and his friends
would oppose The third reading Of the bill
as amended.
An amendment offered by NJ. BardOux,
Of the Left, providing that each depart
ment elect three Senators, was adopted.
This was incorporated with the
amendment of yesterday, which pro-
vided that the Senators stOuld be
chosen by the same electors as Deputies,
and the entire amendment was then
adopted as a substitute for the first clause
Of the bill. The remainder Of the bill, in
Guiding the amendments introduced by the
Left, defining qualifications Of persons eli
gible to SenatOrship, was adopted clause by
clause. A motion was then made 10 pro-
ceed to the third reading Of the bill. Re-
iected on a division Of the House by a vote
of S45 yeas, 347 nays. The Senate bill is
therefore defeated.
NJ. BrissOn, of the Extreme Left, de-
clared the Assembly had proved itself pow
erless, and moved that elections for new
Assembly be held on the 4th Of April,
1875.
N. Waddington, Of the Left Centre, ar
gued that the last vote had only defeated
one of many plans for organizing a Senate,
aud he introduced a bill which provides for
the appointment Of Senators by the Assem-
bly,, Councils General Of the Colonies and
of the InztitUte.
NJ. Vantrain, COnvervative Republican,
submitted bill proposing an election for
Senators, by a method similar TO that en-
ployed in the election of President in the
United States. He was opposed to dissO-
luton Of the Assembly.
Duke de Cazes declared that Ministers
held themselves responsible for the declara-
ton which they bad been authorized %
make by Marshal MacNahOn. through Gen.
deCissey. He pointed out the danger Of
dissolution and reminded the Assembly Of
the pledges they had given in regard to
constitutional laws.
N. NdluUcLLd uldilt a 1llcttLlF III TIE CbtiIcc
Of which he asserted that the constitution
would have been voted if the Ministry had
not sheltered itself behind Mac MahOn's
sword. He attributed the failure 10 prince
ly ambition.
NJ. Chambaud da Tour, Minister Of the
Interior, opposed dissolution.
a demand for vote of urgency on N.
BrissOn's motion was refused by 266 yeas
10 4J7 nays.
Bills submitted by n. Waddington and
Vantrain were referred to the Committee
of Thirty.
The Assembly, adjourned until Monday.
Gen. WImPfen's Conduct az Sedan.
The trial of action for libel brought by
Gen. Wimpfen against N. De Cassagnae,
editor Of lie Pays, for statements in that
journal concerning plaintiffs conduct a.
Sedan, opened to-day. Gems. DuCrOt,
DUbron, Gallifet and others were exam
ined. Gen. DucrOt testified that it
would have been possible for
part Of the army to reach MezieTS, if Wimp-
fen had not impeded its progress. The
plan suggested by the latter 70 cut through
the German lines was inIprsCtic3ble. No
such attempt could have succeeded. It was
the Emperor who caused the white fac to
be hoisted at Sedan. He did 50 to save
bloodshed.