aszarili   
     
    
   
   
    
     _lllltl.l‘li_dii'tiil)\l'll, l’. E, Islziiiil, _$_zitur'd:i_i', l\*lEl.l’(3ll 17, 15-555. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Estalilisiieir 182:3. 
     
     LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE EMPE- 
     
     ROR OF THE FRENCH. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ((‘oncIiulml.) 
     
    

    
     Towards the close of the year I815, his frther 
     
     the Comte de St. Len, now arrivo.l at the rcrgr-,of 
     
     life begged permission to hid his son liireivcll ere 
     
     be absolutely entered upon the Valley of the Sha- 
     
     dow of Death. The Prince, apprised of this, 
     
     joined his father iii an ealing to the ch-iiiency of 
     
     the French Government; and, in a letter to the 
     
     Minister oftlie Interior. pli dged his honour, if he 
     
     were allowed to go to Florence, where the Comte 
     
     de St Lcu resided, to return and place himself at 
     
     the dis o~‘-al of the Uovcrnrnent, whenever he 
     
     should he desired to do so. The Ministry decla- 
     
     red itself incompetent to entertain this request, on 
     
     the ground that its coiisiileratioii, in the prcro,-;a- 
     
     tive of mercy, I);-loiigcd to the King alone. 
     
     Louis Napoleon their addressed himself to Louis 
     
     Philippe in a letter modest and (llL'lIlflC'-l, and in 
     
     no sense unworthy of a Prince. The endeavour 
     
     was nrade to induce him to add to his request a 
     
     filial renunciation ofliis pit-tensioirs. He refused; 
     
     the ncgotiatiiiiis tlieri-fore fell dead. To seize 
     
     what could not be given. to endeavour to win by 
     
     fair stratagrcin wliat he could not effect by 
     
     honourable treaty \'-"IF, of course, the riatur:il 
     
     alternative ; and thus it was won, on the '2-')tlr of 
     
     May, 1310, three raozitiis a_t'ic-r the decision of the 
     
     Govt-rniiicnt was eeiriinuiiicatcd to the Prince by 
     
    

    
     . llarrot. 
     
    

    
     M'l‘he Prince, rlisr_-iiiwilaz-i _a carpenter, with a 
     
     plank on his Slitlllltlcl‘, cortrived to escape from 
     
     the fortress, and rcaclii.-d lli'l,;iuiii in s:ifelV- 
     
     Assiircd that the Print-e had passed the walls, 
     
     Dr. Conan.-an Clltli.‘(t\'()lll‘l3tl to coiicva_l his di-par~- 
     
     turn, with the vi-cw to protract his clia ice of 
     
     escape. To pain :it hiast tiveiity-foiir_ hours was 
     
     the doctor's object, and by a 5uC(‘t'.‘:~SlI|ll of little 
     
     m;tnc.:ti\'t’C3, llr. Coiiizcziii hoped to preserve the 
     
     secret ofthe Prince's absence to tlliednpxt «lay. 
     
    

    
     r. Conneau whose St:llt‘tll(‘8 invo ve iis own 
     
     Emg.-,:, was sentenced to three months’ iiiiprisori- 
     
     merit, ' ‘hello to six nionths._ 'l‘hc coiniriandant 
     
     was also arrested, but upon trral_ acquitted. 
     
    

    
     London again received an imperial refugee. 
     
     Residence iir l-ln_«_-laiid, however, was,_ at best, 
     
     [mi 3 5.,Ȣ-unitary object; and the more important 
     
     one was defeats-rl. The Airstrrziir aiiih:i<.-sador at 
     
     London, Count Dictriehstein, rcliisvd to sign his 
     
     passport to the ltalian States; and the ()orirte de 
     
     St. Len died in July of the spine year, rinclicer-ed 
     
     by the presence of his son. llro iii;_reiiuity \'.'lrit:li 
     
     fduiid means to (scope from :1 ‘L':ll‘llStIlIt3tl prison 
     
     to lihrrtv, and the lmldiicss \\‘lIlt:lt carried those 
     
     means iriio ell}.-ct, fail--d eitlicr to rlt.~ctrV¢.'t' or to 
     
     plll'.'lU0 a path tlliruuglli a llrleed country to the 
     
    

    
     inns of a fat r-::r’s cat 1- e . 
     
     bktllle font to another chapter in this mornentous 
     
     [jfe_ Tucsdzry, the ‘.‘‘2d of Fe'.2ruar_v, ls-18, 
     
     having been appoltllctl _by members of the 0p- 
     
     ositioir for the celebration of a grand Reform 
     
     anquct in Paris;oa the [H000-Illll,l._Y cvenin<_r_ a 
     
     roclamatinii was issued by the Prefect of Police 
     
     forbidding it. ' ‘lie Reformers succumbed.-— 
     
     Notices were issued postponing the banquet. and 
     
     a revolution was celebrated rnstea . barricades 
     
     were thrown up, the_National Guard, fraternisiiig 
     
     with the people, decided the event, as a question 
     
     of force, and in, three days the king had tied and 
     
    
   
   
    
     order of government formally declared in the 
     
     Place de la Bastille on the 27th of February. 
     
    

    
     To the Bonaparte family these events were, of 
     
     course, of the utmost importance. Their pro- 
     
     .43,-iption was now virtually abrogated, and ‘save- 
     
     ral members of the family returned. immediately 
     
     to Paris to do homage to the republic. Of these 
     
     Louis Napoleon was not the last nor the least 
     
     loyal. On the 28th, he addressed it very patriotic 
     
     letter to the provisional Government, announcing 
     
     his return from exile, “ to range myself under 
     
     the flag of the republic you have just proclaimed. 
     
     Without any ambition but that of serving my 
     
     country, I come to announce my arrival to the 
     
     members oftho provisional Government, and to 
     
     assure them of my devotion to the cause they 
     
     represent, and of my personal sympat  ’ 
     
    

    
     But upon these protestations tho (novcrnmnet 
     
     looked with suspicion. Fearful that his presence 
     
     in (‘aria would disturb the elections, y repre- 
     
     B'.‘ttlflllttltS more or less urgent, they persuaded 
     
     the Prince to quit France-n least, until the 
     
     ('9 ---Elation had been voted and the law establish- 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     Eilldll, 
     
    
   
   
    
     led. Nor was this all; jtlelillllltly or not, their 
     
     litr('(':||i1l()ll§ did not end liirro. \'.‘:r.s proposed 
     
     I in the i\s.-'einhly. a few w'cr-.lt's al'ti:i' the ClC(‘lltIll<. 
     
    

    
     to t"X('.illtle Louis l\ap-ileon alone. of all the 
     
    

    
     lliiiitly of the l'liIl[ll?|'0l‘, froiii the l'l;‘lll.'-‘ of ('ll.l7."l|-‘ 
     
     ‘ship. Thus pointedly sii':_rlcrl out, the Princel 
     
     lost no time in ailrlressiiig a protest to the 
     
     nreiribcrs of the Natioiial .‘\s~r~iiihl_v. 
     
    

    
     'I'lie D(eputlPs refused to listen to this coinrnri- 
     
     nication, thougli lt'llt‘|’s front two Princes of the 
     
     Orleans fariiily, their h.t)t't‘ r-cent l'|lt)Hl_\', had 
     
     previously ciijoycd the iiirlulgciice of ilic Churn- 
     
    
   
   
    
     I’) 
     
    
   
   
    
     t‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     An tinder-ciirrent ofopiiii-in now flowed inani- 
     
     fest, and soon floated the nephew of the Eiripvrrir 
     
     into a positiori lioyond the reach of the .—\ssciiilily. 
     
     lloiiapartieiii had long been the (‘llCl'lnlt('(l eievd 
     
     oflarge fll35Sl*."~' ot the people. UtlSt'll'.'ilt’.tl, and 
     
     thoiigli in more than one instance he ilecltricil to 
     
     he norniiiated at the previous elcctioiis. l.ooi':s§ 
     
     Napoleon was l.'.llll:»f‘tl by very l!lT_\_{C nr;i_ioritics to‘ 
     
     represent the several (lC].‘.'2t'!ll:l‘:ilS of tiit: Seine 
     
     (l_);ll‘L\), the Yriniie, and (,3li'irei.ti: liifer‘ct:re. l 
     
     , On Monday, the 123th of Jltl.‘r', .3 early as X9‘, 
     
    

    
     o’cl0(-.l{, crowds collected in all the approaclics to 
     
     the National .-tsseinhly, expcctiiu: that lwiiis 
     
     Napoleon would that (‘\‘t‘lllllg_: take tiis seat. The 
     
    
   
   
    
     previous, srqrcral liuiidrcil ‘H'i‘lll‘.l were :.wept oi'i' 
     
     to the l’rr-fucture in a r.'i:;;.-: Itlixtic upon the 
     
     Cl'U.\tl" there asscinhlrd. Paras and the sur- 
     
    
   
   
    
     .i3.§;li’iD il3r®iiil5ifl?i&i?‘8;iiil./ii it. in 
     
    
   
   
    
     aJ 
     
    
   
   
    
     ;'l‘he cl-:ctor.-. of (Tor:-.ii'o had now 
     
    
   
   
    
     cavalry scmraltinrcs charged upon the pcopi,-, 
     
     and, for their on.-.e, disperser] il.coi. Sumo ,-ii. 
     
     tempts to erect barricadcs failed; but so drzciilctl 
     
     were the t:lt‘.l!lCt.‘S of ,r:niier'.il tumult. that, upon 
     
     the iiicotiiig of the L'li.iiii‘.i.‘r, o; c. of the Ques- 
     
     tr-urs proposed, that the projmt or’ law relative to 
     
     l.oiii.= l\apo.'-con should Iiavc iiiiiri!-iliate pr.- 
     
     ccdence. And now Louis Nuirllltjtlll lionap.irte 
     
     first exliihitcd that tact, that tiih-nt for bidiiig his 
     
     time, which seemed to be his great: st noel in the 
     
     "day of siimll Iliin:s.” 'l'lie chi-tors of three 
     
     iinportarit l.lf'[l{ll'llIlCt.l.°. liavinq Llltrl,-llC‘.i<'.‘til_\' chosen 
     
     him, the people li:-ivi.-2 risen to srippoi-r. his right 
     
     to accept ofliee, and the .-\s:‘crnlrTv I31 iirpellrd, hy 
     
     popular will, to Cl'.ll(.‘t'.'tlC the ri-_1lii—l.o'.iis Nu. 
     
     poll.-ozi lhi.s placed the (l(H'8fl‘iltll‘lll in lit.-lpless 
     
     opposition to tho oltctors, and thv large portion 
     
     of the people who sided with them. 
     
    

    
     Now arose the tui:iul'.s wliicii curl’-d bi‘ trans- 
     
     ferring the chief piincr to (li‘ll.‘.'Ill C;r\i:ii_.;iiac; 
     
     l:ut lllC50 events were (llSZlppt)illllt=’,' izi their first 
     
     course to Louis N.ip0it‘0H -Uoii.‘tp:irte. Neither 
     
     they nor the siidilcii a::ceiii‘:azi--_v of tfavaiqnztc 
     
     were found to iitl7':.:t the prirgiesi o his fortunes. 
     
     iniost unani- 
     
     riiously clioseii hint, and on the Sr of July, he 
     
     addri ssed aiiotlrcr l'.:llt'r to the new Pre;».i-lciit of 
     
    
   
   
    
     |. 
     
     . 
     
    

    
     a 
     
     it 
     
    
   
   
    
     gCr‘((‘Tl1[E and the ray.-pzl were liratcn, troops of! the Jlssenilily (tlic third of the same chttractcr 
     
     the line and the I\'..tion:il Guard \v.-ri,- called out, I witlsio a iiiontli), dc-,::l.irii.:: that he \\.".s pi'cp:rred 
     
     and all the syiiiptoriis‘ of ili.oid:'r. as it in in Paris, } again to L-3('.i‘lllt.'C lii.'ii:ell' to 
     
     lltI't‘1lll.'lll‘(l to l-ri-.rl: fortli. 'l‘hc (loveriinient,iRepublic. lite now clvctioiis w-ro now ap- 
     
     \\'!ll'lll.‘;l by the llIltlll'1S rxhii-lr for 5-.-v-.;r.r. iii--1 
     
     niiigs pa;-t ll .d lllil'i\'ll‘tl rrpoir the llutrlt,-i‘;ir'tl~‘.;U‘-'0l\‘t'ilit 
     
     were not iiiiprrpiri-i for an L“-'I‘l!l of this |tl._yl.. 
     
     .\ decree against a/lruupuu ns l.:.d hccii pa:;—i-d,_ 
     
     by virtue of wliir-li, on tho Saiiirdny evciiiin." 
     
    
   
   
    
     vl.,_, 
     
    
   
   
    
     u. 
     
    
   
   
    
     8f:l':_ I)’ til’ the 
     
    
   
   
    
     pl‘<)L|('llltl',1. aul on’? c -ii‘d rot sig, wlixit iiiijzht he 
     
     I their tflt'll~.‘.' \‘.lll(‘ll iiii .‘_!it r:»iidc~r his 
     
     ll 
     
    
   
   
    
              
     
    
   
   
    
     :~_t-c~pi:':; -2 l . . r irr:i:.‘.ti::'i-. l';;o~,i were 
     
     {ix-at .\.r'.;-.- ' .'\~.seiiibly tir t'..h;- place on 
     
     t;.e l7'.h (‘ii -\‘.l“rll llli‘. 2‘- 
     
    
   
   
    
     Exlitiiisted by the |ll1ll'tl()l'0lE1§ cor first of .li:no, 
     
     there t\'1‘.‘sllL‘p=_!ll-'| lz ;tc~r lll-ill the i~;,ople could 
     
    
   
   
    
     be r-.\‘r-itcil to terror‘: t' iir Cl.'l‘.1lt3l}!' in t'_.roiir of the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
      
     
    
   
   
    
     roniiding \'lll:l!!CS were occupietl by troops, c.".v.rl- liinperor':= iic-plicw ', and he l)l.(‘l'ill(‘. as “ iiizxioug 
     
     ry, and iiiliiiitry ; while the lort. and castl.:ot' \in- to talso his seat with tho rspre-o;itaii\'i:s," it‘ only 
     
    
   
   
    
      u 
     
    
   
   
    
     Nell’ Sci“ies. “No. 223 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tlicrlaydid not pass over, ho-.vc-vcr, without 
     
     protest A lir,-_in body ofthe rrieinbcrs of the 
     
     .\.~seinl.l_v hurried to take tlieir seats upon lb! 
     
     first roiuoiir of the mu}: 11':-Iu/, but found the door! 
     
     !.'u=m.lci| by tiliasst-iirs dc Vince:.iies. Tho 
     
     ineinbers tlt.‘lll;lli(lt'(l adniission, the so‘diers 
     
     fuwzd it at the points of their l).l\’0ll(.‘lS. 
     
     rt-prcseiitaiives lllt.‘ll retired to the mairic of tho 
     
     tPtilli ttIl'(ll.tll:Sl‘.lllt'lIl, vrliem they dr_-crcod Loni. 
     
     N ipnlcoii to he drpiivr-il of nll authority, enjoined 
     
     the ClliZ.’l:S to with-rld lllf-‘ll’ ob. diencc, and called 
     
     ripoo the lli,_ih (‘non of Jiidietittire to proceed 
     
     against the President and his accomplices. This- 
     
     decrce was signed by nearly 5.-‘.30 representatives. 
     
     llut the attenipt proved futile; for scarcely were 
     
     the signatures all siiinnicd when a body of troops 
     
     appeared at the door, and the representatives 
     
     were called upon to «lisp:-rse. 'l‘hey refused to 
     
     do .-.o, but allowed themselves all to be taken to 
     
     irisua; and iii a few davs were r.--vriveyed, some 
     
     to the fortress of Mont Vzrleiciii, some to illazrrs, 
     
     and the rr~in;iiudcr to VlllCL‘l£ll8.~‘. Thus curled 
     
    
   
   
    
     re- 
     
     ‘ o 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     tlie.-lswziriblc-e I\'atiomlc; and, llitllilllplly. no 
     
     :i.'e.l.-'i:i.;«l the Cvi,')_-;(|i8l.l0!l of adding that it ric- 
     
    
   
   
    
     p(ll'l:’,’4l public life at all l3‘l|t3lllt‘tl. 
     
    

    
     Various uiiiiriportarrt ct-llisions had talteii place 
     
     in the Ct)lll.\0 of this day (the llrd); but it was 
     
     the rzclo.-st in the proniise of inischicf, \vi.i.:lr was 
     
     aingiiy r--rlv~;iire.l «-n the inorrow. lt is ll-':€.'tllCS3 
     
     to (lcscrilic the details of tho c;rriirr;:c of this day 
     
     —the sic-ironing rep-itiiiuii of a sir-lr-:iiin_; tale. 
     
     ii:‘.l‘ilt'."rtl'.!S were ci-ecu:-J at art early hour in every 
     
     avziiiabio or €lfl\'.llllil'.'_t'tIll3 posiiiozi tlirouzlrout 
     
     l’;-.ris; and :ig'~.ii..~‘. thi.-so filitl tho~:c who (lt‘P"7l(lCd 
     
     iiic|n('l1I'.lt_V of thi-iir,:is usu rl, boys), full 30,000 
     
     men were eiiipioyoil tor llU‘.)l'$i, with all 
     
     t1X1SpPl’tilit)lliIfSlI(‘el w:irl'irti. No nicrcy was 
     
     shown try the soltlivry, for tho soldiery were 
     
     (l5SllS.SlllZll‘..tl at cv: ry opp-.vi'.unit_v. 
     
    

    
     All this occiinr-il 0'l the-ltii, and on the Ml! 
     
     the coiitcst virtua.-ly c:.dr‘d. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ccniies iioieea-iirrtlmi with artillery, aiariiuiiilioii, sohcrly elected, as he was rz.-solute lict'r.rc in 
     
    
   
   
    
     and soldier.-i nftlic lino. 'l'l.ii.s': devices, lio:~.'- 
     
     ever, were insiiliicieiit to tl(.'ll.‘l' the people from 
     
     rriohloing the very w;-.lls«:l' t.re .‘~.~:iatr.-; arid 
     
     though it was repeatedly proclairrred by the 
     
     f|’lI.‘lltl~‘ of the Prince that lit was not in Pari.-I, 
     
     ' they showed no tli::‘p()Slllti.'l to ili.-poise, hut, bro- 
     
     . ken into groiips, vciieiiieiitly debated the admis- 
     
     ‘sion oftlic new l)nput_v into the .\ss-.‘riibly. 
     
    

    
     i .\l.l(‘.ll_;}ll'r the Goveriiirieiit dutrrniined to op- 
     
     :’ pose strong |llC‘.’l‘."-.lll’CE a;;:iii:st the iiioh. A l.rr,;-tr 
     
     ll"-ircc, (.'t‘ltlpl'l$!.‘tl of ll'0l|}_l.i ofiho litre, the Nziti-.iir:il 
     
     .(}ii'rrd:x, and tho (.Z.ird: .\lo‘.iile, with SU\'Li.ll 
     
     l 
     
    

    
     l 
     
    
   
   
    
     zrl« 
     
    
   
   
    
     pic('.(‘.s of artillery, were l|ll't'Zltl_V stationed roiiznl 
     
     {the Cliriirihcr; and, about. 5 o'cloi-,lt, r'i3_«_ziiireii!s of 
     
     icavalry and lltfirlllt'_\’ crrnsml the bridge opposite 
     
     the Palace of the Asst.-:::l.-l_i.', formed a jiii.ctit-rr 
     
     with the l\':ition.'il Guards already on the Plac‘ 
     
     dc la llevoltition, and in live rnirintcs swept oil‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     the huge aseeiriblage that occiipied it at the point 
     
     of the bayonet. Having cltrarctl the l‘l:ir-e, a 
     
    
   
   
    
     beating the par do charge, moved rapidly along 
     
     the rues do ltivoli. Castiglionc and la Pair", in the 
     
    
   
   
    
     soldiers were charging the people in all direc- 
     
     tions, tlie effect of which was to suspend the 
     
     sitting for a time. It was virtually re-opened by 
     
     M. de Lamartine, who, rushing into the tribune. 
     
     cried, “ Blood has been shed, shots have been 
     
     fired here at hand, and the cry is raised, ‘ Vivo 
     
     l’Enipsrenr Napoleon." A law should at once 
     
     he passed to pitta stopto this!” The proposi- 
     
     tion was met by acclamation; and M. de Lam:rr- 
     
     line then read a decree, which had been provi 
     
     dently prepared beforehand by the Cabinet, con- 
     
     firming the exclusion of Louis Napoleon. 
     
    

    
     Though great acclamation ensued ttpon the 
     
     reading oftho decree, it does not appear to llJ|Vt'. 
     
     been regularly voted before the rnciribers |'t‘llll'|lCtl 
     
     to business more persona in a measure of cori- 
     
     fidenco against the Ministry. 
     
    

    
     ’l‘lrc events of the following dav, ltowcver. 
     
     showed the importance of decision of soiiic sort 
     
     In the rnorning, a similar tlisplzty of niilLtar_v forr-v-, 
     
     was found necessary to meet the populace ar_v:.i.i 
     
     con rt.-,'..t.:d about the . a'.iai...l Aosmnoly. ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     {CHI 
     
    
   
   
    
     same point. A few shots were fired, but the i that kiinl over yet perverted, or ever can pervert 
     
     people offered no resistance, sliouting, ll0\\'CV€|',_‘3ll unwilling people into voting a ruler into 
     
     as they ran, " Viva l’l'3mpr-reor !’ “ Vive Louis : power by a majority an immense as declared in 
     
     Napoleon!” with great determination and vigour. favour of Louis Napoleon. 
     
    

    
     Meanwliile the Chambcrheld its usual sitting. the people, he was undoubtedly elected. no 
     
     But towards evening, news was brought, that the received nearly six millions o vo 
     
    
   
   
    
     declining the honour. The result was certainly 
     
     most triumpliaiit to him. He was l’l3llll‘llt3tl for 
     
     ’;iri.-i (d ‘:l't|‘lli)l‘lll in-.' the ."-cine) by 110,752 votes; 
     
     for the Yonno, by =1'.‘.,t‘iS6 votes; and for 
     
     Moselli.-, the (Iharcnte lnfcrienre and Corsica by 
     
     lame l‘l:rjiIl‘lllt.‘S. 
     
    

    
     Cori.-.up.i:.=iitl_.,‘, at the opening of the sitting of 
     
     the ‘lith October, the l‘r'iui:e :ip_ic:ir:'-d iriithe 
     
     Asseinlily, aiiii-lst much agitation. and took his 
     
     srat on the li:.nulrt:s of the left. 'l‘l.r: reporters 
     
     of the va-‘ions iiepartinciits for \\ Erich he had bee 
     
     (‘.lltlSClt th-so inountc-d the l.’ll)llii'?, and Louis 
     
     N:iiiiileriii was pl‘0t‘l£ll‘.llC(l llcprv-:::i'.:.-.ti\'c. 
     
    

    
     ’l‘lin llltll of llitccriilier was fixni to: the Pre- 
     
     s‘:d.--ntialt~'.u-tioii; and Iuiiiis Napolcori lllll‘l1t'(ll- 
     
     atcly after issued an elaborate a.l:'rc:s to the 
     
    
   
   
    
     .- 
     
    
   
   
    
     '1 
     
     Ct 
     
    
   
   
    
     oplo. 
     
    

    
     'l‘hc elections tool: place in du-" course on the 
     
     10th of l).ci~nihcr; and if any doubt existed 
     
     hitherto, and cnnsnlcrnhfe doubt dill exist, as to 
     
    
   
   
    
     troop of dragooiis advaiiced upon the line lloyal i the popularity of Bun-.ip:irtist \'tC\\':s, the results 
     
     towards the l.lonIc.vards, driving the people l-cfore‘: of that election were Slllll4‘lL‘l’tl to di =po.l them for 
     
     them, while a large body of the Guides Iiloliilcs, , ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     ever. It is vain, and serves no good purpose, 
     
     since it does not serve the truth, to speak of hired 
     
     issarics and pl'0[)3g8lltll.~lS. o machinery of 
     
    
   
   
    
     fly the free-will of 
     
    
   
   
    
     tea. 
     
    

    
     'l‘licycar 1851 was inaugurated by the deepen- 
     
     ing infatuation of political parties, and, more 
     
     ominous yet, the dismissal of General Changer- 
     
     nier from the command of the army of Paris. 
     
     would be a matter ol' history, rather than biogra- 
     
     phy to recal the struggle for the revision of the 
     
     Constitution. 
     
    

    
     Proclamations, posted on every wall by dawn 
     
     of morning on the 2d of December, evinced that 
     
     all“.-airs had changed. Troops filled the city before 
     
     its inhabitants were well 
     
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     Bedean, with Colonel Charras, M. M. Thiers, 
     
     l.a«.:rnnge, and other less intluential persons, but 
     
     numerous enough to he r~.-nintetl by the score, 
     
     were arrested ; and the prorlaniations were post- 
     
     ed, the troops were disposed, on every arrest 
     
     was made, in less than two dark hours of I win- 
     
     to: ‘ The eople become broad awake, 
     
     il-nlaredthc coup of the President to has . 
     
     mover, and returned to their busincss—f0t' that 
     
     evening, in icastt in-.--_y' Us tit.’ ;Z..)..J, loo, '.v,,-“; 
     
    
   
   
    
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     teen guns were planted round the walls; and the 
     
    
   
   
    
     returned to their barracks. 
     
    
   
   
    
     \Vitli the (‘XllZtll'l.tfl’IlI of at lt‘.'lal‘1.(0il men, 
     
     rho l;ihmtt‘S or .nuis l\'apole.iii were now ziiiislied; 
     
     and with tho tr.-riniiizitiun oftliis cont-:-st terniinated 
     
     gall opp-':~ tion to his will: front that day to this 
     
    

    
     his will has lrovii the will of Frtiiico. (lo the 3rd 
     
     of l);-or-ni!;::r~, a decree was issrivd, coiivol-ziiig the 
     
     people in their \'lli'l()t:S eh.-etoral dZ.~trii.-ts to accept 
     
     rej,-ct the tollo'.vin<,; “ pleli:'s.z-ite:"——“Tho 
     
     'rciich pr-oplo wills tho m’-.intcii:incr.r of Louis 
     
     r\'.'ipo'eoii ll-w.a;i'irtc’s autliority, and delegates to 
     
     ? him the powers iirerssary to frame a Constitution 
     
     ion the l).'lSl';1 of his pror-l.i:riatioir of the 2d of 
     
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     i December. This franeliise was t‘?itt)niled to all 
     
     ifreonren of ill years of age. The ballot tool: 
     
     } place on the ‘ltltii and ‘list of December, and the 
     
     I result,, as olli i-.ili_v niinouiiccd, stoo thus :- 
     
     Allirinative votes, 7,«l.'l'.’.fl D; iiogative, 610,737. 
     
     The sullra zvs of the army were separately 
     
     : computed, and were, ofctrursc decidedly aflirmao 
     
     tive; not so of the votes of z\l5_rcri.'.t, which were 
     
     unfavourable to the l’rc.sideut's pretensions. By 
     
     this plebcscite Louis Napoleon was elected 
     
     ’l'tv‘5lt.l-Jill. for ten _vc:rrs. 
     
    

    
     The personal history of Louis Napoleon Bona- 
     
     parte is now suinirrcd up in a few words. He- 
     
     stored to more than his origitial authority, it soon 
     
     became apparent to all the world that it was only 
     
     a means to the furtlier aim—an aim kept constantly 
     
     in night from the birizinning-—tlre restoration of 
     
     the Empire. For a Ion time, Louis Napoleon 
     
     played coyly about the subject. Apart from 
     
     motives of internal policy, the Empire was 3 
     
     delicate subject to introduce into his foreign 
     
     relations; it long remained doubtful whether he 
     
     could have been acknowledged under such all 
     
     assumption by the other Continental Powers. 
     
     But by patience, and prudence, and good fortune, 
     
     all obstacles to his ambition were removed in t 0 
     
     course of: single year; and, ratified by 8,000,000 
     
     of_ voters, the Empire was proclaimed, and 
     
    

    
     xrsts. 
     
    

    
     The Marriage of the Emperor, the latest event 
     
     in his life of any importance, must not be omitted 
     
     from this chronicle. 
     
    

    
     On the 22d of January, I853, the Emperor 
     
     announced to the Senate his intention of taking 
     
     to himself the Countess Tebs, a Spanish lady, of 
     
     noble, but not of Royal descent. 
     
    

    
     The civil ceremony was performed at tho Tui- 
     
     lerios on the evening of Saturday, the ’.‘9ih of 
     
     January. and ratified by the Church on the fol- 
     
    
   
   
    
     pwing day with great pomp.