Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . deputies were present. The Duke dAudiffret-Pasquier delivered a speech, whichthe Republicans concurred in considering firmand suitable to the occasion. He said: Iwelcome the new representatives of the pub-lic powers, who have been freely suffrage has just sanctioned the re-publican constitution of the 25th of February,which is a work of conciliation and appease-ment, and thus acquires a double will have to continue protecting the t:iskof your predecessors and gather round thegovernmen
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . deputies were present. The Duke dAudiffret-Pasquier delivered a speech, whichthe Republicans concurred in considering firmand suitable to the occasion. He said: Iwelcome the new representatives of the pub-lic powers, who have been freely suffrage has just sanctioned the re-publican constitution of the 25th of February,which is a work of conciliation and appease-ment, and thus acquires a double will have to continue protecting the t:iskof your predecessors and gather round thegovernment of Marshal MacMahon, in orderto insure the maintenance of order and peace,the repose necessary to the country, so that itmay repair the disasters of the past and sup-port the burdens of the future. I hope thecountry will be pacified when you hand overyour powers to your successors. M. Gaul-tier de Ruinilly, President of the Senate byseniority, said : The Senate, the guardian ofthe constitution, will insure the preservationof peace and security for all interests, and will. THE OLD BASTILE, PARIS. lend its support to the marshal, the constitu-tional President of the Republic, on behalf oforder and liberty at home and abroad. announced that the cabinet wasintrusted by Marshal MacMahon with theduty of declaring that, with the aid of Godand the cooperation of the two Chambers, themarshal would govern conformably with thelaws and with the view to the promotion ofthe honor and the interest of the Duke dAudiffret-Pasquier then declaredthe mission of the National Assembly to be atan end. and he delivered its powers to the newChambers. At the close of the ceremony theSenate and the Chamber of Deputies com-menced their first regular sitting. On the re-sumption of the sitting of the Chamber ofDeputies, M. Raspail delivered a short address,in which he appealed to the members to dis- 314 FRANCE. play concord and devotedness to the Chamber of Deputies elec
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