. Illustrated universal history: being a clear and concise history of all nations. efore an interval of four years. Louis Napoleon desired to haveit revised and so altered as to render him eligible to reelection; but the Assembly,by a large vote, in 1851, refused to revise it. The President, in his message, inNovember, 1851, advised the Assembly to extend the right of suffrage; but theAssembly rejected a proposition for that purpose, and soon afterwards a propositionwas offered threatening the President with impeachment if he should seek a reelec-tion contrary to the provisions of the constitu
. Illustrated universal history: being a clear and concise history of all nations. efore an interval of four years. Louis Napoleon desired to haveit revised and so altered as to render him eligible to reelection; but the Assembly,by a large vote, in 1851, refused to revise it. The President, in his message, inNovember, 1851, advised the Assembly to extend the right of suffrage; but theAssembly rejected a proposition for that purpose, and soon afterwards a propositionwas offered threatening the President with impeachment if he should seek a reelec-tion contrary to the provisions of the constitution. The Coup d Ktat.—The breach between the President and the National As-sembly was rapidly widening; and finally, Louis Napoleon determined to crush, aJone blow, all opposition to his will, by a bold stroke of state policy. About fiveoclock in the morning of the 2d of December, 1851, the principal streets of Pariswere occupied by troops; and the leading members of the Assembly, and I. e chiefmilitary leaders, whom Louis Napoleon knew were opposed to his ambitious THIERS,
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