eaune, Greppo, Miot, Nadaud, Roger
(du Nord), and Baze. They were immediately transferred to the Chateau of
Vincennes, and subsequently removed to Ham; with the exception of M.
Thiers, who was taken to the prison of Mazas. General Changarnier was
arrested at his own house at 4 o'clock in the morning. Several other
representatives were with him at the time, and were also taken into
custody. Gen. C. attempted to harangue the troops who were sent to arrest
him, but they refused to listen to him. At the same time that the above
arrests were made, commissaries of police were dispatched to the offices
of the public journals to suspend some, and regulate the course of others.
In the morning the walls of Paris were found to be placarded with a
decree, in the following terms: "In the name of the French people, the
President of the Republic decrees: 1. The National Assembly is dissolved.
2. Universal suffrage is re-established; the law of the 31st May is
repealed. 3. The French people are convoked in their communes from the
14th to the 21st December. 4. The state of siege is decreed in the whole
of the first military division. 5. The Council of State is dissolved. 6.
The Minister of the Interior is charged with the execution of this
decree.--Louis Napoleon Bonaparte." At a later hour an appeal to the people
was issued by the President, and posted upon the walls. It declared that
he had dissolved the Assembly, which was attacking his power, and
compromising the peace of France. He had faithfully observed the
Constitution, but it was his duty to baffle the perfidious plans of those
who were seeking to overturn the Republic. He accordingly appealed to the
people. He would not consent longer to hold a power ineffective for good:
if they wished him to continue in his post, they must give him the means
of fulfilling his mission, which was to close the era of revolutions. He
submitted to them the basis of a new Constitution, providing: 1. A
responsible head named for ten years. 2. Ministers dependent on the
Executive power alone. 3. A Council of State, to propose laws and discuss
them. 4. A legislative body discussing and voting laws, named by universal
suffrage. 5. A second assembly, formed of all the illustrious of the
country. He asked them to vote for or against him on this basis. If he did
not obtain a majority, he would give up power. A proclamation to the army
was issued in a similar manner. He told the soldiers that he counted on