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Napoleon the Little

BOOK VI
13/32

Who added?
Maupas.

Who certified?
Troplong.

Who made the proclamation?
Yourself! In other words, servility counted, platitude examined, trickery checked, forgery added, venality certified, and mendacity proclaimed.
Very good.
Whereupon, M.Bonaparte ascends to the Capitol, orders M.Sibour to thank Jupiter, puts a blue and gold livery on the Senate, a blue and silver livery on the Corps Legislatif, and a green and gold livery on his coachman; lays his hand on his heart, declares that he is the product of "universal suffrage," and that his "legitimacy" has issued from the ballot-box.

That box is a wine-cup.
IV WHO REALLY VOTED FOR M.BONAPARTE?
We declare therefore, we declare simply this, that on the 20th of December, 1851, eighteen days after the 2nd, M.Bonaparte put his hand into every man's conscience, and robbed every man of his vote.

Others filch handkerchiefs, he steals an Empire.


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