If any one of you moves or speaks, here is the muzzle of my pistol.

Otherwise, you are quite free." The travellers put out their arms, and sign.
The brigand thereupon tosses his head, and says:-- "I have seven million five hundred thousand votes." III SCRUTINY OF THE VOTE .-- A REMINDER OF PRINCIPLES .-- FACTS M.Louis Bonaparte is president of this diligence.

Let us recall a few principles.
For a political ballot to be valid, three absolute conditions must exist: First, the vote must be free; second, the vote must be intelligent; third, the figures must be accurate.

If one of these three conditions is wanting, the ballot is null.

How is it when all three are wanting?
Let us apply these rules.
First.