The thing commonly called human intelligence is suppressed.
"Done at the Palace of the Tuileries January 14, 1852.
"LOUIS NAPOLEON.
"Witnessed and sealed with the great seal.
"E.

ROUHER.
"_Keeper of the Seals and Minister of Justice._" This Constitution, which loudly proclaims and confirms the Revolution of 1789 in its principles and its consequences, and which merely abolishes liberty, was evidently and happily inspired in M.Bonaparte, by an old provincial play-bill which it is well to recall at this time: THIS DAY, The Grand Representation OF LA DAME BLANCHE, AN OPERA IN THREE ACTS.
Note.

The _music_, which would embarrass the progress of the plot, will be replaced by lively and piquant _dialogue_.
II THE SENATE This lively and piquant dialogue is carried on by the Council of State, the Corps Legislatif and the Senate.
Is there a Senate then?
Certainly.

This "great body," this "balancing power," this "supreme moderator," is in truth the principal glory of the Constitution.

Let us consider it for a moment.
The Senate! It is a senate.