He has appointed the Senate, he has instituted holidays, he has provided for the "safety of society," he has driven a sacred nail into the wall of the Pantheon, and he has hung upon this nail his _coup d'etat_.

The only discrepancy is, that he makes and unmakes the law according to his own fancy, he rides horseback without permission, and as to the six months, he takes a little more time.

Caesar took five years, he takes double; that is but fair.

Julius Caesar five, M.Louis Bonaparte ten--the proportion is well observed.
From the dictator, let us pass to the despot.

This is the other qualification almost accepted by M.Bonaparte.Let us speak for a while the language of the Lower Empire.