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The words of the Plebiscitum are, " Do you approve

the Liberal reforms effected by the Emperor since 1860 in the Constitution of 1852, and ratify the Senatus-Consultum of 20th April, 1870,— 'Yes' or 'No'? " but the Imperial proclamation turns this question into a demand for a vote of confidence in Napoleon. M. 011ivier reads it in the same sense, but adds in a letter to his constituents of the Var, a letter intended for all France, that an affirmative vote will be a proof of affection for himself, and that " No " means Revolution. We have analyzed this astounding production else- where, but may note here that it has produced a bad effect, and that the hope of a great majority entertained at the Tuileries apparently declines.

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