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CONTENTS
Number Page
D. Decree for Establishing National Workshops. February 26, 1848. 517
E. Proclamation and Order for the Luxembourg Commission. February 28, 1848. 517
F. Decree for Abolishing Titles of Nobility. February 29, 1848. 518
G. Decree upon Labor. March 2, 1848. 518
H. Decree for the National Assembly. March 5, 1848. 519
I. Decree upon Slavery. April 27, 1848. 520
108. Petition of the 16th of April. April 16, 1848. 521
109. Declaration upon the Republic. May 4, 1848. 522
110. Constitution of 1848. November 4, 1848. 522
111. Documents upon the Coup d'Etat of December 2, 1851. 538
A. Decree for Dissolving the National Assembly. December 2, 1851. 538
B. Proclamation to the People. December 2, 1851. 538
C. Proclamation to the Army. December 2, 1851. 540
D. First Decree for the Plebiscite. December 2, 1851. 541
E. Second Decree for the Plebiscite. December 4, 1851. 542
F. Election Appeal. December 8, 1851. 542
112. Constitution of 1852. January 14, 1852. 543
113. Documents upon Louis Napoleon and the Press. 549
A. Decree upon the Press. February 17, 1852. 549
B. Law upon the Press. May 11, 1868. 552
114. Documents upon the Evolution of the Second Empire. 554
A. Speech of the Prince-President to the Chambers. March 29, 1852. 554
B. Address of the Municipality of Vedennes to Louis-Napoleon. October, 1852. 557
C. The Bordeaux Address. October 9, 1852. 558
D. Senatus-consultum upon the Empire. November 7, 1852. 560
115. Documents upon the Congress of Paris. 562
A. Treaty of Paris. March 30, 1856. 562