900 - [PRESS - SECOND EMPIRE]. Handwritten manuscript, fair-copied. A few corrections and additions. 35 pp. in-4, stapled. No place, no date [1852]. Blank cover. Turquoise ink. Slight creases at the corners.

[PRESS - SECOND EMPIRE]. Handwritten manuscript, fair-copied. A few corrections and additions. 35 pp. in-4, stapled. No place, no date [1852]. Blank cover. Turquoise ink. Slight creases at the corners. Proposal to establish a pro-Napoleon III newspaper at the time of the proclamation of the Second Empire. Manifesto divided into three chapters: I - The Need for a New Press. II - The Views and Trends That Must Guide the Editorial Policy of the Proposed Newspaper. III—Personal Remarks “I have the honor of requesting authorization to publish a newspaper without being required to post a bond in advance. Is the creation of a new newspaper useful? What should be the spirit of the proposed newspaper? Am I worthy of the Prince’s trust? These are the three questions I will endeavor to answer in the following paragraphs.” After outlining the philosophy of his newspaper, the author—who remained anonymous—discusses his background, his political commitment to the cause of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, and his titles: “There is now but one force in France, and that is the general liberty of the nation governed by the authority—now naturally hereditary—bearing the name of Napoleon. Let us therefore conspire to introduce into the 1852 Constitution what all of France demands: Liberty and Hereditary Rule. By a happy coincidence, both of these additions—equally necessary—are simultaneously possible. In these times of intellectual turmoil, it might have been bold to undertake a major legal reform solely to reestablish the principle of heredity. But what will make this restoration easy is that the Empire can make freedom its gift of celebration […]. For eight years, I served as an adjunct professor at the Collège de France, holding the chair of comparative law; and in 1849, the faculty of that institution, in an exceptional tribute, brought my services to the attention of the Minister of Public Instruction […]".