The Republic of France approves the Universal Manhood Suffrage

The universal manhood suffrage has been approved.

'Yesterday, on the 2nd of March, 1848, the universal manhood suffrage was approved by Lamartine, the Government, for making elections for a new Constituent Assembly possible.

The day before, in Paris, France, the Second Republic was proclaimed by Alphonse de Lamartine in the name of the provisional government elected by the Chamber under the pressure of the mob. Therefore, Lamartine was appointed president of this provisional Government. Lamartine wished for them to maintain their original principles, with the whole country as supreme, whereas the revolutionaries under Ledru-Rollin wished for the republic of Paris to hold a monopoly on political power. Elections for the Constituent assembly were scheduled, and because of this, the government, under the pressure of the Parisian clubs, decided in favour of an immediate reference to the people and direct universal suffrage. Thanks to this, yesterday they approved the universal manhood suffrage, making it possible for men to vote for a Constituent Assembly. We will see if the constituent Assembly returns or not.