in the government upon executive power, assert a Council of State (refined members of society) to fabricate laws and have a legislative body, elected by universal male suffrage, to vote on the laws. These principles appealed to the people of the nation due to the expression of universal male suffrage, a very liberal conception. He further appealed to the sense of national pride among the French people by indicating that by voting for him you voted for the belief in the cause of his name, referring to the grandeur of the French nation under the leadership of his uncle, Napoleon I, but a vote against him was a vote for weak, incompetent government .
             This sense of restoring the country to past glories appealed to a vast number of people who believed that Louis Napoleon could restore French influence throughout Europe, like Napoleon I did. Napoleon continued to entice support with his promises of peace, freedom from anarchy, the crumbling of barriers and the disappearance of rivalries in France, as well as throughout Europe. These cumulative appe
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