Peace Returns
The Bonapartists were finally assured of a victory. Generals Vaillant and Harispe became Marshal of France on 11 December. A new constitution was being drafted. A referendum was organised to ratify the new order and the coup was portrayed as a security operation.
On 20 and 21 December, the French voted for the acceptance of the new regime by an overwhelming majority of 7,145,000 to 600,000. Louis-Napoléon now had the power to draft a new constitution.
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