The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-04-22 00:00:00, page 1

[Volume I.]
Louis xvith.l
— _==. -1
From the Columbian Centinel.
Mr. Russell,
WHEN a 04# is brought to Juffer
ttepa^s of death by violent means,
mberWfi^^
either case a d^^
not only in thoje who die toe immediate
witnesses of bis exit, bat in all who are
muffled with him ^ a, relation wbat
ever. , §
The man who $ the delated fation irt
which be was placed, and who was eoi
nefted, we mayfay with thereto dri
verfe, may doubitejs claim the fame tri
bute from dll who inhabit thoft countries
to wbicb France is not a flranger, and
who have fouls capable of bring' stoved.
After this JpoVrtdneous tribntefybicb
humanity offers to the greatest of misfor
tunes to which the human race is exposed,
the mind difragaged from the feelings of
& beart, is naturally led to fetsreb into
the causes of fa deplorable a cataftropbe|
as that which is pre/ented-to us in the
person of the to, powerful Monarch Wf
the univafe,TOWf^fo the summit of
human grandeur to an ignominious /caf
fold. There are few perfens acquainted
with bi,% whofa not, on making the
eQty, tauratty to /, H'*i#,arice
parallel to &in&r coty@ation; and
we have already. heard fair, who not
having followed the ^fortunate but too
tirtuous Louis xvi. into the different
paths of bis administration, endeavour to
fad a feimblance between his fete and
&tdf CAI RIES ^ ift.—d^
the rifag emotions of humanity b, the
Rgfoons of an absurd policy—lt is par
ticularly for feel shot We have attempted
fa bring pirate tWVlffl tybri%
traits of the reigns of th/e two monarchs.
Hi,or,feints tens Charles the Fir,;
as a man wbofeebar alter wafWedk^and;
&e deportment @i haughty; hi was\
led by bis favourite and continually drawn
„to detooi^advn, WBtffi @tyift policy
would babe reined •,Well knowing
principles of freedom combated fob an
meterate batred for rfypfytibad latan
pbfffoof the W& tewik^rfa
le/s indulgent to the f^fl^^^^ \
of bis ^een, who publicki, mantfefted
her wife, that the CatbolicE religio,
Wight prevail in England ; wbo kffity
ax inter%ft w@ tWtourttf femfy
and admitted tear her perlon a Nuncio
from the Pope. King of a f+tepffli
bit attempted' hr rule over tfair canfci
encies, and encouraged the Arcbbifap of
Canterbury in bis projects again, the
&o^ + This be became fffffidft
being a Catbolick, and the confidence of
^7s& was etiwiH&h^
barn, all powerful under Jxml ,+,e
after baling weared out tbF'?*'%^
came the execration of the people of En
fod,%ff accutaitf wfyrrak.fr
gain, him by lWham£nt, dM €W^
fobduty as King to to make the laws
Published by ELV|AH RUSSELL,; * his OFFICE, near the Meeting House, in CONCORD, Newh ampshire. ^
CO NCOR D, M OND AY, April 22, 179^ £
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refpefled, was seen to trample on them in
top id bis favourite, by Fling him
'from punifbment to bis attainder.^ l
Charles imtopawar at three fro
eral times againff the wifoes of both
Houses ;to prove that be could do this
without the fabfidiar, aid of bis people
was in fa^ to bring an attainder against
the Confoution. He arbitrarily imposed
mes on the forefis, on merchandize and
on the maritime towns, thus violating one
of the meflfacred rights of a free people.
The British Conftitutton gives to the King
a privy Council ; the bought, temper of
Charles would not buffer him to yield
to the contradiblions be there met usb;
be three times dissolved the Commons and
deprived the kingdom of their Parliament
during fourteen, ears. He at Is[took
arms ag,itfbis fopfe, and thus alien
ated the mind£ of those whom tbefoW
ifflpffi tftbe Cardinal Dt Richlteu
bad not failed to alarm refpeaing the pl&t
'of the -King. Levis XVLat the age of
twenty, came to the pofrffian of a fever- 1
eign power which for man, centuries bad
ffyered no contr^diaion ; this be exer
cised witb a mildieft, a regard far &\
people, an nprigbtwfs, a fcnfibtltty which
recalled to the French, the memory of the
mo, beloved of their Kings, Louis xn.
the father of his people, and Hen RY
it more celebrated fy that name ibah
by bis Sirriame es rhe Great.
Natei^dmt be,ow&
agenras proportioned to the task towbicb
his birth fubjefled him •, but uta man
ever bad a more elevated foul ? Wbat
man ever di/covered intentions more pure?
In what perplexities bra to mt fan
him whenever & has bffi obliged to
make choice of a mini, er ! All tbofe per
sons of reflexion who have traced him in
tbe&hhtnfration of to kingdom; have
obferoed and repeat With 'tearsof com
abtyraiion, the reply which Louis xv I.
always made to Lmmfarf whenever
they prepofed any prfya tending to tap
I vation, “ will this tend to the happiness
of my people?"
He fawthe finances of bis kingdom ih
a condition fufficientty ruinous to juflify an
dßof national bankruptcy ;be might have
reaped the fruit while & blame and W«
grate would have been imputed To bis
\flffitefrn\ this was proofed toffi
[be^efled it wiiblbm^ if the ft
:nifer who propped it bad not died soon
afar, tbere can be no doubt but the King
,w^/d tor WtbdQ^rafa bis
m^ik^, pl & B&uptc,
would have only hatred the rich, and the
taxes might have been imradtafy re
duce, i» third, tyM^. would have en
sured bim, from millions of wretches, the
of the immeditift fhtah+s' Would have
been droWnedi!
Louis xvi, abolifad the remains of fcroitude
nvbicb rminihd the French o) the feudal oartariftn;
brr&fed the ~erior tribunals 'g^w^ce knuwp
«tfdf Parliaments, tuhi& <wtfk. deftroyM
and qJbu'b,& loity ofbnpty^
criminal cede nubcb fiffTOnoftk the *s¥ j,r
prudege f be commuted thepwfoment of death, till
iben arinesced to the crime of upmum; be Ifflmd
the law flabhfad by ty^riv.agai^f perjons
l o,fbe reformed rehgto% and it was always bis in
dention to bdie placted tbem on a level with other
French Citizens. Obliged to car, on a ruinous
war, be did not impose a Jingle tart in addition to
tbofe before eftplifad. ;, be opened loans,, the confi
dence which' bis fdtyffiQfiid in bit integrity
made them eaj, to be obtained ; and be bad content
plated b, l&ninQ&W&ttjU tf^^Court, tbe dif
cbarge ftbe, whole mays $(% M ; flaken in this
auem,t & h called together councilsfrom allparts of
bis kinj^m ; among a tboufand other prrjeas, that
of a national Bankruptcy was again luggefted.
Loujs fob then convoked the State General. A
Gmtfifyi^^Wrr/?idid the Royal Ptycgative.
was ftpofed ^ tie King accepted it although be
kuf&*,ot 404 re mat, points ^4 be cbotf
t^teretoipferity the care of leaking tbofe amend
mresf^bicA #„rienco m^
An ambitious villain threw Charles the
Rirft into,bepit which the faults of this Monarch
had ,n„r,d. This quetch bad on bis fide art
arm, —tbefoldiers of a flanding arm, are always
moremew,, Qlfaradfromthe mos ignorant cliffs
} of a cornniunit,, it therefore is not afonifang that
j foldiers Jhovld bo bought or deceived. Charles
;was judged#, villains chosen by Cromwell ;
the English nation, had no frare in the crime, for
} btfbregheformation of the high Court of fuflee the
Parliament was difolwed. The city of London
were in motion in favour of Charles, sin ar
m, was necefer,tofupprejs them. In all parts of
t ffofaugd^were formed for Charles.
J Tbye fyffliqfety tbemfelm, ; the brave oftofed
th, ajuQafto# of Crom WELL,, but the arm, tri
\am,»e/, @^^H«PQ£, jffi And this hor
rible crime was considered l, all thinking beihgs,
aprafateupmfe &gliJh, although as a nation,
^vfo did „t participate in. if —tbofe immediate,
guilt, #f tow, fy ever, fe< ; Tier,, on the <on
trar,; wasa King who confeer&d ever, moment
, bj arfeig»tfri,fte%,ears 40 tbe bappinejs of hi,
. peopLand^bo afta: haqd^M^^r^ all the.
grades of horror, which the mtf,(fined cruelty'could
beaf,pon a sensible »ing,f&'„imfelf condemned
to fuffir igt&>miniow deatb,upon the jcafrld, b, the
most folimtribunal which could be formed by a
great peoph—a National Convention—^ere not
, :aftyej%sd'«b& d/aWn idfitoodr of thefather
. l ofsra>ffl„,df millions of fee,h; and fitent regrets,
i and folitm, Wir»&e,»dfybffer^ngs at the tomb
, of a monarch,wbofe reign was more glorious than
, that % HENRY Iv. ,r Le wis tb^ Great ; and
who might irilkfa, of the x^roirfe, have chal
lenged bis jubje&s ta articulate against him out
well grounded reproach. -1
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) rf ON TAB M&is ACT.
I , a^ ^..■.■•:^?;/l , .r^ ".to/ )»W^H=
^Q&ra&^R&X^^
MR. RUSSELL, ':
Perfat&l^tma a,^<tt'Q : ifoed
twywriiteJwPaffi',"for ibe sod of the Pafc'
!^'r^iia^^
3 I%A>i^ Length, Iricorreantfi,
ft frofy&° Fdufl, preclude their Insertion, 1
nvlJh a'Rldceina, be groin theta'in the Mirtour.
+ArT this dav, when the ' 6 Rights of Man"
A are happily substituted for the Wrongs
; of Despotism ; arid the Doctrine of Equality is
{ more fafhionable than passive Obedience and
, ^onrefifUince ;it is riot a little surprising, that
I ,ih any of the United States of dtahica, whose
[lnhabitants have been dignified with the Ap
, fellationbf f^b^ oYln&fßTf," a Law
ffioultl lfe Chattedro rejogriant to the Spirit of
Freemen, as the Militia A&, passed the last
Session of our Stifle Legiflature.—lt has been
' a pleating Employment to certain Characters
ithr&lfctft theUhited Srateiho vilifyto a
, §bufe me fii^tial Goverrakferit, while the state
Governments are left t^^k; such Laws as
they plcafe ; becUufe—fahere is no Danger of
fflWfrfy,=„wfyWtt Bill
was beffreCongrefs, Surriffle, &Conje&ures
iwere feelfriteulated; the severest Difci-
Fpline would be eftabliffied; and we were cau
:tinned against the Encroachments of Tyranny
Ifofl^mtiffi. JiALbOTT is 1 a republican
^Number 26.