The National Register.
London, England, 1816-01-14 00:00:00

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FItENCH PAPERS.
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CIIAMTIER OF DEPUTIES, JAN.

The Chamber having given the Art of the presentation of the
Law, which had been printed and discussed in the Bureaux—
The President said, It is the custom; when the Commission has
not been unanimous, to give precedence to the. minority. The
minority of the Commission which made a. report upon the Amnesty,
has chosen M. De Germiny for its orgen,
The Count Dr Gcrininy. Far be it from me to impute to my
honourable Colleagues, composing the.majority of the Commission,
any other intention than those which the love of order and the
public good inspire.—They were willing to search into truth, but
have differed as to the means. The Amnesty is a measure pre-
scribed by our long unhappiness, by humanity, the love of repose,
and the need of exercising clemency—that virtue so natural to good
Kings ; fur which, this measnre will have its effect—it will force
the very culpable to repentance ; and shew those who attempt to
fellow a culpable course, that they hare nothing to hope in con-
skdring against a Prince who knows how to govern and to pardon.
'1 he Declarations of 1814, and those of 181 S, are eternal monuments
of his goodness, and of his sovereign justice, and his heart—no one
can doubt clemency and pity excel iii his heart. The Ordonnance
of the tlth of July, incomplete as it is, can alone calm hatreds, and
dissipate all inquietudes. The Commission has not laid out all the
Acts emanating from the Royal pdwer, they seek, in the terms of
the Ordonnance, for means to extend the- exceptions. But the
majority wish for other means, not less salutary. I need not telt
you, that the right of Amnesty is inherent in the Sovereign. The
only difficulty is in the application of the exceptions to the Am.;
besty. It had begun by the sad catastrophe of the month of March,
and, above all, of those measures already taken, which did not
appear invincible obstacles to introduce into a new system.
France had not received the promise of repose and ease, though
the clemency of the King was inexhaustible. If the amendment
which the Commission have proposed to Article 111 S receive your!
approbation, the Executive -Power willsepport the weight. They
speak of the inefficiency of the list—the classification which we'
haVe proposed, will not augment the difficulty. You will see-in
these lists names famous in the history of our misfortunes—Yon
will see also the culpable principles of the conspiracy.
The Comma: lion have thus established under the culpable
efasses.-Ist. The Ministers and Counsellors of State, who ac-
cepted office before the 23d of March. Your severity is already,
eatistied with regard to a part of' these men. The others; by state,
reasons, which it is not at all necessary- to make deeper, have not
all been stated on the list ; but the Commissioner iecollectssat the.
same time, the nesessity of leaving- them to the .EXectitiwe Power
for process.-2d: The Marshals and GenerAls Commanding in Chief
of Divisions, which declared ter the Usurper before his entry into
Paris. The first lists does not contain the Iv hole of those names.
One of the greatest crinduals has already paid with his life for the
unhappiness of his country, and the annals of the worldswilf shew
that this grand arrest has saved France from new dangers.--3d.
The Generals in Chief who directed their threes against the Royal
Army. But why is it wished to establish a distinction between
those who murehed against the King, and those -who marched
against a' Prince ofthe family? It' each has been culpable, each
must go before the King for pardon. The nth Article proposes
to • form an amendment in respect to the - treasure in the intended
processes, which request will be granted on the goods of the cul-
pable, as indemnities for the expences of the war. That indem-
nity will be levied on those goods as a genuine confiscation.
The goods thus acquired, will satisfy the price of our tears;
but in estimating all the specious reasons on - this sishjeet,
the total loss of these goods is not to. be called a confiscation.
1 um sorry be obliged to submit again .to you my opinion
on these men which- France reprobates, which the ashes of
our Kings condemn—but which the last words of a &hie
Banrbon recommended, not to the justice of the Princes of his
rice,. but to their inexhaustible goodness. The blessed shade Of
the best of Princes, recommended, without doubt, to his brother,
and it is that august shade's-his the recollectip of my King, who
sorratnals-that tribune; which compels the to give utterance to all
•ffieloirof which Inspires Me: Having fliuS tdiShed this hard defy
thus imposed ou nia, I have nothing to add to the truths %%bath I