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London, England, 1815-09-15 00:00:00

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HOCH THE SUI,EHMSED PA mpiILET, ENTITLED qg DES HE-
VoLUTIoNAIHIPs LT DU MINIsTEHE AcTUEL."
(Cootiosiod from; out Piper of rest_vds.y.)
The Zing. as noble anti *nitrous as Henry IV.
or Louis XIV. could have bees, remained alone,
Living no other protection tan the hceour of Bona-
par: e's ur hlnerty of his administrators.
At the same dine all the boods that connected toge-
ti.er the springs of the Imperial government, which
td insitvd scarcely been broken, were repaired by'
active and invh.ible hands; they penetrated with ifs-
caettaila rtipitisty into all the ranks of the army, into
all the gradatious of civil office, and it is Voperfluous
to add, that they lonild there an almost unanimous.
concert of actii.ns inclin along.
• • .

The rnon.irchical g,,vernnunt, however, came to
be organized by a cot stitutionat.charter, the elements
or which consisted in t responsible ministry; and two'
legislative Assemblies, balancing the royal power,
OSICM which here I wish neither to praise nor censure,
though 1 mg remark by the bye, that the necessary
effect of such a system is to communicate an invin-
cible force to menar;hical authority, or to weaken it
*beyond measure.
There is no political constitution where measure;'
*pad more upon men than in the new form of go-
ernment, df which, till our Revolution, England
furn?Slied the only example in the history of the world.
What shall I say then ? renewing entirely the twir
tnambers, and taking spf4cient precautions that thei
• should be composed of none but Frenchmen devoted
to his cause, the King would have reaped all the ad.
Vantages of such a system,—leaving them by fatal
et)nriPl almost as they existed in the time of the
Usurptr, he derived nothing from them but their
embarrassments. Oa the other hand every thing ad.
vauced rapidly to a crisis. The army, almost.en-
tirelys the civil administration in all its branches,
were Already in the hands of the etinspirators.
' • The Royalists were pet clown? =ridiculed, stigma.
fixed even uripusly as• the greatest enemies of the
King; the peop'e whom* the had the An to briti:l
PY4 #P PiTuFWPaY bar their in4crice, had, as we

have said, lost their .ithositsm. sled mlslea
dearest hopes, remained from that moment almost
indifferent spectators of the new order, to which it
had been so easy to _attach them by their most power-
ful affections, the object wp now to mislead, to se-
duce, to exasperate the poptlar class of the cities and
the country. The impulse was given by the chiefs
of the conspiracy, it was felt in the Prefectures, over
which they exerted an immediate force, and which,
acting in their turn upon the subordinate authorities,
communicated the movement slightly received, even
to the most obscure villages, and to the lowest agents
of power. On the one hand the King was repre-
sented as a hypocritical and artfel tyrant, who, under
colour of it feigned moderation, slowly est:4l)l6llyd
his power, that he might at last fall upon his people
with the accumulated weight of what they called the
ancient "despotism, encircling himself widi an inso-
lent and privileged order, restoring fewlal rights,
tithes, comes, villanage, etc. On the other hand, it
they found it too difficult to interpret unfavourably
his clemency and his paternal intentions, they min-
gled with the affected praises which they lavished
upon him, perfidious. insinuations with respect to the
dispositions of the Princes, whom they represented
as incessantly infusing into him dangerous counsels,
diverting him from the happiness of his people, and
hinted their fears that with him would disappear all
that prosperity of which France had only got a fore-
taste. Shch. were the representations made in the
country ; in the cities the partisans of the royal cause
overwhelmed with insoles and disgusts, remote from
office, often chaced from those posts that they filled,
saw with continually increasing alarm the friends of
the revolution renewing their ancient meetings, esta-
blishing in their societies mysterious signs, and vent-
, ing unconsciously indiscreet threatenings and rebelli.

ous cries. •
Nevertheless, these same Royalists never abets.
doped the righteous cause, although they themselves
were entirely abandoned. They never ceased to
transmit from all the provinces report* of those in-
dignities which they witnessed, reports which a singu-
lar concurrence in all their principal circumstances
rendered more alarming, because it afforded an irre-
Iragable evidence of their truth. Cries of indigna.
tion were every where raised against the Prefects, and
these cries reached even the Ministry, who despised
them, and whit seemed to brave the public discon-
tents, which their incredible security every day in-
creased. How could this Ministry give credit to re-
ports from a distance, wh at they even seemed re-
solved against seeing what passed immediately under
their own eyes ? All Paris was acquainted with the
conspiracy, could point out its chief conductors, de-1
scribe the regular meetings which they held, the place
and the hour of assembling, while the government
c:ilier was ignorant, or feigned an ignorance, of the
•xistence of any conspiracy.
At last every tin.% was arranged with so much
qui:mess and regularity, in this work of trouble and
disorder, that the most cowardly of men, a man,
who in the personal dangers in which he has been in-
volved, has shewn the most disgraceful pusillanimity,
was able to laud with tranquillity in France, followed
by a handful .if soldiers, to traverse the kingdom from
one extremity to the other, across its most populous
provinces, and to arrive by slow marches in its capi-
tal, where he found the Palace of the Thuilleries
impaled for his reception, as if he were returniag
from a huntin4 party in the neighbourhood of Paris,
or front a ride to Fontainblean. Scarcely bad the
legitimate sniereign (pitted his palace, si; cely had
he descended from a throne which he doubtless filled
with too much clemency and mildness, than those,
divisions hitherto suppressed by the piesence of the
common money, agent sprung tip among the conspirators.
The great Emperor was confOended at finding
himself converted into the simple chief of a party,
and seeing himself surrounded with republicans, whe
insolently apposed to him the rights ot the pe, ple and
the liberal maxims by which they are secured, with
new conspirators, who, scarcely giving themselves the
trouble to conceal their contempt for him, fortified
themselves before his face with whatever could weaken
him, and raised as high as possible the price of that
crown, which had already cost him so many crimes
and toils. 0 were I able, in this place, to unfold the
subtle plots which were woven in darkness, and the
profound machiavelism which connected together
their mysterious threads; were it even safe to point
out all the traitors; the most dangerous traitors,
I might search among that odious gang, and per-
haps without difficulty unmask a character, who,
covered with the most horrible crimes, and pollu-
ted with the foulest stains of the Revolution, a con-
summate master in (muting, possessed of all the
resources which the union of audacity and bypocrisy
can inspire, placed himself at first between all the
parties, fluctuating fur some time to the side of each
by turns ; beiag initiated into all their secrets, dealing'
out in all quarters his insidious promises with more
security and success than any one else could have
done, because his avowed and known trade. having
always corr.istad in deceiving one for the advantage
ot another, it was easy for him to infuse .aa equal,
contidenc:f iiato all ; exciting at once hopes with re.l
yard to the interior and fears from without ; foresee-
infg the inevitable tall ot Bonaparte at band, and at
the tame time that he was planning arrangements to
take advantage ot it, making sure of his favour and
rewards, if any miraculous event should rescue him
from shipwreck ; and it this character, even when he
was lending his assistance to push the usurper over
the precipice, anu surrendering himself without re•
serve to that vivad party, the ascendancy of which
daiiy increased, should have sought accomplices in a
third party, and found them among those who spewed
themselves at that time the most ardpt defenders of
the throne, by awakening in them terrors, common
to all revc.lutionists; I might proem this dangerous
• Proteus as the most striking example of that hatred
of legitimate authority, which is 'the (unceasing tor-
ment of those great criminals, and in a certain sense
the only passion which has still preserved within
them ail its feroeious energy.
1341 t does such a character really exist ? and can
criminality be carried to. excesses which the corrup-
tion of our unhappy times has not yet witnessed?—
f
dare not point'him out, but however
trem
concealed are
the paths in which he treads, he ought bl e ;
tie will be followed, he will be ovettakeu, his Mask
will sooner or later be toil from him, l~ar the political
mailieuvres of the revoiution are now at mill knoWn
at its military tactics.
Leaving, therefore, simple conker**, which j

*ow out as such, and upon !which I can ground no
direcraccusation, I shall endeavour to finish the pic-
ture which is presented to us in the hundred.days of
the interregnums a singular epoch, in which, as in
the last act of an opera ballet, where kings, peasants,
heroes, valets, princesses, and shepherdesses, are con-
fusedly mingled together, all the-scenes and chance
ten of this hideous revolution were united, anarchy
and despotism, honorary decorations ,and red caps,
state prisons and unlimited freedom of the press, the
antichamber of a despot, and eta assembly of popular
tepresentetives,free/y elected; and what is still more
incredible, the humble deportment of Bonaparte, and
the insolent tone of his senators.
Shell I new describe the provisional government,
the vociferation' tor Napoleon 11. the proscription of
legitimate authority, and the blasphemies uttered
against it at the moment when 9.00,000 soldiers en-
circled Paris, and the King was arriving at St. Denis,
through the acclamations of several millions of
Frenchmen! I believe that this last paroxysm of ex-
piring rage was not necessary even to atrarti a super-
fluity of proof that the Revolutionists have one pas-
sion which swallows up every other, namely, horror
At legitimacy.
1 now arrive at the most difficult part of the la-
bour, which a deep conviction of our dangers and
our misfortunes prompted me to undertake, and I
may say with the Latin lyric poet, that here I tread
on deceitful ashes : laced, per noes suppatitos cineri der,
loso. But I shall endeavour to speak with thee re-
spectful liberty at which good and just Kings are
never offended, andlitarding my language while I
have not a thought which my honour or my con-
science would disavow, I may hope for the indul-
gence cf such a monarch as Louis XVIII.
And in the first place, whatever may have been
the motive which has determined the King to make
that choice of his ministry, which, as being his choice
we must accept, I cannot think that the men whom
he has chosen can feel great surprise when I declare
that they all, neat least some among them, are not
precisely the individuals whom we expected•to see
filling the more eminent offices.
We do not, however, now live in those times of
jealous and chivalrous honour, when, I sl.ail not say
crimes, and the most odious of crimes, but the simple
suspicion of baseness, that could not be completely
removed, carried with it an eaclution from the most
insignificant public employment, and even from the
intercourse of society. In the inexpressible corrup-
tion of oar principles and manners, in the profound
dejection into which our tee) Ling},oscines have
plunged us, the greatest number of us cast upon every
thing a look of stupid indifference ; all the means of 1
our salvation are thought equally good, nod it is
doubtless on that account that it is so difficult to
save us.
I hair already desciibed, with as mush force as I
could, the unheard of concert which exists between
the numerous agents of the Revolution—l have
:hewn them forming in the bosom cf the State n dif
luau people, subject to particular laws, turning a
wonderful hierarchy, either for command or obedi-
ence, and as tyrannical in the one as servile ip Ilif
ether ; having thus the double organization of a
s:-cret society of Muir:in:li. which increases and ac-
quires strength in concealment ; and of a politi:al
power which acts boldly, and in broad day, when
and at the very instant it is necessary. :In this cent-
biaation, :he most infernal that human wickedness
ever conceived. so long as the principle of its exist-
ence is not attacked, the revolutionary essociatian
can breve every thing ; and every power which shalt
be attempted to be raised against it, while it aims at
°vet throwing it only by timid and partial changes,
can never enjoy but a trail and transient eikteoce.
Yes 1 Where -there is a number of men united,
sufficient to have a mayor and a commissioner of
police, the revolutionary free masonry is concreted ;
every where we hear the cry that F-ance c states in
her bosom the germ of inevitable tiest.uction ; every
where a voice is raised towards the Sovereign. con-
juring him to save us, by striking without pity all
the traitors, and dispersing the last ut these fitiMars.
Oh fatal influence of revolutionary genies! whilst
we are raising our suppliant prayers to the throttle,
those Mimes that are most polluted appear at lee
head of the chief employments in the administration.
Traitors who served Bonaparte till the very hour of
his abdication are called to superintend those pro-
vinces in the name of the King. which they have
scarcely ceased to desolate; and those factious spi-
rits, who in the previous month insulted the Sove-
reign in the tribune of the representatives, preside
now over the electoral colleges, and perhaps will
soon mount the same tribune under the title of depus
ties, changing their sacrilegious abuse into impudent
and hypocritical praise.
Where are we, Heavens ! the pencil of Tacites
never drew times more unhappy, a corruption so
frightful. Ye boasted Statesmen, who on other oc-
casions displayed to us talents which it is difficult.
itho
forget, cannot your genius conceive for the salvation'
of 'France other plans than those which have already'
almost destroyed it ? What ! you propose concilia.
tinni Which are demonstrated to be impossible! you
invoke still an indulgence which has proved so fatal
to us ! you renew against the servants of the King
antiquated objections, as absurd as they are unjust !
Faithful Ministers of the King, every good Freecie-
man ought to do his endeavours to prevent you
from running headlong to your own destruction and
to ours.
France is divided at present into two parties,
doubtless quite opposite to each other, the victims
and the executioners. In the smallest town every
one who has any reale, education, or fortune, every
one who has preserved any sentiment ut prohity or
humanity, any idea of divine justice, or the thtf.:relice
between'good and evil, has been oppressed, tubbed,
assassinated.
Then the project is conceived of uniting elements
as opposite as Heaven and earth, and this project is
pretended to be executed at the moment even when
we :;rte cooling out of a crisis. which has displayed
to us the hardened guilt and the incurable t rocity
of one side, in doubling the Wrest, the horror, att.'
the contempt of the other. ~et es oot hope it—tile
hope would be madness.
Yes, 1 tepee; it, already conspiracy is begun.—
Who will be the chiefs, what wilt be the means and
the results of this diumeroos enterprise ? eft the
uhiets ; am ignorant; I believe toe party win feet
nothing but euilterrassment in the choice of the best
out of a §:eat swabs; ; or rather, *as they are IMO'

slow in their mctions, I doubt not but the choice
already decided. They are owning themselves 1,.
the electoral colleges with an intriguing activity.
which surpsses everything wlVich has been for meth
witnessed, and never did the revolutionists displii
such ardour to obtain_ in the Chamber of Deputies a

majority. of which they never before stood in suc;.
need. At the same time the army is re.organimr
with all those fatal prejudices which direct all tof,
operations of the Ministry, and, whatever precauti:pi
they endeavour to use, to divide it, to change its tm.
cure by modifying its ancient structure. All tilP,,
precautions taken upon paper cannot, when we can,
sides its numbers, restrain the necessary entra:.ce ir-
.
Ito it of a great part of tnose traitors who, at this
moment, spread from the Garonne to the Loire,
blaspheme the sacred name ot their King, m;rl,,lf!
menaces with outrage. predict loudly the dowrif
the throne, fie its duration, and who will assemble is
their cantonments tor the purpose only of waiti;i6
for !tech treasons.

Already evidence deserting of credit, and tom.
municated by ocular witnesses, assures us, that
tern et this lauti army fiocit in great number,
Paris, under feigned names, and with passpor:s
which falsity their profession; passports which ..I,ct•
obtain without difficulty in a number of municipal:.
ties, where secret orders are, no doubt, given to pro.
tect their journey.
A few months hence, and France abandoned to
herself, less attended to by the Allies, who, beside,'
the belief that there is rto longer the same reason for
fear, will likewise entertain the belied that they have
not the same interest in saving
. her. and would Joule.
less find it impossible to unite fur that purpose wii.l
the same concert. France, I say, is threatened wa
a return to a situation little different in all resisters
from that in which she was placed on the first of
March last.
, Doubtless the recall of Bonaparte from Si.Hclena
need not be dreaded, answer those intrepid optimists,
who wish at all hazards to preserve the sweet coin,
posure of their souls, for the benefit of their bodily
health.; and who are resolved •to believe nothing
which would prevent them from living quietly and
sleeping soundly. I agree with them : L will even
go farther, and say, that it Bonaparte were to escape
from the powerful hands that hold him, and appear
all on a sudden in the midst of the army of the
Loire, he would not find a single supporter. It has
been for a long time decided in the great revolts.
tiranary COIICIAVe, that it was impossible to reap any
advantage from employing that enraged madman
whom they had entrusted with powers beyond hit
means. .
I reply thus before hand to the objection which was
preparing against me, that the Bonapartist: ate ex-
cluded with the greatest care from the first posts of
administration. Yes, doubtless, I discover in it only
a very small number of the mad partizans of the
odious mountebank ; but is it possible to !eel a com•
pl.ste security in glancing over the list of those men
whose choice we owe to the imprudent precipitation
of the Ministers ? Here these re-appears a crowd of
these systematic revolutionists, who may be called
the Alcderit of the Revolution, a species of philosn•
phers who have remained impass.ive in the midst d
successive ei uprions. who, in weir trilitical scepr.cisra,
11 onsidering the State as a metaphysical Wash.-action,
end 4.7i,)vernment like a machine et _,esro,cd !c) squat
perpetimily, whatever be the hand that moan-ages it,
' twee detached themselves from every thing but their
,places, ex. rcising their offices at. all times with the
same van; wh •ther they were crowned with tie
bona t reuse ta wete sect 'rated with riooands and e.n.
bruidered coats; personaws till now n .noured 2ro.
caressed by alt parties, because they are al ways road!
I pay View obeisance to him iith4 triumphs, and at•
cording to the hippy and naive expression or Derty
Duns•disd, provided they cannot merit wed it vie.?
King, they will always conduct matters wr 46 to mein:
well. of the kingdom.'
These men never inquire what party is the si
just, but what party is the most powerful. T:iey
have served te It.lsublic, the Directiry, don:you
under all his titles, and ;Joins XVIII L a titei
party were pointed out to them, waned would reward
their attachment with greater advantages, toes ww:ld
Instantly join it ; and the white flag woold he laid
inside near the tricoloured cockade, to give place to
some other sign of loyalty, which might in its turn
be again removed to make room for each its prede•
cessurs ; vile cameleons, whom we ought to ,detest
our greatest scourge on account of the fatal art they
possess of preserving an appearance of order in tie
midst of confusion, and of preventing the righteous
cause from gaining the ascendancy, in saving for the
faction which happens to triumph, the insurmountable
embarrassment of a change of organization.
What then will be our refuge in the midst of tc
many evils with which we are loaded, and while
greater misfortunes are still prepared for us ? Noble
Allies, would you grow weary of a generosity, wile
in truth may be considered as the last effort of hit
.man virtue ? Would you allow yourselves to be Al
misled by the seductions of these traitors; and re
ceiving, with your accustomed confidence, the ills
pressians which they
,may.choose to give, would yon
become a second time, And with the same totality
the instruments of their eternal treasons ?
Those would deceive you who would persuade lot
that the French people are so degraded by their cot
ruption, so oustinate in their errors, that it wou:ti
hr
impossible to establish any solid rel.sti its betxee
them and the other European Stales. Since guru?
cannot prevent them !root existing, Ditope oqn
now to entertain only one thought, that tat discoveiq
the means of existing loth them in peace.
The distances your unhappy country are
tahly connected with the kiisiances of our neighb o'.
and the wicked principle to disunite them,
At first solemnly rs solved upon, and whica only t.O
and selfish view, could all ivi to exist tor a Cloale'1:
It ever it shoutu be cif; resumed, would ct eALt• st•
a spectacle os the most mesanchmy re-actioilt, 3'l
the most trigiittul catastrop ,es.
Ye attest Sovereigns, was.. are A-
rhi ers of 17..1
worid, but who owe to severe accou..t d
ot
truth, condescend to give Mt lavolltat/le he.111./s.
good or the evil which you do in it, if I nave t01:1'4,,
and to admit the conviction, that as tiit• saiety
seined
France is, in he present
_wand ciii.juociaa.... •
ice
of Europe, the most generous icondu.t wile'' re
tote
pursue, with regard to her, will. be at tilt: sAll
_.t
tqr yourseaves the most advantageous ads tile 4*
secure.