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TIMRS/SAT, AWL 14, 014.

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This last twenty-Ave years love, broitght forth
many Constitutions, that what forty/rimed
considered as the labour of genius, It44lllldge,
time, seems now but the effort of s itotight and
offspring of a day. Prastiorip thesallidegs, is
soothers, makes porter,* f bit beei,f French
been permitted to make titisfr their litst
ititetion of 1791, which- took: doily two mai
formation.,
,Europe, in all probability, waft.,
been 'penalise 'spectacle ci It most .n 4114444 •.*
gummy ervir,enu Franca the cr I sufferings at
she.has heenstife victim, &Ain. cast eptioil
coalitiod against her grovtint Illatettes.
disgusted with her Moneta/dal etiostitei.
she became the prey of factious ;deumgogees,
sod after having suffered till gill horrOM et
; anarchy from their systems of misrule,she tiemisolis
I. settle at last under a form of Government. wh
neutralized all the elements of faction, and
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a wise and benilicent influence upon her destiAtt.fo.
tut that ambition which had charecheriseit the
tion ever since the reigtrof Louts sett,
I had been blown Into a mighty and devouring .
by her successes over her enemies, knew no bound!,
till impolicy and disaster after disaster prosttotei
the Empire at the feet of those very Powers who >.
either been her vassals or allies. .fatill eacetoquer.
able in her own independence, stibtrapparantsaary
nimity, but true policy of the Allitric het given
the opportunity of framing a Constitution which,
its fundamental principles, is tlie same as. the
1191, and which we
, this day lay before our It
Men may change, but. principles are eternal
I though we cannot but know that knots), of ti
I rer.t leading characters in France have Yvon slit
time or other spokes in the-revolutionary why,
appreciating, as we do, the versatile character
jFrench (of which we are not without many Wall
in. our own countrymen), we rejoice that they
nitively adhere to the grand principles of their
I Constitutional Charter of 17;11%erhith has been '
characterized as a stupersdotm *outdate* of
I wisdom.

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It resembles so much the .English Constite'
that it is rkliriost needless to analyse it. _lior
in the composition of one of the three
Iloilo of
the Senate, which is analogs* to our 110 of
we observe, that their number b stWtfte ;Welt
and they are to receive * salary:-MillsseMo.4oolll,.
the- Kin's pleasure, and ins suoilitlitii!fraii &Rawl*
upon his bounty. flosti tar title' may operate is
checking the influence of Veer Executive, or whether
this limitation and payment of eolariet are 4.
tended, it is'dificalt to ascertale. Certaiplt
that our 'louses of Lords and Codietona
sent so constituted, that the latter may be4asmillegit
ht many. point* of. view as an iuttrtt to the :fit'
and that, consequently, those who inriensdidates,
frequently divested themseteM if .(119 elitaracter of
presentatires of the People. Thittherei will be /
persons in the French Legislative Body, or ll
Commons, who, however, have likimi9e salaries
will pant for the honours and emolittneats of theSenal
or Home of Lords, and who OK of course,
themselves to the Ministry, there oan be no • do;
but as the number of Senators is limited to
there seems obvious reasous to conclude, that 4..
tluence of the . Crown in France will, indeed,
comparatively' slow in its groieth; compared
that of England.—Another important feature
duration of the Legislative Body, which is fitted
five years,' wherea's ours is seven ; and here
be observed, that if the duration of Parlientenl
for two years, were regarded by our :ancestG.l.
'tabs°, utely ~wecossari te. secure ttlitr- bid/pelt*
denoe and incorruptibility; and if esperienee
shown us the evili to. which Septenniat ParNameln
have given birth, the French system, in this *pot
is certainly superior. [laving considered the
oui circumstances of limitation of Members
Senate, the duration of Legislative RO'
theit"calaries, the alarm will I* tlitainialtea
ins, from the.l4th article, that Ministers ens;
Members either of the Senate or tcsgialetive Kmi
is the case with us. Nor considering the ft,
difference in the pursuits, tastes, habits, end'
characters of the Freuth Senate, Who are ;
literati, and that they have fixed salaries ; the
of extravagance, the temptations of Inset
gilded baits of honours anti emoluments, I
'likely to operate inch baneful effects upon tin
ty, finances, and welfare of France 'as onhappilf
is experienced elsewhere. The land.tax can
establiblfed annually, whereas outs is per
and has been already anticipated by
_vouring war. " The freedom of Worship auo
science is guaranteed. The Ministers' of
ship are treated and protected alike."
wilt the bigoted friend of religions Intolerillel

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