The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-27
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/ observation-disclosures By Citi.ey Car,o,.
upon the motion relative to Hereditary Co
yernment.
1'RIBUNATE.
EXTRAORDINARY SITTING.
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Citizen 2IIbn3eJ
Among the orators who have precc liza me 81
VINO nave all Imported the Uiotica OF lraer of
our colleague Curee, fcvers! have ant;cin,ted
the objections which might be raift,.sp,inft il.
and they have anfwered them with as much "a.
's"t as amensy: they have given examples Of
moderation which ihai entieavour 10 initiate
IN making observations winch apparently have
eicaped them. And as to thofe, who, Iecarf.
combat theiradv;ce, might attribute to me per.
ional motives unworthy the character of a man
entirely devoted to his country, deliver TO
the,T' as the only anfwer, the fcrupuloms cxani-
n-uon OF my political conduct lince the com,
Tencement OF the revolution, as well as tina. Of
my private life.
am tar nom alternating the praifes given 10
the rnt Confih: had we TO thank Boaaparte
for nothing but the civil code, his name would
neri' 10 pals down to poterty. But whatever
lervices CITIZEN may have rendered his country,
there are limits which honor as well as reaE;n
impoie upon national gratitude. IF a citizen
fsfety OF the country, would it be recompence
10 Offer to HIM the facrifce of that very liberty
Would it not be annihilating his owl, work, in
making that country his particular patrimo-
NY?
The moment the propofition was made ia
the french nation to vote on the auction for
the Confillate for life, every one could eafily
perceive that there exfted after-vrws and an nj.
terror end
Indeed we beheld rapid fuccefiop of a
crowd OF infttutions evidently monarchical.
Out IN every mftance endeayours were made to
re-ahure the minds that were uneafy about the
fate of liberty, by declaring that thefe inittuti
ons were made with the view of PROCURING il the
higheit poflible protection?
lh's day we ditcover in politive manner the
tnal end OF 10 many preliminary meaftires we
are required to vote upon theformaI propofitiou
TO re-eitabhih the monarchical fyftem, and to
confer the imperial ard hereditary dignity ucon
the Firit Conful!
Formerly voted againf the confliate for life:
man now vote IN the fame manner againit the
re-efaoiilhment of monarchy, perfaaded that
my ONCE OF Tribune obliges me to do 70 but
ihali do it with the neceiiary precaution not to
re-awake party fpirit it fllall be done without
perlonaiIty, without any other patton than that
TOR the public good in remaining always in con-
formity with myfefin the defence of the po,u-
lar caufe.
invariably fubmitted to exiting laws even
at times when they Duplicated me moIt: rnorr
than once have l fallen victim to them. and
ihan not follow adiferent courfe this c,ay. Ide.
care therefore beforehand that, whf / combat
tue proposition in quefion, from the moment
new order OF things is efablifhed and it bas
received the adent OF the MATS OF the. citiz.ps
fhall be the firt to conform to il in all INV ac.
TONS Ito fhow to the fupreme authority ev.rr
mark OF Difference which the confiitutionai HE
rarchy fhall require. May every member of this
great iociety emit avow AZ fncere and dii;n.
gulhed
ihail not difcant on the preference which, in
general, tuch or fuch government may merit
we have volumes without number on that fnh.
1eet. ihall confne myielf, in few words, and
in terms the mott Gmple, to the examination of
the particular cafe in which circumstances have
placed us.
All the arguments hitherto advanced on the
fubJect OF rc-eftabliihng monarchy i'm France
are, that without it there can be no means to in
lure liability of government and public TRANQUIL
ity, to efcape inteitine troubles, to unite aqainf
external enemies; that republican form of 90
vernment had been tried in vain in every pofi.
BILE manner; that from all thofe efforts had re-
fnlted nothing but anarchy revolution pro-
ionged or lncsiiant,y renewed, perpetual fear
OF new dl1orders, and, confequently, universal
deiire to fee the ancient hereditary government
re-efablifhed. To this an anfwer mat be gi-
ven.
fhall obferve, therefore, tina. a government
placed IN one man is no pledge for liability and
tranquility. The Roman Empire did not Iae
longer than that ofthe Roman Republic. In the
former, the interior troubles were greater, the
crimes more multiplied the republican fierce
nets, heroim, and manly virtues, were there re-
placed by pride the mott ridiculous, by adulati-
on the mot vile, by cupidity the mott unbrid-
led, and by carelefsnefs the mott deflructive to
the national PROPERTY. How have the evils
been remedied by the throne being hereditary
has 1t not been regarded in fact as the legiti-
mate inheritance of the hoUfc Of Ausufus
Has Domitian not been the ION of Vefpa!ius,
Calgula the fon of Gerrnanicus, Comnod,ts
the fon Of Marc Aurele.
In France, the laft dynafy has indeed lated
during eight centuries, but have the people been
the leis torRented? How many nteaine difor-
ders How many external was for preteniions,
rights of iucceiiion, the ref of the alliances of
that dynafty with foreign powers! From the
moment whole nation efpoufes the particular
lnterefts of one family, it is obliged to encouu.
ter multitude of events which, without that,
would to the nation be perfectly indifferent.
We could not eitabliib, among US republican
regime, though it has been tried under divers
forms more or lefs democratic but we muft
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