The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-07-21
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Sitting extraordirary of TIE 7yf5maf,.

faoIe &c Ande; Frendent.-After the mt
nutes of the laft fitting had been read, and -ap-
proved, the prcfident addreiied the aiembly as
follows &C On the Esd of this month our col
league, Curee, laid OH the table motion of or
der, in which he demanded, f. That the go
vernment of the republic filall be confded TO an
Emperor Cd. That the Empire ihai be here
ditary in the family of Napoleon Bonaparte,
now Firlt Conful Sd. That fuch of our ntitu-
tons as are only traced out, ihall be defnitive-
ly fuppreiicd."
Curee thenfaid, "Citizens Colleagues, ap-
pear in this aflembiy to call your attention to
weighty objects in which the nation is highly
interefted. In matterof 70 much importance,
it is neceGary that you ihould grant me that AZ.
tention and Indulgence which the purity of nv
patriotifm giszs me reaion to hope; for the fuc-
cefs and duration &C every political fyftem de-
ponds on the liability of the government, which
forms as it were the centre of it, where
every thing terminates. This principle is in
conteftible for all times and for all circun-
frances, but its application becomes a necef-
| fifty fill more inconteitble, when, in coafe-
quence ofgreat changeshaying produced, g. de-
| veloped an order Of things which fixes under
new points of view the dehiny OF the people, it
can be evidently proved that thefe political
changes are fanctionedfor ages, and the mainte-
nance of the grand refults they have left behind
them are fecured for ever, by bringing back and
re-eitabiilhing, in certain authentic hereditary
courfe of fuccefion, the government incorpora-
ted with thefe great reiults, and which is con-
nested in as intimate manner with them as
the trunk of tree is with its roots.'
The Speaker called the attention of the tn
Dunes to the epoch OF the revolution, when the
French, (according to his b!afphemous expreiIi-
on) " with an unanimous will, and voice as
powerful as that of the Creator, the iirf day of
-. n, -EAI..
quality be eaablithed, let privileges difdppear,
and let the nation bewhat it ought to be % He
then took a view of the government of Charlie
magne, and the abufes introduced into France
after that glorious epoch when one of the mott
powerful families OF the Feudal fyfem was call
ed TO the foyereignty.-He then adverted to the
year 1889, when the French peopls, he Eid,
committed, the great fault Of leaving the f,I-
premc power in the hands of Il family eGentially
fcudal. Louis the XVI. King ofFrance would
never condeicend to be King OF the French. Be
ing born Sovereign, b could never content to
become Magiarate. then made fome
obfcryafions on the Confituent Afenbly, the
Contribution of 1871, and the fate of things
tince .hat period, he obferycd, that the hap
py fituation Of the French people, who were
now in the full podeiiion of ali the rights which
were the object Of the revolution in 1889, diff
! turbed only by uncertainty in regard to the flu
t;:re. tThc Ifie mics III uttr country, iau ne,
" are alarmed ut our PROPERTY, as they sre at
our glory. Their plots have been multiplied,
and one might fay, thai infead Of a whole ma
ton, they had tocombat only oneman.-----EIim
they have attempted to Grike, in order TO effect
bis deftrIction,. being well aiIured that France
in mourning for the lofj it would thai day frf.
tain, for the great man who organized it, and
the chief by whom it is governed, divided by
ambitious. rivals and torn by parties, would fnl,
auidf the forms let loofe againit it in evefydi-
rection. What fecurity can we give it aganl
the fear OF 20 many misFortunes? What RENE
dies can we oppofe TO 70 many evils Opini-
on of the armies, ard the whole people have
pronounced it.-Hereditary fucceiIion in a ia
mily, rendered ilu1rious by therevolution, con-
fecrated Ivy equality & liberty, in family of
chief who was the frf folder of the republic
before he became the frt magfrate chief
who would have been emlnently dilfingtiiihed
by his civil qualities, even had be 10: filed the
whole world with the fame OF his arms & the
fplendor Of his viGtories.--IIcre Continued bel
we have the iuapprccidble advantage of finding
st the head Of nation, the chief Of IN augult
family proper TO form the frit link OF the new
dynaltY an eternal barrier will thus be expof-
ed 70 the return Of faction, aud the French PEG
pie will be certain of preisrging their dignity,
their independence andtheir territory. Let us
hafeu then my colleagues, TO demand that the
msgiltracy may be made hereditary /; for in vot-
ing GHETTO be hereditary, rs Pliny faid to
Traiau, we prevent the return ofa mater. But
at the fame time let us give gfand name TO
great power; let us procure Is the ftpreme
magifr2cy Of thG I'm empire Of the world the