Portland gazette., 1805-06-03
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N tie early ftage Of the revolutions. or elCe
cerfain Imnatsbic principles in morals ana ~
ilcs though thete difcourics were frR nul
i'hes IN. the Gazette Of the United States d,
rlng the years 100 and l7gi, yer they hs vc y,
ry p.pocrlF been coll5Gesd INFO a durable vo
sms Tor their Object is neither tranG,ory NJ
unimPortant as The author, by an elaborate II
curry INTO the nature of the human mlnd. AM
by a iuurVey OF the politics Of Fraree, dariry
very itormy age, endeayclrcd to efabHh n.
neceiRty OF formisg various checks aud bolance
IN escfT governments; of uniting and vet o,po
hng the one, the few aud the Inany. and Of n,
kIag the love d diitinction, wih alI is mods.
eanons' inoferfisnE To good governments and
gencra' felicity. '''.
IN the hrit difcouif- the author ycry ,-oncr.
4 Sl'ss ih'rfaccoupr OF the Franks, Their con-
qaef and fcttlenSnt Ia Caul, their rum, -,
I'll Sahck laws, snd tne oflsfn -rf -l--A IN.
Of Bourbon and Valois. 1t is boveyer, very
incorrectly ininvated that the name, "Frants''
) original but ii Glould DC obfsryed sl,at this
aPpclistion is not to be found in the work. OF
lacitus, "de moribus Cermrorum"s and the
truth is, that g Franks IS anonymous with
| $ freemen" and thar il was adopted by the Che
ruci, the Catti, the Bructeri, and other German
nations, who about 50 years aftsr tho age, Of
| Tacitus afembled on the banks of the Saa,
preparatory 10 the invahqn Of Gaul, and enter
sd into league called " Francium foetrs." TIE
account of tine ial;ck laws is perhaps equally in.
corr2ct for the author iays " thcle laws. pro.
pof=d by their prieits, whom they named Sail
ans, and inilitu!ed in the feds which take their
rames from theEriver Saia,, were originally CAL
led Saique laws. But mott hiftorians have a.
greed that theic fundamental reguiatioss take
their name from people called Salaians,
though not mentioned by Tacitus aod fssy
sUere made ctyt@iny by the lords or nsbility who
at the time,of their enacfion, governed TAG
Franks and this appears concluGy-y from he
preface TO the Salick Jaw, moa rare and curl
Gus monument of antiquity.
Gsns Francorum, irol;ty, auaore Dec
sondta, FORTS in arms, 6rma pacis, foctere pro-
funda in conhiio, corpore nob,hs Ct incoiums,
candore CT forna egregia, audax, vepx et az
pera, MP al C,thoh an fdem conterfa, i'm
munis aD hareh. Dunn adhuc tenerctur barba :
rie, inipiranre Deo insuirens fcienta clavem,
juxta. tnorem fuarum quail; tum deGdsraus,
ljoitisam, cnftodiens, p:etamet, vid aVsrani
Salican tgeni pr0a".s qFns gcnfif, gent5, G4i
tune temp9riJ 1PUd fanrgtfH Grant rsl7ars.''
A regular narrative commences from the
reign Of Francis |. The elevation and dcprel.
ion of the Bourbons, their intrigucs and mis-
fortunes are delr sated /; aad their hifory fur
nllhcs US with fad and remarkable esarpe OF
the evils rcfulting fron the dependence of the
Judges On the execrslye ;--for the conlpiracy
| of Charlie. of Bourbon, with all Its ef ts is to
be traced 10 his indignation at the fecret influ-
cnce ami mancEyres prstfifsd by the chaacclIor
Duprat, through the king orders, in oourfe { a
law tut commenced b, Louiia Of Savoy agalnii
Charles, for the pole cdi6n Of the Dpchy OF Bour-
| bon. Charles was killed at the taking OF Rome
| the RET OF the family, with Charles Of Vendome
at their head, retired from Court, and refufed al
places and honors. Here The difcouricr ob
| icrves that :" the lame cauies produce the ians
| effects. ne late revolution in France oF-nec
a proipect to fhe royal family nct very ditfcrsn
from that u I5l5. Though tte merits and in
juri-s OF Orleans may nor Sc. compared to thoit
"A ! C0nitAslc dc bourbon, yss lac paihons o
prince Of the blood Of the fecond order
may hereafter be painted by another Davila'
| On the deprs1ion of the Bourbons arofe sh
| two ambitioaS families ofthe Guifes and Mont
morencies, and, as ipeehnen Of the author
talents for character painting we are happy t
infert the account Of the latter houte,
The family Of Mantmorency produces tilcs
which prove its deictnr, BY an uninrerruptc'
faccefion, from one Of the principal GT2ndee
who accompanied PAaramond il his frf tx.
pedition.-It 1t has the glory Of having been III
frit French hoafe which received baprifm an
The chrifian faith The memory Of this Iii
tnttion is prcierved in the metco Of their arm
Cad tep fbe fri crJfi0a Baror iPlcndi
teitimony both Of the antiquity and religion Q
their anceitors. Anne Of Monrnorrncy WI
anited a vait genioGs directed by prudence, {