The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-11-19
TRANSLATED roH tn. ENQUIRER, FROM THE
FAIRS MoNIrEUR OF THE 10Th sEtrrMsEa.
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TRANSLATED roH tn. ENQUIRER, FROM THE
PARIS MoNirEUR OF THE 10TH SEPTEMBER.
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II however, gentlemen, the calendar had llheper-
lection which it really wants, if the two eiIental de-
'ees which have mentioned had been much iefs
'oniPcuous :han have repreieped them TO BE- I'M
era' maeitv Of Id lever have determined oabol mi
They expected that the time would arrive, when
rea.on trurphng over prejudice, truth over prepo.
ieon, and utility over routine would contribute to
dilenlnate throughout Europe and throughout al! her
civilized people, better iyltem for the nearemept
Oh ee year, IN the lame manner they had flattered
themieiNe', that ite would day adopt better ~ f.
tenn oil meaiures, Of dihanees, and of Things.
But the defects of own Calendar are too con-
hderabie to allow it the honor Of becoming the Ca
iendar OF Europe. Its authors have not prolted by
tue eiion, which accordngto or contemporary FACES
nave held out to them. Thofe, Who with to become
the beuetaetors OF the world & of future aye, houd
forget the period (which they live the place which
they lnhabt, the men who furround them they
mould coniut nothing but witdom yield to nsthipg
QUE reaion TX their eyes only on futurity.
BY dhregardng t!.sGe principles, they have only
lerved to demonfrate how fugitive every niiitution
mun be- which IS oPPofed by common opinion, which
conbasted by the euftoms of the very people for
whole advantage it is Introduced, and which among
all foreign nations rejected by reafon, a. an innova-
ton without utility, difficulty to be urmounted
The Cregorian Calendar, which his ma;ei,v nro
poies to you TO re-ehabh, has the incalcnable ad
vantage OF being common alnoH all the peop,e of
Europe. 80.
In fats, it was a long time before the Pro,enan,s
would adopt it, the Englih through their hatred of
the Catholic chsrch rejected it until the wear I7sS
u'e HUMANS have not yet recognized it but luch as
u Is, It may be regarded the common Calendar of
Europe; whiltt cur has thrown us as ii ere in
to ichiim with eighbours and into dientiops A.
nnong oarielves; fnce the Gregorisn Calendar has
renamed IN uie at the fame time with the new one
1t was conantly employed III our uages and our cuff
toms, when the French Calendar was confined TO our
laws and our public tranfa taions.
inner thele c;rcumitaAces, gentlemen, his nn;elfy
has believed to be Your duty give back 10 France
tor the convenience OF its conlutona legislative and
civil tranactions: the uie of Calendar which has
never yet eeafed being employed in concurrence with
the one which was eabl;fhed in 793 and which. by
aboliihng the decimal divifon has deiroycd it's moi
diitinguilhed advantages. O.
When you have once recognized the fundamental
principle telf the details of its application will come
to be regulated by the necefries of the qoyern,eu,
| and the adninl ration -
! ne Day ihaii undoubtedly arrive, when Furope
oecalmed reitored 70 peace, to ulefnl fpecuatiors
ana to enlgh. ened fudies fha feel the necestv IF
giving perfection to her iocal initutions, of BRING
ing her people nearer each other by ,roluein,r m
identity Of uiages; when fhe 5hall win r. eGabln,
an era, that ihall be memorable by the comm,ptv
OF ne manners, and more perfect meafuremenr NJ
| time. S'e'' VI
| LIEN Fail nezD Calendar e compo(ed for The
u'e OF all Europe; for the uie Of the political and
commercial univerie, out of the bsff ruin. of he on-
wren france snow anxious to reec, that ihe NAV
no onLer be nnuated in the n,idit of Euron.. ,han
,ha the labours Of FACES be found ready laid nm
LOT the ue OF futurity; and all the advantages of
common iyiIenl be once more tie work OF rb,;r
hands. - 'N'ii
Fi'o'f 7iat in he ;nafe during its altar oft5. oz,y
f'"f7iasr 12t6 gar BY M. J:rq!oy l., Ple. Z. me-
"a~e Ipssia! eoasmfon oS5siafedSp,gg TIE Eit;zg
gbt i5@ 10 cxamn. TIE p,gjrl4 oca .Seaains- CorGI
f""J0r tie 'e-5fa6li5'e~f IF ~. G,<go,iaa Calea4,.
The project of the fenatus-confultum, which was
Preiented to you, the lat fitting and which forms
iubJect OF your deliberations is intended to re- eC
aoih the Gregorian Calendar after the Ith of nex,
N,voie, January LIT, 1905. The sue(tion is no,
winch OF all the poiible Calendars, is the moa na,u
RAJ and the moit inple. 1t is enough for us to de-
care 1t is neither the which we viii, 20 abandon
"or 'nat winch 1t is now propofed to re-eiiabh The
orator OF the government has developed to Won w,b
much care their REFLECTIVE inconveniepcies and adj
yansagts The principal defeel Of the exiting Ca.
eidsr eoRiiits IN its plan for intercaation In Gx;,,
the commencement of the year. at the nnidn;gbt
winch rrecedes the true autunnal equinox caJeatino
rom the observatory Of Paris, it oblerves in fa and
III the moA rigorous manner the neceGsrv rnIe of
conitanty beginning the year az the fame feaCnr bn,
then our years are no longer fuceptbIe of an ea(y
ana regular divilon into days without which we
mali introduce comfortable confuion into our chrome
iogy' areadytoo much ernbarsiied by multitude of
eras Astronomers, who fenibly feel this pconven;-
enee, havefrequently foiciteds amendment, prev;o
to the occurrence of the fra bextile year in the ne,
calehdar' they propo!ed to the committee of public
itruction belonging to the National Convention to
adoPf an Uniform INTERPOLATION, and they reouened
them to give this propofition favorable reeep,n
II was at that epoch, that the convention having re-
turned to good principles, and attentive TO the in
Hructions and progreiive Improvement of luxurious
men, niauiIeltpd that confederation and Difference far
fhe vile, which they had not YET forgotten, Tbev
were continually recalling to their mind, with lively
htere, the great number OF their ewf members who
amidh the forms Of the revolution and with A noble
niagnanimiiy, had preferved the monuments of the
arts and the licences from total jenruca on Romme
the principal author Of the new Calendar. called
me learned men together in concert with them, he
laid down fhe proea Of law, that was intended TO
uDitltute new mode Of INTERPOLATION in place Of tbe
one previouGy eaabliihed bur being few DAVIS AZ.
forwards involved in terrible event he pert,ed and
the projeet OF his law was Immediately abandoned |
we muit however have returned 20 this innoyat;oo
u we feit any anxiety about preerving our preGnt
Calendar, which being changed by the former one
III one Of its moa efeniia elements, has continually