The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-06-04

20 Ell the necessity thereof.
We regarded il, therefore, as one of the
hrst and most sacred Of our dunes TO sum
nlon together SONG men OF consideration. &
&c charge them with the weighty task Of es-
;ablissing a Fundamental code, bui's upon
your manners, your habits. and correspon-
ding to the wants of the present time.
They cheer ullY took upon them elves ;his
oihce, performed it with zeal, and have
submitted to us the fruits Of their unin,er
rupted labors
A!ser a careful examination Of this work,
we nave given 1t our appreciation. But this
Goes not satisfy our heart. it respects the
concerns Of the whole Netherlands. The
whole Dutch people must be recog
nized IN this important work. The pep
pie must receive the strongest possible as
suiance that their dearest interests ere suffi =
GENTLY attended TO therein: ;hat religion,
as the fountain OF all good, is thereby no.
nored and maintained, and religious free
dom disturbed by nothing in temporal con-
Germs, bet secured in the most ample man.
Iner---that the education Of youth, and the
spread Of scientific knowledge, shall be at
tended toby the government, & freedom from
all vexatious regulations which cypress the
s MUS and subdue the spirits chat personal
freedom shall no longer he an empty sound,
and dependent on the caprices of a suspi-
cieus and crafty police that an imperial
adm nistration of justice, guided by fixed
principles, secure to every man his property
that Commerce, agrlcu ture, & manufac-
lures be no longer obstructed bat have free,
Coarse. like rich springs ofpublic and private
property that, therefore, no restraint be
Imposed on the domestic economy of the
higher and lower classes of the state, but
that they be conformable to the general laws
& the government; that the movem cuts of the
general rrr 1pnt he mot 49,
great zeal for local interests. but rather
receive from it an additional impulse that
the general laws, by means of an harmoni.
Gus CO operation of the two principal bran
| cheS OF the government, be founded OH the
true interests of the state that the 6nan-
ces, and the arming of the people, the main
pillars OF the body polite, be placed in that
central point, upon which the greatest and
most Invaluable privilege of every free PEG
ip'e, Their INDEPENDENCE, may be firmly fix
led. Which OF you can doubt of this truth,
! latter the terrible experience you have had
of foreign tyranny, which acknowledged
no right when it wanted means for its own
maintenance by violence after having sigh
ed, OF late years, under the most oppressive
yoke that ever was imposed since the Spa
nish times?
| Now at least you know the true value of
those precious rights for which our fathers
sacrificed their property and blood of tn It
| happiness which they bequeashed TO their
descendants-and which we saw los, thro igh
the adversely of the times.
Following, therefore, and deriving enconr
agemenT ON the example, it becomes my
duty, IN Imitation Of those whose name !
bear, and whose memory honor, to restore
at which is lost :--jt is your duty to sup
port rae therein with al your efforts, that
under the blessing of divine providence,
who summons US to this task, we may leave
our beloved country completely re-conquer
/ ed and ~ established 70 our children.
In order to be enabled TO judge whether
che constitutional code thus framed, as u for
stated, be means OF attaining the above
great object. we have thought il right that
the said code be submitted for mature
consideration, to numerous assembly OF
persons, the most Considerable and best
qualified among you.
We have for that purpose appointed a
special commission who are to choose. ont
o. a numerous list given in to Us, SIX hun
dred persons, ia due proportion to the 20
pns3tion Of each Of the now existing depart
meats.
Hrnnred with your confidence, they shall,
on The 18th OF thi5 month, assemble in the
metropolis of Amsterdam, to come 20 do
termination upon this weighty business.
They shall in like manner, with the letter
OF convocation, receive the plan of the con-
st'tution, that they may be able to prepare
their decision thereon with maturity and
calmnegs OF deliberl ion and for the more
eHectual attainment os this object. a cooy
OF the same hsll be sent TO each rocmbsr
previously.
And as it is Of the FIRST importance that
these members be possessed Of the general
confidence, we order that list of the Der
sons chosen for each department be made
public, and that to all the inhabitants of the
same, being housekeepers, al opportunity
snail be afforded, by signing his name with
cut any other addition, in a register which
snail lie open IN each canton for eight DAYS.
60 disaPprove of any su person or persons
as be May deep unqualified.
10 inhabitant is deprived of this right.
with the exception Of domestic servants. va
lets, bankrupts, persons in state of non
age, or under accusation.
When it shall appear to us. from the
summing 10 Of the registers, that the ma.
jority are satisfied With the persons thus
Submitted 70 their election we shall consi
der then as the representatives of the Whole
Dutch people, call them together. apoear
IL the midst of them. aud salute them as
con shutting the great assembly, represent
ing me United Netherlands
They snail then commence their Ia
bors IN freedom, and give as an account of
their progress By committee appointed ~
that eHsc: and as soon as the adoption &C