Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-06-03

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may be extended to cover almost any restriction,
even the Censorship, which the decree had PLAINLY
excluded But the most interesting article of the
| whole IS happily clear fall amb gulty--we mean
| the eighth, which provides that g the Judges
shall be irremavable and the judicial power inde-
pendent" Weare aware that may seem less ex-
| ,hcit than might have been wished, upon the con-
tlnuance in office of the existing Judges but be-
] sides that then present removal was thing Who'll
ly out of the question, and therefore Their perma-
| nent continuance provided for by the force of the
article, II is matter of very trivial moment whe
ther certain men shall continue in office or not,
| compared with the vastly more important point,
settled by the article beyond all possibility of ca
vi, that whoever are once made Judges shall be
| independent and Irremoveable IN like Manner
no doubt can now be enterta ned as to the infringe
ment Of this essential condition of The Restora-
| ton.
"Such, then, were the Fundamental stipulalions
| upon VIII ch the King ultimately entered INTO has
| high ofice. Upon some matters of subordinate,
pat not a trialng nature, he preserved a guarded
steice--a ssisrce, hhSesSr. giiJcl lntsl,J fairly
De construed into acqu,e cerce n the spirit OF
the decree. lie had been there denonnnated
| Lew of France, brother et'lhelast R7ag In his
proclamation he calls himself Louis, BIZ The Grace
! 81 Coz, oInittnS the term XVIII OF considered
himself as succeeding to has brother d rec;ly.-
The decree stated, that he was ecly called to the
| thtone by the PeoPle-the proclamation descr hes
Inn rs e'ilted to the throne OF his ancestors. Tie
decree names HIM King of the French--the pro
clatnatlon, King OF France and Navarre Thus,
IN ne subordinate IS we'll as the NOR. important
branches OF the stipulations, some times were
lelt a. ambiguity so that ther sense m fht be
ADOPTED, as the current should be found to set IN
| Tor or against the Court. Some renamed not
quite clear, yet with manifest tendency to make
the public suppose the Original terms bod been &C
! cePted some were stinctly gwen in the words
a. lhc-o hex.D Il II
some were as manlfestly variations OF the terms
proposed.
"We have already stated that to DELAY answer.
ing the propositions of the Provisional Govern
Tnent until his entry into Paris, savoured little of
| good faith. To omit even then answering some
| OF them, was Still less frank and becoming But
TO give amb g7lous answers to any of them, was
! wholly inexcussble and could only have been
| safe IN crisis of popular enthusiasm. Where
! the terms proposed had been so perfectly expli-
4 CT, silence respecting any of them might wed
have been interpreted as consent, more especially
alter the whole benefit had been taken OF the mo t
unqualified acceptance. Where an ambiguous
answer was gwen under such circumstances, its
subsequent construction m ght well be expected
u receive is direction from the spirit of the ori-
g.nal proposition, and to incline towards the bene-
hit ofthe country. II does not become Monarch,
IN 50 peculiar situation, to special plead upon
his royal word; 80 take advantage OF his own loose
expression, and to ava himself sonnet mes of an
intentional amb guilty in his phrase-sometimes oil
a designed observation-disclosures of violent and
strained construction upon expressions ofhs own
choice. " IT, saws VI. Carnot, the persons of kings
be Justly held sacred, ought not their words 10
be so Likewise, and show superiority to AL sub.
terflge Is that then the loyalty of character
VIII ch people arep pleased always to look upon as
the most noble appanage of the House of Bolr-
bon i''' Is it consistent (savs he in the concIl-
! nf r.olN Nth 4.a i:
Prince TO bubble on some obscure expressions Of
the Constitutional Charter as if he was ALREADY
sorry for having gwen 1t to.us And in case of
any doubt arising, should It not always be inter
Pretcd n the most beral manner Should no:
a KING rather go beyond fhan stop short of what
he has promised And ought not his ministers
perpetualiy to remind BIN ofthat subl me PASSAGE
IN the procamat on Of his ancestor Henry ",
when he was only King Of Navarro E" jj1io can sa,
10 tie King If NaUarTe thai he has ercr forfeited
his royGl rror{ % These are the sent. Inents of
true regal glory and they the dictates too of
republican honest' IfLewis XVIII. had gwen
ear TO such councillors as The brave and upright
man whose book lies before us, nc would better
have supported his claim to the proud title Of
Henry the Greats descendant, than by causing
such batteries to be blazoned through the med UNI
of servile addresses and an enslaved press, while
he was following councils which held up his con-
duct as contrast alike to his mighty ancestors
even have made us pass over the grossest of those
batteries, the prosperous epithet of Lo,as 6 DC.
sire, bestowed on one ut ery forgotten, by show.
ing that az least he deserved to be remembered
Let us see the counc is which he has preferred 10
,he path ofTeal fame
We pass over the immediate assumption OF the
title Lewis XVIII. the people having called him
TO the throne IS lewis XVII. that is, having re.
Fuscd to acknowledge the Dauphn as King. The
offence gwen by tins step cannot fail TO be deep
and lasting in the minds ofau the Revolutionary
, party. Every acknowledgment has Likewise been
! avoided, OF the power from which his crown has
! come to hun. He admitted, at first, that he re-
ceived it from the love of his people he now
wears 1t as Of divine and hereditary right Bot
the entire deviation from the spirit OF some fun.
damental conditions Of his recall, and the breach
ofotbers IN the letter as well as spirit, merits
more attention. The Senate hts been 7rsed,led or
, Purified, as the fashionable phrse IS, of several
: members Many persons have been removed
! from independent Offices every where. The press
has been subjected 10 rgId censorsh. ply an
act OF The legislature, no doubt--but an ac pass
ed with uic whole we glt of the Government No
work can be prn ed Under $50 pages, without
The express permission Of censors aUy onted BY
the Crown. Every newspaper, without any OK
cepuons is therefore carr ed on under the eve Of
the censors and, to mike Ire assurance of slave
~ doubly sure, the government has power sum
MARTY to stop the press Of every printer. u NAV
safely be sad that there IS no country i'm the world