The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1815-07-12

France an unfycf sal burst of cDtBusasm--ibey
wcre welcomed with an inexpressibls over
lowing of tho heart; tho old republicans sin-
cereiy participated in the common soy. Ma
poleon had oppressed them in parlieahr SO
very severely. All the classes OF society had
suffered TO sireh degree that not a man could
be found who did not feel so,t OF in,cxica.
ton, and who did not deliver, himself Up TO
tho most consoiing hopes; but The horizon
did not remain long uncovered win, cioods !;
10Y continued bot for noment Those WHO
returned alter such a long absence thought
apparently 10 fod France as il was Ia 1919 |;
bu, the generation was almost entirely rcne W
ed; the youth of the present day has been
brought up in other principles; The love OF
gioty, above all has straek deep root; II has
become the most distinguished attribute OF
,he national character. Exalted by coniinusi
success for twenty years, II had met with
sman degree OF Irritation by momentafy Fe-
verse :, unfortunately il has received a deep
wound isom the conduct OF the new sovereign
Formerly tho kings of England came 10
render homage to the kings OF France, as 10
their sovereigns but Louis XVIII has, on
the contrary, dcclared 10 The prince regent oj
England that, under God, he owed his crown
10 him and when his count ymen hcw to
NEE, him, and in order 10 decree that crown
to him by an unanimous vote of the nation,
he was instructed 10 answer, that he did ncl
wish 10 receive il from their hands, that II
was the Inheritance Of his fathers. Then
were our hearts closed-ihey were silent.
II is thus that Louis XVIII was made to
begin his part in the midst OF US by the most
bloody of all outragcs which sensible and
amiabc people could receive. However, We
had made no calculation in our sacsiiiecs TO
recover the son Of Louis X, and OF Henry Nv.
We smoo,hed the way to the throne for him
by showing our eagerDess 10 adhereto the
perhaps inconsiderate measures of The provis-
ional goyernment---in the iivelineSs ot our
satisfaction we had spontaneously sbandonyd
our conqucsts, we gave up from our nalional
limits that AonrishiDg Belgium which joined
its wishes TO ours for its reunion TO France.
A stroke Of the pen sutliccd 10 make us give
up those superb counties which all the for
ces OF Europe would not have been able. to
take from Us in ten years.-Was Louis then
under the necessity Of INITIATING the usurpers,
who, not being able TO become kings by the
assent OF the people, make themselves kings
by the grace of God. Did ho not knew that
we have had Napoleon, by the grace OF God,
aDc that it was by the Grace OF God that the
most powerful have been always and will be
Always seen to reign.
Louis caused himself to be preceded by
proclamaions, which promised an oblivion OF
the past which promised to prescrveto each
man his situation, h,s honots, his salary. In
what mannee have hls counselors made him
keep promise by causing him to drive from
the senate. oil those who might have appeared
guilty In his eyes had he not promised TO for
get every thing. Bui not an individual ct
those against whom the public opinion was
raised--not one ot those who by the poison OF
their faucry to Napoleon, had reduced tho
French to the last degvse Of debdsemeut,
Thus il appears more and more evident that
naucry is the first want OF pynces under
whatsoever title they may reigp.
III the same manner we're eXcDd-i, win
the most extreme diligence, those iol -t.oGaF-
les OF a secondary class, whom perAaps az *
cessivc love OF liberty might have led stray.
Il Is true that they have not a. yet becn for
mally procribed they are not rs ye' given up
to the tribunals, but they are pointed out by
the very fact Of their dismissal in their dis
tricts, 10 the animadvcr sion Of tnc.r fellow
! citizens, as bsing suspected persons, aud un-
worthy OF the confidence oil government; they
are marked with the seal OF rcproba,ion, and,
il military men be spared little IL there ap-
pear disposition to pardon thor victories,
which they are content with only marking by
the appeliation of inpious, the reason may be
easily coDjec,ured Oh how many heroic
actions are condemned to oblivion, if they be
not put down to the account OF crimes
The promises Of the king should give con-
hdence TO all oi,izeps and Notwithstanding
this, iDquietudo hovers over thcm moro and
more; it hovcrs over their existence, over
their honos,. ever their properties Men arc
distfustful Of the last thought OF man whom,
persons have caused already, in SO short
time, so often to clude his promises. People.
are desirous to believe that those wrong meas
ures do not proceed from himself, but they
infict, on that account, wound no less deep
on the royal dignity. To pardon IS not TO for