Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-10-21
RICHMOND, vA.l OCTOBER 81
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| ny evils which he is unable TO remedy, sc
much misconduct in the servants whom he
| trusts, so many reproaches thrown upon
him for the faults of others, that his bosom
must be eternally the seat of care or re-
| morse. But if such be the case OF other
| Princes, what must at this momeut be the
| situation of the monarch, who is hickman
cd the King of France, fine be free from
those conscientious Qualms, which haunt
the pillow of the good Prince, he is the prey
| Of anXieties, to which the Prince that is
| quietly seated on his throne, is stranger
| Prince without sceptre, a slave in his
own palace, play-thing for the whims
OF the foreigners who surround him, des-
| pissed by them, dcspised as we'll as hated
| by the majority OF his own people, despi-
| cable even in his own eyes-such Is the
miserable pageant, who pretends to fill the
] throne OF France IF he were good
| Prince, he must poignantly feel for the Pc
| culiar calamities OF his people, If he be a
weak one, he must feel for himself Which
way can he turn for consolation If to his
| allies. he sees them stripping his subjects of
all that is valuable--lf to his subjects, he
finds no friends there TO console them
Some of them regard him as an Usurper
who has been forced upon them by foreign
| bayonetS while others, who would have
| bowed before his own preteusions, must
| curse him for the calamties with which
his protectors have scourged his kingdom.
If he has any feelings, infinitely more de
| graded and wretched must be his lot, than
that of Bonaparte, driven from a throne
and banished TO distant Island.
Can any situation be more humiliating
If his allies quit him, his own subjects may
expel him. IF they remain with him, his
subjects are ready to cut his throat for It.
If the foreign'troops depart the realm, he
has no longer realm to rule.-If they
| continue, they rule the realm for him -
Without their assistance, he is no longera
King-and with them, he is no King at all.
The very troops which preserve him on
his throne, strip it Of all its power. The
very friends who protect him, grind his
people Z" to dust and ashes''
Z" If we quit you, (say the allies,) your
own people will dethrone you-and, there
| fore, we must continue"
6 If you continue, (replies LOUISE you
drive them to desperation. you
| are protesting yourselves my friends,
| you are in fact my enemies. The resent
ments, which you are kindling in the heart
| Of France, will ALLEVIATE my people and
| consume my throne!"
So hard is the alternative to which he is
| reduced, that if he submits to his allies, he
will be for ever dsgraced in the eyes of his
| people if he resists them, they will tear
| his kingdom in pieces.
But if he be degraded, how much are
! they disgraced If his situation be mean
| one, how infamous has been their conduct !
They entered France with every profess
| sion of amity teeming from their lips. They
| came, not to conquer, but to conciliate !;
not to bring in the Bourbons, but to drive
| out the Bonapartes. AS soon as the u
surfer was disposed of, France was to be
! at liberty TO choose her own Constitution.
| Yet no sooner was Bonaparte dismissed,
and the allies fixed in Paris, than the de-
| termination was avowed to support Louis
on the throne.
| The feotlie were to be spared, their pro-
| perty was to be respeCted-Yet no sooner
was all opposition allayed by these seduc-
| tive promises, than they were UNANIMOUSLY
violated.-No sooner had they dropt the
| sword under promise Of IMMUNITY, than
the Robber claps his pistol to their breast
| and demands their money.
This unheard-of breach of faith, was the
| forerunner Of every indgnity. Troops
were quartered on their towns; enormous
acquisitions imposed their private proper
| fly plundered, their public monuments de-
| aced. Alas poor France how wretch
ed is thy condition. Dsgraced by Ruler,
who has usurped thy throne-and abused
| by allies, who promised you protection.
They pledged themselves to restore or
! der ! But confusion and disorder every
where follow in their train. They were to
restore$ peace to agitated Europe but
they are scattering the clements of new
wars. They promised to deliver Europe
and France, is now invoking Heaven to de-
liver herfronl her deliUerers
How this miserable tale will wind up, it
| is impossible to say. If the insolent vaunts
of the English are to be considered as any
| indications of the schemes of the Allies,
new mischiefs are yet. in reserve for their
miserable victim. France is not only to be
shorn of her honor, but her territory. The
! London Prints assure us, that the king is i'm
\ potent, and that the allies must enforce his
| ordinances that Notwithstanding this inn
Deciiity, France must not expect to retain
an her territory that she is too strong for
tne other parts OF Europe and that it is the
duty OF Europe to weaken her power, and
prevent her from reviving her ambitious
projects And this language is held, after
It has been confessed that it was Bonaparte,
and not France, who was the author of
these projects and, while TO difficulty is
expressed as to erkendfng the power of
| Russia power whose little finger at
some future day is destined to be stronger
than all the loiDs Of France.
But whatever be the issue of the scenes
of France whether they are to terminate
/ with the division. Of her territories, or who