Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-12-30
boasted OF the support OF those personages

attached them 70 the revolution, waited on
ly for chief, in order 60 defend TIN cir rights
which were thus directly attacked.
The elements OF civil war, termcnted in
every quarter of France, when the usurper
made his appearance 1T zoe Leagues from
the capital. He obtained without app rent
peril, without a contest, without opposition
what he would have va.nly attempted 20
reach with a considerable army and the in
lucnce of his mighty fame.
The regrets, which then accompanied
your majesty TO your retreat b yOii the
front ers, had only your person tOr their OBJ
ject after making the greatest chuits to
maintain a 70 ting on the French territory,
the princes of your house found themselves
in most hu0riiatng state OF solitude in
the south ard west. Since the last return
of your majesty. this party has assumed
most alarming aspect and no longer listens
to moderation or reason. The authority of
your majesty has been oespised, mother
royal government has been organized, the
magistrates appointed by you were repul-.
sed from the cities, the administration Of
which had been confided to them by your
majesty. This government proclaimed. in
stead Of your name, that OF KonSeiSncttT *
1}adaBle.<
The public acclamations saluted them IN
der the tides of king and queen of the
south. The colo's OF their house replaced
the white Of the lily, which is the national
color
Commissarics, who usurped the title and
powers OF ministers, organized magiS'racy
and an armed force, equally foreign to your
sovereignty and Your Will. These abuses
have been confined to certain provinces,
and have not passed beyond Their hmits.-
Your Majesty has solemnly protested "a
gaInst these scandalous usurpatiuns but
who among the guilty has been pointed out
and punished ? How can we conhde in the
sincere re-establiahment Of order, when TO
reign journals attack the personal right of
your majesty to the inheritance Ct the
throne? They no longer speak OF a volun-
tary abdication in favor of another but Of
right independent Of your will.
And this pretended right IS invoked in
favor of princess in whose name was rais-
ed up that rival authority, the existence of
which is proved by the numerous papers |
have laid befuTe your msiesty.
What appeared, only two months since,
rash conjecture, is now an evident truth
Who can have excited in the English Jour-
nails those long discussions upon the Sale
law : In whose favor are disputed the prir-
cipies OF this Fundamental statute of the
French monarchy
Ii is not as d theoretical Question of pub
lie law that the English journalists present
this dissertation. They name you, Sire
they name the primo IS, your niece, and
doubtless Zvithout the Knowledge of either.
And when We Connect together the cir
cumstanccs that have taken place in the
south, and which have just transpired in
certain parts of the north C west of France,
can we for al instant doubt, that for fear of
seeing constitutional monarchy consolida-
ted under your Majesty's reign, its enemies
wish to anticipate the order of succession
consecrated by the usage Of fourteen centu-
Iies Was our age then destined to be
that Of political calamites
The whole history of France replies to
these daring innovators, whose works reach
us through the English gazettes, and which
are supported and authenticated by forged
acts every where circulated. Have they,
then, forgotten that this law, constantly OBJ
served, was for the first time disputed in
1916, by Jane, daughter of Lou Hutlin /!
But Notwithstanding these pretensons, was
not Philip Y. maintained upon the throne Of
France? Have they, then. forgotten that
Edward, (KiBg of Engllnd) vainly asserted
the same pretensiohs as the son of Isabel Of
France, sister of LOUIS Huttin of Philip the
Long, and Of Charles ". who successfully
rsigGed ard died without male children /?
The right of Philip of Valois, consecrated
by the Salic law, was it not proclaimed a
new!
For the third and last time this law was
again applied in favor OF your ancestor,
Henry ~. On the 18th June, 1928, a So
Tenn act prescribed these same prstens ons,
hazarded by the chief Of the LigRr Q-cagu
OF that Ligue whose madness and fury are
exactly copied by the party have dsscrib-
ed. All these historical facts are well known
to your majesty, whose profound erudition
is admitted by all Europe.
Those who would trample on your legi-
innate right, must distrust those ministers
who are most devoted to your person, and
| it is through the same channels that circu
late the most virulent diatribes against us
| Such att cks have no terrors for me and
at any other time | would nat have implr-
| tuned your majesty with them. But such
is the nature Of the projects formed against
the right OK your crown, shat / am without
| authority as am without ermity against
their authors and projectors.
A solemn declara ton, formal disavow-
al, might cause every thing to be forgot
| ten. But this declaration. this disavowal,
who is 90 demand it! Where is informa
ton TO be gathered The attributes Of nay
| ministry cannot extend so far.
Sire, the public grief is at It's height
you alone can console the French for all
they have suffered. Itwould have been as
| del ghtfui as honorable for me to have con