Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-10-21


and, to this hour, there is not man in the
village, in which am now sitting writing,
who does not believe, that we gave YOU a
hearty beating at -Ne4y- Orleans. In short,
the mass OF the people in this country
know less of the affairs OF the nation than
any people ever heard of.
at present, however, it would be an
reasonable to expect us to shcw any thing
like moderation. Not only do our news
papers approve of the proclamation of
Louis XVIII. IN which he talks of h,tnish-
ing traitors but, they are preparing their
readers to expect a direct Interference, on
our part, in the regulating his government,
and eOc'i IA the choosing Of his ministers.
We are told, in SO many words, that we
have riSht to demand The death of some
OF the " rebels ;" that we have RIGHT to
coD'fieE me King to adopt strong govern
menf. In the meanwhile others are pro-
posing to strip the city OF Paris of statues
and other ornaments to bring them to En-
gland, TO adorn monument TO be erected
IN memory of the late victory. There
seems to be no bounds to the degradation,
to which some Of our writer's wish to reduce
the French people and name. Some de-
mand real, solid securities for the future.
IL MS, perhaps, means Dunkirk, before
winch our Duke of York fought a battle
once. Calais, perhaps, too. The demo-
liSion of the bason of Cherboury. There
Is NO knowing where we are TO stop. You
remember the punishment that our oious
king RIcEARs !. inflicted on his rebel
subjects in the gaIrisons which opposed
nm after his return from his crusade to
the Holy Land Thar, as being the most
cbectUat mode of preventing the future
propagation OF rebels, may, perhaps, APP
pear to the borough-monger writers as the
mode to be adopted towards the French
people upon this occasion.
hat there will be 6loodv uenFcQuce ia
ken now, there is no doubt. The recol
iectien of the battles Of Gcmappe, Dunkirk,
Auster!itz, Marengo. Hulen, Wagrarn,
Eylau, FriedlanG, Moskwa, Smolcnsko.
the Helder, the capture Of Rome, Naples,
Turin, Amsterdam, Madrid, Hanover,
Moscow, Berlin twice, Vienna twice in
short, the defeats, the humiliations, the
shames and the bodily fears of quarter of
q century, and, above all, the EXPOSURES of
me priests, are now assembling all their
icrce to obtain vengeance 'FEe conven
lion OF Fielder, and the convention which
gave Maria Louisa to the arms of Napole-
on, are nozu 10 BE- avenged. The pope has
10 get vengeance for his humiliation; and
so they have all. But what are they to
do They cannot Kill the people of
france. All Europe, with more than a
million OF men III arms and with fifty mil
lions of English money, will replace Louis
on the throne ofFranCe. But they Cannot
remain in France and if thew do not re-
man IN France, they cannot kceh him up-
on the throne. He is now, as last ueay
moving along towards the capital under
the protection of more than half million
Oh soldiers, who have made war, and are
making war upon Frenchmen, fighting ON
their own soil, and in its defence. As
long as frenchmen are kept down by the
oayonet, he will, of course, remain there
put now long will that be He was On
the throne last year but ne as not there
SIX months after the hostile armies had
Quilted France. To hear him threaten
the French, as he did some tine AGO. with
chastisement by foreign armies, 100000
IN number of men, was natural enough
but to hear him now talking of their Sor
Tozu at his departure, and of their lou at
ms return, is calculated to fill one with adj
miration at the impudence OF his advisers.
lie knew well, that it was under the bayo-
nets OF foreigners only that he dared adj
vance; that he, or any of his family. dar-
Ell show their nose in France and vet. G.
ven while he is following close upon the heels
OF those foreigners, he boasts of being the
object OF the loUe and admiration of the
French people No, no, Louis You are
restored, as you were last year, by f5,.eipn
6ay0netS and the question is vet to be
decided, whether those bayoncts will be 4
bic 10 1cch you on the throne. You have
yet stormy time to pass. The battle be-
tween hight and liberty, on one side, ard
darkness and despotisn, on the cher that
battle, which began in 1889, is still eoing
on 1t may rage less ficTceIy for a time
but 1t viii not be put an end to unless bv
the triumph of the former.
AS to the conduct Of Napoleon. unon the
last occasion, it was useless for him any
longer to attempt to support his authority
as sovereign and, indeed, it would |
have been well, if he had resigned immedi-
ately after his return from Elba. This
was fully expected by many men in Eng
land and 1t appears from his last act that
we have heard of, namely, his a5dicatiot
m tdUoT Of his son, that he was only res
trained by his foolish attachment IN the |
Austrian and her child After all his |
glorious deeds after ali his famous bat |
ties alter all his wise acts of LEGISLATION
All ms magnanmous proceedings all that |
ne MS done in the cause of mankind af- |
Ter al TINS, how painful is it to see him |
Vainiy hankerlng after the preserving of a
cro7v" to his family and which adds to
the modification, to a son which ne had HI,
the daughter of a kline and Of an INK.
,r' a., zoo 1t IS melancholy to think Of
II II mad been the son OF some tradesman's
d. q tlraef O.