The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-05-27

IL repays with general pardon and oblivion al the
caiumnics against him, and even the insugation
murder, by setting price upon his head. II will
give great pleasure to find, that the family of
Bourbon have experienced no i'll treatment ofany
sort because in that case, the conduct of the French
people, upon this memorable occasion, will form so
striking contrast with that of Cossack writer's
who, from the hour of Napolcons exile to that of his
return, hardly let day pass without intoxicating
the necessity nj DESTROYING him.. Their hypocrisy
could never make them disguise their malice. Ii was
their object 20 make the world believe, that he was
so much hated in France, aud the 'Rourbons so much
beloved, that there not the smallest danger Of
his being able TO give the latter any trouble Ii was
their object TO make the world believe tia. ne was
sunk Into complete contempt. Yet, in spite Of their
hypocrisy, their malice brok out into continual in
Situations, that his tife e,H What aeontrast
do the Conduct of Napoleon and that Of the French
people, form with the conduct of these writer's
The conduct of the Bourbonswas not what thcy
Promised. They promised that they would leave
property as they found it and. they immediately set
to work to restore part of the National Property TO
the emlTnts, who had been abroad, Il not serving
g'lnst France, Tor rs years They promised that there
should be liberty Of the press and they immediately
put that press under a censorship, while they i'm
prisoncd and fined many of the printers ard public
writers. They promised that in matters of ,sfgion,
all men shonld be free to follow their own opinions
as they had been before and they punished men for
promugating religious opinions, contrary those pro-
tcssed by the priests One man, in particular was
rfsoned for fire years for uttering what was termed
0ldSbheaotstd3Gee, s that, too, in country where
the King was daily creating men Knights IF the Ho-
~ Chost! ~ lstrom our own newspapers ; from the
mouths OF the friends of the Bourbons that we have
this account OF their conduct and when heard of
the landing ot Napoleon, the first thought that came a.
thwalr my mind, was, that now those men who had
beenimprisonedfor IBEiS would be restored tofree
dom, an object, worth Of itself, little revolution The
truth rs, that from the moment the Bourbons landed
In France, Cossacks were engaged in insticating
them to acts of oppression. They pointed ont to
them victim after victim they dictated TO them whom
should punish yhO hpy shn
The Bourbons were beset with these English d;cta-
tors, whose will they appear have but too faithfully
obeyed. But the better, the less offensive the con-
duct OF the Bobrbons WIS, the greater is the triumph
oil Napoleon tor, 1t Is now certain, that however
good they might be, the French nation had found him
to be better
Much has been said in our daily vehicles of false
hood OF the iltreatmcnt which the English people in
France have experienced. Iftllis be truc, as Ihope
is not 1t has, without doubt, been owing to their
restless tongues to that incesSant abuse of Napoleon
which they learnt at home, and which they must have
been impatient to perceive wasnot in fashion France
In general they would naturally be OF that descrp-
uon OF persons, who went to enjoy the spectacle of
seeing the French nation again subjected the SWAY
oil the BourbOns to indulge in the vintctive iov of
seeing the conquerors of Europe the sway
of those who had been prot ct, by England 1t Is
very probable that amongst all the feelings whch have
operated in favor Of Napole0n's return those excited
by English arrogance have not been the most feeble
and ineffective. And, my Lord, think we NAV be
well assured that there still wanting any thing
to endcar him to the people of France, that thing
would be an attempt on our part drive him again
from his throne.
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