Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-11-01
RICHMOND, fYA.l NOVEMBER l.
IRON PARIS.

ne tOiiowlnS IS an extract al a letter tn gen.
tleman in this city from an American citizen of
much distinction, now in Paris, dated August 2sth
Whatever diversity of IDEAS may prevail as to his
Picture Of France, Bonaparte, sc. there ought to
be bat one opinion OF the profound advice he gives
to our country, in the close of his letter.
"This crouded city loses its former dis
tinctive traits OF faces, manners, &c. &c
among the innumerab.e hosts circulating
through its streets, Of Russians, Pruss.aas,
Austrians and English, and people from
ali other corners Of Europe yet order, ST.
.ence, decorum pervade the whole mass
France overrun throughout so.newnatin the
same way, is divided equally for the pres
cut, among the four great cOnquering pow
crs, into Military Districts, leaving little
to the French Government, except its
name and fundamentally in suppresslng
popular Indignation, and supporting their
immense armies by impreSsments and
Contributions. All within the walls of Pa
ris, and especially the printing presses, are
governed e punished by each one Of those
ruling powers. Frenchmen of all descrip-
tons, with whom l have an opportunity to
speak, declare that the Nation must soon
be driven to state of desperation, dreadful
their oppre ssors.-But it is rot my opinion
that France has any intention to perish by
her own hand but, Ike all other conquer
ing nations in adversely, will rather choose
to receive the law from her conquerors.
"The weight and popularity OF Bona.
parties character is much leSsened in
France, by his many acts of treachery in
prosperity, and cowardice and extreme at
tachmcDt to life, in adversity.-It is from
many of his most faithful companions in
arms, that hear him most abused for his
having by flight abandoned them in Egypt,
in Spain, in Russia, in Germany and lastly
after the battle Of Waterloo, while yet the
spirit Of his Party, and of his other armies
in France remained unkroken, and it is be-
lieved, with him at their head, might ulti-
mately have succeeded in expeiling the al
lies. The blood now spilling of some Of
his Generals, whom he so late.y abandoned,
seems to seal this sentiment of his degrade
tion.--The United States have abundant
cause of felicitaton, that he did not visit
them--The wrath of Europe combined,
am persuaded, would have followed at his
heels.
"The Royalists themselves in France
are much divided in sentiment between his
present Majesty, the Duke d'Angouer {,
and the Duke dOrleans; whilst the Re
volutionists, together with the Old Army
and ProprctoJS of National and Emigrant
Estates, forming the most powerful and &C
tive strength OF the nation, wish to see the
Young Napoleon elevated to the throne
Hence, amung the greater numbtr, still
anXiousy awaiting the peace ana Tranquil
ity of unhappy France, the departure Of
the allied troops is no less dreaded, than
desired, from the apprehension of his Ma
jesty being again driven from his throne,
and their country in consequence being
plunged into yet heavier calamites.
"On the whole, the independence as we'll
as the prosperity Of this Great People rests
entirely OIL the policy & good faith of their
conquerors at whose feet they now lay
PROSTATE and disunited; whilst the Allied
Cabinets have so many elements in their
hands for weakening and distracting them
more and more, by exciting and supporting
the spirit Of party and faction. 1t is, not
withstandng, ray hope and belief, that
France will be left, in territory, nearly as
she was at the commencement other Rev
olution +; but, not without being cooled to
the last drop of her conquering blood, and
drained other financial resources.
"My republican friends and country
men, who have been longer than myself On
this eventful theatre, can discover no good
faith nor liberality in the conduct and
views of the Allies ;--on the contrary, SIN
ister projects and conspiracy against the
French and all other People but, they
console themselves, that these Powers, by
bearing so heavily ON the nation, are dri-
wing the French People to desperation,
dreadful in its consequences, and that by
suffering their armies to mix as they do
with each other, and with the French Poo
pie, they are sowing the seeds which
must eventuate in breaking down the bar
ricrs Of Deshotism all over Europe. am
not disposed to fatigue yoa With much spe-