Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-05-10

sJ w. .ns new sios'a Of government
tabllshcd yits REPRESENTATIVE e.
IN tie year $, Ronatarte, .lr.,a.
crowned BY victory, was Raised r. @ ~
governmehtby tie consent Of fhs NJ : We
a constitution created the consn. sa0A;;
gistracy. -'ular III
q The decree ofthe senate Of T.. -,
Ihermidor, in the year 10. AN ION
BeDaparte consul torlife. f''A'ed
The decree Of the senate &c A.
Morea,, in the year 10, conf.r vic stsa
Napoleon the Imperial dignity. and :. %
dered it hereditary in mis- family. Aa iel'
These three solemn acts were .ah
ed to the acceptance Of the people '', s1
conseerated thelnby hear four MILAN tl, sa -
votes. u
Thus during q years, the gou,ho,.
had ceasedto reign in France. .TI Ta'
We're there forgotten by their eote,on icy
ries (; STRANGERS to our laws, to anr !n u'a'
tutions, to our manners, to our elor,' !
present generation only knew them KS Is
the recollection of the foreign va, an v
they had excited against the court : "' as,
some intestine disssntions which . , I..u
had kindIed up. usy
In 1914 France was invaded b, h..
tile armies and the capital taken. "Ss'
Foreigners created prefer ded !, ~,
sional government. They assemble, I ,hs
minority of the Senators, and conn e,lss s
them, contrary to their power AID AZ s;S'.
their will, to destroy the exist nv es ss;'
tutions, to oyerturn the imperial th,ors
and to recall the family of the Bourbon,
The Senate, which had only been il.
stituted to preserve the constitutions a,
the empire, acknowledged itself, that 4
had no power to change them. Il d..
creed, that the project ofa constitutions
which 1t trad prepared should te submi;.
ted to the acceptance ofts peop!e, anl
thct Louis Stanislaus Xavier, shall b
proclaimed King Of the French Is 500,
as he shall hare accepted the Constitution,
md slsorn to observe it, and cause it 10
be observed.
The abdication Of the Emperor Nap,,
leon was only the result Of the unhappy
situation to which France and the Empe.
ror had been reduced by the events VI
the war, by treason, and by the oosupa.
ton of the capital. The sole object Of
the abdication was to avoid a Gull war&
the eFasion of French blood. MT beng
consecrated by the wishes Of tie leopt,
this act could not destroy the solemn
contract Which was formed between them
and tire Emperor; and even thous M.
poleon had tile right personally Of ahdi.
eating the throne, he could not sacrifice
the rights of lis son who was called u
reign after him.
In the mean while, a Bourbon wss
named Lieutenant General Of the king
dom, and assumed the reins Of govern
lnent.
Lous Stanislaus Xavier arrived in
Ffance.-He made his entry into the ca.
pital he took possession Of the throne
according to the rules established in tee
ancient feudal monarchy.
He had not accepted the constitution
tlecreed by the Senate; he lad not sworn
to observe. il and to cause it to be Oh
served; it had never been set forth fc.
the acceptance Of the people; the people,
subiugated by the presence of foreign al
mics, could not even express their wishes
freely, or in valid manner,
Under their protection, after having
thanked a foreign Prince FOR enabling
him to mount his throne. Louis dated
the first act of his authority in the 18th
wear of his reign, declaring also tie acts
eunanating from the will Of the PeoP's
were only the fruits of a long revolt; lie
granted voluntarily ind by TIE free e,1s''
81 else pfhis Royal authority, a censfltpI'oA'
al cEartsr, cnilsd the ordinance q n.
formation and its only sanction was !"
being read in the pressncsof new Dss1'
which he had created, and OF an ASSET.
blase ofdeputies who were not ifes' s s.s
did not accept It, and none Of whom N ,n laa
tie power of conserving to this eiahss',
and two fifths of whom lad not even w
character of representatives. :, n,,.
All these acts were then lawful I, .".
in the presence of sstile arln'ss' anu ,a ah
der foreign domination, the! are IN;
the work Of violence, they are espse .I,
utilities, and done in contempt o. ~, a, ~.
nor, the liberty and tie rights Of 1'sP'
pie. = ;na;v;du,ls,&
by unauthorized function ares "..s III.
Of force neither to annihilate, non % n''
un for tile consent Of the people, e =, sna
ed by their votes soIemnly called ''' -
TfaY.n those adhesi0ns, and alsV