Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-06-29
From Paris.

barras, why once presided over the des
unicS 0I The French republic. is now. en-
pioyed IN watchi lg over the safety Of the
Court OF Louis, having the direction IF the
c0unter-polce, under the due d'Hayre.
one OF his maiesty's most confidential ser
wants. lie is the uncle of NJ. de Blacas
who will inherit his large fortune. lie fills
this Office in conjunction with TaIIien.
sent you lately an extract ola pam
lphIet of Nj. Benjamin Constant, publishes
IN the year 1876, and containing PREDICT
0ns relative to the restoration Of ROYALTY II.
France, which have been but too we'll We.
'1hed Tor the people of that country. A
passage of a similar description, which i.
to be met within another pamphlet of thai
author, entitled, - OF The Consequences Ct
the Counter Revoiu ian in England" and
published in the year 1899, has been intro.
duced into one of the numerous usuu.
SCRIPTS, which, in defiance of the police,
are continually circulated in the societies
|of rarls. That passage is the following,
Ip.77:
$ Charles ii. was recalled by Darlia-
ment whose guilt was enormoussno doubt.
and whose pusillanimity was despicabIe +:
ou' YET tnat parliament was composed of
Ensi'somen. An English general, English
toops, whom no-defeat had Illuminated.
Willingly padMmlthe absurd homo, of choos-
me hm for their king. He therefore retained
me ieeiing o. possessor for England. He
etained sort Of personal, inclination for
learning. Fanadeism had taken away the
ille oil his father: he was therefore Partial.
II not TO philosophy, at least to religious
ncredulity, which alone could disarin ia
naticism.
=" We, on the contrary, behold az this
Day, men whom civilized Europe sill con
siuer as Gar6arous, rendering us a foreign
YOKE. The Pretender, a slave to Russia.
awaits the destruction of our generous
bands, 10 become the master of mlr ravao.
20 provinces. He awaits in safety. far
from battles chat are fighting for his cause.
until the barbarians he las stirred ~
against his country announce him thai
destf, pillage, and coniiagration, have laid
open 10 hun a sanguinary road to that
coua'ry which repels him from her bosom.
lheu, invested with ,ower conquered
by others, tributary monarch, de en-.
dent trunPher, free only in the exercise OF
vengeance, but himself aa i1strumeot If
the vengeance of his allies. he would dir
ta'e TO nm those laws, intended at first
70 STRIKE at the vItals OF repubicanism.
"ouiu soon be employed h. destioy now
erlul empire in the scale Of natio6s. The
hand OF tie stranger, directed by his skill
iul rage, would siide all cur rasou, COS. I,y
rohblqS US OF our liberty: their first efIoi Is
would De against our mass of Information
but their second thoughts would be aoainsf
cur force; and their destructive foresight
would require from their ROYAL subject.
ledges Of eternal weakness and of eternal
subjectio,." ""'
Anothe passage, page So.
lie court appointed 10 diSperse these
meetings an officer who had served for ma
ny yeas II Russia as if that barbarous
climate had been atall times destined to
'ehn i'rth slaves against civilized Europe,
~ order to sustain every bluI of fyran5N
and to cause every kituiSof degradation to.
-" While these devastafions were
carrying on IN Scotland, different Kind
OF Tyranny was practised in Ireland 4
: eat part OF the laDds of that kihed5n be-
'onged to the purchasers of national do
maIns' The king, by positive decIarati.
op, had confirmed these ACQUISITIONS
Notwithstanding which, tribunal was act
w 70 examine the CLAIMS of the orieinal
prP,Fietors. The members OF this tTibu
nai' nor knowing npon what principles {, !
'IoCeeo IN their decisions, only consider
"a the power with which they we're invest
20 as means OF enriching themselves