Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-01-06
To The Editor Of Me. .uom!ng clronicr.,

PARIS, November @
You wish TO know what is done and said At
Paris, will tell you ali know, and YOU will find
that am not misinformed.
Every day there are persons arrested, who are
suspected of not greatly loving the Dourbons.-
they did not wait till the law was passed il
was anticipated both, in Paris and in the pro.
ylnces, for they were sure itwould be adopted
lhey even gave 1t a retrospective effect; for
they arrested, not for actual offenses, but for
having been partisan of the Revolution or of
Bonaparte, There zciH shortly not be sufficient
prisons tn france, - eoH!!H those atGt Gre to be
confined.
The spirit of party is blind. That of the Roy
allsts or white iacobins is so, even to the extent
OF employing for their agents in Paris and in the
departments q number of persons whom pubIic
opinion has designated IS having formerly been
the most ardent revolutionists or Bonapartisis
But these people have found means of insiuuat.
ting themselves into the confidence of the princes
and their fayoritcs, by affecting q zeal which
they do not possess, and by proving themsci.ss
prosecutors 4 party of the same men who. nm.
der the name OF the .HarSeiRoiS were the exec,I.
toners OF the first tyrants of the revolution have
enrolled themselves among the royal volunteers
OF the southland kill and pIiase the orotes-
tants aud the patriots with the same fury that
they Pillaged and massacreed the Aristocrats IN
1898.
They say that it is to sllay these troubles or
the south, that the duke d'Angc,ileme has set OFF
so suddenly from Paris for the CONNECTIONS AT
Nismes recommended on the 18th of last month.
Four hundred tanatical royaiiSts, 5riea,las enter
ed the city, pllaged and DESTROYED the houses Of
three respectable merchants, after having killed
two of them, and wounded several of those who
We're endeavorng TO save them from their fury
But At IS more probable that it is for the p,ir
pose of organizing an army in the south, that the
duke dAngouleme had repaired thither. II
IS there only that they can find voluntary enlist
ings. Every where else, none of the disbanded
soldiers will return into service. They would
enlist much more willingly AGAINST the Bourbons
than ior them lit is for the same purpose ac-
cording to report, that the Duke DE Berri has
gone into the Eastern Departments There
are those who say that the princes are tins
dividing themselves for the same motive that
merchant does not trust all his ventures 10 n
single vessel, in order that he may not loose all.
N one tempest
We no longer find in the reading rooms the 70.
reign Journals, and am very much afraid that
they will soon interdict the English Journals. The
toreignJournals already prohibited are those OF
Belgium, the Rhenlsh Mercurs, the Augsburgh
Gazette, &c.
The reforms which are made in the admins.
tration'- are not made merely from matlve of
economy, but also from political motive. They
wish to get rad of every one whom they suspect
Of not loving the Bourbons, whatever may b. o..
thefwise their talents or therra services.
u must not be supposed that the clergy are
excessively roysst. That cannot be the case
The eau OF the BOurhons is the cause of the no.
bility, and there are scarcely any mobiles IN tire
OK sting clergy. If the clergy could hope to re.
cover the wealth which they possessed before
the revolution, doubtless they would be very
counter-revOlutonary but the fate OF the eccle.
siastllal property is irreyocabe, and tythes can.
not be Fe-established. Hence the clergy canno,
cease to be poor, and the state cannot restore TO
them that Importance which always accompanies
wealth.
The barti-reacfoBnni-e do all they can to make
It believed that the whole nation is on their side.
and Tor that purpose they always call themsclve,
the w'yo'iiy Iins party does not even iuclld.
all the members OF tbe nobuity lf the French
people we're for the Bourbons, why those sedi-
tlOus cr'cs ~ the w:oie Of France Why, through
The means OF laws, deprive Frenchmen of their
personal hberty,f there were not, as YOU observe.
only = very small number vino are opposed to The
existing order Of things.
1t - not sufficient to make severe laws IL
must also be asccrtaincd whether the tribunals
VIII enforce them. Now, the party of reaction
are AFRAID lest the tribunals should not second
their views, Notwithstanding the publication Of
them which has taken place. Hence they have
proposed to the chamber 70 suspend the pernia
nency Of the members of the tribunals, IN order
10 render them more submissive, from the fear oil
losing tbeir places. So true Il is that they en-
Darrass themselves very little with the stipula
tons OF the charter.
Although the iRviolabhity of the national d f,
mans IS consecrated by the charter, il Is expe
'eu 'nae soH'e new Laws wnl produce variety 9