Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-23
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FOREIG.A,.
Letter from Foucle 10 the Dute ef Wel-
iington.
[ooNcLuDED.1
October I2.

Tie ambition of the great has not any
political influence, nnless it be united with
some popular interest. Their intrigues,
their conspirac;es, are irpotent and UNI
vailing unless they are favored by the active
Cooperation of the multitude.
No opposition in the public coun-
ellis, no secret parties are to be reared,
when a monarch has on his side the at
tachment and strength of the people.
The repose Of the state depends on the
intellectual state of the working classes, of
which the people consist, and which form
the basis of the sncial edifce. This state
must be. if may so say, the sole object
of the care and vigilance OF a good po-
lice.
The crowd will always be quiet when
their interest is openly and honestly atten
ded to, when very thing is removed that
can weaken their confidence. uselessly Of
fend their preiuiices, Corrupt their wsy
and manner of thinking and acting. mislead
their ignorance and credulity.
Because these princil:es we're departed
from, because and obsequious and thought
less olicc had observed almost exclusively,
the steps # the great. instead of attending
to the people. it Happened that in the midst
OF prosperity, opulencc and peace, it was
unable to suppress the first ebulIiticns of
the revolution the materials of which,
however, had been increasing for 40 years,
without being observed, or atsleast without
any obstacle being laid in their way We
have not spoken of the person of the mo-
march; it must be the subject Of particu
lar observation.
Ny doctrine could not suit those who
wished to make of the police, not depart
ment OF the magistracy, which devolved
under the common protection of all the
parties that had arisen i'll the revolution,
AMI all that had commended against it, but
an inquisition, which would receiye their
secret denunciations,
My system was extremely distasteful to
those who wished to brand the past, in or
der TO nave it arbitrarily prosecuted and
punished for pardoned transgressions. The
lessons of history were lost, and they ought
to be remembered all does not succeed
with hypocritical conduct one gains the
confidence of men Only by uprghtness it
| is as necessary for the exercise of rights,
as for the fulflment Of duties. But why
| inquire ofthe past, if we draw from it no
instruction for the present if we observe
| in it only the faults of others, and never our
| own Let us become wiser and greater
| If we possibly can.
| q children, to-day you tread under foot
| what you admired yesterday when Will
! you at length become reasonable /! When
will vow learn TO observe and to Judge S :.
veral of those who now speak with coatempt
of all that has passed within these FIVE and
twenty years, were actors--very subordi-
| nate and unknown actors indeed, in most of
the scores Of our revolutions. By the help
| of their obscur'ty, they would, as circun-
stances permitted, deny or confess their
! parts ; but they have acted part as well
as others-they appeared upon the theatre
| even the consideration which they en-.
| JOY in their commuuss, however inconsiA-
cradle it be, they owe to the places which
they filed under Napoleon.
Many have done good let them not fear
to confess it; the good always adorns life
at whatever period it may have been done
instead of struggling and wishing to appear
as if it we're denied, they must conf. IS
with all the world, that political storms
like those ofnature, do not produce evil
alone. 1t is an extravag giant attempt e
seek to observe whatever has been effec.
ted shat is great or useful in our revolu-
tiuns. No one can sleceivc in respect rc
what has passed within these twenty-five
years. The world is full of It.
1T people were subjugated by Napoleon,
they show but little judgn,ent IN seeking Ia
depreciate him f; the more they lower him,
the more they debase themselves. The
traveller smiles with pity, when he sees a,
what great expence the eagles are destroy
ed upon the monuments which he renew.
ed or created. as il the memory Of che ac-
tons was DESTROYED with the eagles
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