Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-03-13

| ..,. il is, alas, impossible almost not to
80 that the second restoration will not
,.st prove the end of the revolution OF this
,yhcn Napoleon landed, tbs public
dictionaries who had been deprived OF
/ .hr;r places by the return of the Bourbons
,he military, irritated at the reduction
IS their pay, and az the dispensation tho-
oors and rewards in favor OF individuals
whom they considered as their enemies
the men who had been conspicuous IN the
revolution, and whom the public Journals
| had designated for so long time to public
yeng ance-the purchasers OF national pro-
/ perty. whom the journalists and priests
/ threatened with deprivation-hnallv, the
! re,sants, who dreaded the revival or the
,rthes and the feudal syste m-greetcd him.
Notwithstanding the remembrance of his
| fnrmer tyranny, not BY attachment for his
person, but through aversion to the g.
/ rsrnment of the Bourbons, against which
they harbored invincible prepossessions
The emigrants, the mobiles, and the
PRIESTS, who had lost their domains and
/ their privileges in consequence Of the Re-
yo,ution, and who expected that under the
reign ofthe Bourbons they W euld ultimately
regain them finally, that class of in,livi-
Saals who are indifferent. to every system
of government. and who wished but for re-
rose, beheld on the Contrary, the arm Of
Napoleon with horror: but the notori ms
pusillauimity OF the first, ar3 the apathy or
egotsm of the others, rendered unavailing
iii the attempts made tn repulsc him. He
arrived Almost without obstacle, and found
nearly the whole population disposed to
receive him, much less, it must be repeat
cd, through, IF c,ion for hiin than through
hatred for the government which dissolved
iself. Thos- who exclusively depended
upon the family o. the BourbHI.s, defended
them as usual, by taking flight.
Such was the state of the public mind
when Napoleon lardcd ~ Carree, snd
pursued his triumphal march to Paris, at
tended bv the wishes and almost un9ninor.
acclamations Of the popu.a'ipn of the pro-
vinces thr ugh which he had ~ prss.
II would seem that the s.ate of things
end of the public mind, Is not more auspi-
cous at this moment, and that the univer-
sal inqu;etudes and f-ars which the ADM
ristration of the Bcu hons had ex"ited be-
fore their departure, have revived since
their return, ard that they even exist in
much greater degree.
The violent manner, in which their re-
establishment has been effected, the disas.
ters which have attended it, the calamities
of all kinds which the inhabtants of one
half of France have experienced in conse
quence of the invasion of foreign armies,
are far from having conciliated to those
Princes the love of the French Pesp,c and
the state to which France has been reduc-
H cd by the Treaty CT Peace, the military
\ occupation of her territory, the loss of her
colonies, the ruin of her commercial esta-
+ blishments and manufactures and in con-
sequence of all this, the annihiation of
n her trade and her industry, have rot fur
i ther contributed to regain the hearts of the
people to their cause.
The acts of their administration since
their re establishment, do not appear better
calculated to re-unite in one common bond
the various elements of the social body,
h snlit by revolutions and they consequently
afford but little hope OF their government as
y suning Conscience and stability. An at
tentive and impartial investigation of those
acts, demonstr ties that they are wanting in
unity and Combination. Their tsmpprising
spirit changes according to circumstances !;
sometimes they contain a general amnesty 4;
at other times they produce a suspension
Of the Habeas Corpus, and the institution
of Cours Prevotaies.
The spirit of vaciia.:on in the govern
rent hes been well depicted in q carrca>
ture-the King is walking. holding under
his arm an umbrella. upon which is written,
the Charter" At the appearance of a
storGn, his Majesty Immediately displays
the umbrella. In f-ct, the unfortunate
Charret is Displayed whenever the storm
threatens, and IS folded up when it sub
sides.
1t seems necessary to do one of two
things either totally TO lay aside the
Charter, o. to adopt and follow it with
good fifth The middle course is the
most difficult, ard the most unsafe to pur-
sue.
1t IS true, that Bonaparte, by following
the same course, had succeeded in all"ying
factions, in reconciIing parties, in subdu-
ing them all, and in gaining absolute
4 power but Bon1parte, (setting aside the
ascendancy he had acquired over the ma
ton by the services he had rendered to it.
and by his prodigous military reputation
knew how to pursue with an ability, a per-
severance and hrmness without exam
pie, the object he had i'll view viii st the
Bourbons know not how to employ IN theft
acts either the force, the constancy, or the
combination indispensable to attain the
same end.
A conh d'eH of the different Pow.
ers, which constitute the French Gov.
ernment, viii suffice TO substantiate this
/ truth.
TIE. KING-A Prince Of his family
4 governs with almost absolute sway the
better part of his Kingdom, and ap.
pears impatient for the moment when hs
may he called to the government Of the