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

importance and splendor of their func-
tons, the Interest which they hc\e in
maintaining the order of things under
which they eni ~ such high prerogatives,
had Quoted many respecting the dlsposi
tions of the Court and of the Chamber
of Deputies, and had gwen reason to hope
that they would keep free from the sDi
rit of resistance, and compel the govern
ment to the f,ihful observation of the
Charter. But all thes~ far hopes have
vanished. The Chamber of i e:s. con
sisting for thu greater part Of Chiefs of
the ChouGns. Of Vcndeans, Ut ,natiral
Hoyalsts, have evinced that party spirit
is passion In which every thing is sacri-
feed.
The same observati ms may be applied
to the Chamber of Deputies ; composed OF
the same clements, it must display the
same spirit. The election of its III smbers
did not take pl.ce in manner CT ulat d
to conc'liate the public esteem. In the
first I'll zee, the King appointed the Presi-
dents of all the Ele -tor.l Colleges in
addition to which he empowered the Z e.
fects to add twenty Electors of their own
choice, to the Colleges of the Departments,
and ten To the Colleges OF the Arrondisse-
ments ; finally, as these means were found
insufficient t. obtain such elections as were
u,
which fraud and violence were not en-
ployed to control the electors according
t. the wishes of govs rnment. Thus. FOR
instance, =, Toulouse, the u. esidont TT e
College, though appointed by the King,
not appearing ROyalist suffic ENTITY PURE,
was violently expelled, and it was amidst
the rnurderrrs Of General Ramel that the
election took place. At N'smes also, the
Electoral Coz s. was placed under the
influence of band OF robbers ami assas-
sins (; such of the memb rs of the Colleges
as were Pr1testants, had already taken
fight, to escape assass nation.
At NJ -ndes a Committee of Insurrec-
ton caus d the Electoral College to be
surrounded by armed bands, prepared to
FIRE. A dozen of the ters Of these
bands ntru led themselves into the Cot
l,ec, and ooi ged the Electors II shew
their votes bef,rs they cast them into the
urn thew ,l-trcated several of the E.
lectcrs, and declared tn the President,
(appoi ted by the Kng) that if he were
to DE elected, he should not retire a
live.
These few facts NAV give an flea of the
m amer in which the Chamber of Deputies
is composed. This Chamber has manifested
so revolutionary. 50 anti-constirulonal, and
Harmed, thought 1t prudent to organise an
opposition, by Invites the most rational
moderate members to form private club
but this opposition IS still but in small
min Nrity.
The org imitation of the military for
c2s notwithstanding the reiterated assn
| RANGES If the j urnals, proceeds but with
sl1wness and difficulty; the greater mum
Der of the old soldiers refuse to Sc We, and
prefer tlling the ground. Government is
therefore Obliged to have recourse to vol
| untary enl;stments, and to employ bounties
The individuals who cffcr to serve ss off,
| GERS are numerous enough. but they have
| for the most part no sembiance of militia
/ ry service; yet some Of them, by means
of Intrigue. succeed in obtaining rank, and
| even superior rank. n bankrupt trades
| man has been appointed Colonel, and an
| Office of the Legion of Honour. TIL Co
vernmeDt, however, have so little conf
| dencs in the composition OF this new ar
! my, that they have already postponed
several times the departure OF the duke of
| Wellington, and that of lis troops.
| The lnternal administration proceeds
| better in the North than in the ) utf. Yet.
| such arbt rary measures are adopt; d
| ev 'ry win r., that it Is impossible that the
same resistance should not be generally
met with Projects, Sub Projects, and
| Authorities still more subordinate, even
the Mayors take upon themselves TO i'm
| pose arbitrary taxes upon their districts,
ami upon individuals whom they suspect Of
| opinions Contrary t. their own. Many fUre
| Royalists resist the payment Of the extra
| ordinary contributions, under the pretence
| that they should be borne solely by the men
| of the Revolution /; in consequence OF
which, many collector has given up his
Office, under the apprehension, that, IN eX
| acting payment of the contributors, &C
cording to law, he should be charged with
| Bon part'sn, AMI prosecuted before C0U1'
| Prepotaie although il be notorious, thai,
with the exception of the Army, and of a
| small number of men, whose very exist
| ence is intimately come ted with that of
| Napoleon, there does not exist a French
| man who does not execrate this man-the
| autaor of their miseries. Notwithstand-
ing this circumstance, sort of inquistion
is enforced every where, which can only
be attended with fatal results; several
constituted authorities invite, by conhden-
tial letters, those under their control, to
make reports and denuncations they ex-
anime witnesses, &c IN consequence Of these
various excuses, private society, form rly
so un,eserved q agreeable in France, has
lost almost all IT'S attractions people are d.
vided they fear and avoid one another
scarcely any assemblies are made; party
spirit prevails even in ttnlies, and Danish.
es therefrom ali peace and harmony.
Public and private transactions have al
| most entirely ceased they cannot resume