Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-05-17
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PARIS. march 25..

1ne SIeot due9lipn rSS e.
relating to the Budget OF Frnce, has
ibeen discussed with vchemsncelnthe NV"
|chambers. and the debates were animatsu
'by that free parIiamen airy liberty, inhher'
|ent in government which By its nature
and formation, requires that the trut'
should be spoken-rhat IS to say, tina
one should be free TO speak what ne be-
|Iieves to be true. pusillanimous minds
NAV think that this frankness, this Lofty
fight Of opinion is 'langerons-and that rl 1t
|excites greater degree Of restiessness
;han il eau allay-it is NOT the less ne
|cessary companion OF q representative
government, and WheElt IS exeTcis-
led with the, greatest violence,i cannot
lie preiudicial TO talents and ptoblty. 1t
lis not hswever, here question, simPl,
Of the defence more or less easy. more or
less Just, eff men called by the choice o.
the monarch to eminent and envlaoie sta
|tions. The subject before US IS that 81
public safety and credit.
The alarming complaints with which
zeal had inspired an orator OF The house
| of depules--are they real, OF eAagsefat-
led! This is the question which interests
| the public. We can CONCEIVE how 60
lyernment is weakened and dies 'hlouoh
llangor; wren its enemies 80 unpublished
when their interests, III opposition to
those of government, are not sraluated,
but are powerful and inenacing when
Ievery dag they gain strength, and When
Ithey commence the attack to escape the
Victory. but is this the existing state oil
things II is not on the coAtlar mani.
| fest, that the royal authority is s.ery day
strengthened, by the first acts Of severity
/ and that it has become more stabse II.
consequence
| During 1914, we have seen a resicidt
ocandaioasiy grown insolent throusn H.
jpunity almost resisting that cleA.ency;
Which merely required him to abandol
lone 0! the most importsnt tunctI.no ol
nagistracy,* at present the regicides
lare soIemhiy banishet from ffanse--cai.
Ipcriods ana iaets SO contrary bear COM
Iparison : Perhaps The revolution requn
| ed two efforts to conquer it. Formerl
sit concealed itself under an assum 4
Tranquility in order to burst out with re
idoubled fury Now it is vanquished &
destroyed IL its first criDnes and latest
xcesses; in rcgioide & rebellion. Whel
siuoderation succeeds to these events, il il
Ia new bod of strength.
! The perils which beset Us during for.
liner period, inexpe fence, intide.r Y ant
treason, can no longer menace us--a
lgreat and important charge had taheh
|place in the administration and Offices oi
!goverment-a crowd OF men, well knoHL
Tor their long tried deyotedness. or bounl
rot less powerfully by The proof of recef
fidelity, occupy tn most important ar,
commandirg stations. An army, which
was formidable By its anion, had beer
entirely dissolved and disbantied, anu
1.-The. small number If new raised forces.
imakes iteasy to be rigid and sure in then
lchoice. In fine the revolution which has
ibeen made in affairs has also taken place
Tia opinion. Services & sacritic, S, which
lat first feared 10 make themselves KNOWN
have gained their proper places, have
been acknowledged and recompensed.
lie rebels themselves have learned 10 e.
innate the high vaiue OF fidelity 70 theil
king, in witnessing illustrious generals
under whom they fought, proud OF theil
loyalty 10 their sovereign. It is not IN
portant to ascertain it all has already been
done, and if all legitimate demands have
been satisfied. 1t is evident that victory
is firmly pershe;i in the royal banners
That the king may be varinusiy served
but that he will every where, and By all
|ser7ed ard that he is strengthened b
that moderation so essentialin the charac-
ter ofa king, aud which forms one oil his
many titles to the confidence of Europe
Iand the lave Of his people.--Joarnat de
Paris.
! [The above bears strong marks of com.
ling from the pen oithe Duke de Richelieu
Translator.
| Probably Fouehe, who held the cfice
Ecf Minister Of the interior.
PHILADELPHIA, May SO.
| p BY captain Shame, of the Friend,
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