Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-19


duet, let it be observed--that the passions
nave got the upper hand, but what place
these passions assign me what is the
hrst victim that they point out
Let my reports to the King be read a.
gaia, (thcy have been ,nusiiated Shall
give them genuine and unaltcred J let the
causes Of the excessive hatred of which
am the object. be sought in them The
nation has understood them. l viii 20 in
to some details, in order to answer these
who have found that my reports to the
King were Sut respectful enough, and that
my administration was not advantageous
10 his service.
am less concerned at being accused of
having said to the King serious. and even
hard things, than of giving him empty,
rntourded consolation, aud uncertain
hopes.
How much are Princes to be pitied -
lheir palaces resonnd with every truth
people say and write it to every body, only
not to them.
As it was my duty to unveil, without
any palliatiou, the situntion of the State, IL
was requisite before all things 70 draw Tie
Kings attention 60 the nearest evils, 10
the dangrrS that surrounded his power.
The threne was shaken to its very fuunda>
ton it was highly important not to err. in
respect 10 these secret and profound causes
which alone lead to such events, and my
sti i prepare similar ones if they should be
mistaken.
|, therefore, explained to his majesty all
the difficulties that stood in the way OF
the firm establishment of his authority.
The greatest interest of every people is,
that its government be unchang e2bie, be-
cause the bond which unites the parts Of
the social boy the work OF centurie>l
aarSiy ever rcgeins lis orig nal soii6ity,
when revolution fas time 10 dissolve it.
I is also almost without example, til t a
monarchy, interrupted in is duration, has
been able to re-sstablsh Itself At lesst.
1t IS impossible, after an interruption OF FIVE
and twenty years, to build it up again IS it
was, part.cslarly in nation where iieas
sire subject to such rapid movements. 1t
iinds but a small part of tee el ments of It's
former power. It's principles, laws, IN
terests. are no longer the same they have
I'm ted with the course Of time, aud the
progress cf knowledge.
Among the obstacles. I have distin-
guisaed those which arose from our pre-
sent state OF war, and those which procee-
ueA from our unhappy internal dissentons.
he exposition of the FIRST was the great
est difficulty; die not fear - lay before
the allied sovereigns usefil Crnths, and to
direct thoiratention to the ~ presentation
OF our faisioTtuEes. TIE 4 - IN trooDs
who inunti~t, France SCENE to rive oc-
cdsion 70 As opposite remarks on the one
SIDE they iulfAed cur wishes by bringing
us peace and in this point of view, they
mad as many Claims to our gratitude as to
our confidence. On the oihsr hand, ,.he
eXcesses OF some corps brought upon RS
al! the misery which can befal nation.
Thus the return of the ling, by circum-
stances which were quite foreign to it,
would have become the most unhappy era
Of our history and the same ttrone
would, as it were, have been oHerthrown
with one hand, which had been inst raised
wi h the other.
Such serious considerations compelled
nae to represent to The king the conse.-
quences SO fatal 10 his consi Grafton with
the ition, arising from this unexpected
system OF Che gradual occupation Of our
provinces, VIXEN no opposition any LONGER
shewed itself, and those hostile measures
violently continued, in q war at first gens-
rcusly undertaken for higher obiect.-
Inc love of people to their government.
aiw@ys suffers by the misfortunes o; the
| country.
Some courage was requisite to make
these truths known they produced a
Wholesome and speedy Improvement a.
our condition. MY services on this head
were rot ever noticed services Of this
| klud were not ked for.
Even tar t Q interest of the allied pow
ers, It W my duty to pres, nj them t.c
| same picture. What the Fren n charac-
ter p ssesses in energy, and D rticu.arly in
menis for sudden explosion Of its force,
IS not sufficiently known to them and in
tn s respect they would have had right 10
compl IN of my silence.
had to speak to gen~rou7-minded Sc
| virgins. j could venture 70 make them
| cbseVe, that in our enliehtcn d age, victo-
| ~ does not suf-e Justify ali the abus
OF power By noble and elevated sen.i~
! tnents one dOrs ones self no injury in the
| eyes Of great Princes. People have been
egregious'y mis-. aiken in thinking to deliver
| me to the hatred Of foreign countries; ~
language s judged of according to tie
duties which were imposed On me.
IN another report on the situation If
! Fance in viii h I considered IL in re7-
psct of Is politi al disanion, had to chuse
be'w' On tw things ;hat could not possibly
be reconc lsd--eithert0 suppress The lr.th.
OF t. say it entirely. / DID Tot hes tair
/ the good Of the Prince whom serv d vas
at stnke. had only to consult ms drtv.
painted the difIent parties IS they ar.
! / sAew d him their etrcugtr, their vora
ness. ieid pen their views. the su5r, g..
lors. f.ta.f f.s. l.