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

did, III TINS respect, all that was lii my
power; shall in my memoir. once more
z, through the remark which made on
thc army, the nat onai guard, the cham
be-S, The public opini n, sc.
| must confess. the administration to
which | belonged possessed Judgment. love
or VIII : was good. great activity in busi-
ness, bat tine new pains of the past made
it torg"s too much the dangers of the fu-
tui-. Several Of cur acts wanted precau-
ton we wanted energy, union az INST our
opponents, aud a Common idea i, our la
bors. People complained of the little en-
ersy Of the police, because it was not di
rectd solely against those whom ii wished
TO plunge into ran. Yet every species OF
evil disposition was held ia check nothing
remained unpunishcd; the army was unea-
sy. but it obeyeJ. We enieavored to brig
ali pprties 20 submission, tn the sacrifice OF
their exaggerated IDEAS, TO or.'er. 1t was
not enough to moderate the passions IN the
south Of the kingdom, they ought to have
beeh encheined. 1 repeated to the magis-
erates of ttos- parts what the conscience
Of mankind so often says, that there is on
Nv one advantage from which one never
needs TO depart, namely, justice. told
the king, that amidst reactions, There was
no pablo tranquility, no throne. no nation
If the crowd receive the example OF vio-
ience from those who ought to have given
il the example of moderation. it must be
expected that il would throw down al the
b rricrs between it and crimes. When IL
cense ard servitude have alternately in
famed the passions of a people, there are
but few men who listen to the voice of
reason. What matters to thoss who would
willingly let their rage govern in the place
Of the laws, that the independ nee of the
country is risked, that the throne is shaken
what matters to them the mourni0g Of
families. the public execration, If they can
satisfy their revenge. /; seems that there
are DAYS on which the remembrance of tue
past, the pressure IF the present, the hope
or fear OF the future, produce IN the heads
OF men all kinds OF disorders and madness.
What a scene does France Offer to the eyes
OF Europe? When the prisons are full,
when they have been enlarged, will this
severity give the authority of the king such
durable soltlity as it would have, had
France been tranquilsed by ideas of secu-
rity and nildness ?----What will be
dooe when every man speaks with the
other. Which is always the case of the
oppression! IF par. of the psople
has bsen misled. will persecution and
disgrace hinder it from taking part ir
new rebellion All human things have
their limits, patience is oniy susceptible of
2 Certain degree of yielding. a people
cannot remain quiet when futurity is cou-
SANITY Ii Id up to it, which either dishon-
ors or threatens it. Even its repose, could
it be Blanl..aed, would be only state Of
CoaslrAiI,t.
was charged TO watch for the support
OF the throne. and the security of the state.
1t must not be believed that these duties,
after such great changes in our public spi-
rit, IN our institutions and our manners,
eau I've fulfilled by the same means, all has
been chaH;; d during the progress Of civil
eaton. II has made happy progress, but
it led us all into new faults. Oae finds no
Longer the same submission nothing has
any longer the same state. Troubles of
rev Kind have been produced By the for
merly unknown conflict of political opin-
ions, and while the safety of the state and
public tranquility are exposed to Eore
daAgers, the suppression OF them has lost in
Quickness and evsa in strength by the qua
rantees granted TO the lib rty of the indi-
vdual. One CEN no longer govern man
L nd in the same manner. The means of
gaming influence over the people, the grea-
test result which a govern neht can attain,
have suffered in an equal degree. Rel;si-
On and morality are but weak aid to the
laws. Pnblic opinion, an entirely new in
gredsnt 10 the social order, has acquired
50 t!tC4i CONFEDERATION dIl power, THAT IL
has - come the RIVAL of the government
Obedience. wi.-h now has rights, exerts
itse. - the utmost to defend t@ose rights.
One my punish opposition, but it shows
more ability 10 conquer 1t. Power may
cause comms nds to be executed, but the
language Of violence possesses but small
consideration, ii it is not supported by per-
suason. and founded on reason. In ord y
70 be heard BY the several parties, it IS
necessary to go into their pas sions, to
speak to each in its own language. There
is no longer any universal sloquence.
Amidst so many difficulties, the Police
has need OF new means y encouragement
though in general its phcre of action is ex-
tended, those were points where we made
ii unnecessary. Of what use to the royal
government is that uneasy and petty re-
search IN domestic relation, incousider-
ate expressions, and syea scandal, which
no iaw can punish ?
~ oar days, the question is no longer to
seek out the dissatista elton OF single midi
viduals. and even bold expressions. There
is more federation iu our manners than
formerly. Pubic liberty has become, as
one may say, new Conscience, to which
one cannot do violence-it serves as a bull
waEs to tac freedom of opinons.--Espi0n-
az MA t not violate the asylum OF the CT
t zen. at whatever elevation of civil So
oicty the plan of c inc may have origi-
, rated the assistants necessary for is exc
CJtion, Will suffice to discover it, & these