The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-10-31

10 receive, every thing II had lost, end the
othe, confident that no concession was neces-
sary. Napoleon, with equal hrmness and
nodera,,on, steercd clear Of every rock and
,bosl, and succeeded in this great object
He thus ssii,6ed the desires Of the people,
without ofrnding the philosophic cisssj he
restored To the preachers OF seiisious morali'
~ their influence without suffering any dam
cefous resciioo and st the same time, 70.
nre,sed all fanaticism and intolerance.
Some few wretches raised lheir impotent
clsmours against this work Of conciliaton.-
Some iactiou, priests regretted the first
months Of .hc Consulate, duri0g which being
tolerated, but neither noticed nor prosecuted,
they found IN the clsndesiine distribution of
religious donations, large but shameful Pro-
Il :, Of which tho opening OF Tho cbnrches DO
pived ,hem.--Tbese men were smugglers
IN religion, who yrarned alter the gains mat
prohibitions eForded them. Oiher friends,
pretending to be more Catholic than tho
POPE, would not be coDcnIed with what tho
Coneoydaf gave them but all their ciamouts
were drowned in tho sPplauso' with which
tho immense majority Of tho nation hailed
this second triumph OF order over anarchy.
Tho most perfect to)oratioh maintained all
creeds aad consciences in the most porfect
security and fact, often related in my pre-.
sence, will show how Napoleon practised toi-
Grafton
There existed in Paris, whilst / was there,
an Episcopal church, where, every Sunday,
the minister openly repeated prayers ios tho
King, Queen, and Princes OF Engisnd. Ma
poleon Wa, perfectly informed Of this, md
France was at this limo IN open war with
England yet he would not suffer. this minis
tor to be disturbed in his devotion, nor ques-
toned 70, his prayers. This anecdote, OF
which many of roy fellow citizens know the
truth, proves something even more than sim
pie religious toleratioe. - 20
:, l have spoken Of the Codes Of Napoleon,
and do not hesitate TO Pronuance that these
Codes, which l nave closely studied, will at
tach 10 his namc renown moro lasting and
mue pure than all tho Jraeas Of his victories
and conquesi.. The French government has
c faced from those Codes The name oil their
author but i, is an injustice that will fail OF
It's end.
These Codes did no, take HE pame, - did
those which hear tho name Of Louis XVIII
merely because they were published during
his reign but because Of the active part ho
are, in part, the wotk of his own hands. This
injustice will fail OF its objscv, because i'm
perishable monuments viii recotd in history
their authors name, and the innumefable
collections Of the Monitor will furDisb ex-
tracts from the reports, and hroces pe'ban.r,
wherein his genius and his labors will 20
traced. Those who advised the ehacins q
his nsme, ought TO have been consistent, and
TO have at the same time decreed tho burning
of these records for in them pos,erity will
read how great a part this heroic law givcr
bore in the discussion and formation oi these
Codes; and ]. will be seen with wonder, with
what facility this extraord dinary man coRceiv-
ed in its entire, and followed through its do
tails, this great legislative object and how
often, in a pursuit so liltic familiar to him,
be surprised aho old and experienced jurists,
by the unexpected flashes OF light winch he
threw upon their disquisitions, and by that roa-
dy iect which led him always, by tho short.
est road, to the solution Of every difficulty.
These Codes which have survived his pow.
or, still govern not in France alone, but in
countries now detached from that kingdom.
That Code, at once SO extensive 10 lis range,
40 finished in its details, and so clear in its
decisi 'os, will not Tor long time, perhaps
never, be duly appreciated in the United
States; and tho American legist, who, a.
mopgst the numbcrless volumes of tracts
and commentaries, aud ever increasing COL
lections of decisions and precedcnts with
which he is surrounded, still finds so much
d'ihculyin determining the point OF law on
which an action cen be maintained, or acauso
defended, will be averse to learn, that over tho
immen,e extent Of the departments Of which
France is composed, a little volume Of a few
hundred pages, is sufficient, in the ordinary
course OF business, Tor o lawyer, who is called
upon, oithey to give advice, plead a cause, or
deaw up aninstrument.- X shovover csrtsiu
that since the publication of these Codes,
rights and wrongs, life, liberty and properly
resting upon grounds moro sure and more
defined, law suits have wonderfully decreased
and tho number Of lawyers has diminished BY
one half. y.
doubt whether these results will, in our