Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-07-31

establishment, and dnrisg two s,;t;ied ware apoir-,
the iaS al brtain, has never once faded with equal
aud otca with inferior force, To gain the advantage
The provisions, the pay, every thing there us has
been observed To- ycU, higher than with us It's
cruisers amounted lately to ships of the lnc nine
tri.3tcs, and fifteen snac. vessels. protrrtires a
commerce OF more than 100000 tons, wi:hou, in
Guiding the fisheries The coasting trvc. The ex-
penses OF their Navy Department were fixed l.s, Sc-
sion at two and half millions Of dollars and half
milton more to 6;li new vessels, masking Is mil
lions francs, calculated indeed fOr ~ vessels of The
inc and twenty iriga,,s, &c.-hut what difference
between tins sum and 30 millions of francs, which
are salt, 20 be insufficient for navy
As 10 the Minister ot Finances, wi.l not Interfere
with the observations Of some honorable iricudS,
whose intelligence and experience appeared either
lncohS!dcrtb!c or SupcriuOuS Ia the muioritv which
| appointed you committees But Shall not consider
II as departure from the question under discussion
as to The scnera administration OF; the king,ou It,
| 10y rapid examination of the ancient rcgne, shall
endeavor to furnish an answer the wishes and re-
gretS OF which IL still seems the object. Ii was from
the destruction OF this regime that saw Disappear
that corporation ofclcrgy, which, Exercising ali sorts
oil influences and refusing all share in the common
burthcns, Increased continually, and never acna,cd
ITS immense riches, but divided them among them
seives-wlnch, rendering the law accomplicc i'm
vows, TOO frequently forced covering France wit II
mon'Suc orders devoted to "a foreign head collected
contribution both in the garb OF wealth and mcntci-
and which, IN ITS secular organization, formed SO
considerable portion of the idle and unprodlctiyc
class, that the daily ministers oCtLe altar were The
most insignificant portion OF what called the first
order ul the state
| We disappear that corporation of SOVEREIGN
courts, where the privilege of Judging venal of
right, and in fact hereditary in the nobility when
ieutiai Judges, chosen and rcvocabc by their Seir-
'e'ns presided when the diversity of codes. and the
INV oi arrests, made Won lose before one tribunal. the
cause you had gained hctorc another. p
We saw disappear that financial corporation, op-
pressing rance beyond endurance, and by leases
whose monstruus government exceeded in eXpense
and prof; the receipts of the ROYAL Treasury whose
immense code, no where recorded, formed an occult
science, which its agents alone had the right or the
means OF interpreting, and which, in rewartng per-
jury and inormers, exercised all unprotected
| men boundlc>s aud rcmorscicss tyranny.
! We saw disappear those distinctions of provinces
fre3c'' conquered, foreign, &c. &c. each surrounded
WIN double row OF custom-house officers and SNUG
glcrs, from whose intestine the prisons the gal
legs, and The sibbc recruited, at the will of the
stpcnuarles OF him who Jviaedhe rcreHue, and those
other distinctions OF noble property when
the parks and gardens of the rich paid nothing while
the land and the person OF the poor man were taxed
Ill proportion to his industry, when the tax upon the
peasant and upon his freehold recalled, to nineteen
wcntcths Of the citizens that their degradation was
not only territorial. but individual and personal
by us destruction that constitutional equality was
consccrated which makes the general good the only
foundation OF distinctions acknowledged by law. The
privileged class lost the right OF distributing among
themselves exclusive privileges, and of treating with
contempt all other classes OF their fe!owcxens. No
| rcnchman was now cNcludcd from Office because
| ne might not come of noble blood or degraded, if
hoo'e, 10y the exercise OF an useful profession.
1
What more is there to regret Is it the scheme of
t!N9''on, rcgu!atedby the King, at the will of II mi
MISTER ot finance, whom myself have seen changed
tWeNe t'mcs IN fourteen years, and which taxation
WAS 'lo'fnn'gd arbitrarily among the province, and
| even among the contributors?
Is II tic capltaton taX established in 1902 to a.
GHIeVc the peace, and never afterwards repealed !?
Inc two-twenteths diminished the contributions of
me powerful, and made heavier those of the poor
the land tax, OF which the basis was in Auvcrgue q
sous out OF ~, and amounting sometimes to IL, on
account oil the vast increase of PRIVILEGED persons
created by the traffic in places Finally is j. the obi
"Fo'tS TehttS of Napoleon? Is ii the criminal iuris-
prudence, when the accused could neither see his
family his friends. his COUNSEL nor the documents bv
which he was To be tried
when the verdict, obscurcy obtained might be az
gE'ated' mt The pleasure of the Judges, by torture
determinations and interruption the right)-for
tne torture preparatory TO the examination had been
alone abolished.
Must we regret that state or religious intolerance
which condemned asreat portion of the population
10 legal state OF concubmagc, bastardy, and dishc
rison that mode OF legislation, strik ng ~ all natural
and moral rights and duties, which Louis 14th csab-
Shed aud which an ilustrious prclatc characteriz-
ed rs the worthlest work OF his reign, the most as
sured proof, ana most glorious exercise of authority
which forbade, under the sevcrcs penalties, all in
oViduaS from receiving into their house, under the
protest of charity anu sick persou ofke p otestat re-
ng7o" that Legislation which prevailed even to the
tWe OF Louis l6, at whose conservation, contrary 10
the advice OF Turgot and MaIesherbcs, the oath Il
e''CiWutoIe HerHicS was sui administered.
y
Shall regret the ecclesiastical and seignoral
tithcs, the ieudal duties burdensome and humiliang
whether discharged i'll kind or committed by Il paw
ment winch recalled its origin the privileges,
which forced The citizen only to grind the mill of
ms lord tic game laws and those districts where
by right the harvest reserved for the yoracity of
the game, and the labors Of the field subjected to the
caprice and the cXtoitons of gamc-kecpcrs when
pnnshments, amounting even to perpetual condemns
lion To The glllcys were awarded by tribunal named
by the commander OF the District and which decided
upon the testimony o'the iniormer alone Do we re-
gret the letters dc cachet distributed in blank 10
MINISTER'S governors, ntendanis, &c Sc
Yes, Frcrchmen, this was the ancient regime which
the revolution DESTROYED the restoration of which
was the avowcd object of the emigration CobIcnz,
ana oil the coalition of Pinz, and the spirit of which
mas not ceased TO animate that less hidden in
iercSt at court, III COMPARISON with which ministers
are nothing and which, as early as 1871, Officially
the future"
i has been said a, this tribune, that Napoleon was
the mcarnnte revolution" 1t is mistake that
VA, no longer tie revolution of 69, when the leader
oi the state declared ha. veil should be cast over
te declaration of rights, and concurred in that fright
1t" system Oi terror which, protdng the most Tcspec
tablc names, was itself excluded from every political
denomination.
IL has been said, with more truth that tho restora-
Ton IS the counter revolution. We did !
nope hoWcSGT 10 have succeeded III erecting barri-
CTS against the parlilans OF the old regime But this
hope IS now completely destroyed and after having
last session pointed the progress of this counter
revolutions which * invading all rights ard spoke
OF the new duties which in my opinion il imposes up
on Us after having denied that Omnipoence to Par |
Lament, when claimed by former governments, which
iic counter rcvOlutonss assert have only here
to proclaim aloud my fear that institutions, as now
conducted, are insufficient TO tic salvation Of the |
country. vote against the budget
The House, after discussion on tie subject re-
fused to Cfmt this speech which replied to by
the Minister of Foreign Affairs
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