The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-10-04
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PARIS PAPERS.
The Monitcur Of Thursday publishes at
! length the deie d'dccusnti0a Of the conspi-
rdtors ut saumer. In that document pas
sage occurs, duplicating four of the most
distinguished Members of the left side of
tie Chamber Of Deputies in the plot of
Berton.
NJ. Il. Constant, one Of the Deputies
whose names are Included, took occasion
| from the introduction of the item in the
Budget for dcfraying The charges of the
Chamber Of Peers, To mention tho situation
in Hhlch this Assembly stood with gard
! to the administration Of criminal Justice
"These said Peers" said he, 3" are anti
constitutional aud dangerous" they de-
stroy the Independence Of the Chamber,
both az Legislative power aud as a Court
of Justice. Such an abuse CONTINUED the
Speaker at all times injurious, must be
more 50 at present, ben the Government
Is iayoTing lnformers, or at least is receiy-
! ing all the inventions of pretended conspi-
r1cles-conspiracics of which the Cham
| Der OF Peers may ultimately become the
lJudgcs- consplra, in which the Govern
lneni eagerly accepts all denmClatlons--in
which the agents of power, ~ in the .1r0-
b,1,l Nights, cal for the il vantion of the
most strange talrs--the evidence of Wit
ncsses who are dcad-the evidence of lu-
gitives--thc hear-says ofrscry person who
make mp a taic of no credit, and which on
~ cTeltcs pity. The speaker was here
interrupted by Mr.. Eeyciirrc, Who cried
out nom his place, Have We not proofs
of the charge from the Tribune itself, and
what need is there 81 more 7" NJ. h. Con
slant III continuation, replied, NJ. Rcvelli-
ere must support his charge, or bear the
name Ola ealum6ator,n hich give him il he
cannot prove The Consniracy.o The Mem
Der thus accused of calnmny remained
mute, aud the speaker in possession Of the
tribune continued his obscr, atoms respect
ing the articln of budget, ard the conspira-
cy to which he was accused of being a par
~. Tie alluded TO the plots Of Charles HIS
reign, IN which the witnesses We're not only
pad by the Treasury, but lodged in White
hail Ter their testimony. After some fur
Their observations, NJ. b. Constant conclu-
died, and NJ. EcseIlere, who had Interrupt
ted him, proceeded To the tribune but the
the Members implicated Should have an op-
portunity of showing their connection or
want of connection with the conspiracy,
were followed by the Presidents dcciara-
ton that they were Irrelevant. A warm
alteration tEeRtook place, between the
| President and several Members of the left
side, who demanded AN opportunity for Nj.
ltcScllcrc to make good his charges, or To
confess himself a calulnniator.
! The calumny he denounced as founded
on the hired evidence of the vile agents of
| police of the wretches vino acted as pur-
y"yOrs for the scalioId, who began their yo-
cation in the days Of anarchy in l7a3 ; and
he demanded an inquiry from the Cham
Der into the conduct Of the Royal frocu-
rcur IN giving currency to such charge.
The Keeper Of the, Seals defended the
conduct of the Royal Procureur in draw
! ing up the indictment which embodied the
! statements sworn to in the first cxamna-
! ton. General FOy followed the Keeper of
the Seals, and inyeighed in strong terms
| against the conduct OF the public prosecu-
tor, which he spoke of with Indignation,
even with execration." "To put such
caIunnles," said he, s. in the mouth of alb
sent persons accused on purpose ~ create
an Impression against others which eau not
he publicly removed, is an atrocious and in
! famous pcrvcrsion of the rights of Il public
/ prosecutor He likewise called for an in
! curry. NJ. dc la BOurdonnaye, a royalist
deputy, supported the inquiry, though he
! 8aW no reason for condemning The conduct
! ofthe Procureur General. NJ. Tripier, the
FCslchrated barrister, and one OF the new
members for Paris, condemned in strong
+ terms the part of the indictment which i'm
piicaitd IN the evidence of an absent party
! four members of the Chamber of Deputies
After speech from NJ. Martignac, a Roy
alst Lawyer, and some interruptions from
both sides, General Lafayette mounted the
j tribunal, AZ d spoke as follows -" Whatc-
YER be my habitual Indifference to the accu-
salons aud the maeYo.ence. of parties,
think il my duty to add few words to
what MY E0nourablc colleagues have said.
During the course ola career dedicated en-
tircly 80 the cause of liberty, ! have con-
stantly desired the honor Of being exposed
/ TO the malcvolcnce of the enemies of that
cause under whatever. Orm--dtspotic, arts
/ tocratic, or anarchicM--they oppose it.
do not, therefore, complain, whatever
might object to the word proved in the
indictment but ! join my Hon. Friends in
demanding the greatest publicity TO the
proof in the bosom of the chamber, and in
the face Of the nation. In such case
only shall we befable, my accusers.and in
whatever rank of life they are, To state with
out compliment, what for 80 years we have
mutually to reproaoh ourselves with" NJ.
de Nillelc maintained that there was ~ ne
ccssity for an inquiry, the character of the
left being sufficiently cleared by their not
having been put under accusation. The
whole left then ros,s simultaneously and
cried: " You did not dare your courage
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