Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-22

-'i'. u. oOseTNeu, liza, 10 tosS Sllch 4 law
was to Withdraw authors from their natural
Judges, and would he contrary To tte charter
As II would destroy the Jury which III, char
ter had formerly established. Tie PROPOSE
ton was an insult to the Throne. and an Insult
| To the Chamber and he trusted they woul,,
reject 1t with contempt Nj. Chauyelin obsery
ed oil me proposed measure, that il was TO re-
iect what had been consecrated by the char
teis and to substitute in its stead an arbitrary
authority. He denounced the censorship as
conducted with scandalous partiAlity; sup
pressing truth on one side, aud t0leratiug in.
suits on the other.
NJ. Benjamin Constant, bore considerable
and able part in the discussion, and c0ntended
that all powers in France enanated from the
charter. This assertion threw some of the
ultra dotards into a panic and one of them
Exclaimed, You reckon legitimacy nothing;
you acknowledge no sovereignty but that ui
the people"
NJ. de Correlles: Every thing cmana,es
from the charter.'-M. NJ. Benoist, JOSS.
Beauvoir, and others, on the right 1t was
the King who gave us the charter.'-M. b.
Constant: Beyond the charter all powers.
without exception, are illegitimate.' M. de-
Corcelles: Do not speak uf the charter be
fore these gentlemen, it frightens them
But the most extraordinary feature of III.
discussion was the doctrine advanced by some
gorgeous blockhcad, called Nj. de Narcotics,
whose creed we have recorded in his own
words, in the proceedings of tn, l1th
TO this contemplate Grrago, NJ. de Lameth
replied, that the word legitimate is derived
rom tegt lntimus-that is To say, inherent to
the law. Legitimacy is. therefore. an emana-
ton from the law ITSELF He added. that the
doctrine of divine right had been prescribed
Emo I',,nn ,f,l, I'll -
exclaimed, hut we are not there Another
champion of Legitimacy then presented him
sen, who appears to b. to the full as stupid a
duit as Nj. d NJ rcellrs. THE king alone.
SAID NJ de Pardcssusl had the power of Civ
ing the charter. Before anv charter, the
king existed in the plrnitude of his power. and
he conceded it Voluntarily General Sebas-
tam reminded the assembly or the language
OF the President de Harley to Henry Sd. Sire,
tue French monarchy rests in immutable laws,
which Kings cannot infringe without destroy
ing the law which made Kings The order
OF the day, which had been moved, was lost
by very small majority, and the precious
petition of the Sieur Spy was referred TO the
committee On the Press
The Paris papers Of Saturday are filled
with the report of an important debate, which
shows the disposition of the Chamber of De-
pu,ies. The discussion leads tn the cunclu
sion, that, in order II keep their places, the
new ministers will abandon the most obnox-
Ious part OF the new law on the press The
ccnsors, 1t appears, had expunged from the
tSNottdlenne an article on restrictions of the
press, written with extreme moderation, and
merely suggesting a kind of middle course
between the hardships of the present system
and the terrors of the new law. The soyer-
eign board suppressed the article without as
signing any reason-thus departing from their
functions to suppress only inhammatory mat
ter and llbels. The writer Ia proprietor of
Quot'dienne) in defiance of this, published the
article. The beard ordered his prosecution :;
and at the same time sent a circular to all the
editors OF Journals, stating that they would
not permit any discussion on the project of
law relative TO the press. One of the Depu-
ties brought this circular before the Chamber.
The ministers were embarrassed-di sowned
II and ordered the prosecution against the
writer OF the article mentioned To be with
drawa.
=" lp"cs' sl'll' OF despotis n Adopting VI
.22fy eSecrabIe proposition, it is proposed
'aa' "iences under the new law are not TO n,
,red 10y Iury. but by twelve stip.ndiarv
Judges, VINO, t"rsooth, because they are t,,ejrc
arc 10 %, considered as Special Jury. Again
lii''Se aheSoiical personages called corp3ra.
80 arr ~ DE- protected by new penal pro-
'T'1n'' me journals are To be rendered
,1D.r 20 suspension for inaccuracy in their re-
'"''a ana IA snort, every imaginary danger
T' f'ioaFrasSment is heapcd upon the press.
The subject was to be again discussed IN Ga.
uday, and il is not too much to cav ,h.'t r.
succeed in obtaining the establish.
nrnt OF this detestahlc code OF tyranny. their
ciSn' or the existence of the Monarchy. will
u of short duration - WIZ