Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-05-20

the war departme II, were introduced and took
their seats.
The discussion which was fixed for tin.
!iay was the law 0ffnances, and it was opened
ny VI. de Gabourdonnaye, who, in a speech
al considerable length, c"ntended that the
hhdScf, letnS presented in time of war, and
Yet not inr'vJinS ali the expenditure required
for period of peace, was ia reality a m.r.
fiction, which did not deserve the honour of
serious discussion. The object was To create
Il idise impression as "a, the real state of the
hnances OF the country. He then proceeded
~ aniniadvert upon the tardy and indecisve
policyot NJ. de Villeic, with regard 10 Spain.
and upon the failure, of his promises, when
ne entered the Ministry, that Rnyast princi-
I'~s Should nhtain signal triumph
-. Are. we continued VI. do /. ,bourdonnaye)
10 regard, ats the triumph Of Royalst doc
TRACES, those ioo:, and ridiculous eiris at CON
sii'htion betwecn I'm active revolution and the
hin; "h0'n IL has dcthroncL cancellations
"h?sc success would ouly teach The factious
y'"ery country, that ii is merely necessary
4, succeed III o'crirrnng every thing, in order,
".tfwarus, I" obtain every thing from "A short
S'bnied roiicy, which seemed To replace royal
& "H tue throne only the more tn humiliate
-; Are Ne to consider us the triumph Of
S.oyalist doctrines, that amhuatury diplomacy
Placed IN The rear vi Our army, To watch for
n
iioii, by surprise which would nuw be- the
more odous, because il would seem less In.
Fcst.it OF the free will si the monarch, who
ii.s Always rejected II, than Of that WEAKNESS
~ rapt'ny, n"w the more CALLING from the
nar'arty al being Dragged from dungeon TO
nu,Sr"n Are We To regard as the triumph
al !i"yalst doctrines, The mpuniiy OF those
imn'"cailona 10 disobrdencc in the army,
winch al; GRANGE has Witnessed? Are we To
@.Sar', as the triumph of Royalist doctrines,
me IMMUNITY of those attacks against every
Min5 which is most august in France, and
which has $" long been permitted in the col
umns oil certain Journals ?"
Auvertino To the preparations made for
carrying on The war against Spain, NJ dc LA
b"urdonnayc thus proceeded:
Undetermined rs Ia your projects, you
unre not either entirely get rid of war
which II would he TOO dangerous now To a :
pahuon, nor yet enter upon il at once, in the
spirit ot decisive sn,erpriz., which you know
moi now 10 manage, which you Cannot con
duct with sufficient viSour tn he certain of
success. Thus, by the NEST astonishing, the
most fatal contradiction, the apparent prepar-
ations are Tor war, while The real ones are for
peace. You still remain upon your own ter
rtnry, where two seas unite to give every ia
cI'I'y for establishing magazines, which you
nave bad SIX months 10 prepare, aud already
.yenr cavalry is in want of forage, and the
-''>'lst nrSeat want IS felt on every SIDE"
ESelamaI'ons on the right aud the right
CENTRIC False false Leave thasc impus
Tires Ia the revolutionary journals ~
4 VOICE, That is not said from the tri-
f,auf."
Md I.ahomrdnnnayc.-s'I say it because
am certain oft"
Several VOICES: 1t should not bc said
even il il were tue"
Other ncmbcrs." Happily it ia false"
vi. de Labourdnnnaye coniinued, and COM
planned that undera Royalist Ministry all the
*Arious offices we're not given to persons suli-
clentty enerSeIic, To cause the laws To be exc
c,tVd Ht. concluded with the following de.
claraiion -" Limited 10 the single power of
refusing my suffrage, vote against the project
"i law, atecausr dhe system nf finance upon
Hhh,ii IL is founded is destructive of credit,
burdensomc III the treasury, and dangerous
I'D the thrnrc. | vote against it because il
would be compromising the interests of
France, and of the legitimate Dynasty, to
grant 10 the President Of the Council of Min
isfcrs The means OF perpetuatinS system of
iriIbeciliiy aud oftemporizing, which is drag
Sng us rapidly into violation, by means Of
aGarchy."
Several voices on The right called for the
printing al the speech but !, greater number
exclaimed, 4" No, no." The question for
printing was put Ia the vote, and rejected by
an immense majority. ~. Drlacrox Frain-
Vile, and other members Of the lett centre,
u1iicd With The great majority of the right,
and the Whole of The right centre, in voting
against the motion. The extreme left of the
chambrr continues 20 be deserted, aud its
benches are G'lrd with The deputies OF the right.
The President uf the Council replied 10 NJ.
dc Labourdonnaye, but he confined himself
In he in of httIr
financial principles aud calculations. He con
cludcd by saying-"I limit myself to those
explanations, the only OHes which would be
worthy 0f you or of ourselves" almost u
luminous marks of approbation)
NJ. de Vaublancc, and VI d. St. Cricq Roy
al COmnrssary and Director General of Gus
toms, followed, after which the discussion was
sdjourned till the following day.
Sitting cr.1p,d l.
The sitting opened at Two o'clock, and the
assembly proceeded To the order az the day
on the project of the law OF the fnances Tor
1Gl1
NJ. de villele after developipg his project,
concluded by declaring that the state was rap
IDLY approaching towards The point at which
u ~ III be completely liberated from difficulty
Oar sItLatipn is altogether transient it IS not
the Effect of war-it is that Of threatened lcnr,
aud of the uncertainties which attend that
ineuare and that which is most greatly
dreaded by the French, is inrrrfitudc. H..
finally expires scd his belief and hope that this
explanation would be satisfactory to the
Chamber, aud dissipate the general iHq,ieinde.
VI. Hyde DE- Neutillc, with extraordinary
NolublIiy, read discourse in which he de
Claimed with great heat against the revolution
and the tyranny of Oiice, which he termed
The Hhimus morieas. lie complained Ieudl}
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