American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-03-25
From the London Courier.

I" We this day lay before the public the Speech
of the King of France upon the opening of the
Chamber That the Speech is wsrlike, we were
prepared TO expect, becauseit has long been obvious
that France had other alternatlve--tha the prin
lcipIes avowed in the Speech deserve the characte
given Of them we are not at all disposed to admit
When the KING says, " tina France owed to Europ,
the example OF prosperity, which nation cannot
obtain but by the to religion, to Legitimacy
to order and 10 true liberty" will any man con t,
thai the prosperity is to be accomplished by ar
other mans or that France does not afford such
an example at the present moment But il seems
that because cannot ne avoided. Louis XVIII.
must be condemned, because he has expressed q
determination to use every effort its rir-
lcIe and limit its duration" But can he do it !--I
is asked. Perhaps ne may not he able-bui at leas,
Ii can hardly be deemed criminal in him to express
he desire, and to make the attempt.
" In the struggle that is now about to commence,
we shall remain neutral. We have not provoked
war-we shall not profit by it. Nay the cause Of
cal freedom he triumphant-not the freedom OF
rnobs and clubs, but that freedom to which we owe
oar greatness and our p nsperity-a King, not lord
ed over by an insoleri democrscy-a House Of Peers
prepared to resist with equal 6rmness the encroach
nents OF the Crow9 On the side and the Com
| IONS on the other--a House Of Commons determin.
ed TO support the rights of the people against any
attempt to infringe them by either Of the other
branches Of the LEGISLATURE
Upon the speech of the king OF France to the
chambers, one of the most respectable of the Lon
don opposition papers, makes the following re.
marks -
From the British Traveller.
| Z" We give the speech itself, and we venture te
say more disgusting document ANY thing whlct
makes one more ashamed Of being an inhGbitant OF
Europe, has never met the eyes of our readers.
" An in6rm old man totlerlng on the brink o
the grave, " rolled into the l. uvre'' on CASTERS
untaught by 25 years OF suffering, prepares to in
ict upon two great nations the most hor bie OF sui
Iferings, ard once more to Try the endurance of
lpeople to whom. more than all Europe besides II,
loves his elevation Ia the throHe. To see such
lbeing permitted to WELD the force Of 80 millions
lpeople; to see the armed force which was direct,
; against Spain 10 destroy the dynssly oil the Bour
bons, now rushing upon he same devoted country
Ito restore one ofthose Bourbons 10 absolute bower
to see mass OF thinking beings moved in success
: sion for such purposes, makes one shoulder at In
facility with which wlckedness or inbecity NAV Fri
he with the we'll being of mankind
: The principle on which the war against SDai
I IS conducted, is plainly avowed Let Fertnan
VII. be Tree to give his people institutions whic
;, they cannot hold but from hm.'' This liberty {
= kings, the liberty of swearing OF forswearing of civ
= ing constitutions or taking them away, the liberty {
making people wretched, this is the princlpIe
IS lavor OF which he impiously inyokes the God {
: : St. Louis"
J. The leading Wing paper of England has the io
: lowing remarks on the speech Of the French king