Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-10
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our In
iayette, which think quite remarkable for the Wig
and conciseness of its argument and the felicity of
It's vindicaton ut the Constituent Assembly which
did, unacstonably, achieve the revolution, md was
not responsible for the ferocity of its SUCCESSORS
1t is the remarkable having been made unex
pcctcdy. and without preparation.
! The subsequent scene shews how inlamniablc are
s III, the sHlouldering embers of the revolution
/ Chamber Of Depoties--6H June.
\ petitioner asks the repeal ofthe law authorzin-r
The double vote IL Is proposed TO Gle the petition
n'nch interest appears to be excited in the assembly
when motion being made 10 pass over this pe,l,ion
and proceed TO the order of the day,
General Lafayette rose TO speak; the most entire
silence reig"ed In the hall, and many members came,
IN from the committee rooms.
Gentlemen, SAID the orator. am op,oscd "a >, nee
lngt the order ofthe day, and athoug h it has been
some times said from this place, that II is unbeco,n-
ING speak Ill OF laws of which tine n,od 6co,o,
nevertheless demanded; | think myself the rather
authorized to give reasons for my opinion as 70 this
double vote by the fact, that in order TO carry the law
establishing 1t, it was found necessary, not only To
censure the then existing law OF elections, but the
Charter itself, which makes distinction alnonu O.
lcctors. II, gentlemen, my opinion was asked, it
would DC that a.; who pay taxes ought by themselves
or their representatives, 10 have n voice in the I'M
position Of public charges; and that the only cxccp-
ton 10 this rule should be, when there was a mani.
icNt anu clear want of independence understand
ing. But are, in the circle traced bv tine
Charter; and already, of hundred French,ncu of
competent age, ninety are excluded from the rrh,
cot voting. Moreover, the House OF Deputies OF
winch alone Tie members elective mo
third Of the Legislative power-a remark make i'm
order To tranQuilZc the last speaker vino seems 10
fear the brcaking forth of popular feelings against
hc higher ranks by the Charter, the right of voting
has been attached to the pay mont of three hundred
ranks OF direct taxes; and it does seem to me
awiuI to Violate the regulation by giving the priv
ileSe OF double vote to the fourth part ofthe vo-
tiers, who pay the highest OF taxcs Let us re-
CALL Gcntl IMAM, what passed in this vcry Hall M,
long ago. One of your Committees had rcporteJ e.,
Eoiany on the proposition TO lower the aye of cigi-
Ointy TO ths ionsc; that Is, To do what tie author
oi the Charter did, when NJ the second restoration
ne wished, rs he said, TO repair The errors of the first
et uen, Gentiemcn, such your ardent and
Scrupulous attachment to the Charter that behold
nearly the whole of my colleagues rising with earn.
eStuess III support OF the order of he tav thereby
declaring, that those essantia qualities ola lepisa-
Tor intelligence and energy, only 10 be found
y at mean age of 81 to SO years. Yet. then the
question was To restoring many citizens 10 the ever
else of natural and conservative AN irnpre.crnii
Die right; while on the question of the double vote
thg-Syercise OF a right duly acquired openly enioy-
edySld socmnly recognized by the Charter
How WINS this anomaly OF the double vol c introdu-
ced and by what arguments? You know, gentlemen
mat dcporabe catastrophe had united all parties in
the sentiment OF common grief, when it entered inf O
ne minds OF Certain people to turn this misfortune
TINS 9"heu crime, to the profit of arisocTacy and the
s"r oil domlnalon would not refer TO the INT ruues
He violence, and to the expression of the ho5ora
Die speaker who preceded me- the scandal of that sad
legislative epoch, If he had not himself referred 10 IT,
ni
the double vote obtained majority of some few votes
VIII only refer to some of the arguments which may
De supposed to have weight with the House, since
they have recently been repeated here We ,nms, !
- ls said go to the assistance of large propervthat
Is TO say TO the assistance of those who are alro,d
!he strongest because 1t is most interested in sound
.egsiaon' In the first place, gentlemen deny the
c-H Is on the contrary, In the inverse proportiou
OF lis extent that property has interest i'm rood oo
Vefhmeht. Undoubtedly the owner of one hundred
thousand francs OF revenue, when reduced 10 fin
I - laz- Ot,s
than lac who Is reduced from one thousand francS -,
hve hnndred-and still less than the yet smaller nro
PelofS, whom unwIse laws may reduce to the cund
On oi mere dependents. | say NOTHING mott nor
Vi INC property OF our persUns-thouph there &c mn
one, l Imagine, 30 humble not to value tl,t =.
something ABOVE zero. (Laug'..er) Bcl hov'is ,l;e
u'aue question u property. when already to be n
deputy ono must pay one Thousand francs and IN mo
an eector i've hundred francs ofdircc taxes-a s,,,
beyond tue iean OF property in France, IL isin no.
ndii or privilege That tins new privilege is created
IL Is Tor the benefit Of certain opinions of mart
and perhaps with Interior VIEWS so much en- u, 80
may perceive leaning, and if / may so EXPRESS nv
sell, an odour of this double vote ilauuhter in Ill
mat has since been proposed; and esnecaIIy j., 80
Two laws concerning the departmental and n,unic;ral
councils, which were withdrawn the moment H.
monuments OF your committee created an apDrehcn
son tnat these would render them less confonnabl,
70 the spirit OF the double vote. abundance on IT,
ELI There was much clamor then ns no,, 81
perceive these claBors have made an impression an
me last spenkcr there much clarnor then ato,,
c,L'.yi ioP''H'coh hDuons, aud the sovereignty
o the people All, gentlemen, believe on those 5,,L
Jrcls the assurances ola colleague. whom the baL
OF more than half century and his PERSONAL ot
IONS nave much iamiliarzed with this train or tIL
g ana thcsc theoIies-there is not word of all fb,,
10 the charter, nor IN thing that has bsen n,a
sea hnder ITS auspices. j. 1t not rather to he en-,
hlsed that the enemies Of all liberty ind choribed
hopes mat the majority Of the one hundred tbonan
chef proprictOrs Of Frauce would hoco,,o .,;fr
TO That liberty, and 20 the institutions which ,o
~ u; but that on discovering their error on6 bc.
the third series of deputies were elected tbr si
highly taxed what they could not ob,a 9 ~ ',2St
wHoie body Of the electors. VERY marked gc,sa
u"n'J An opinion has been expressed, which ~
oa h't mI5understand him. the last speaker has rc,,o
nose Who cannot be electors; but those cyLoss
DHy u has admitted may become what i,ov Iapn a
"h3t others Iraypleasc, ard tie charter has nnIi5