Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-23
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OPINIONS OF rHs PANS Pass THE PRoRooA A.
TfoS or THE LEofsLATURE.-As The eesiditiou of
France is the most interesting question now cudirr
IN foreign politics. annex from papers oil ot. sides
the views taken ofthc Address Of the Chnmbor of
Deputies, IN answer TO the Kings Eocecb:
We add thereto some speculations, antccedent TO
taat cscat' ora hondon paper, which ore no, with
out furco - te
The Chamber ias done i,s,lu,y. IT re,uains for
the Crown Ia exercisc the rights with Which il is in.
vested by the Charter. It's preroga,iyc has moi been
constrained or encrcaclicd rpop as our adycrsarics
pro'end; h1s bccu iDvobed. The Chamber declares
the King, that HARMONY between themselves and
ms Government IL interrupted. IL belongs to Roy
a'y 70 settle tho sutc md either decide against
the Chamber 5y dissolving it, against the Ministry
oy discussing It. The question is admirably laid
down by the Address il is for Royalty solve it as
L. may please. IL this first trial be not deemed suE
fciently Significant, the King may leave his Minis
tors to be necessarily harrasscd and defeated NTH the
discussion of the Budget. This being rejected the
question then, of necessity be decided in ono
way the other. Thus, the Crown may now either
come 10 decision, adj ourn il till tho Budget is
brought forward without departing from the letter of
The Charter There can be no doubt that of these
TWO conclusions Is preferable the other. But here
Ma merely stating what may be done consist. |
emily with Law and Right, and not pointing out |
what would be most consonnn 10 reason and the |
Interests az the State Journal DIES Debdts1.
Tho Address ofthc Deputies will soon be known
~ al Fence, and the Chdnbcr will receive the ,ri.
bate OF esteem md gratitude due it, 1t is not the
weak echo o: the speech from the Throne; it is the
net of national power, which makes noble use of
Fic rights conferred upon IL by the Constitution In
81; forth the wishes and fears of the country II is
the FIRST time that the Chamber has thus exercised
The pcnndc Of its functions; il is the first time that
the Representative Government has displayed IN us
the iull development of its protecting action Firm
and respectful, the Address concatcs all the duics
that the present state of afairs imposed ON tho De-
prtcs. II was not expected that the Address of the
Chamber <ould be well received the answer made
to II, therefore, has -Jt excited surprizc Ministers
had declared their intention of remaining in power in
ttso.,ta IL LID.
govern withont majority they will probably at.
tempt II, aud shall what will happen II mus,
be scI.essed, however that the Ministry have urea-
dy changed TAR tone, since Tie discussion Of the
Address. IN the Secret Committee, they prc,cnl.
cd that the Address was derogaory TO the rights OF
the Crown-thnt it contained IN Injunction 10 the
King, and placed Royalty under guardianship Now
they no longer talk oftbis The King has not COM
planned of his prerogativc having been dsrcrardpd
by the Chamber: he has only expire scd his regret
that dscord should exist between the Chamber en-
The Administration The highfounding wr- =. 81 %
the Ministerial speakers have therefore r,d'J =, W
truth and eqdence."--l Courier F.aac~, |'''ued 10
"Wasi It possible, confident -,
eiblc 70 express IN more suit ole terms ,bo ,hoI
me ADDRESS the Of loyalty and respect for
re hoyai rrerosuve, which pervade the Elective
.iaoiOef ~ scll as the whole country? Was it poa-
g.Oe 10 express more ingenuously the invioabI- = -
icy OF the Deputies to the constitutional ibrono
the truths which that fidelity malc it their Ju,v -,
reveal TO the royal wi<dow' This Address, so yto.
I'D L..
bccn every where received with gratitude as the ,rno
Expression ofpubli; feeling. Yesterday the r,enr,;o
Of the Majority, known in Paris, were acoostcd viii
vcncrsop They received thanks, in :ne name of the
country, TOR the glorious task iey had accomplished
by declaring the sincere Siscs Of the citizens for tbS
happiness Of France, AMI the maintenance OF her L
c ties."--r Coss,ssutioneL1 w. "o
Ministers 10 Their answer to thG,Addresa OF the
Ocput,es nave displayed greater U prudence than in
their Manifesto Of March o Tney con,;nne -, ~; -
sTo!yc The Crown in qucst,ops which concern opiy
;tIe'nse!Tcs |, IS IN ,hep that the Chamber can
Place no ronGdence--it " TO them /, has rcf,soJ 80,
concurrence, iPaithf TO the law and IN tTns go
sentative doctrines, n has separated the Kno from
Ministers, anu SSoKed his supreme decision seanst
Their eSisteece Which alone excitcs pcrturbation-
The Che:.ber Res declared its filth in tie KolnI pro-
T-s, ad called up0, the GRATED oisdoI, of NE Einp
TO 2roz0ancc. Thus, far from ontestinr the toypl
au'hcrty, they have invoked it, Ministers on the con-
tsary coniound the exercise Of authority with author
itty il self There are but tws modes OF government
b. ori1ion and by force. Government by opinion is
not yet at an end, though not SO much acted upon
for some time az It formerly was, and though daily
entering into The mode Of governing ig
sager suited 10 the age, and has over been fatal to
'hosa who haze employed 1T filionaL1
"i'he Chamber of Deputies has done Jus, rs il
ojghl to have done. Il ha- admitted that France
va in stGte Of moral disquietude bncausc tho King
n his throne did not hesitate to declare IT, II has
gone back to the cause of this disquetudc that no
doubt Ecght remain OH subject SO important and
;.' PVInteu out mo Incahs OF putting an end to it.
there existed asincere desire Of restoring to France
her formereecurity. The Chamber Of Deputies was
not called upon TO defend i,sef-1'he speech from
the Throne brought no accusation against it, but
sfncethat speech proclaimed that the country was in
state ofmoral perturbation, the Chamber held il
duty prove thatit not the fault ofthc peope-
The existence Of the Ministry tends to interrupt
tire alliance between the country and the Depii.
Ties appointed to protect its interests If the Cham
Der had displayed weakness, their first reward
would have been the contempt Of tic very party
who would have proftcd by It. Every thing was
previously arranged so prevent the Chamber from
maintaining itself in the position prepared for it
twas reproacbed with which it was hoped il
would commit, but into which il has not fallen II
may waIwith bodness the communication Ministers
may bring. II will leave the people in the same
tranquility of daily life it found them, but more
or lesa duration is generally expected The law al |
lo"s the Government to provide, by ordonnances in
the nteTVaI between the sessions Tor all urgent and