Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-09-27
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TIE EUROPEAN NEB 5.

THE IUROPE.3A NH ,.
rhe o,,.vals from Europe succeed each Other
nil, 50 much rspdiy. that time is hardly al
fardfd br a comment on the .P'fh-''rrhe
cane. of which its flares, portion has recently
hon, the theatre. Conjecture and speculation
,,e bazar - t5-day, aud tomorrow the, are
.a.6fm.d or routed bv facts Scarcely had
onr last paper been issned from The press, IN
(which We expressed our apprrhensions thai The
adjustment of the new government oil France,
md the choice of a Ruler, would crate fresh
c,,.es Of strife aud civil war, when later advi-
..ss reached us. completely quieting our + ars
yh,se great questions haze been seHftd! ftafc
..,.ins the Monarclical form of government;
IN, the Duke of Orleans has ben elected,
with ever, appearance of unanimily ON the
mart Of the Chambers, and apparently 10 the
satisfaction Of the people, the Constitutional
King
THIS resuli may no, he altogether satisfactory
10 ,hose who bad hoped for the establishment
af Republic on the ruins Of The Monarchy
but il is doubtless as much as could with safety
have been attempted mt the present moment.
sye will not libel the French ehataeier-for
Ahtl il would he-by saying thai they are noi
vet prepared for Republican government.
Afrt4e recent exhibitions Of the tine great
ness Of that really wonderful people.' hs Gen.
Washington pronounced them To be oeery forty
years ago, no uan can for an instant doaht n.
YET ii is more than probtbie that Il the leaders
the Revolution had Diet rmiued 10 Change
the character OF tie government, a furious elVli
war would ,ave resulted The nobl y, man,
III whom Contributed greatly To the success II
she Revelation, would noi hnve yielded without
II struggle tbetr nh rlled les, together with
re distinctions aud privileges which theY en-
fer And brsiles so many men OF equal pre-
tensions, and most hf them Of that dangerous
class Of pohtirians, military men, would have
thrust themsel es upon The arena. urging heir
claims, perhaps with imprudent violence, 10 the
Chief aagi,tracy oil tie new Republic, that
= the country would have been thrown into tumult
> aal CONFUSION, and probably involved in Tie
innst serious calAmilies. Anarchy would ageu
nave stake ! through The land rendering the ann
Of the law pnweIless. aud giving free license o
murder, lust, rapine aud sacr,lege- 'ntl al
lesgta after bleeding at every pore, wrarie3
and exhausted b, Intestine feuds, aud struas Ing
for relief from the various factions which, by
turns, woul Obtain the mastery, France would
be again suhjugated by foreigo bayonets, aud
the siupid Bourboos replaced the throne i;
OF else she would agam fall, wiling victim,
before the conquerlng arm OF some Military
IDOL whose chains would be more tolerable
than the horrors of civil war.
Aud. after all what sort of a King is Philip
Of Orleans \ slight glance al the Foreign
News in this mornings paper will show, thar
hui for the hereditary prnrlple. he would be
N truth but little more than President. The
almost nnhalted powers conferred on the for
mer Kings # France are withheld from him
as will be seen by the subioined seminary view
p the amendments of the Charter, made by
ne French Chambers
LIST. That tremendous power which Charles
Y wiellrd 50 eflecually to his own downfall
re mean The power of superseding The laws,
and eyen the Charter itself, by Royal Ordon-
naacts lis iai,en from the King.
ID. The L,aerty Of the Press ia placed be-
yonh his reach. No longer subject 10 that
Ceasorship which suits so well The genius of an
ignorant and bigoted people and a despotic
government, the Editors of the French Jour
nails will now speak their sentiments, miriam
meed by the apprehension OF pecuniary ruin
and dungeon. The Kings of France " i'll not
dare hereafter, by Infringement, on the rights
II their subjects, 10 provoke the lash OF this
terrible engine, which they know they would be
compelled to endure, since any attempt TO ST
Hence il by force would be the certain precur-
cor of their ow II deth,onemenr
3D. The unnatural and odious co injection
between Church and State is dissolved. In
his The French have gone step farther than
'nef neighhors on the other side Of the Chan
ne and with the single difference of paying
ihe Chr, tian Ministers out of the public trea-
Jury, stand upon the same ground that we. in
the United States, do vast desI il Gained
> 10 The cause OF free principles, by lhns over
throwing the political power of their most sub
tie and determined enemies, the Catholic priests
There is no doubt that their influence over the
late French King pushed him on 10 the extre.
mites which re foolislly risked and thai
tins fact, together with others of a similar cha
facier, with which History abounds, led to ,hs
amendment of the Charter in this particular
an amendment which, as measure of State
r'l'cy will be highly conducive 10 The pros
Pefity OF France; while, as an act of Religion,
io'era''on IT is very creditable to her liberal