Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-11-30

This ex-President of the Council pretended nm
MS examination, that the confidential order of the
Marshal presented nothing surprising and that the
MAJOR Generals of the Guards frequently gave SINH
lar orders. We have, then, to deplore the kind of
fatality which attached itsefto the acts of this Mar
shat, and which caused them to coincide so exactly
with the plans of the head of the cabinet But IL is
evident tina, it by military MEANS that il to saw
by force Of arms that the President of the Council In
Tended to enforce the execution of the Performances;
Tor on the very day they signed july 25 anoth.
er Ordonnance, countersgned by the Prince de Pc.
hgnac only, conters upon the Duke de Raguse the
superior command of the troops of the first military
urls'r tne other ministers had not yet any knowl-
euSe Oh this measure SO important in the occurrence
both by its aim and he Unpopular name of him an,
pointed to this command. NJ de Polipnac assures
-, one OF ms thut the project of
investing the Duke with this power was of an old ate
and occasoncd by General Coutard's depa rture for
tue e,eciions' and watering place, where he was to
spend few months: But the Colleges having beef
convoked for June %. and July g. and General Cou
tard having been obliged to leave Paris before that
period; how comes it that they waited till the e5tb
ana that that was precisely the day chosen to invest
the M arshal with the supreme command.
1t was because it had been resolved to intmidat.
Ine farlsons by terror; for the following dav
h. the Prince de Polignac wrote to the Marshal:
our Exceilency Is acquainted with the extraor-
ainary measures which he King, In his wisdom and
ms love for his people, has deemed necessary 10 take
,oI Tue maintenance of the rights of his Crown and
PUBIC order Under these important circumstances,
MS counts upon your zeal insure order and
tranquility in all the extent of your commapd.n
The 10Th was passed in the most lively agtations
ON the par OF the people of Paris and in active meo
sures on the part of the authority.
From that time the Project of the Police on,
all other authorities correspondent directly with the
President ofthe Council Since the 26th, the author .
Ity OF the other Ministers entirely disappears.
On the 9th, several Journals continued to annear
and published an energetic protestaton; the armed
force proceeded to the printing houses
report from the Project Of Police is worded tbus.
-Lperal Presses They are being seized upon
and whatever obstacles here may Il will be mas
ter OF them; the gendarmes and the troops of the
line Will enforce the seizure"
few hours after, he informed him az of v;.tor,,
tha ne had In his the presses of the
journal du Commerce. and National; the presses Of the
iimes, were likewise put under seal. The seizure Of
the presses, however, made without oDpos;,;on
the resistance to the Ordonnances destructive tn fb
Charter becomes duty; the people assembled the TN.
mutt increased whilst all the troops are under arms.
but on the side of the people shout was heard hnt
that OF Vive la Charte! The Place du Paa;s RovoJ
the rue ST. Honore and the adjacent Streets are those
where the crowds became most numerous II oIeo
appears that they became the FIRST theatre of the
bloody scenes which this day has to depIore The
armed force on that point numerous and without
any rea aggression, without provocaton the part
OF the people, the troops made use of their arme.
charge from the Gendarmes took place. sabering all
before them and several platoon discharges from The
Infantry of the Guard directed against an ,n.r
ed multitude. These facts result from the exoy;na
on mere also results from it that the civil autbority
OF protecting the c1zens, appeared to animate
the soldiers against them. A Commissarv of Police
vas seen constantly in the front of the detachments
1
1t moreover results from the examination that .h
commanding officers were bearers of a written order
III re Upon me people without sparing them. Wit
ness afhrmed a fact which would prove it. and which
passed under his windows: ts heard chief of sonad
ron OF the gendarmes order young officer Of the
line to command his men to FIRE: this WORTHY oas..
answered that he had not Instructions A nansr 80
then shown to him. but the officer returned necstve
sgn by inciining the point of his sword towards the
ground. AT the same time, officers and sub officers
were seen distributing money to the soldiers - ~,
courage them and support their ardour. 1t is not i'm
proper 10 state here, that the which were distr
onted to the troops during the days of mourning.
amount, according to the made by the an;s,e
OF Finances to the sum of e7a361 fr 8s c.; of which
55S,271 FIR 88 supplied by the Civil Lie, nd
42l 100 fr by the Treasury. (Tfear hear9 -''
The Minister of War. Marshal Gerard, in a note
ahsttea by MN to the committee, has adverted to
the lrregularty of the form employed by the ~
Minister of Finances, for the delivery Of the latter
sum- he has declared that he could neither
IL, nor Pu. Gown TO the account of the War Admin
slra"oh' and ne has thrown back upon NJ de MontbeI
the responsibility of this illegal expenditure
FROM the part OF the investigation which we aoe
is dihcnit not to infer that the military
oroers were precise, that they tended to the naesa
ere OF the people, and that to nmidate them it was
resolved to put them down previous to any provoca
ton ~ r
II was therefore, system of ASSASSINATION. concer-
ted between the civil and military authority nrenar
ed on the Goth July by the confidential order of The
Gay OF the Duke de Raguse; the 25th, by the ap-
ponthent or TINS Duke to the chief command conn
tersgned Poignac; the 26th by the letter which
the President Of the Council wrote to him. and on tho
2nh, by Its terrible practical fu6lment
Your committee, gentlemen, was not to carry its
investigation on the scenes of carnage which took
place IN other parts of Paris, that and the follow
ing days, or in the other communes and towns in
France; 1t was sufficient for it state which was the
aggressor the people or the authority.
But whilst unarmed citizens were falling anotber
kind OF CRIME was preparing The judicial authority
nthero unperceived about to act and il ia pain,
tni TO be orcedto say that it not in the interest
OF the 'aw but IN support tyranny; seconded ar
bItrary power violated individual liberty and nfring
ed every right. requsition was drawn up; an eS-
aiming magistrate obeyed 1t; forty-fve warrants
were issued: The magistrate pretended that he was
oly TO arra,gn the Journalists who signed The Pro-
testatioD published in several journals of the
tnat IL was intended to repress simple offence OF
the press. There is on this point bovvevor go,