Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-09-13
THE VIRGINIAN.
LYNCHBURG, SEPT. I3, 1880.
THE NEWSi

""' CURIOUS hesoln'ion 10 fiance-glorious not
| more for the spirit in which il was conceived,
and the unfinching valor displayed in its ex.
ecution, than in the avoidance of those fright
fnl excuses which stain the snnHls OF the Re-
voiuiion Of 1870. Ardehtly is il desired that
the same moderation winch has thu, far sig.
naized the contest may continue TO be display.
ed. until peace and order shall be entirely re.
stored, and the constitutional liberties of the
| people firmly seeured.-N0r do We doubt that
this will be the case. With such a man as
Lafayette at their head, IN whom they repose
the most implicit confidence. there is no danger
Of a recurrence of the terrible scenes of l7b0.
That patriotic and venerable man has right
TO counsel them. aud he will counsel them with
% wisdom draw from the btterest experience.
" awaits their csnse. ii they lei loose the
| fierce and unbrdled passio Of the multitude
if rapine and murder should again stalk through
the land, fredericksburg affairs aud temples, and
pouring out the richest bio od of France, like
so much water. And they will listen 10 his
voice, and obey it. We therefore think that
the Revolution IN France is ended aud If il
be. we have no hesitation in pronouncing il TO
he the most briian, event recorded in the his
tory of The world, not even excepting our own
contest for independence. Who, before, ever
heard of people rising up at once, and ap-
parendy without any previous concert resisting
the aggressions upon their rights, perpetrsted
by an infatuated Kins aad wicked Ministry,
AM, having accomp lshed their object. peacea-
bly, returning TO their ordinary Hvocstions
! How much more strange IS this fact, when we
recoIl7c that the people who have done this
are Frenchmen, naturally excitabe. and prone
] TO run into exlremes--ani that those French.
men were PafisiaHs1 We can hardly credit
our own senses when we reflect on the magni.
tude ofthe event. and the noble manner Of its
accomplishment ppDn what foundation noU
! rests the libel of Edmund Burke upon the
as he styled Ihem, " haltmonkey. half-tigsr"2
! Or do they not rather deserve 10 be ranked
among the noblest men that ever lived :
I What wiIl the Holy Allies do - is ques.
ton now in the mouths OF all men. We an.
swer, nothing. IL h remarked by one Of the
, London journals, that the Allies themselves
guaranteed 10 France that Charter which has
been ~ilfay violated and therefore, they
cannot oLjec, 10 a movement the only object
Of which was 10 punish those who had vioiatedit.
Il was an insult TO them, as well as an Injury to
France. The London Courier. which is the
organ of the British ministry, holds still more
emphatic language. |, declares tina, the Allies
cannot and will not interfere. if the moderation
which marked the commencement Of the Rev.
outiou should continue TO distinguish lis pro-
gro's and consummation. And the truth is,
the Allies dare not interfere. They are aware
that Spain aud Portugal are but II train Of
combustibics. which need only the application
ola torch to set them in A biaze-they are a
ware of me progress which the doctrines Of the
illuminate have made in Germany they know
that liberal principles are every where extend
ing their Influence. ss knowledge holds forth
her lamp in the cottage of their peasantry as
well as in the hall their nobiiiy-they feel
that it IS already di ficu, 10 keep down The as
pirations Of their own subjects for that Liberty
Of which they have heard, but which they have
their treasures are impoverished, and that Eng
land can no longer eli them--and it is a fair
conclusion that they will not again interfere
! with the internal concerns OF France. IT, how
wrong-if they should determine to sustain
Charles x. we shall have no fears OF the result.
| Francs has once before met combined Eui ope,
10 conflict, and conquered.-Animaled 10y the
spirit which prompted her people To take up
arms against their King, they will be again
nnconquerahle. No nation was ever yet en-
shaved which had the spirit TO resist its OPP
pressors no people were ever yet conqueIed
! by foreign league. who were mot more than
hal fitted 10 wear the balt and chain. France
is not this nation. If she ia attacked by that
| Internal Alliance which sits like an incubus
tho energies OF man, she will as in her first Re-
volution. present on every side to her foes
living rampant of bayonets; and woe be to
those who shall encounter her Just and holy
wrath
The Duke Of Orleans will. in all probability
be called TO the Throne. We could wish-as
" no does not that Republic, based on the
sovereignty Of the people, might be the Off
spr,og of the Rev citation But, il seems TO he
generally conceded that France is not yet pre-.
pared for such government. It's also certain
tina, whoever may be King, he will he a very
limited Monarch-much more so, indeed, even
than the King of England. The Duke of Or