Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-11-30
in stats Of siege. and BY measures taken for tn
employment OF the armed force against the peopl

in stats OF siege. and by measures taken for tn
employment OF the armed force against the peopl
before any provocatiou
All thess facts constitute the crime Of High Trea-
son, ia Get forth in the s6th Article Of the an
ecnt Chsrtce. France has afforded proof Of long
suffering. She had need to show in the faco OF the
ent that is no more a graLd national act Is now
locked for. 1t is for the first time that you are about
{" exercise right inherent in your nature, OF 'm
pcach:ng guilty Ministers before the Chamber OF
Peers Tho county,, by your intervention. Is aoont
to demand Justice the men who have violated the
laws and troubled the peace which II enjoyed but
Il is not France alone that 10 IN expectation. AL
nations Of Europe, wi their eyes fixed on our ke-
vulution, are waiting in their to Judge upon
ascertaining the make Of liberty ~ happily
recovered; If be wanting in justice and hrmness,
they will be an ctcd, for they admire us. Justice.
and not vengeance Such is the cry that issues from
every heart. Venaeanc.S unworthy Of great nation,
belongs ts>the times of darkness and barbarsnr jus
tce the triumph Of right that which is usurped,
Of reason kef crime attests. when it is circumsc-
bed in just bounds the progress of enlightenment and
morals
VIVA, other people than the Citizens of Paris, the
elite Of France, has given proofs OF so advanced a
state Of civilization! What other people show
that it knows better how draw the distinction be-
tween justice and vengeance to respect every right,
tn succour even in the midst Of carnage fallen enc
N.Y. to avoid every and utter victory to return
to its occupations without any other reward than the
satisfaction ut having saved their Country?
All! this people endowed with many virtues,
would be offended were it imagined that they requir
cd airy thing beyond justice. All France will
wait for 1t with calmueSs, confidence and dignity!
Y ou will demand this justice. and the Chamber of
Peers, whose independence is condition Of its
istence will fulfil ITS high commission.
This report was heard throughout with the most
marked attention, and was followed by tho resolution
proposed by the Committee for impenching the lat q
Ministers Of high treason before the Chamber of
Peers.
The following are the Articles Of the Penal Code
under which Prince dc Pognac and his colleagues
are 10 be tried
ARr. Of. An attempt plot, The am of which
shall be either TO excite civil war by armng. indu-
cling the citizens inhabitants To ia up against
each other, carry devnsta alton. massacre, pill
age into oIn or more cornmuncs, shall be punished
with the pain Of death.
Aar. 100. II by tunutuous crowds, uc's o! v;o-
ence or menaccs more citizens shall have hren
prevented from exercising their civic rights, every
one Of those found guilty shall be punished with ml
prsonment for six months ut The least, and for two
years the most ard with the nterdc' ion of voting
and being eligible for five years at least, and ten
years al most.
Arr. ITO. If the crime shall have been com nit ed
in consequence of preconccrted plan, tn be
ted either in the whole kingdom, OF more
departments or embellishments, the punishment shali
be exile
Arr i23 All combination Of measures contrary
to the established laws either by the union Of ind-
udual5 or OF bodies which IRE entrusted with any
part of the public authority. either by dcpu,stion or
correspondence between them, shall be punished with
imprisonment Tor two mont ms n least, aud SIX months
a. most, against each delinquent who may moreover
be condemned tn the introduction Of civil rights, and
of all public employment for six years at most.
Arr 125 In this combination should have
for its object result plot subversvc of the safety
Of the interior of the State, the guilty persons shall
be punished with death.