Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-09-23

rights We are bound TO deiend requ'ic t"a' w
should fix the conditions upon which ne IS to Cd
tain power Shamefully aDrepeatedly deceived
we are warranted in stpuiating the strictest Son-
ditions. Our institutions are fincomplete; tney
are vicious in many points; 1t y our duty 70
extend and purify them, The prince nov az
oar head has already done more than we reqWf.
ed of him; the fundamental principles o' our
rights have been already propounded oy he
Chamber, and acknowledged by MIN; other pm
ciples and other laws are equally indispensaDie'
| and will be equally admitted. We are the enc.
sen of the people; to us they have conhded tneiG
interests aud their wants. Their tirst want their
dearest interest, is liberty and repose. They
have, themselves, won their liberty from the hand
Of tyranny BY force Of arms; it is tor us to secure
their repose by giving them just and stable GO
vernment. Vainly will it be contended, that
bv acting thus we oversteP our authority. l
will, however, at once destroy this objection, IT It
he made by referring a.ain to that law which
have already neutrality-suspicious.. nvincibe
necessity In this state of things, taking into con-
sideraton the grave and urgent circumstances
in which the country i, placed. the indispensable
need it has of being relieved from precarious
situation, and the universal hopes and wishes OF
all France to arrive at the completion of our in
sttutions have the honor to propose to you the
following resolutons:-
"The Chamber of Deputies taking into con-
sideraton. in the public interest, the imperlous
necessity resulting from the events OF the Co.
O., %, and 29th Of July last, and the following
DAYS. and of the general situation Of France
Declares that the Throne is vacant, and that 1t
is indispensably necessary to make provision &C.
cordingly.
Declares, secondly, that in pursuance ct the
wishes, and in furtherance Of the interests OF
the French people, the Preamble, and the fol-
lowing Articles of the Constitutional Charter,
ought to be suppressed and modified in the fol-
lowing manuer--
Here follow the proposed changes and mod
ifcaiors in the Charter which. from their length,
we are compelled to omit until Tomorrow. The
substance Of them is-the abolition of state re-
liuion; declaration that the censorship cannot be
re-established, that the King, though he may is
sue performances for the execution OF laws, can
never suspend laws, nor dispense with their ex-
ecution initiative in proposing laws is de-
ciared common TO the King and both branches OF
the Legislature; the publicity of the debates OF
the Peers. the reduction of the aye necessary 10
be deputy from fortv TO thirty wears. and to BE-
electors from so to 25 years, the other condl-
tons. as to the amount of contribution, TO be de-
termined by law-the Electoral Colleges to
choose their own Presidents. and the Chamber
uf Deputies to ohoose ITS own at the opening OF
each session, the abolition Of all special tribu-
nals, the recognition of the National Guard and
the tri-coored f,ag, and the prohibition 10 employ
foreign troops without special law. are all ST.
pu'ated.
The Chamber of Deputies then adjourned. to
meet at O'clock. During the recess. an i'm
mense crowd mostly young men. had collected
in the Court. pressing 10 all the issues OF the pub
lie and ether galleries. and uttering various ex-
Clamatlous as the members passed: There was
an apprehension on the part ut the members that
the multitude had assembled for the purpose of
of in,imidatins the Deputies Benjamin Con-
slant and General Lafayette ssverally went out
and addressed the crowd. At half past O'Clock
the sitting opened, NJ. LATTE. the Vice Presi.
dent. in the Chair The abdication of Charles
X was read. and after some debate, was order
cd to he deposited among the archives. A pro-
position was then put and carried TO present the
thanks of the Chamber TO the CITY Of Paris, and
to request the government to erect a monument
in memory OF the Revolution. bearing this in-
scrip,ion:-.. II la rifle de Paris, la pa'rie recon-
naissaate" Erected to The city of Paris bv a
grateful country" at 10 o'clock, NJ. Dupin Sc
mir, from the Special Committee, to whom was
referred the proposition of Bernardfor amend
mening the Charter, made reportfrom which we
make the following extract
The suppression of Art. 6 is not intended as
an attack upon the Catholic religion. We ac.
knowledge and declare in Art. :. that the Catho-
lie. Apostolic. aud Roman religion is the reli-
gion Of the majority of Frenchmen--thus rc-es-
tabhshing the terms that appeared sufficient to
the trainers of the Concordat Of the year 9, and
the law Of Gcrmnal. year 10.
By art. in the Charter. Frenchmen have the
right publishing and causing to be printed their
opinions, confirming to the laws for REFRESHING
abuses of this privilege. By an amendment. we
have struck out the verbs '.conforming TO the
laws" etc clause that has itself been so strange
~ abused
The Committee has removed from Art. Ii all
possible doubt The monarch may henceiorth is
sue ordonnances, but without having the power
to disturb existing laws, or in any wise to dispense
with their execution.
The age for becoming an elector will be reduc-
ed TO Is years.
The various propositions relative to the Char