Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-11-30
FRANCE
OF THE EX-MiNiSTERS


L. nd to ,he Chamber Of Deputies on the ed Sep
TENDER -CoSCLupEU
From this tim. il was casy To f'rssce the charac
ter rcsistance would assume; that the blcod s"eu
would increase the energy 1T tho citizens, rem
hcncc f,th deadly combat was nrvitabie-tne oiacK
Gag was in varions points unfu'ied, and snmceht'y
,rn,iuce the nature Of the struggle about TO ensue.
G,ca, evils might have been avoided; but no attempt
was made 20 cnc hten the court The Ministers. or
rather Prince lie Pognsc (for he alone appeared at
this fearful crisis did endeavour to lay the truth
b.Io,s Charles Y and tell him that blood was dow.
ing in torrents. but that there was :t'i time 70 pro-
no,ncc words Of Peace and Reconciliation. Messrs.
d, Peyronne, d, Guernon Ranvil", & de Chant esuze
declare that though there might have been still! the
usual number Of Ministers, there was IN fact no NJ n
is,ry, for the Pence dc Polgnac alone corrceponded
with the Court.
The 2Sth presented tho spectacle Of King Of
France treating his own capital a. Tit Were the
town of al enemy Paris was actually besegcd-
the Of the Fine Arts and of civilization, twice
rcpected by foreign armies. about To sustain q
lot which 1t probably would mot have had tn aPpre-
h,ud from u third invasion. Marshal OF France Is
to be charged with the horrible task. aud again
e.,mcs forth tho Duke OF Rsgusa! How singular has
b, en- the destiny Of this warrior-!ong participation
i'll he glry of arms, he appears al each of our
political efupions like the evil genius OF his coun-
try!
measure is contrrsgned by Prince de Polignac alone:
the three other Ministers now in confinement with
him have protested that they had no knowledge Of
it whatevsr-consequenly, they were not submitted
At the same time the President o. the Council
writes TO the Marshal-''Yuu will let n know
tina, the King Will supply money for the workn,en
who without bread. if they quit the party in re-
volt, and that he proclaim :hs in cvcry direction al
the same time announcing that the guilty would be
brought before Council Of War"
In fact, the organ cation of this powerful Of
terror took place that very day. The Chiefs Of the
Court Martial and their deputies were summoned TO
the office of the Under Secretary of State. who per
formed the imncons of Minister at War, where they
found several officers charged Nth the formation
Of Military Trbuna but events Succeeding each
other with great raSdity, tho Under Secretary of
State summoned to the TuillericS, and the meet
Jag separated.
Nevertheless, orders were sent to St. 0mer and
LnnevIlle to break up the camps and despatch the
troops to Paris Tho Prince de Polignnc avows this
order but declares that the troops directed to
Saint Cloud
This day contests took place in almost every part
OF Paris-the National Guards acknowledgements
minded citizens regulated the movements OF the pop
ulace--the troops repeatedly beaten-and every
thing announced the final issue of the struggle.
About two o'cock soms honourable Deputies, With
view of putting stop to the carnage, went To the
Ma shal and proposed the recall of the ordinances,
the dismssion at the Ministers, and the immediate
mc,iInT of the Chambers: and upon these terms of
fercd 10 become medIaiors between the people and
the army. The Marshal dared not take upon himself
tn, responsibility of suspending military operations,
bnt promised ~ communicate the proposals to Charles
Y. 'rhe Presden, OF the Council, who was with
the Marshal. appeared al first To eniertsn these gen
Offers but h->tated, and w. find IN the Report
of the Municipal Committee of Paris, that without
listening them throughout, he concluded by decar-
ing that the ordo :nances would not be withdrawn.
The Prince de Pul,gnac asserts that he did write
to thu King, and that the Marshal wrote Likewise.
lie adds that the Marshall did not communicate 70
hun the answer he received from Charles Y, and
thai whenever he may DO Interrogafed AS TO what
tn King may have written or said to him personal
INFANT dpfu md h,,u,s
up'n INN profound silence. Aas gentlemen,
blood Continued flow, and its eflIsion sufficiently
informs what was the answer Of The KING.
Here 1t is IMP, ssibe to avoid entertaining me-
lancnriy reflect ons on the Court, serious susp-
cnns the conduct OF the Duke de Ragua and the
Prince de Pol'gnac. Did they conceal the truth
from the King. Did they leave him in ignorance
of the danger of the conjunc'ur'' DID they coun-
sci him to continue the sanEn nary struggle! Or
was this Monarch regardless IF the misfortune Of
his people and blind to his situation, willing TO
expose his crown to the chances Of result hence
forth but tos clearly foreseen! History will tell in
what frivolous occupations the Monarch and the
urt were engaged n these decisive moments, and
postcrty will refuse cred nee to the fact.
Municipal Comm sson, however, was organized,
and sitting at the Hotel de vIlle-the citizens
of Paris began Gccl The effects of this tutelary
authority. Strengthened by its support, their cour-
age and energy redoubed, and this Commission
lis II sud. the merit dry. July 90 War had decided
1t does not enter the plan of your Committee to fol
extent Of which the Chamber was DESTROYS Of know
ing is sufficiently clue da,ed victory prevented it be-.
in! consummated, and the most glorious and happy
of revolutions has at length delivered Franco from
tho government which oppressed her during sixteen
years. What matters that tardy resolution, pro-
uced by fear the applications Of those who sur
rounded Charles X. led to the ordinances being
wi hdrawn and the Cabinet being dissolved; such a
rncs-ure Intellectual, for Var had decided; there
v'crc no longer any Minister'S no longer any Mon
arc. France had again entered into the possession
% all ter r'gh,s,
Three days subyer'ed this throne, which the appear
ancu OF one man in 1915 likewise caused to dsap-
pear no; hing proves more that il had not taken
any roo; in the For the third time the mem
tcrs Of this branch Of tho Dourbons quit France.
Constantly rejected, may they comprehend At last
% all Europe does, that they are ,enceorward pow
crass to hurt us. Thus, gentlemen, II results from
the long investigation of your Committee:
That the project of the counter-revouton which
vas PIT into execution in the days Of July had long
been contemplated especially since the acc, on oil
Charles x. to The throne; that that tue this
project was successfully resumed suspended az
,hc stne of public opinion in France nspired fear ar