Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-09-10

suonyeSto 20 the lTe0cE--t0 uN people ana TO al
governments
a solemn Act had in 8I6, laid the basis of a re-
Cancellation between the French nation and the n
Gent dynasty and fixed the conditions by which he
Chief of the Bourbon family should resume and pre-
serve the exercise ofthe Royal authority reiterated
oaths have al different ePochs rendered more ,pper-
the obligations contracted by the chiefs Of this
family, and had made their Charter the sole title
10 the obedience of the French All these ouths
have been violated during the last sixteen wears, by
the establishment of great number of laws, oppo-
sed In their spirit and letter to the spirit of the Con-
sttutona Charter; but each of the attempts blther-
to made against this fundamental law had an appear
ance Of legality, and had not exceeded Legislative
FIRMS, which. while they had been preserved offered
the means of reparation. The French nation with
anequanimity which has often bc-n called ind,ffer-
encc or weakness. has supported itself against all the
'nroads of power all the attacks against It's lights
which, made by the dffereuU atminIst ratlons winch
had succeeded each other under the reign of the as
tutc Louis XVIII. under that of his successor -
The national pa eBce, Instead of bringing back the
government to the sentmentsuf Justice of confidence
OF oeneVoience, had. on the contrary inspired with
sufficient audacity march more openly to the over
throw OF our nstiutions-to the spolaton of all our
rghts-to the bshment of those principles of
D'Vne right-of those Royal prerogatives which are
IN opposition to the interests and The preroga'ves of
the people, which .nnot be regarded otherwise han
as an outrage le human reason. and which England
hrst sgmatzed With her anathems, and destroyed by
her arms The Ordonnnanccs of the 25th Of the
present month, in aboshng the principal guarantees
consecrated by the Constitutional Cha ter, have
at nou0ht the positive terms of thnt Charter aud of
Well considered laws adopted by the two Chambers,
and sanctioned by the King according to legal forms,
have at length taught the nation that the chief
she had deigned 10 acknowledge, Notwithstanding
years of vices corruptions and of treasons against
his country, wished to govern it by his will, and
according to the capr,ces of his good pleasure.
BY these Ordonnances the Chief of the Government
has placed himself a5oCe the id,U, THEREFORE, HE HAS
PUT HIMSELF OUT OF THE LAW.
In consequence of Charles Phillip Capct formerly
Coun! of ArtoIs, has ceased of right To be King of
sra"ee the French released from all their obi
cations to HIM in that character All the Ordonnan-
ces which he may promu!ge will be like those of the
18th, null, and as If they have never been given
me ministers composing the Government of the
Fix King, named Polignac. Peyronnet Montbel d.
Haussez de Chantclause and Gurnon RanyilIa ora
declared attained and convicted of high treason
is the duty of all Frenchmen TO resist by evcrv
means IN their powsr, the orders of Charles PHILLIP
GaPet' or his agents under Whatever denomination
tney may present tbenselves-to refuse payment of
all iposts, and to take arms if should be necessa
ny, % put an end to Government de qctc, aud 70 cs
tablish new Government de jure.
he army is released from its oaihs of fidelity To
the Ex-king-its country invckes its concurrence
Shnres Philip Capet-hIs sclfs;yed Ministers or
Counsellors, their abettors and adheren.s the Gene
rails, the Chiefs of Regiments and Officers, are res
pons'oc tor every efsIon of cod resulting from the
resistance of the Government de tcto to the nation
al will
Louis Philip of Orleans, Duke of Orleans. is ca .
led upon fulfill, under the prasent crcu,rst,,oo
cur With his fellow citizens in the re bshn,ent of
Constitutional Government; and on his refusal r.
do SO, he must with his family quit the French terri
tory until the perfect consolidation of the new CIV
efnment has been effected.
Voted in Session at Paris, g7th day of July, 1880
tsiSned) I 5. Provisional President
q De III. Provisional
)uD. { Secretaries.
! From the Journal DIES DEFEATS
PROTEST. OF THE DEPUTIES
Ine Undersigned regularly elected Deputies by the
OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, by virtue OF the Royal
ordnance OF the -, ana conornlabiy 10 the
Constitutional Charter and TO the laws relative to
the electors OF the - and who now at Pa
RS consider themselves as absolutely obliged, by
lhelr duties and their honor to protest against the
measures which The advisers of the Crown hav.
eiy caused to be proclaimed for the overthrow Of
tne legal system Of the election and the ruin of the
liberty of the Press The same measures conta;na5
OF the undersigned, directly contrary 10 the Consitu
tionai rights of the Chamber Of Peers to the public
rights OF the French. to the attributes and TO The
decrees OF the tribunals and culcuia cd TO thrpc the
State into confusion, which equally endsno,ers tho
peace OF the present moment, and the security ofthe
future. ~
IN consequence, the Undersigned rnvioiably faith
!ui TO their OATH protest. concert not only against
the SAID measures, but against all the acts which NAV
result from them. '
And considering, on the ono band that the Cham
oer deputies, not having been constituted, could
not De legally dissolved; the other, that the at
tempt, to form nov Chamber of Deputies in novel
ana arbitrary manner, IS directly opposed to the Con
stItutlonal Charter and to the acquired rights of the
electors, the undersigned declare that they still con
slder themselves as legally elected to the Reputation
oy the colleges of the ACCOMPLISHMENTS and depo,t
menis' whose suffagcs they have obtained, and as
incapable of being epaced, except by virtue OF e
lections made according the principles and forms
prescribed by the laws And if the undersigned do
not effectively exercise the rights, nor perform all
duties which they derive from their legal election. it
Is because they are hindered by absolute violence
Many Deputies are expected at Paris tomorrow
or the day after.
=, Eae Provisional Ercnch .uiuiStry OF the new
French Ministry. who have been called nn to act bro
vIsloneiiy, the London Courier of August I'd saws
Baron Lotus for the Finance, was for a LONG time
Munster OF that department under Louis XVIII and
subsequently, OF tho Council of tho Duke damon
isine' by whom be was much esteemed although nm
fortunately for the Royal Family his advice was mo-,
90 outweigh that of his less prudent or less
honosi colleagues Admiral de- Ripny tho M,ns,cr
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