Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-09-08
LATE AND VERY IMPORTANT IRON
FRANCE

LATE AND VERY IMPORTANT IRON
FRANCE
The arrival of. the ship Clemaiis from
Havre at Boston has furnished the pa
pers Of that city with Giles Of Paris
Journals to the Goth July. In addi-
ton 10 the intelligence already recciv-
ell here BY recent arrivals from France.
they furnish US with the following i'm.
por tant news. 2zaf The Chamber OF
Deputies Is dissoiUed before being as.
sen,6ied; and that the liberty Of Me pc.
riodicat press is Suspended. We men
toned yesterday in our summary OF
the news brought by the Extio that
these very measures were already talk
ed of la Paris ON the clst, but from
the manner in which the rumors were
mentioned. it should seem that the
people Of Paris did not think Of their
being SO soon confirmed. Five DAYS
afterwards the ordinances were issued.
The election Of the Chamber Of Depu-
ties had just been completed, and the
result left the Ministry in a fee BILE and
hopeless minority. 1ro hundred and
serenity members Of the opposition had
been returned, Of whom 2O2 had voted
Tor the address against the ministers
IN the previous chambers. There were
l45 Tor the new ministry, aud Is who
were undecided Gos either party. The
Sd OF August had been appointed for
the meeting OF the Chambers, the mem
bers Summoned, and various other pre
parations made, when the ministry.
flushed with their military successes IN
Algiers, and finding themselves for the
present rendered Independent Of the
Chambers by the treasures which the
new conquest had brought into pubic
exchequer. determined upon annihilat.
ing the results Of an election which
had been SO unfavorable to their cause.
and ordering \ new election under a
rigid censorship Of the press, aud sub.
ject only to such influences "A tbey
themselves might allow TO operate.
These high-handed measures, how
ever, are not the only ones which the
French ministry have adopted. No,
only have they dissolved the chamber,
and siienced the press, bat they have
issued 40 ordinance 0tering the lac oil
elections. IL is thought that its provi.
sions will exclude from Suffrage more
than two-ihIrds Of the voters Of France.
The report Of the ministers 10 the
hing, on the subject Of the liberty Of
the press, 10 curious document. Itt
Consists Of the old slang about the G.
,ils arising frosn freedom Of discussions; !
and ITS arguments, if allowed 10 be Of
force, would in all countries authorize
the dominant party to silence their adj. !
versaries. They are the arguments I
which erected The star chamber and
The inqeisition, and disgrace the age in
which they are promulgated. There 7
can be no more complete proof Of the
profovnd Hypocrisy and trofliascy ofl
The present French ministry than /.
saorded by this aud other tccuments.
When they 6rst came into power. tLey
were Prnfuse Of their Professions .C,
respect fOr the charter and the liberties
ni The people. The moment, however. 4
hat they fancy themselves strong .. +,
noash TO cope with tie people, thew
throw OF che mask. and reso,, 20 the
most arbitrary and deSpotie mrasarss.
II - said that the pFoprietors OF the I
liberal press IN Paris, wilh one e1cen.