Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-09-14

back by thousands of voices from IN. rthes, exrem.
ties oil the kingdom. No necessary, where
almost unanimiy existed. The Libsrsi, triumphed-
thu Kiog could not. dared net au.mp TO withstand the
re',t'ess force OF public opinion. The Villele minis
try was succeeded by formed principally OF the be
RAJ Pary.-The Grim Of Charles might even vet have
been forgiven, not forgotten by the nation; and his
throne have remained yet unsubverted. But a Mo.
march whom the lessons Of forty wears had been
brown away could not understand how his tcH
be hwart-d-could not brook 10 hear asserted that he
o,oed duties to the peopsand tho most liberal o,icia
try that had been put in power since the return Of the
Bourbons was speedily .ugplau,ed by NOR. pAlas.
BILE TO the King which in its turn dad
by the most Ultra Royal that could be formed heai.d
by Polignac. The public voice demanded the dsni..
sal OF minister, whose notions Of diuine right aud
pdsSpe OBEDIENCE ht have suited the darkness and
prejudices o. the nth cen.urybut which have been
consigned to deserved exscration and contempt by the
enlightened wisdom OF tho present age. The D.pu
ties oil France made his removal the of respect
full but earnest, petition. They firmly refused to vote
supplies till their request should be- complied wi,..-
They were dissolved for contumacy--And again
resored TO the desperate eypedient OF new election
The strongest prejudice aud cherished pa.sons Of
the French people addressed this occa .iou to
ensure Chamber agreeable TO Majesty. The
King himself appealed to the people-but il was a.
gainst themselves he appealed and his appeal was dis
regarded He said, their father he grieved at
their conduct; but they knew that they had only resisted
greis. He said. N King, he ,oas offended They
scorned his menace and dsrid, sd his pseeniions-
Love Of glory, thu noble master passion Of the
french, was also minsteted to by the G1vernm
TO piopitiate public favor, and bibe the popular
But Public Vigilance was at her post, and douceW
but redress OF grievance was potent enough medicine
her to sleep Amidst the roar Of cannon, and shouts
aud rejocings for their signal and splendid triumphs
Agiers the people, true to themselvas gained ye'
more 'gnal and splendid triumph at the pills. The
Civic Wreath blended with the laures of war; aud
encircled the brow Of the Na,ior.-Again o Lbe ais
trnmphed-and the choice OF the very men who had
drawn down the royal displeasute, subjected the
niion Itself to The formidable anger of the King "A.
lin, tt,o< n.
OF millions, should prevail. Virtue. humanity. pc fey,
the securyof hi. th,onsall coucurrei in nd
Ing to the kings al ptor, the oaly at
lille with his safety aud consistent with his duty
,equiescence In the jus demands of united psopII
Happily for alphabetically Tor him SELF he listened to
oher counsels-D.zx by thu spsndsr that
ell him -mised by ths insignia Of unreal authority
-hAttsred BY his couriers-urgsd on by the priests
trusting to his guardS-the mad infatuated IN On arch
regardless alike oil his duty, and Of his oath, resolv
ed in frantic, TO bresk down the rampsrts OF the
Constitution, to crush the Liberty of the Psess and
wrsst away the Chartered Rights OF the nation. He
issued the insane fiat that TO disfranchie whole
nation, and reduce them to abjsct servituds. Hs rail-
lied around him immense military iorce-calied 10
his sle his chosen Swiss. whose fidelity to his person
less secured by the larg of the Crown
by the aud represssd hate OF the People
-aionsd and troops every where through the country
to enforce oh sdence to his odous DEGREES Not more
impotent the chains OF mute TO curb the rising
tides OF the ocean, Than the shsckles of the D.pot
TO bind men resolved TO he ee.-Tha brave aud chva-
rio French covered not beneath the frewus of the y-
ranquA allied not before tn, tsrrors OF offended Roy
-shrunk not before the arms of its myr nions They
had Intelligence to understand, aud spirit to their
wrongs nation whose very soul is honor, who feel
stain wound, f.lt that insut 'ded TO iujnry.
The immense multitudes Of Paris man. TO
drsss tn cir wrongs-to avenge their inuresto W. ash
out if they must, with the blood of the tyrant the
stain he had thrown upon the national horror-or d i've
him trsm a throne be disgraced The very I'M
sexed thems. TO Participate in the glory OF reIeem
ing their couo'ry from oppression Boys elt their
hearts swell within than, "a they caught the nobls
contagon OF resistance 20 tyranny, AMI mingled, with
premature manhood, In the deadly contests OF men
Unarned citizens played with the bayonets Of the SOL
diety-so superior is the spirit OF freeman TO that Of
slave.-The troops OF the line felt they French
citizsnt They saw that the cause OF the King wa,
not the cause OF the country They obsyed the call oil
honar aud of duly, and went TO the side of the
p iople. The Monarch who yesterday was surrounded
by thousands OF natsEers, and courtiers and armed
men, angling uyoa his nod-sager to do hi bidding
ind. to-day "none so pooc 10 do him reverence" lie
skulks fugitive through country no ruled hut yes
eraay-iodebtsd for bis life to the compassionate for
behrance ct a people 10 whom he Shaved no pity.
Again in 80, the practical powers of the govern
ment cevolved upon the representatives of the people
Their sanction, higher than birth, or laws constitu
tons, the public niH.-Wsdom and moderation, on
their part, alone wanting TO the courage and for
bearance manifested by thepeope, TO this inter-
esng event with lustre as mpershable as IFS
pshment extraordinary, and its object glorious
They have done all that the cxgency required that
their country expected-that the friends of liberty
could have hoped. They have organized the Ma
uOna NIi:ua, states SufeSt defence tney nave
called TO the command of it, one who from his
die upward has approved himself the true friend
OF Freedom and of Mdn-Happy and illustrious mani
Who in closing long, eventful and glorious career,
may repose his eyes in eth hemisphere free and
mighty people whom he has himself emerge from
the gloom of political servude-Whose bosom will
thrill with proud and happy emotion contemplating
their prosperity, the thought rises in his mind, how
largely he himself had contribued-Gghtng from youth
to age the battles Of lreedomto effect their emancps
ton: and who may himself, as he goes away to
final rest of an embamed and glorious memory in
their hearts forever
To the administration Of the different departments the
Provisional Government has called men of tried hdeli
~ TO the people, and of experience and ability in affairs
To tho head of the has been called the only Bour-
bon who ever sided with the people; who fought
In support OF the Constitution; who has been schooed
IN reverses; who receives power boon from the peo
pie; who will not, therefore, disregard their wishes
Let il not be said the change is too sudden and vio
lent TO be asing that, besides, IL is confined Paris
They know little Of the situation OF that capital, or of
the past history Of that country, who know not that Pa
s is The heart that circuates emotion and opinion to the
eXtremities of the empire; is the regulator TO speak
Of France. They have attended little to the course Of
events, who do moi perceive, that the ripening nte
gence OF the people had long since acquainted them
with the secret of their power AMI that the resistance
of government TO the public WILL could not be enforced
and would not be submitted to. The influence exerted
by that WILL is in my opinion, the true criterion where
by to distinguish free from despoc institutions. This it
is that essentially distinguishes most happy and
admirable systematic government OF England since
l6SS-and we may add, the government OF France
from all the other governments of the world. Ask not
whether government be Monarchcal, Aristocratc or
Republican Ask if the popular voice be heard in il; if
the popular will prevailsWherever that is hcarkened
to, there the people, essentially, ee wherever that
is sed or dsregarded, there, whatever the form of