Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-11-30

employment OF the armed FORCE against the pcopl"
before any provucation
All these facts constitute the crime of High Trea
son, it is set forth in the seth Article OF the an
Glen, Charie'. France has afforded proof OF long
suffering. She had need 40 show the face OF the
worlj the picture of her grievances against Govern
u eni that is no more ~ grohd national act s now
locked for. 1t is for the first time that you about
To exercise right, inhc ens IN your nature, of i'm
peacli:u~ guilty Ministers before the Chamber of
Peers. The country, by your Intervention. is about
TO demand justice on the mer who have violated the
laws and troubled the pna:e which i, enjoyed But
it not france alone thai is in eXpec; atna. Allthe
ma ioas of Europe, Wi their eyes fixed on our Re-
volution waiting in their tua to Judge us upon
ascer,aining the m.kc of liberty happily
recove e!; If wH be wanting Justice and firmness,
they viii be All cited, for they admire us. Justice,
and not vcngoaucc Suc'i the cry tina, issues from
every heart Nangenrce, unworthy of grea. nation
belongs 10 the times of ia kness un bnrburis; jus
tee the triumph NJ right eyer that which usu, ped
o. reason over crime attests. when j, is crcunscri-
bed in inst bounds the propress of enlightenment and
morals
What other people than The Citizens Of Paris, the
etite OF France, has given proofs Of so advanced Il
stale o! civlEation' What other people can sho ~
that 1t lows better how to draw the distinction be-
tween justice and vengeance, to respect every RICH,
to succour even in the midst of carnage fallen
nv, to avoid every and after victory return
to its occup tons wthou; any other rewa than the
satisfaction oi having saved their country:
an! this people endowed with so m my virtues
would be ,if 'ndn, were il la ned that they rsuur-
cd Any thing beyond justice All France will
Wit for 1t with calmne>s, confidence and dignity =!
t"u VIII demand this justice and the Chamber OF
Peers, whose i"' prudence is Condition of its ex
isicnce will fulfil Its high commission.
This report was heard throughout, with the most
marked attention, and wss followed by The Resolution
r-ooosed by the Committee for 1peachinp the Iatr
Ministers OF high treason before the Chamber o
Peers.
| The F,llowing the Articles of the Penal Cod,
under whch l1nce- &c Pulgnac and his colleague,
are tn be trie,
sa'l be c;he: 20 excite cav by arinno or in;n
CiII ;' citz inabitans To taNe p art,s
edch ether, ~ devastation massacre or nil
iaga mo on - coUlmnies, shall be punished
with the pain OF death
Asr 100. II by tunultnous crowds, ac,s OF yio-
fence or nehacaS. citizen sai! have hecn
prevented trom exercising their Give r:pl,,s ey.rv
one OF those found guilty shall be punished with nm
Prisonment for SIX months the least, end tor VIZ,
years tn, most, ard with the trrc,ian of voti n
ana Seing eligible for fire years at least and ten
years al most
ART ITO. If the crime shall ha 70 been commit ed
III consequence nj prcconceriei Plan to BE- ex,cu-
tea either ~ the Whole kingdom or in on, or more
be nxc.
Aar. ie3. Al combination of rneasur,s con:r5rv
10 thc established laws either by The union Of Inl,-
Vdia!i or vi bodies which are entrusted with any
pat o! me public authority either by deprivation or
correspondence between them. shall b. punished with
inpsonmHn for two rlonts least and SIX n,nnih his
al most against each Delinquent, who may moreover
DC c0hucnnen =" the intrrlcton of civil rights and
OF all pnniic employment for six wears at m st
art le5. In case this combination should hava
ilF us oleci ar result plot snbyessve of the safety
oi the IA error OF the STATE the ,r,lIlty pcrsrs
be punished with death