The Arkansas advocate., 1830-11-17

AeN-1 uIk E3elii5g Post eo3taiil7. ~ following paragraph:
 < morning paper. with some justice, classes Charles the Tenth's construc- fsoii oi tlilc section Of the Charter n which he pretended to find authority for the high-handed measures that led to his dethronement and the revolution, with that free construction ot our Con- stltutlon which has resulted in the adop- ton Of the Tariff, and the prosecution ef wa stetnl schemes of internal improve ment. X strict construction would nave preserved the peace of France; stfzct construction may secure the peace ot this eountrY.o
 The following is from the Baltimore Republican:
 The article of the French charter, un- tier which Charles x undertook to sup press the freedom of the French press Is numbered i4,.and is to the following ei- feet:
 -sfhe King is thesspreme head of the State, commands the army and nayys de- clares war. makes treaties oi peace, and alliance and commerce, appoints to of flee, makes the rules and ordinances ne-. cessary for the safegef the state."
 The arbitrary prerogatiye exercisedT by the King was supposed by himself and advisers to be plainly aeducible from the latter clause of the above arti- cle, which is in italics. Itis bya parity of reasoning-by a like resort to arbi- rary-constraction-thata certain party in the country pretended to derive pow CT under the National Government, to build roads, canals, light-houses, &c. from the phrase general zee!fdre, con tained in our Constitution. And ac- eording to the freedom of construction adopted by that party, our Government is one of as unlimited powers as the Trench Government itself was suppos- ed to be by the French Monarch and Cabinet ! But from the fate of the lat ter ill France, let those politicians in Americalcarn to beware how they con- strue the written constitutions of the people,"
 The National Gazette some days ago contained an article commenting upon the conduct of the French King, whose ordinances, violating the Constitution, are pronounced by that paper, to be a reaolsftioa. In truth, any act effects 9 revolution, which changes the funda- mental laws of State, and whether that be performed by a king or by q ma jorit3, or whether il be by direct viola tion or forced construction of a consti- tdtion9 is 9 matter of no sort of impor- tanee. Nor does t naake4any odds, as to the principle involved, whether the revolution be accomplished by coup detht, or hy gradual undermining, each successive step forming a fresh poiate d'agpai, from which q new sen- croachment can be effected.
 The last few months have been usu- ally pregnant with events of great and stirring interest. Withina twelvemonth past it has been our pleasing duty to re- cord more occurrences of q gratifying character than anywreyious year for a long time can parallel. Most of these events of moment, in some degree or other, grow out of the spread of intel llgence, and the advancement which the people of Europe are making towards the establishment of free institutions. First, there was the repeal of the cor por2tlon and test acts; then the Catho- lle emancipation; then the victory of Russia over the Turks, from which the establishment of Greece as a separate and independent government, and the enlargement of the commerce of the civilized worlds were the gratifying cor oiiaries. After this, the expedition c. France against Algiers, and the over throw of that barbarous scity-events pregnant with important consequences. next occupied public attention. The news of this happy result has not yet been fully circulated throughout our country, when the columns of the public journals were again filled with still more expressing intelligence-the amazing details of the French rev. olutlon. The favorable conclusion of our negotiations with Great Britain is another item to be added to this list of momentous circumstances, which have taken place with such almost bewilder- Ing rapidlty of succession. Inkhis has ty enumeration we have not adverted to