Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-11-12

consult the happiness of,hc people. and that u go
with the governed.
The course pursued by The Chamber or IDENTITIES
has bcco,ee absolutely ludicrous. It. is presided BIZ
a stounch, interchangeable partizln OF the Orleans in
terests, influential from his wealth and nr,Cc,,or q,
b~anser) no less than from the easy lberaGtv Of hs
sentiments and the prudence " his policy. which
ever d;c-eisa- thu ambition of the monied aristocrn
cy. which he represents BY playing off opposition 20 the
aristocracy of birth, and wells lis predN,c,ion Ior n
government of patronagc snl NJ vilcge under Meas
OF expectancy and tho difficulty ur impossibiliiv of
organizing n better. The exit. me LEFT. or old on.
poSi'ion, oil winch &c was n member, having sided
with 'hc scheme in favor uf anoi her trial ola cou-
st,tutional King and n patchwork constitution. q ran
gfdtSe, were assliled from The opposite and old roy
ai'st benches. with charges of ovcrstrctchinp their
lnthoiily; tho centre, or men of no opinion, hut of
every ascendant party, soon grew fearful thac the
legislation of the house would BE- too decided ana lib
eral. while the public witiou, doors murmured that
u had BETRAYED the popular confidence bv sanction
ing IN the name OF the nation a charter whose very
name was obnoxious, ond the worst of whose radical
vices IT had left unchanged. The better, aud per.
haps 1t might be added, the more homes, heads
III the ranks of the old opposition, soon saw
t'irir error; but how to remedy it! They had E,adr
n King, and they had decreed at the same time n con
sti'uiion. II, yielding before the unpopnlaritv ofthc
latter, they it io the revision Of the M
uon' where was the title ofthc King they had oriain-
Cu, VI WlldI WIS 20 prevent the pplplC from Spttinu
aside both King aud charter at tho same time Those
who ielt the interests OF the new DYNASTY, were lt
ne disposed To run the hazard; these argued for the
legitimacy of the existing Chamber and the filing IN
OF MS vacancies; others again, who judged he favor
OF the people to afford better anchorage. began to
advocate the calling of rev Chamber Il own"
says MIR Dupin Il minister of-thc doctrinol school,
who aims ever Il, leading the people by n subtle ad
mixture OF hattery lbcrality, ccnsurc and palaver.
81 own That / soc with pain the attempts made to out.
rage the crown (farc violence a Ia couronne) by uro
voking continually the dissolution 20 this house. II
is precisely because the new charter Is a contract.
that good faith should be observed on both sides. The
crown would incur just repronch If it neglected the
least Item OF what II had promised: il would he cul-
pabie also If it lost sight of the least of the RIGHTS
which have been attributed TO II with n view to the
general good. Tacrc Is d~cspotism when the riuh,s of
the country are forgorten-therc is nnarrhy when the
rights of the crown arc deserted or weakly sustained. 4"
This setting forth Of the question (which may
TO YOU by the wy tho Specification of
the nick name 61cfriqdire) sufficiently cyposrs
the awkward pr~cdlcamenl in which the CITIZEN
King has been placed by his parry. lie holds
his station by virtue OF r contract made Nth The
eriStinS Chamber. or more properly. iCuh a certain
number 4" mr"t6crs UFHc erjsiing chamber of deputies
10 secure a keeping ofthis cohtracS these members
must keep their places aud secure a minority. The
deS DebatS. IN n burst of blundcring loyalty.
lately called the wife ofLnuIS Philip 'thc Queen of
tue Chamber 81 Deputies, - (ki RENE de la chambre
deS 6epWteS) and truly the pitiful heads who have
the neio order 0f things, as they are pleas
cd to call their very old in,rIgues, have made of both
wife " husband netting more than the King & Queen
OF a handful OF politicians. Louis Philip nigh still be
something better, ifhe would break from he contract of
Nj. Dupln. and throw his chance for the station of
chiei magistrate. under the title Of citizen king. or
ought else that NIGH: occur, on the suffta res OF tho
people. lie rs popular with some, esteemed by
many. and obnoxious 10 no one; while the GENERAL
20 good fellowship and conciliation. and
the disintcrestedness OF Lafayette, who would a,ways
put himself aside aud persuade others TO do the same.
$50 that the principle was not put aside with him.A
would secure him he national suffrage On u life ten
ure-supposing always good behaviour. Associate ed
as he now is with every obnoxious institution, with
an hereditary throne aud hereditary house Of peers.
with an arstccra'ic representation in the chamber.
with he expense OF 4 court. with n government of
patronage and q system of oDerous taxation-with
every thing, IN short. but what Is in unison with the
OF the mass and the spirit of the hour. il
needs no Skill IN dvinaton 10 prophecy the speedy
passing away of his throne and his name. tore,her
with the unlncky order of things which a silly and
sell interested knot CT intriguers have tackled to them.
There arc symptoms, however, that the chamber will
at discretion before the battery OF the press.
the embarrassment of IFS own contradictions
and internal divisions, and in the consciousness of its
own weakness TO stem the censure, not unmixed with
threats, gathering from ell quarters. The nature of
he opposition presented is not among the least Gu
rIous signs of the times, and the inability Of the GOV
10 stem it not the least encoursoinr.