Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-09
KthoIuttotr Tt FrauetI

France. resulting from the tyrsnnical mea.
sures of the King, against the freedom ofth.
Press, and the law Of Elections. The Oh.
nsxious ordinances coatraveniag the Consti.
tutionai Charter win be given in our nsxt-
We must conteRt ourselves, to-day, By Civ.
ing the following synopsis from the National
~lntelligencer and National Gazette:
Since our ~last-within the space Of tyeatv.
four honrs-we have intelligence OF a REvo.
LUTON IN FRANCE, begun. aad almost en-
ded; oil despOhc DEGREES Issued by ths King
oil instantaneous resistance by the People: o,
a National Army of thirty FIVE thousand mcu
organized IA the city Of Paris; or sanguinary
battle, lasting two or three DAYS. between
the Kings troops and the People, ending
Ia the entire route and defeat Of the former:
OF the flight of the Royal Family: of ths
election OF LA~FAYETTE BY acelamation TO the
command OF the National Guards Of .hr
French Nation; Of tbs appsistment OF the
Duke Of ORLEANS to tue Regency of The
Kingdom, and of the probable NAV, almost
certain despetism OF the present SOVEREIGN
Of France) Little did we suppose tina, ths
crater of the old volcano was again so soon
TO break out, or that its ashes concealed ga
much hidden fire. Justly is II remarked b,
ore Of the London editt rs. that Cu,glrs.
uRmlnGfal of the fate of his Predecessors
Louis XVI. "set his crown upon a cast-Aas
Siocd the hazard ofthe die. and lett it."
Natio1e! laisii.secer.
ihos of our country men, who wan
ted exciting news, now have il in the
staten ent from New York that a Rtro
luton has broken oui in France, headed
By Lafayeffs; that the National Guard-
Of Paris had deserted the King,-ftat "a
battle had taken place between theu,
and the Roy al Guards, in which the lat
ter were defeated, and tia. betwsea
FIVE and six hundred of the combatanis
were killed. This account has been
brought by the iiibernia from Liver.
pool. announced as below al New York
on Thursday afternoon. In one Of the
slips which we have received, the num-
Der Of the slain is printed from 5000
to 6000," but the other number is much
more probable.
Such va event rs a popular insurree'
lion was not wholly unexpected. We
may presume that the government an.
tlcipated it when they resolved upon
measures so bold aud critical as those
which they have taken;-that they dis,
cerhed The most fol nidabls dangers in
either submission or resistance-that
they had consulted at least Austria Rus,
STA and Prussia, il not Englnnd. and
obtained promises of support. Absolute
madness or extreais raahnass would be
implied by The supposition that til ey act
ed without foreign concert or deer PIE
meditation.
The revolt from the governUen may
have been only partial; it NAV not have
extended to the provinces:-as TO its
results. mueh depended upon the con
duet of the regular fsscss and their ia
verite commanders. With regard to the
exact nature or extent of the provsca-
tr0n, we cannot easily decide at this
distance. If the Liberals clearly fore
saw ministerial attempts to crush the
charter, and bear down the liberties al
the country, they cannot be blamed for
engaging in resolutions and projects,
for the preservation of what is Justly
deemed most valuable and worthy al
protection at all hazard. Ga tho other
hand, if the sovereign and his cabinsi
had reason to s%pprehend a widespread
conspiracy to sueyert the monarchial
system or expel the Borbouns,-if they
believe these changes TO be within the
drift or direct tendency Of the proceed
ings and dispositions of tbs Liberals,
aud if they presumed the wishes and
preference of the majority of the pao-
pie or their quiet aud thinking subjects,
to be for the Borbeun monarchy
they must not be very severely censu-
red Nr q vigorous and even desperate
effort made at u luncsurs- (the recent
conquest of Alsiers)-wh,ch seemed
the most suspicious.
On either side, the responsibility Of a
fresh revolution in France, with all its
probable consequences, is tremendous.
The poet has Justly invoked all tue cur.
ses Of Heaven upon him who, by his
counsels or arms, would plunge hisna-
tive land in civil vars fer wealth, or
power,revenge, or the pride of opinion,
for the lave Of strife, or the lust of des-
petism. Such an improcation might be
applied with PARTICULAR propriety in q
country like France, which. SO recent
", was the theatre Of every calamity
every horror, every crime, evsIy inflo.
ence, every reaction and Interior effect.
which render aw;..l and admonltory in
~tesiine wars and violent yicissitudes al