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

Exhausted not only Of is money! but OF ito credit The
finances were fallen into hopeless embarrassment A
yearly deficit OF more than twenty million. Of doIl.r
Ishsd aiks the .,-oug haad OF Exortiou and the sub
lie ingenuity OF Finance, to wiring from reluctant and
sionai bankruptcy 1t was then it became necessary to
appeal to the people to sustain the sinking credit Of tho
crownand il is this period may hail the dawn
of that Liberty which after rose upou
Frauce, and which now, after partial eciip,e, we in
duiss The hope, again to burst forth in tut, meridian
splsndor.
We may now. like the event. which followed, pass
rspiify ON with our sketch. An appeal for aid was
made 10 the Assembly OF Notablss To be sure ,ihcy
were men taken wheresosver the King pleased, and
dismissed at wl-but vet thew were men taken from
the body Of the people. II the first time for 200
years, that the people w,r' allowed III may say sol
fee their consequence IL most picious pc
5i:d Tor royalty to hazard the teaching OF that lesson
Al the same time that they were male sensible Of their
Importance, they were suffering under q calling OPP
preston and accumulated wrongs Alike inadeq us,c to
render sfeetus aid to monarch to subject, but hav
ing ye served the important purpose OF making known
the state Of pubic affairs. the Assembly Of No,ables
coon ceased TO attract respect, aud dissolved ia its
weakness. About this time, the Parliament Of Paris,
WHOSE function it wa, to recori the Royal Edicts re-
fused to register two for the creation Of imposs,
sorting that taxes could only be laid by the national
personalities whose immediate convoc alton they de-
manded. Justly fearful OF the consequence of this
measure 10 his Crown, Lewis essayed all that art, or
policy. or threats could effect to sude the demand. 10
vain--Prospccts OF future happnes. had been opened:
recollection Of former freedom has been Awakened
The sense of present Ills words, promises nor
h.ery could allsy-nor threats subdue. The personal
amiAtleness Of Lews-tle UNIQUE STONED probity and
gvsatpopu1erity OF Necker-,hepow OF the CROWN
csuid present adequate check to the irresistible tor
rent OF public sentiment convocaou Of the States
General was determined on-and on ths5.h May, 1889
the 6rst important poYular triumph was accomplished
IN France, by the memorable meeting Of that body al
Versailles.
Now TO take place that loag deferred and vital
struggle between the King aud the people, to which
this current Of must sooner ia,er, have H. II.
taoiy led. Nation weighed down under load of
nxes-enjoying scarce the ve,ise OF a righ,--their
propsrty, their liberty, their lives held by The will
the very tport OF he caprc4-af one man-ther mga.
dsncs. stimulated by the thought Of ages of tyrauuc
sgxrsssisn-callsd aloud for Reform. Never swsd a
Nation larger debt Of gratitude, than France owed
to the PATRIOTS End devoted baud on whose 6rmuess
end public spirit her des,oes than hung. Nsverhad
Liberty rusr yotarisc-Nevsr had the Rights OF Man
more zsaou, aud intrepid advocates than those noble
Representatives, who-inciosed within tho very pre-.
eincts OF the Court-under the frowning brow OF the
tyFant--surrounded by thousands Of armed myrmi-
dons-hrsd mercenaries painting for the pric OF blood
dared reply TO the Royal Messenger, who, in the
Kings NAME ordered them to dispense. "7ne Nation
assembled has no order TO recere" From that
ment, /, wa, a struggle Of force. Seventy thousand
men, chiefly msrcensties, had been assembled around
the throne. TO enforce the Royal wilIo inmda,e and
the N ationai sture-to stiff. the voice
and quell the rising dscoutents of the peopIe The
people rosa against despo,sn as igno ninious II
wss sppre'sve In the words of great Iri,h orator.
Th.y broke their chains the leads OF THAR op-
pressors."-The life Of him who, from weakness or
guilt. had sported with the lives, the liberties the
feelings OF millions, paid the ioei. of his crimes for
one, do not hesitate, in language not unfamiliar the
cars Of Virginisns, to excaim "Sc senper tyranns "
am admonishsd by obvious consider stions, not TO
enter upon the events nor engage in the discussions
OF which the revolution OF 80 sin arly fruitful
Events OF such astounding magnitude, following
another with rapdity 80 uueSampled hni parallel
In the annals OF the world Time this occasion, is
wanting were for their ration Sill loss stop
70 expoIe the alaces unmak the hopocrisy those
hollow pretondsrs to humanity who have long abus
cd the pubic ear with their absurd and whining Jcre
IL
glorious Revolution = Men whose pstr;cian sen ii
bhy is shocked at tho .ueriued pans OF Royalty, hu,
feel ne touch OF pity for ths sufsrngs Of whole pso-
Pio Gin the great affairs OF men,. il has been we'll
remarked, 'the only humsuity that claims respec, i,
tn At maniy and expanded hi nity that xes lis steady
eye on the object Of general happiness" Guided by
this principle in forming our judgment Of the first
Preach Notwithstanding srsly imm
evils hut weighing than against lite resulting benefits
to III. French ua'on. and to mankind. the enlightened
phhanthropist will hnd ample cause to Join in tbs
iocnss Of tn. friends of edo al that m and
most Interesting event
Ii a,that era thIt certaia LEAKING and funl,peu
tai principles proclaimed XII in government,
which unregarded before and lost sight Of
since in the subsequent convulsions Of thar nation have
never failed to exera most saIntsry and beoif"sn a-
husuce the condition Of the French people .uoDg
these were the equalization Of imp,stshs liability Of
In. possessions Of the Clergy and Nobility taxation
-(irom which, 10 the increased grievances of tn, Com
mons, they had till then been strangely exempD-
above ALL the equality Of all citizens ia the eye of The
laD'iks the equality las Madam. de a.l happily it,
Iusrstes II oil men before their Creator.
With this hrie reference to The spirit which waI pr
served through all the numerous changes that in
the tain of the Revolution OF 49, pass onw ard to
the downfall OF Bonaparte. anI III. re- sstabshn
OF the Bourbon dyna.ty.-Picod by bar of con .pra
tors against the rights of mankind upon the throne Of
oplc who despi.>d biz pusillanim;y, and deesed
his vices lnis 18th hal yet 70 coaceds IN e spirit
the and tn. tsmper Of The nation, Charter OF fun
dsmsnts laws. Tho first portion Of il containing the
Dr0it public, Bill ot Rights Of the French, com.
msnces with this favorte principle OF Equality before
the law. The equality of taxation-equa admi5sibility
TO olacp,rsonai security, anil the security o property
-froedom Of religious opinion and the liberty Of tbs
press. ks wise recognized and guaranteed by the
CHarter II provides, also, for popular representation
and nsifionsy p.rh,pi, flor under il bas the claim
OF absolute powers been constantly asserted by the
throns,l confsrs the King authority 10 maks all
ordinances for th execution Of the laws
the safety Of the state. Louis long in disco
vernS that tn. safety of The state (which. in the in
terpreta'ion Of kings only the impuny of royal
abuses AID IN. unch -ck I'd license ri the C,urtl
endangered by the Lb,rty Of the Press. and accord
ingy within few mon lbs after the comm tent Of
his reign the Censorship revived. This reach
erou' monarch also Weakened ths de princi-
pis OF the Goysrnneot by essentially diminishing the
numb.r Of tbs ei-c'ors. III, broke down another Of
tbs safeguard. OF popular rgh', by abolshng the an
nuh escion Of one fifth OF tho Deputies provided
for by IN. Charter He still further, III, injury Of
tn. popular cause convsr'.d the Chamber, from qun
qnennial into sepennal bodies.
His successor, Chatl,, X .ignaizsd III, commence
mont o. his reign by ms abolition OF ths Censorship,
and furih,r cpnciliNsd public favor by the expression
OF eertn vague hut popular OPINIONS, and chivaldc
sentiments. monsnt,ry hops was INDUCED that he
would provs himself whs, when Con,pfe Fdrtois he
bad bs.n pronounced, 's'eicn worthy II H-nrv the