Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-10-26

retu'n oil Constitutional .Deputss TO the Chambers
The press-I mean the Diy Preserve injefau
gable In the mijs, Of prosecutions which hourly ia
creased the intrepid defenders Of the public rxhts and
liberties continued to wan--o upbra,d-,o enghten--
TO seima,e-and. sbovs ALL to prevent Ter an iostsp
public feeling from h,gging loe ring The road
Never, In hs history OF the wo III, such imn-
sxefons made, AMI never 'uch hercul'An i',crs
ryIabours ACCOMPLISHED. Month after month. TIL con.
ductors OF thu pubic press lAbonred ard toll d. kops
day after day Trey behslj tier property snbj.c,
atous INES aud their llow aSon'ers consgued TO pr
sons, TO solitude, and 10 ruin No volumes could b.
more interesting or n,porart than collection OF AL
the leading artsl Of all the Journals in France
from August, 1929. to Angus, 1880. To the Press
France owes her present greatness, 'riumphs, aud
glory. Without hold and free Press the X. voutiou
would have come a, iast-bu, France must have FIRST
submitted 'oyesrs of slavery aud oppression.
The Ministry Of the Sih az Augut was not merely
Anti Naonsl hut il destitute Of plan and talent
IL wa got up with rapidity without exauplc-with al
incon'ieration which demonstrated the Ignorance
hePlessness Of its founders and with infferenc
to consequences and results actually vsrging mbs
ciy. I can rive thousand facts In proof Of wha,
have stated but few will suffice. Fir Of all. th'
Ministry, as 6rst established. composed OF m-n
different PRINCIPLES. hsviog different views and being
In some Important particulars opposed to each other
Po'ignac and Bourmont differed materially from La
Bourdonnaye and Mangn; and all again differed tom
Courvoisier, Chabreai. and Moo'brl Then again, De
Rgny named without his consent, and Courvoissr
too. The latter agreed 70 remain but the former re-
signed How pi,iul and ronte mptibe the position
Of the Prime Mipi.er OF France, when Do Rignv D.
fused to accent Office under him. Thsn, ag ain. when
Mini.tsre commenced government precautions against
the Press Bormont refused join, and Tor long lime
continually replied TO thoss who coun.e'lsd him to
proceed against the editors Of papars" No. nv enc
mics have much right 10 cansnre. nv frisnds
have to euogise me. belong to a 'vs,-m" Whilst
Bourmont was aotng, the Mini'ts- ri Foreign AZ
evidence 81 division in the Cabinet! So again some-
times the Mri.ers OF the 9Th August treated the Jour
nals with respect-emploved other journals to reply
for them dscu.sed the points NJ i.aue-and appeared
y les IN puhlic
ion. and nv tn pnh'ic voice. But the next week,
few weeks afterwards the Journ ls Of the Minis'eri'
par'y-eves tho>s which Ministers had p,l AMI sup.
piled with reariv n" ~s." were 5isrlaim.d-and "ibe
faction es'at lhsd Newspaper. Themselves, and 'San
subseauepily refused to acknowledge them With
such XII nsts tis the props became digusted and
V,llris and decision n the wishv wasbv po,hnynsss
OF Poigrar Cabinet! rould give large number OF
additional ar the truth Of my ,po.i,iou hut
IN ia wholly nnner9s-,rv snce all bow admit thai
the Polignac ADMINISTRATION wi hon. plsn wi'hou'
resources, wi bout the means OF sustaining itsef and
necessarily Obliged To saccunb because absolutely
without chi & without gnida-wiihnu' council
without fixed ind st.be principles and RELYING chiefly
on chance and fortune and calculating fienfs and
surport, wh"g' tsking step to merit ohain them.
To he v'rv tst Poliooac supid. II is the only
word can Il" in tn Eng'i.h 'sreu'ga 20 express
meaniug In Ffance he ia calf. and felt to h. Gran
de Bette, VIII the Deputies waited On him to inform
him that civil war inavi'ahls IL he persisted in hi
Ordonnances, h stupd'v replied " hat thu Gendar"e
would put doyn the r.b-ls." When Rayusa a.kad
him wha, ,roo,- be could nprn to pit down any
riots or popuarmovemen', h." rer''ed, h" hal sx'v
thousand roort at cNmmand"a Ra,usa sa f Il
but when III. ICONS wanted, were al Dim
--o,hers at b'eau-o'her' in Tho north-sn
others in the sbuth. HNw stupid hill WHEN The
Chamber ef Deputies in March presented humble.
respectful Address To the King, praying hin p eff 60
TO change ht Ministers Poisnae to- 'tw' ha> aav.
ed the misle Chsil-s 10 Dissolve the Chamber! Drsv,
to this stupid Minister the only Paradise he desired
He trusted a chance! II he h,d possessed the tai, nj
OF sn ordnafv iourneymsn mason, who bad learnt his
c in parish sch oil, he would havs Known that i
was TOO latnIto intimida'eand rha. The 70 e'ir
friends was not to make enemies When afterwarl'
Charles bad resolved on mek as'inrt A'ei rs
how supi5 was Pagna" TO appoint Burn mt tn"
Command rim Chief Why thi, verv circums,ance a.
rendered the expedition unpopular, and in't-ah o
gaining ny the measure tn G1vernmen, Lost in public
opinion Nor il II any answer I, his stupidity 20
that q 'nfra Bourmont has conducted the expedition
with ts't and sucress. The expedition AGAINST A.
giers afforded 6ne opportunity 10 'hA drporaSe NJ
i-iry OF tbe August; but nste al of prof ting by IT,
crcun4 anre, The Prince de Pol gn,c s,uri
(or tha' is the wofd) tn place the head Of tn.
the most unpopular and deested man in the servc,
The want a-o of common courtesy. even 10 the ROYAL
let party was much complained Of Men Of second o.
Thrill rae a'an were peusoned, or nut INFO places o
high trust and high imp r'ance, whilst hos. who had
really 'alent principle and consistency to reeomm.n
them, Though their system wrong were C'arrells
with, annoyed, and even insulied Why, La Bourbon
ndye, with all he vices hi. most vicion. m had
ten times the talent of Polgoscsni vet Polisnac was
stupid enough TO make him his enemy AMI then Vii
IeIe! why, Tie ex Minister hal more al talent thar
all the other Ulira-Rovasts OF France combined! An
vet when he Paris TO be ''usqfn' 10 the
Polignac stupid enough 20 max. him his enemy
So aiso with respect to IN. Jnurnals Who read
the Gazette de France for week and not salts
hd that /, the best Roya-t pan-r, not merely IN
France, but in the world? And vet Polignac tn.
p enough to order articles TO be written agains. the
Gazette in the N)nifeur and wasted secret service
money in esthbii hing the most nimbv-pamhv Jour- a
in all the wide world! mean the UniuerseI. And
now whil.t am wri iog. have plsced IL my hand
The climax to the stupidity Of Poll knac "How great;
fool il this mani" il the fret exclamation made Of
reading the letter he he's just sent to the Chlnher
Peers P0lgnac Is pri 0ncr, arrested illegally, II
will, but arrested by public opinon-by independen
citizens, and by France il Arms. And what does h,
say in his letter? Does no demand his liberation in ht
name OF Justice and the Charter? Does he exclaim, "
sm prepared TO vindica,e IN, o donnances counter
signedthe scaf,l has no terror. for me- have act
ell as would act again-my system is Abso'u ism
execrate thu Charter; and now do Your wor't?" Doe
he glory in his suffernes-openlv me-t the charges a
geiD-t bimdeclare that he is Hing 10 die in defenc
OF his princples--and that he will Acknowledge non
only await hiJ fate convinced that he is right
though Europe and all the world are against hin?
Why, II this had been his leterif this had been hi
address--if this had teeD his line OF conduct nigh
have argued against his system, combatted hi' prnc
PIES and ovethrown biz theories by e,s; but sbou
have appIauded his maDlnoss, and recognized in II
bold and courageous Champion OF the principles h.
AT least believed TO be lruel Blu, instead Of ihis,
6nd the inbsciIe Minusr oil Foreign AGirs stupid
most stupidl 10 the las, II calls the events Of IN
three days HAmentablel" He Gays he deplores then
"nore than any mar"--that they came with ga "a
pdity eqnalng the foil OF hundtbolt from the mds
Of a tempest and which no human strength pru
dsncel could arres !" THE is suppl enough But tina
which follows il ere stupid s'iil He who tn
author Of system 10 Ovsrturn Flance-to subver tn