Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-11-27
FRANCE


grounds Of accusation against the late Aiin
Read TO The Chamber Of Deputies on the s3d Sep
tomber-CoNTiNrED.
Il was asserted that the establishment, Of Prevots
Courts was to have compartcd the. Counter revolu
tiouary system; said that orders had beer
given in different Departments for their organization
and the persons who were tn have formed par
fthem even have be.n named Your Committee or
this part of tho subject have only collected slight
traces for tho office Of the Minister Of Justice al
the apers have been destroyed; in the Departments
several Procnrcurs &c nerunx, to whom application
has been made, declared that their predecessors in
abandoning their posts had destroyed every thing
that could have compromised either themselves the
preceding Administration.
The Cabinet considered it expcdent that these
extraordinary measures should be preceded by q eor
oferpose the grounds of thesn in tine Report the
King. The Ex- Minste in custody agree in stating
that the idea Of this Report did not enter into the
minds Of the Council till after the principle and
the framing OF tho Ordonnances had been resolved
on. NJ Chanteiauzc was charged to draw il up
which no dad hesitate TO This document ia
a manifesto against the periodical press which among
many other pretended misdeeds it's author partcu-
litly charges with having called forth address
which attacks the prerngatives of the Thrones with
having set a. principle the election OF the 22i
Deputies, of whom il had becon" the work; & havpc
aggravated the insult which these Deputies had offer
cd To he King by their pretended refusal Of concur
renee Tho Report concludes with thcro terrible
word The moment has come to have recourse In
measures, which enter within the spirit OF the Char
ter but which are beyond the bounds Of legal order
all the resources Of which have been hutlessly eX
hausfed." ~
The Ordinances ria i've to the new electoral
system. that which suspended the freedom of the
press, and the report TO the King; were signed BIZ
all tho FIX Ministers present. The two Ordonnan-
Cos f,r the dissolution If the Chamber, and the con-
vocation of tho new Colleges and the new Chamber
wero signed by N de Pcyronnct alone.
But by the effect of an inconceyabe pre-occupa-
tion a. the timr that representative order
ovcrthrown, and that the electors and Depu-
,snI h.
it is customary tn address to the latter, {, sum-
them 10 assemble, sent Off aud he re-
representatives. chosen by the nation, on their way
from all parts to the posts where they were
called by their duties only informed on he road
of the Ordonnsccs which affected them 1t was ma
tural to suppose, that the coincidence Of the dis
patch of these letters with tho dissolution of the
Chamber should give rise to suspicious il was natn-
raj suppose that the intention of the Cabinet had
been to call the Deputies from their departments and
brng them to Paris, in order be able more easily
to seize their persons. The Elk Ministers in custody
however, being interrogaed upon this point repI ell
that the Kings signature affixed to the originals of
the ieres ei.s preceded the adoption of the project
of dissolution and that tho dispatch ofthe letters nc
cording 10 cuso took place in the bureaus whilst
the project still under dslberation Let us adj
Inire, however, the designs OF Providence; it was
to this forgetfuness. if indeed it was o~getfnlness
that France is Indebted for the prompt assembly of
the tuteary power which alone. in the crisis that
took place, could concur useiuily in her saliva inn
The 25h Of July. dav for ever memorable to the
annals off history at that ofthe date and
Of the signature of the Ordinances
Do not imagine. however. thu, il w,e w,thopt
dread that th"se impiudent Minis ers consumma.ed
their criminal attempt. The dcposi' ion of the man
who, for years, has been the off al witness Of all
revolutions. and often of crrors depicts too
well the dsqusiule OF their minds for it to be pos
chile TO pass it over in silence. N. Sauvo chief
editor of the .t3niteur, received, on the q5b an
unusua order to GO 10 the house of the Keeper Of
the Seals a eleven o'clock Mt night. Upon entering
.>tnn h.aE ,,pI 4hcfA T.
M. dc Mon bel, both resting their heads in a mean-
choly their hands The Keeper of the
Seals delivered the Ordinances TO Dr. Sauyo and
told him 10 look them over. and give him an ac-
acknowledgement oc their delivery. In looking them
over and gancIg, although very hastily at what
they nai.eh it difficult for ~ Sauvo TO con.
ceal his emotion Nj. d. Mon,b.l remarked il, and
said TO him, Well" NJ. Sauvo said only a few
wori.. bnt they were expressive: "Monsyneur
God save the King and God save France." A lono
silence succeeded, ncr which Il dc Mon,bel, de !
eir"us OF forcing him to explain himself, repeated
his former exclamation. and H. Sauvo ugain re-
p9atcd rho words above stated.fs He was withdraw
ing. wh"n M. de montbel rising hastily detained
him, and Urging him with anxiety, said. "Why
don't you sp"ak' Gentlemen said Sauvo,
turning rcun1, II fftv-scvcn years of are.
Witnessed a.! the days Of the Revolutions, and
Withdraw with deep terror."-The door wss sbu,
upon him; and he took, to publish in the .Noniteur
the next morning, those terrible mnnifestoes which
were to shake the Monarchy and overthrow tho
King ard inc Ministers, and yer by the most promnt
and miraculous OF revolutions regcncrate our social
order.
The secret had been profoundly kept, and nothing
had transpired On,he 25th, the inhabitants of Paris
carned on awakening from their sleep. this conspi-
racy Of the Throne against public liberties Iodg
nation immediately took possession Of all heart, and
the courageous determination to resist spread like an
electric spark. But military precautions had been
taken; the most energetic measures had been prenar
Cd tn secure by arms the execution of the Ordonnan
ces and It appears that IN taking these measures the
PRESIDENT @, the Council had dispensed with the par.
ticpation Of h3 cJcagus Marshal tho n 10 4.
Ragnse whose name. faolIyc LIBERATED could inspre
cnnlih"ncc no where Bat at Court wns on dutv as
Major G'neral Of the Grafds h,oarly ne JuIv aotb
lac transmitted coniiden;Ial order 10 the difr.,en,
chci OF corpe such as IL scarcely ever given EXCEPT
J" the PTescrce OF The enemy. under the most crit
icoi clrciStanccs. Ths order indicated the various
places to which in case Of emergency the ,roons
should march; lie explained wlat H.. m ant by case
oi emergency soting To he Che beating 10 arms mr.
revolt by a'mcd multi,udcs. In either or ,bese
Two ca' s. thc troops were to march immediately
WIN arms ni"9age' and The requisite ammunition
to the places specified wit Iout tvott,,,, g. '