Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-09-07

son' II s sad that tho Proprs,orsef the liberal press
In Paris, with oae exec option, immediately on the iss-
ing OF the decree for abolishing the liberty of the
Press, entered into an engage ment TO disregard H.
The Boston Patriot mentions tba, passenger in the
C'emats brought the intelligence that the French
declined ftoo per cent on the 26h of Julv
BY order OF the French King, neutral column /. to
be ereced at Touon, surmounted by light dscorat.
ed with ornaments made of The bras, of the Al, crime
csnnons, and inscribed with the names of the
corps, aud vessels engaged in the Aigerins expedition
Two thousand eonvets are to be employ ed the work.
The Kirg of Naples is very ssriou.Iy sick of an in
| REPORT TO THE KING.
| PARIS, July 26h, 1880.
confidence with which your M.s,y bad honored The m.
# they longer delayed placing before YOU a concise
statement OF internal situation and to Indicate TO
your highness the dangers arising from ba
| Press.
AT no period during the last fifteen years, has this
situation presented itself under more serious, and AZ
a neuns aspect No'w"hsandng prosperity unex-
amped In the annals OF our history signs OF dorg
zauon, and symptoms OF anarchy, are manifested upon
aimos; every point OF the Kingdom,
me successive causes which have conduced to weak
en- ms springs OF the monarchica governme mt
no" TO alter and change it, nauedeprvsd of it's mo-
RAJ iorce, the civil authority within the capital and i'm
"e provinces maintained but an unequal contest a
ghns' Iaciions Perncious and snbversvo doctrines
openly protested, are spread aud among all
cIassef OF our populationdquieudes, too gesersllv
accredited, sgate the public yind, an torme ut
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! security.
maciousness active. ardent, indeatigable, is at
work TO overturn the foundations of order, and TO de-
prve France OF the happiness which she eni,yed un-
der the scepre OF her Kings Active i'm working dis
content and stirring up hatred-t foments among the
peop's spirit OF defiance and hostility against govern
ment aud 'ssks every where 10 the seeds of dis
cord aud of civil war.
And. Sire, recent events have already proved. that
political feelings confined heretofore 10 the hi CHER ranks
OF society are beginning 10 be generally felt. and
70 excite The popular Tbey have proved also
h mass is not always aEitated without danger those
even who strive 10 secure its rsp1se.
multitude OF facts, collected during The course o
he late electoral operations, confirm these state IN ents
and afford too certain presags Of nsw connections did
NOT your Majesty possess power of remedying the
To an attentive obIcrvsr there svery where sxst.
necessity for order force aud psrmansncy and the dis.
mroancss which appsar the most oppossd TO such
css'tJ, are in reality but the expression and testimony
Of IT,
These asaiion,, which cannot be Increased wi,hou,
g,eM peril are almost exclusively produced and excit-
ell by tue be Il allowed to the Prass. A law Of cleo
lions, not less prolific in disorders has without doubi
concurred aud assi.ed TO maintain them, but we must
deny the evidences Of our senses to in the psriodi
cas ne principal focus OF the progress
which becomes daily sensible the origin OF the
caamtes which threaten the kingdom.
Experience, Sire, speaks Iouder than theory; en-.
lishi"ned msD, without doubt whose patriotism cannot
be suspected carried away by tho example of neigh
boring people, have believed that the advantages Of the
periodical Press, would baiince The dsadv and
c'sse' Ii ia not sothe proof sdecsve, and the ques
ton Is now determined.
AT all sporhs, the periodical Pres, ha. only been and
from its must ever be- an instrument of disorder
and sedion.
How numerous and irrefutable are the proofs that
may De brought to support the truth 1t is by the vo
lent and uninterrupted action OF the press that VIC are
to attribute those too sudden and too frequent change.
In our internal policy. Ii has not permitted regular
and stable system of government TO be established in
France, that continued and strenuous efforts Should
DC made 10 Introduce the of
administration, those amelioraons of which they are
susceptible Every ministry since 1914 though formed
under different circumstances and acuated by different
impulses have been exposed TO tho attacks 10
the same unbIided expressions OF passion. Sacrifices
oil every Kind concessions oil power alliances of party
nothing has been able to protect them from this common
destiny. This fact alone so frre in Reflections sniff
ces TO assg to the press its and unavailable charac-
ter Ii abors by continuous and pGrseverng efforts dali
y repeated, to loosen all the bonds of obedience and
snbordnaon, to weaken the springs of public authority
to sink and debase it in the opinion of the people, and 10
create Tor every where endorsements and resistance.
lis art consists not in substituting for creduous sub
mission OF the mind the healthy liberty of examination
out 10 reduce the most positive truths TO problems rot
10 invite frank and useful controversy upon political
questions, but to present them in false light and TO re-
solve them by sophisms.
The press has thus dsordered the most upright minds
shaken the hrnest convictions and produced in the bo
som OF society confusion OF principles which favors
the most disastrous attempts. Anarchy in doctrine is
prelude to anarchy in the State.
1t worthy of remark, Sire, that the periodical press
most essential condition, namely
publicity 1t may appear strange, but less true
that there is no publicity in France taking this word in
It's Just and rigorous accepaton In the actual state of
thngs, facts when they not entirely suppositons
are only presented TO many millions of readers curta-
ed, dIshgured, and mutated in most odious manner
thick cloud raised by the Journals DISCUSSES the truth
ana In measure prevents perfect understanding be-
tween the government and the people. The kings
your predecessor Sire, have been DESTROYS freely TO
communicate with their subjects, but this is a sasfac-
ton which the press is not willing that your Majesty
should enjoy.
ven upon the most solemn occasions and neither respect.
Ell the express wishes of the king nor the addresses
made to them from the throne. The one has been mis-
taken or perverted and the others have been the sub
Ject oil perhIious commentary bitter deision. Ii is
thus that the last act of royal authority the procama-
tion Tell into general discredit before was known
TO the electors.
j his Is not a-thc Press has tendency TO subupat.
the sovereignty and usurp the powers of the state The
pretended organ OF public opinion it aspires direct the
debates In the two chambers, and ncontesbly exer-
clses an influence upon those debates, less baneful
than decisive. This dominion in the Chamber of Depu.
Ties, especially for the last two three years, has as
sumed manifest character Of oppression and tyranny
We have seen in this interval the journals pursuing
win insult and outrage numbers whose vote appeared
10 them either uncertain suspected Too often, Sire
the freedom of deliberations in this chamber have fallen
a sacrifice to the renewed attacks of the press.
we cannot qualify in more moderate terms, the con-
duct OF the opposition journals in relation TO the recent
events. After having themselves provoked an address
attacking the prerogatives of the throne, they have not
scruped to consider the reelection of the 22I deputies
who voted this address, matter of principle not
whstanding your Majesty objected to this address as
oensivei II attached public reprosch the refusal of
cohcurreci which was there expressed il announced
its unsbaken resolution not 10 defend the rights of your
crown openly compromised. The periodical pripts
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