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

trust that France does not desire to system
OF government which is not founded upon the principles
recognized by other powers, although recent
may have induced the French TO suppose, that their
liberties would not be safe under the presen Monarch
or al leat without some further restrc lions, which
he will not readily agree. The probability is that
Charles the Tenth will bs banishtd from France and
that the order of the dynasty will be changed; but
does not therefoe follow. that the French will
the necessyot establishing themselves under limit
ed Monarchy, in which The example OF England may
be followed. as closely "a circumstances may rendera
vsable and the peace Of Europe be maiutained'
II England then should set her face against foreign
In ih- affairs Of France none OF the con.
tinentsI powers will venture TO take such a step.
France, interesting and glorious France may be con.
sdeted a. having a, length been crowned with com.
paratively free end happy government. Phil. Eng.
ANOTHER LESSON FOR KINGS
The late Revolution in France furnishes another leg
son to Kings who di-regard their bga,ion, aud APP
Ply the oh'elete masms Of an'qna,ed despo,isin.
the mon and the minds Of the present age. 1t fur
nishes arc her, and an awful waning 10 Kings who,
blinded by pride, by ignorance and bigosy attsmp,
reign without the confidence, and affections Of their
people. Iexhibs 10 all ia nAken-ss the innate in
durable weakness OF desnoii.m whirh inssad OF
Identifying itself lite interests aud iis glory 9Th those
the nation, in the ulness o is ~
affects separate being. and the relation Of
sovereign and subject, into that o. !ast.r and his
slave.
King Charles the Tenth ha. again verified The pay
ing OF Napoleon, "that the Bonrjons reme mhered
every thing tn ought have TO- gotten inre,, eve
given TO his preecessorsths death Of Louis the ruin
OF his IA nilyand the exile OF hs successor all seem
to have passed from his memory, tcgehsr with tie
lesson. OF moderation and wis ION he ought have
rived from them. IL remembers nothing, bu, that
tne h'nss oil France were once despots AMI thcr peo
pie ooedien slaves; and he fcrseis that they hot,
and canoo he 50 any longer.
Under the ahj.ct domuion OF priests himself he sf.
iecis 10 tyrannize over HE people. He shn,s hs eyes
to the bloody b-acons Of the rs.to the awful ndica.
tons Of IN. presento the black coverings of the IN.
ture. He sees nohisg but the shadow of his depar.
ted power, and h- seeks to grasp It reality. In
short, we are equally al loss 10 account for the deu-
-'ons uu'er which h lahours, vh Their they proceed
from his own wilf,l hndnes. the imposons OF o.
theirs. He seem'to have aciei,under belief tha. the
recollection OF thirty years Of hard struggle Tor lber-
y, had been ohliterat-d by few wears OF blind folly
and impntent uisruel
The two great measures by which he precipitated
that rata trophe 10 which later his fate bad
predestned him. were of 30 gro. character Of despo
i'm, as TO SAVIOUR of insanity. By declaring the e.c
'ion OF whole Chamber Of d. puios void, he st once
marred every feature Of the Repre- Government
and took away, virtually, the righ Of suffrage from tn
people OF France. In every Repr. sentative Govern
ment it IL competent 10 the Elk acu'ive power either
to dis.ove or profogue the Legislative Body Bot to
snnIhiae 1t before IL has convened and be fore II has
hal an opportunity Of acting either in aid or In orpo
ion to the will OF the Executive power il strength
Of absurd hority, 10 which find no parallel Even
he Petty Colonial Tvranta of these States. whea exer
e,'ine the power OF the King of Ens'and con;ent-d
themselves with prorogaing di.o,ving the Colonial
Legislatures when their were and
their opposiion certain and uncorquerabe. II IL an
inherent power in every Representative Body under
Heaven, 10 Judge OF the elections OF lite own members
and TO deciie on their right TO seat. Commit III
power OF admission expulsion 10 any other hand,
and you eectuay destroy its indie nendence nav ia
existence, as ii had the sole appon mt of every
one OF them. BIT Charles the tenth Of France went
farther than his namesske Charles The rst of England:
The latter only refused TO call his PArliamen, together
or dissolved II when opposed his sgns; the former
declared the Election of whole House Of Deputies
void and thus robbed bic people Of one of In deares,
chartered rights. Would il be matter Of surprise tina,
the fate OF Charles The Tenth Of France shoud be even
more melancholy than that OF Charles the first OF Eng
landl 20
Aware tina, this high-handed MEASURE would call
iorth The public reproba'ion this infatuated king a.,
tempted 10 screen himself from lis consequences by
other st more obnoxious. He sought 10 sm other The
Indignation Of bis people BY slencing the voice of the
Press, and battered himself that 10 sine the pablo
measures was equivalent to a conquest over The spnti
ment which produced them! But the cup was foil be.
Tore, and now II overdowed The CITY of Paris poured
orh lis gallant population animated by courage and bS
liberty; blood howe,; and who shall dare To cav In
blood il not the heal Of the Kipgi The hired sol
diers the foreign troops refined by this miserable ma
geah to guard him against the Indignation OF his own
wronged people, pointed their bayon"s against thoe
whom, as IL by mackery, he had little while bsfors
called his children in the very bose N Of France
and the spectacle wss again exhibited of King wa.
ding IN the blood OF his people, because they had own
themselves worthy Of better sovereign. BJ, let The
result b. warning TO kings In less Than four and
twenty hours after this poor pageant had made wsr i'm.
on MS people, he was fugitive from his paIacr mere
straw blown away by the breath Of public Indignation
and his Kingdom had passed away from him forever
AND ior what, and tor whom did This infatuated mo
narch make wsr upon his people, and sscrfice hi,
crown! Was 1t in deencs of any real subs,sntisi ore.
ross'ive that added 10 his dignity or power? Wa. IL
or any great sstesnnsn like purposp. which anhton
nght coVet Tor lite own benefit or that Of posirrity?
NO. He has no children, and has ruinsd himself for
ne se-'sme bgo'ted priesthood, the fsame worn
su 'uperannuaied aris'ocracy, whose ANTICIPATED pre-
tensions brought Of bis immediate edecerors 10
me guiiloine, and s.nt another Into exile BIZ, svAry
day furnishes additional evidence Of the truth of he
max'm-" That whom Pfovidonc. destines 10 ruin IL
6cst deprves Of reason"
We draw the hast hopes of the completes aurcss, If
this revolution and s ios result in the establishment
OF system Of Rovernmeo that will give peace and han
piness TO the gallant peorls Of FrAnce They deserve
IL, for the admirable herosm they have di.pavA1 ana
the equaly admrabls selfcommsnd exhibited in lhea,e
scenes al Paris History affords scarcely p,rslJI-
There is consisting. too In the language and STYLE Of
the papers issued by those who nov .dfniniter in
government inlicdive Of genius animated and nspired
by liberty. May these omsns he prnpitious and tbe
Price OF oceans OF blood he paid in the hsppne NJ which
i will hnaiIy he the purchase.
but we see danger from two sources. First In the
CONNECT between the party attached TO the memory of
Napoiean, and the interests OF his SOM and that which i,
syete once In our presence. This latter party is for
limited monarchy, founded on the charter which under
an circumstance Is probably best tor France at least
LOT me present The Orleans party at the head OF
INC present revolution, "a appears from tho nomination
OF the Duke, to be Lieutenant General Of tho Kingdom
an Office second only TO the King, and comprising the
authority OF the King IN his absence
Another, and still greater, cause Of apprehension, is
In the ntererence OF foreign powers In favour Of the
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