Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-09-07

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prospect Ok military glory, attractive 70 the ma
''a' ''e'na''on' Pending the a';ack upon Agers,
c nc" eectohs would occur, and large calculations
were mace upon the elect which the Algerinc war
would produce at the polls, in favor of the mns,rv If
TINS effect was so considerable to procure the rc
turn of majority of Deputies devoted TO u,ro Row
aism and Despotisn, and the defeat of the Liberals
The latent and real object of the African war was
comp!ished If otherwise-(as 1t proyedl if the hi
befals were too sagacous to DO entrapped too true
TO the cause Of liberty, to be wheedled by momen-
tary eclat then the secondary scheme sou!d be al.
ready Ear advanced.
IL cannot be doubted that the violent and arbitrary
resolution Of dssolvng the Chamber of Deputies
anu suspending tho liberty of the Press wus taken
condi'onay, when the Chamber of 1899 was dissoly-
ed. IL IN The new elections Ministers secured maior-
W every purpose was achieved If the contrarv--if
tue Liberals retained their ascendeucy and thus viz
TALLY converted The Government into Repub,c-
then last and vigorous blow was 20 be struck for
pespo'isEn by the suspension of the liberty of the
press, aud the dissolution of the new Chamber These
desperate in the state of public feeling ex
isfng IN France and the devotion 10 liberty almost
as unanimous and enthusiastic as in 1899, il was ca
SLY ioresesn, would lead to popular commotion and
lnsurrection And now The secret Interior object of
The Algerlne expedition, ensrges TO view. The reduc
ton OF that town, saving casualties from tho elements
was matter of mathematical certainty French
science could calculate with precision the GUAM, um
OF force necessary. and almost the day when the
Bourbon flag would float on the " as of La Casauba
Asiefs' conquered, the African army was ready to
embark Tor France, march to Paris and back the
hing IN his quarrel with the people, Selected
Win caution from the mass of the standing army;
commanded by Bourmont, Aristocrat by birth who
from his treason of 1915 had nothing to hop. from
the Democracy-iushed with victory under the aus
pIces and the flag of the Sovereign-the fidelity Of
this army was supposed unqucstionable and its rea-
dlncss to sustain the cause of the King iruplictlv
depended upon.
Every circumstance demonstrates this 70 have
oeeh tue secret reasoning of the French ministry In
what expectation has failed them we have seen in
the glorious results Of the late election We have
seen that the Electors Of France did not permit them
selves to be duzzed and BETRAYED by the snlendor
the Aigerinc expedition, the shouts of antcipa,ed
triumph. We have sesn the Liberal Press of France
With profound ssgacity, and daring courage, pene-
tra'e the secret and insdous calculations of power,
caution the people against the wilos and stra;upeul
OF the enemies OF Liberty and the Constitution and
with irresistible eloquence animate the Electoral
body IN the recent struggle at the Polls. An over
~heiming majority of popular Deputies is returned
the proclamation Of Charles x. and line epoditina to
Aglers are alike dsregarded- .Tie Demooracy III
unPhant the Parliament devoted 10 tho cause of the
People, the ultra RoyaIists are driven as ss,
OF se'tinF up absouism, to destroy tbe Liberty of
The Press, 'inestimsble to free men, formidable 10
yrah's only, and as a fit accompaniment Ia the ar
oitrafy act to dissolve the new Chamber of Deputies
even before the day assigned for the opening of the
first session!
In what else the expectations of ministers will fail
them--whether the army of Africa will rsnre itself
against the Liberty Of the People or even if il sbould
which Is wholly improbable, be competent 10 stav
the march OF Revolution and uphold the tot, rim
throne ola iinbccc tyran, warning with the spiri,
OF the nge-a'l this remains to be seem The ru
mored events at Paris may be exaggerated, or Who'll
~ unirue--bui, that connections will follow the loss
otthc Liberty OF the Press, and the dissolution tho
Chamber, measures so lawless and tyrannical--,ha,
the Chambers viii meet on the Sd August. notwi,b-
standing the decree Of dissolution, and take the
n
doubt, We consider Revolution in France. and IN.
establishment ola Republic, ceriala Tn point of fact
France has been IN L voulion since 1889. The seed
then sown have not ripened. The repeated changes
OF Government since that period have been cnly;ac
Of The same tremendous Drama. The last great ac,
yet to be played. 1t were basphemy to doubt tho
final fall OF Kugs,and the establishment ofihe Rights
of Man. Tige Ia Eepu5iiquet
Tho Report TO the King, signed by all the Minis.
ters attacking the Liberty Of the Press published
yesterday is most cxtrao binary document, in a
high degree able and energetic IN the composition
1t DEVELOPS the tremendous power Of the Liberal
Press IN France and the fearssf il now openly a
vowed by Ministers. Il considers the problem of the
good evil of the Periodical Press to be now deter
mined and lis existence incompatible with regulated
Government. We may laugh at the absurdity of
the conclusions and admire the infatuated tcmerlty
which has induced Ministers TO stake the fate n,